Eli Apperson's progression thread

[Eli Apperson]

Dang, nice job! I am hoping to be sub-10 soon, too. Gotta keep up the practice.
Just wondering, when you podiumed for 2x2, was there a prize?

They gave out trophies, but not besides that.

 

[Garf]

They gave out trophies, but not besides that.

Well, trophies aren't that bad. I looked at your official results, and they were pretty good. Hoping to see more 4x4 improvement from you. Let me know if you want any 3-2-3/LL skip tricks. I definitely know a few.

 

[Eli Apperson]

Well, trophies aren't that bad. I looked at your official results, and they were pretty good. Hoping to see more 4x4 improvement from you. Let me know if you want any 3-2-3/LL skip tricks. I definitely know a few.

I would be fine with some LL skip tricks. How do you even do that?

 

[Garf]

When I say LL skip tricks, I mean mainly for part of OLL/PLL. For example, for OLL 3 edge case, you have to know what to do for each parity scenario. Sometimes you set-up to the T Oll for F R U R' U' F', others you setup to sune/ASune, then you do a set-up to parity. And for pll, you have to recognize what to do to set-up to PLL+opp. parity alg or parity+PLL alg
It isn't really LL skip, it's just a way to be able to do OLL/PLL more efficiently when parity occurs.
Some cases are easier to figure out intuitively, but J-Perm and Cubeskills has some great ways to be able to do those cases really fast.

 

[Eli Apperson]

Sub 10 ao5!!!!!!

Also Sub 2 2x2 Ao5

 

[Eli Apperson]

Update: Finally sub 12

 

[Eli Apperson]

I hate GAN so much.
I was disassembling the 251 Pro to relube it, so I took off the GES nuts, and started to take out a corner, and the corner stalk just snapped. If GAN had solid plastic like a $4 2x2, it would have been fine. But no, they have tiny thin little plastic that is incredibly easy to break.
So, I'm going to reset up my valk and hopefully speed it up to be faster.

 

[cuberswoop]

I hate GAN so much.
I was disassembling the 251 Pro to relube it, so I took off the GES nuts, and started to take out a corner, and the corner stalk just snapped. If GAN had solid plastic like a $4 2x2, it would have been fine. But no, they have tiny thin little plastic that is incredibly easy to break.
So, I'm going to reset up my valk and hopefully speed it up to be faster.

Moments like these confuse me. I like the post because I'm addicted to liking, but I feel like I should sympathize with the person, so I have to leave before I like it again. I just can't bear to leave a post unliked.


This is a joke. Please do not harm me.

 

[Garf]

I hate GAN so much.
I was disassembling the 251 Pro to relube it, so I took off the GES nuts, and started to take out a corner, and the corner stalk just snapped. If GAN had solid plastic like a $4 2x2, it would have been fine. But no, they have tiny thin little plastic that is incredibly easy to break.
So, I'm going to reset up my valk and hopefully speed it up to be faster.

Similar thing happened with me, except it was the outermost corner center from the white side of an MGC 7.

 

[Eli Apperson]

I'm going to mostly focus pyraminx this week. I'll spend a few days learning the one flip algs, then drill the cases, then grind solves.

 

[OtterCuber]

I hate GAN so much.
I was disassembling the 251 Pro to relube it, so I took off the GES nuts, and started to take out a corner, and the corner stalk just snapped. If GAN had solid plastic like a $4 2x2, it would have been fine. But no, they have tiny thin little plastic that is incredibly easy to break.
So, I'm going to reset up my valk and hopefully speed it up to be faster.

Thanks for sharing. Now I know to avoid the GAN 251 Pro.

 

[Eli Apperson]

Updated Practice schedule:
Monday:
2x2: Learn 2 EG-1
3x3: Drill one PLL, and 2 OLL's, Ao100
Pyraminx: Drill 1-flip algs, ao50

Tuesday:
2x2: Ao100
3x3: Drill one PLL, and 2 OLL's, Ao100
5x5: Ao25

Wednesday:
2x2: Learn 2 EG-1's, Review all algs
3x3: Ao100, Drill 3 OLL's
4x4: Ao25
Pyra: Ao100

Thursday:
2x2: Ao100
3x3: Ao100
5x5: ao20
Pyraminx: Ao100

 

[Eli Apperson]

First sub 7!!!!!
D2 B' L2 B' R2 F' U2 B R2 F2 U2 R' F L U L' F' R2 U2 F L2
I have not figured out the recon yet but I did white cross and it had an OLL skip into a u perm. if anyone wants to figure it out it would be appreciated.

 

[Eli Apperson]

Updated Averages:
Pyra is going well, averaging low 7, hopefully low 6 by the end of the week.
2x2: Low 3 Avg, most of sune and anti sune eg 1 learned
3x3: Mid 11 avg, getting loads of sub 10;'s
5x5: averaging about the same, 1:30-1:40

 

[Cuber2s]

exact same averages for everything except pyra and 5x5(Faster at pyra and slower at 5x5,) so I chalenge you at Southern Utah Summer to see who can get a better 2x2 average

 

[Eli Apperson]

exact same averages for everything except pyra and 5x5(Faster at pyra and slower at 5x5,) so I chalenge you at Southern Utah Summer to see who can get a better 2x2 average

Lets do it!

 

[Eli Apperson]

Lets do it!

I'm already racing with someone to try to podium, so this will be fun.

 

[Cuber2s]

Average 3.5. sooo close

 

[Eli Apperson]

Huge thanks to @zzoomer for critiquing my solves, he gave some awesome advice, and now I know moreso what to practice.
New routine
2x2: Continue to learn EG-1
3x3: Drill F2L algs and cases using SCDB, from each angle.
4x4: Grind solves
5x5: Grind Solves
Pyraminx: Grind solves.

 

[Garf]

Huge thanks to @zzoomer for critiquing my solves, he gave some awesome advice, and now I know moreso what to practice.
New routine
2x2: Continue to learn EG-1
3x3: Drill F2L algs and cases using SCDB, from each angle.
4x4: Grind solves
5x5: Grind Solves

Is the bell v2 your new main?