Nevan J's Road to Square-1 NR (achieved, 03/22/2025)

[Luke Solves Cubes]

Well I would check if it was a misscrable and if you don't know, if the solve was extremely lucky, its probably a misscramble.

 

[Nevan J]

Well I would check if it was a misscrable and if you don't know, if the solve was extremely lucky, its probably a misscramble.

I'm just hoping to get a NOT miscramble pb so that I won't feel guilty

 

[Nevan J]

wow just got a LL skip on 2x2

Generated By csTimer on 2022-07-30
single: 2.62

Time List:
1. 2.62 R F U2 R' F U2 R2 F U2

I was making first layer with R2 F2 R2 / R2 B2 R2 but it cancelled into ll skip + no AUF
still sad that this isn't pb

 

[Nevan J]

2x2

Generated By csTimer on 2022-07-30
avg of 100: 4.81

Not pb Ao100, but still good (I probably had better recognition)

 

[Nevan J]

Just got my 2nd best PB Single in 3x3!!!!

Generated By csTimer on 2022-07-30
single: 8.94

Time List:
1. 8.94 R D' F2 U2 B2 L' F2 L R' B2 R2 F2 R' U' B2 L U' F D2 F

just look at the white cross. the easiest FREE X-Cross

 

[Nevan J]

I was just grinding some virtual cube purely for fun and got this single

Generated By csTimer on 2022-07-31
single: 10.38

Time List:
1. 10.38=6.28+4.10 L F2 U' R' U' D R2 L' D' B' R2 F2 R2 F R2 B U2 F L2 D2

I have improved quite a lot at virtual

 

[Nevan J]

Yes, finally got a pb on not miscramble
4x4 is actually fun
Btw got this on twisty timer

 

[AidenCubes]

yeah but Iove 4x4

 

[AidenCubes]

yeah i Iove 4x4

 

[Nevan J]

WEEK 1

Hey Guys, this is the progress i've made in 1 week so far:

2x2: Learnt 8 EG-1 Algs. It was easier as I only had to learn 4 for sune, and just mirrored them for antisune. Still main the YuPo V2 M, but looking for a better one. I know that the Valk 2 isn't available anymore (or atleast its hard to find) so I might choose between the MGC or MGC Elite. Which one should I consider buying?

3x3: Practiced a lot of lookahead, but I was focusing more on 4x4, so couldn't practice 3x3 all that much. But I have noticed when crosses are hard, I can't plan them in inspection. So this is definitely a thing I'm working on along with acheiving better Lookahead

4x4: Got my average down to 1:21, and I have gotten a lot better at 3-2-3 Edge Pairing, but the thing which I am struggling a lot of is lookahead during cross edges + when i'm pairing edges

Overall I can say no LARGE amount of improvement (ofc there's always room to improve) but still developed a better habit of looking ahead better, since earlier i used to think i have good lookahead but it was just really fast turn speed

 

[imretab]

WEEK 1

Hey Guys, this is the progress i've made in 1 week so far:

2x2: Learnt 8 EG-1 Algs. It was easier as I only had to learn 4 for sune, and just mirrored them for antisune. Still main the YuPo V2 M, but looking for a better one. I know that the Valk 2 isn't available anymore (or atleast its hard to find) so I might choose between the MGC or MGC Elite. Which one should I consider buying?

3x3: Practiced a lot of lookahead, but I was focusing more on 4x4, so couldn't practice 3x3 all that much. But I have noticed when crosses are hard, I can't plan them in inspection. So this is definitely a thing I'm working on along with acheiving better Lookahead

4x4: Got my average down to 1:21, and I have gotten a lot better at 3-2-3 Edge Pairing, but the thing which I am struggling a lot of is lookahead during cross edges + when i'm pairing edges

Overall I can say no LARGE amount of improvement (ofc there's always room to improve) but still developed a better habit of looking ahead better, since earlier i used to think i have good lookahead but it was just really fast turn speed

I've seen a Valk 2 LM at cubezz, if you don't mind the weaker magnets.
I'd rather get the Mgc Elite, but only because I don't think that it has a cheap feel

 

[Nevan J]

I've seen a Valk 2 LM at cubezz, if you don't mind the weaker magnets.
I'd rather get the Mgc Elite, but only because I don't think that it has a cheap feel

Many people have said the valk requires setup (mainly lube) and what are ur opinions on the MGC?

 

[imretab]

A lot of people say that MGC comes amazingly ootb without any setup, although setup would improve it as well. You don't have to do it though, out of the box it's almost perfect.

Depends which MGC?
If the v1, then I'd say its corner cutting suffers even after setup.
If we talk about the elite.. Well, I can't say anything, because I haven't got my hands on it

 

[imretab]

Many people have said the valk requires setup (mainly lube) and what are ur opinions on the MGC?

Spring swap can be useful too (mgc v1 spare springs)

 

[Nevan J]

has anyone tried both MGC normal and MGC Elite?

 

[Nevan J]

Yooooo just got new pb on 4x4
there was oll parity, but if it wasn't there, it probably would have been sub-1 easily
but it was pure oll parity so yea

Generated By csTimer on 2022-08-03
single: 1:02.46

Time List:
1. 1:02.46 D F2 R2 L' B U2 D B R' F2 R2 F2 L2 D2 R' U2 L D2 F2 L2 F Uw2 Fw2 B' Rw2 D R2 U F2 U B' Uw2 Rw' B R B2 F2 Uw2 Rw2 D Fw' Rw' D' Fw2 L Fw

 

[Luke Solves Cubes]

has anyone tried both MGC normal and MGC Elite?

Me. The MGC Elite is undoubtedly better, but if the price difference matters for you, the MGC is still a viable option.

 

[Nevan J]

Me. The MGC Elite is undoubtedly better, but if the price difference matters for you, the MGC is still a viable option.

I would probably go for the mgc elite but not rn because I'm planning to buy a 5x5 (not sure tho)

 

[Nevan J]

OMG New PB by such a huge margin!!!! Finally Sub-1 Single letsgo
After I mademy F2C Literally 2 free cross edges were there + edge pairing was stupidly lucky.The only place where I messed up was 3x3 stage but there were such bad F2L cases. But still got a sub-1 with OLL Parity

Generated By csTimer on 2022-08-03
single: 57.42

Time List:
1. 57.42 R' D' R2 D B2 D R2 U2 R2 F2 D F2 U' B' L2 B2 F' U' L F2 D2 Uw2 Fw2 R2 U L' Fw2 D L Fw2 F2 D2 R Fw' U2 L Uw2 Fw' B2 Uw' D' R Uw' Rw Fw2 F'

 

[Nevan J]

I'm really struggling with Lookahead on 3x3 anyone got any tips pls
even when I turn slow sometimes I can't see or track pieces
although it may be partly because about a month ago I became color neutral so when I doing F2L on any other color other than white/yellow then I do get bad lookahead during F2L