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Imsoosm's Progression Thread - learning eg1

Should I buy the MGC 4x4 or the Yuhu megaminx?


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gsingh

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I use a 1x1 I made myself. It's a light metal cuboid with stickers I put on it. The turning is extremely smooth and fast, and the corner cutting (positive and reverse) can reach up to 360 degrees.
nice. i use a dayan transparent 1x1. its set up with weight 5 in the core and mystic, weight 3, and dnm-37 on the peices
it has some catching problems, but i use it because i love the smooth feel. its very quiet.
 

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FIRST SUB-10 AO5!!! :)
A lot of lucky solves, and the crosses are mainly pretty easy so I could predict the next pair.
I'm not sure when I will actually be sub-10 though, might take a few months.
This average was mainly due to luck.


Anyway, here are the times and scrambles:
Generated by CubeDesk on 2022-04-10
Average of 5: 9.681

Solves:
1. 9.380 B2 D' B2 U' F2 U' F2 R2 U L2 R2 U' L F L2 D2 B' U B' D L U'
2. 8.240 F2 L2 F2 L' B2 L' F2 L F2 R B2 R U' B' R B2 L2 B' D' U B2
3. 10.056 U2 B2 L2 D2 B2 D B2 U R2 D' L2 U L' B U' R' B U2 B2 R D2 R
4. 12.330 F R L' D F L U2 R' D' R' F2 U' R2 F2 U' L2 F2 D L2 B2 U2 F2
5. 9.607 L U2 L' U' R2 D2 F D' F R U2 F2 R B2 L2 B2 L U2 D2 R' U2


Btw my mean of 411 solves is now sub-14 (13.825) :)
Dang that's fast, my best AO5 is 27.892
I know Beginner F2L, BrOLL, And 5 PLL algs
Can you help me know what I should know next
And where should I buy my cubes from/what is the best under $30 3x3
As I currently main a Qiyi Carbon Fibre, Non Magnetic cube that I got as a Bday Present
 

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So guys, my three main goals are to get sub-10 3x3, sub-1 4x4, and sub-3 2x2. Can you guys take the poll on which is harder to reach, or do you guys have any suggestions on which goal I should go for first?
Definitely sub-10 3x3, as that's what I'm currently trying to achieve. Sub-1 4x4 is easy, I don't have a good cube and I'm sub-1; I have no experience with 2x2 so I cant speak for that.
 

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Hooray! Another sub-10 with another Jb perm at the end.

Generated By csTimer on 2022-04-30
single: 9.602

Time List:
1. 9.602 R' B D2 L2 B' U2 L2 F' D2 F' U2 B' D B' F2 R' B' L B D'

all my pbs seem to have a jb perm
 
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Dang that's fast, my best AO5 is 27.892
I know Beginner F2L, BrOLL, And 5 PLL algs
Can you help me know what I should know next
And where should I buy my cubes from/what is the best under $30 3x3
As I currently main a Qiyi Carbon Fibre, Non Magnetic cube that I got as a Bday Present
brOLL is a prank and if you know that you should learn something like 2look oll
 

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I restarted my 3x3 times session as my cstimer was wiped, and this is how I will measure whether I am sub-10 or not from now on:
I currently have 6 sub-10 in a 70 solve session, so that's about 8% of total solves. I will consider myself to be sub-10 when 75%+ of solves in a session are sub-10.
 

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I restarted my 3x3 times session as my cstimer was wiped, and this is how I will measure whether I am sub-10 or not from now on:
I currently have 6 sub-10 in a 70 solve session, so that's about 8% of total solves. I will consider myself to be sub-10 when 75%+ of solves in a session are sub-10.
75% of my solves are sub 20. rest are not
 

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First sub-2 ao5!!!!

Generated By csTimer on 2022-05-01
avg of 5: 1.999

Time List:
1. (2.880) R U F2 R' F U F2 U2 F'
2. (1.174) U R' F' U' F2 U' R U2 R
3. 1.768 U' F U F2 R2 F' R2 F U
4. 2.175 F R U F' U2 F R U2 R'
5. 2.055 U R' U2 R' U' R U' F2 U

This is kinda embarrassing... 1.999

Edit:
NO WAIT EVEN BETTER:

Generated By csTimer on 2022-05-01
avg of 5: 1.666

Time List:
1. 1.174 U R' F' U' F2 U' R U2 R
2. 1.768 U' F U F2 R2 F' R2 F U
3. (2.175) F R U F' U2 F R U2 R'
4. 2.055 U R' U2 R' U' R U' F2 U
5. (0.900) F2 U' R' F2 R' U2 R U2 R' U2

I one-looked that 0.9 and now for some random reason my ao5 is lower than my mo3
 

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I'll do recons for the last six solves:

1. (2.880) R U F2 R' F U F2 U2 F'
x z' U' R' U2 R' // layer
F U R U' R' U R U' R2 F' R U R U' R' U' // CLL

2. 1.174 U R' F' U' F2 U' R U2 R (one of the easier EG-1 algs that I randomly decided to memorize because it was very easy)
z R' F R2 U' R' y' U R U R' U' // EG-1

3. 1.768 U' F U F2 R2 F' R2 F U
x' y2 U2 R' U' R U L' U L // layer
R U R' U' R' F R F' U' // CLL

4. 2.175 F R U F' U2 F R U2 R'
y2 R U F' R' U2 R' U R U' R' // layer
U R U R' U R U2 R' U// CLL

5. 2.055 U R' U2 R' U' R U' F2 U
x y' R2 U R U' R' U R // layer
R U2 R' U' R U' R' U' // CLL

6. (0.900) F2 U' R' F2 R' U2 R U2 R' U2 (I was going for yellow or white but then saw the 2 move blue layer)
z y' U' R' // layer
U' R U' R' F R' F' R U' // CLL

I'm probably not going to get this kind of average again until I learn full eg
 

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Bruh 1.264
I was NOT expecting that LL skip so I hesitated for a while

F' R' F' U2 F2 U' R2 U2 F2
y2 z2 // inspection
F2 U R2 U' R' U R U' R' U // layer + LL skip
 

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First sub-2 ao5!!!!

Generated By csTimer on 2022-05-01
avg of 5: 1.999

Time List:
1. (2.880) R U F2 R' F U F2 U2 F'
2. (1.174) U R' F' U' F2 U' R U2 R
3. 1.768 U' F U F2 R2 F' R2 F U
4. 2.175 F R U F' U2 F R U2 R'
5. 2.055 U R' U2 R' U' R U' F2 U

This is kinda embarrassing... 1.999

Edit:
NO WAIT EVEN BETTER:

Generated By csTimer on 2022-05-01
avg of 5: 1.666

Time List:
1. 1.174 U R' F' U' F2 U' R U2 R
2. 1.768 U' F U F2 R2 F' R2 F U
3. (2.175) F R U F' U2 F R U2 R'
4. 2.055 U R' U2 R' U' R U' F2 U
5. (0.900) F2 U' R' F2 R' U2 R U2 R' U2

I one-looked that 0.9 and now for some random reason my ao5 is lower than my mo3
Bruh 1.264: hey, good luck with your NR, man! You are really close to it.
 

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Bruh 1.264: hey, good luck with your NR, man! You are really close to it.
Comps aren't opening here soon, but I plan to learn full EG before September.
And IF I get a four mover in a comp... I need to start practicing four movers...
 
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