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[finger go brr]

s'been about a year since i actually practiced
goals:

• learn 3bld
• sub 3 on 5x5

 

[finger go brr]

Just received a square 1, and I solved with Tingman’s tutorial in about an hour or something. For the next few weeks I’ll probably focus more on sq 1.

 

[IsThatA4x4]

Just received a square 1, and I solved with Tingman’s tutorial in about an hour or something. For the next few weeks I’ll probably focus more on sq 1.

Which square-1 did you get, out of curiosity?

 

[finger go brr]

I got the the volt 2M

 

[finger go brr]

I accidentally got addicted to 2x2, so using my terrible Qiyi Sail 2x2 and the Ortega method I did my first 2x2 ao5 in a month.


Generated By csTimer on 2022-08-07
avg of 5: 19.15

Time List:
1. 26.23 R' U2 R F R2 U2 F U' R2
2. (9.89) U' F2 U' F2 U F' U F U2 F'
3. 19.89 U' R2 U R2 F R' F U2 R2
4. (DNF(18.34)) F U R U' F' R2 U F' R2
5. 11.32 R2 U' F U2 R2 U' R' F R2 F'

Can’t believe I got my first sub 10 as the second solve lol.

 

[finger go brr]

I think I might switch to ZZ. IMO it’s Petrus but better.
Now I guess I’ll do some solves with that one method with all those variations.

 

[NigelTheCuber]

I accidentally got addicted to 2x2, so using my terrible Qiyi Sail 2x2 and the Ortega method I did my first 2x2 ao5 in a month.


Generated By csTimer on 2022-08-07
avg of 5: 19.15

Time List:
1. 26.23 R' U2 R F R2 U2 F U' R2
2. (9.89) U' F2 U' F2 U F' U F U2 F'
3. 19.89 U' R2 U R2 F R' F U2 R2
4. (DNF(18.34)) F U R U' F' R2 U F' R2
5. 11.32 R2 U' F U2 R2 U' R' F R2 F'

Can’t believe I got my first sub 10 as the second solve lol.

Try doing the algs faster

 

[finger go brr]

No thanks.

 

[finger go brr]

i haven't been doing much cubing over the past year, and my cubes have just been collecting dust in my desk drawer.

i started solving 3x3 again a few days ago. still doing petrus; blockbuilding is fun. since then i've relearned ocll and 2-look pll. i'm back averaging 1:30.

 

[finger go brr]

just got sub 1!

 

[finger go brr]

currently working on full pll

i can do both j perms (left handed alg for ja)
all eplls (m u gen algs)
t perm
& y perm so far

 

[finger go brr]

i've hardly had any access to internet since last post so i haven't been able to learn any algs. it's been over a week and i've only learned 2 more plls

also happy new year!

 

[finger go brr]

i've been practicing 4x4 a bit in the past few days. i've been using yau, and using a partial cross to make my 2x2x3 (i use petrus). just casual solves; haven't been timing. can anyone give me their thoughts on using yau for petrus (or perhaps any alternatives)? i'm a bit worried about inefficiency in 3x3 stage.

i got a bit bored learning pll so i suppose this is me taking a break

i'm quite sick and tired because of it so that's why i haven't been timing solves; timing myself is too much pressure for me rn

 

[JDAW6]

Y petrus??

 

[finger go brr]

why not? sure it's a bit slower than the big three, but i don't average 5 seconds i average 1 minute. the potential of petrus is good enough for me (some people regularly get 10 seconds with it), and i enjoy solving with it.

don't say anything about zz i've tried it and didn't like it

 

[JDAW6]

why not? sure it's a bit slower than the big three, but i don't average 5 seconds i average 1 minute. the potential of petrus is good enough for me (some people regularly get 10 seconds with it), and i enjoy solving with it.

don't say anything about zz i've tried it and didn't like it

Ahh ok lol I thought u were like sub30 mb

 

[finger go brr]

Generated By csTimer on 2024-01-09
avg of 5: 9.68

Time List:
1. (13.27) R U2 F R' U R2 F' U' F'
2. 9.84 U2 R' F' U R2 F R' F U2
3. 10.97 F R' U' R U R2 F' U' R'
4. (6.43) U2 R' U' R U' F R F U'
5. 8.23 F2 R U' F' R' U F' U2 F'

2x2 pb ao5 & pb single cus i can't focus on one event

 

[xyzzy]

i've been practicing 4x4 a bit in the past few days. i've been using yau, and using a partial cross to make my 2x2x3 (i use petrus). just casual solves; haven't been timing. can anyone give me their thoughts on using yau for petrus (or perhaps any alternatives)? i'm a bit worried about inefficiency in 3x3 stage.

Using Petrus works (in fact, any normal 3×3×3 method would work), but there's an impedance mismatch: you're starting the 3×3×3 stage with the cross already solved, so you might as well make use of that and do F2L pairs.

For that matter, doing a Petrus solve starting with the cross already solved is pretty much going to be just that anyway. The only real difference is that you're doing EO between the second and third pairs.

 

[finger go brr]

Using Petrus works (in fact, any normal 3×3×3 method would work), but there's an impedance mismatch: you're starting the 3×3×3 stage with the cross already solved, so you might as well make use of that and do F2L pairs.

For that matter, doing a Petrus solve starting with the cross already solved is pretty much going to be just that anyway. The only real difference is that you're doing EO between the second and third pairs.

it's not exactly a cross, i'm ignoring the last cross edge and just putting any edge there. i know that it's pretty much just cfop but with eo, but i'm more used to edges oriented in last layer and petrus f2l, so that's kinda my logic there. is there any other alternatives to this though? i don't know if there's any big cube method for roux, though that'd probably work given that some people start 2x2x3 with a roux first block and expand from there.

 

[Twisted101]

it's not exactly a cross, i'm ignoring the last cross edge and just putting any edge there. i know that it's pretty much just cfop but with eo, but i'm more used to edges oriented in last layer and petrus f2l, so that's kinda my logic there. is there any other alternatives to this though? i don't know if there's any big cube method for roux, though that'd probably work given that some people start 2x2x3 with a roux first block and expand from there.

There are 2 big cube petrus methods I know of:

TSSH - Speedsolving.com Wiki

4trus - Speedsolving.com Wiki

but u could also just do it like Meyer method but don’t do roux in the end just expand and do petrus
https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php?title=Meyer_method