1x1 wr holder's Progression thread | sleepy college guy

[1x1 wr holder!]

hey guys, try out this scram i got. R D2 U2 L D2 L' F2 L2 R' D2 U2 B F D L B F' D U2 F2
of course I choked it, but it seems pretty good.

the way I started off was (with white down and blue facing) B2, D2, M2, X2

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

wow, some of the oll's get kinda long lol.

 

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wow, some of the oll's get kinda long lol.

be like me and learn edge control, and the only OLLs you have to do are corners :3
(dont actually do that if you want to be fast)

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

be like me and learn edge control, and the only OLLs you have to do are corners :3
(dont actually do that if you want to be fast)

what's edge control?

 

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what's edge control?

where you force the OLL cross

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

where you force the OLL cross

i thought so, I just call it influencing a yellow cross. I've always wanted to learn that, but i haven't found a yt vid on it. is it faster than 2 look oll?

 

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R D2 U2 L D2 L' F2 L2 R' D2 U2 B F D L B F' D U2 F2

Spoiler: recon with a EC

red=F+white=D
R' U' R' D2 F D' R' D// cross+1
RU2R' U' L U'L'//2nd
U2 RU' R' U R U2 R' d' F U2F'//3RD
R U R' U2 F' U F// 3rd, ec
U L2 D' L U2L' D LU2 L'// parity corners+ cancellation
x' D2 LUL' D2 L U L// Aperm

I dont personally think its faster for normal solves, but i thrive on akward fingertricks, so if thats you, then go for it
(when you look at the solve i did, pay attention to my last slot

 

[Arcanist]

Spoiler: recon with a EC

red=F+white=D
R' U' R' D2 F D' R' D// cross+1
RU2R' U' L U'L'//2nd
U2 RU' R' U R U2 d' F U2F'//3RD
R U R' U2 F' U// 3rd, ec
U L2 D' L U2L' D LU2 L'// parity corners+ cancellation
x' D2 LUL' D2 L U L// Aperm

I dont personally think its faster for normal solves, but i thrive on akward fingertricks, so if thats you, then go for it
(when you look at the solve i did, pay attention to my last slot

Is it just me or does this solution not work?

 

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Is it just me or does this solution not work?

gahh i hate notations, its probably me doing something wrong (i dont have time to fix it either rn

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

Is it just me or does this solution not work?

thx for pointing this out. I've been stuck on it since he first posted it (oh crap that was 20 minutes ago).

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

taking a quick break from oll to work on my cross and f2l. I want sub 7ish and my transition stinks

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

AAAAARRRGHHHHH!!!! Okay, I'm currently at that point of studying that I'm really learning more about this look ahead stuff and this when to turn fast and when to turn slow and when either one helps and what you lose on either one. for example, tps gives speed but lacks lookeahead, while slow equals lookahead minus speed. I'm also learning about how you don't really need to learn cross plus one and that cross plus one at high speeds equals a slower, but more efficient, cross with a planned first pair. I also found out that by turning slow, I'm sub-16... i mean like maybe even sub 16.5, I feel really stupid thinking that turning fast is the best. I mean I always knew that some people go faster by slowing down, but gosh I feel stupid lol. I realize how many good cases I missed by going fast.

 

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Is it just me or does this solution not work?

Spoiler: recon with a EC

red=F+white=D
R' U' R' D2 F D' R' D// cross+1
RU2R' U' L U'L'//2nd
U2 RU' R' U R U2 R' d' F U2F'//3RD
R U R' U2 F' U F// 3rd, ec
U L2 D' L U2L' D LU2 L'// parity corners+ cancellation
x' D2 LUL' D2 L U L// Aperm

I dont personally think its faster for normal solves, but i thrive on akward fingertricks, so if thats you, then go for it
(when you look at the solve i did, pay attention to my last slot

i fixed it i think

 

[Luke Garrett fan]

@1x1 wr holder! idk if were the same time zone but this post

AAAAARRRGHHHHH!!!! Okay, I'm currently at that point of studying that I'm really learning more about this look ahead stuff and this when to turn fast and when to turn slow and when either one helps and what you lose on either one. for example, tps gives speed but lacks lookeahead, while slow equals lookahead minus speed. I'm also learning about how you don't really need to learn cross plus one and that cross plus one at high speeds equals a slower, but more efficient, cross with a planned first pair. I also found out that by turning slow, I'm sub-16... i mean like maybe even sub 16.5, I feel really stupid thinking that turning fast is the best. I mean I always knew that some people go faster by slowing down, but gosh I feel stupid lol. I realize how many good cases I missed by going fast.

was posted at 12:33 in the morning.... do you sleep?

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

@1x1 wr holder! idk if were the same time zone but this post

was posted at 12:33 in the morning.... do you sleep?

ahh, you must be two hours ahead of me, I posted at 10:30 on my end. But I have been staying up later to grind cuz I don't have time in the day.

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

I got a fullstep 10.25 last night. free pair and then cross oll to hperm.

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

It's quite odd actually. with about 1/5 of the oll's learned, It literally feels like every 6-7 solves, I get an oll case that I recognize...but my brain just goes into 2look mode and I'm like "ahhhhggg go back!"

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

just watched this really interesting lazermonkey vid about practicing down solves. so like if I want to average sub-15 and I get a 17, I should do that scram again and again (each time trying a knew solution) until I get the desired time. this sounds interesting, and I'm wondering if it will help. of course, I won't count the repeat solves, but maybe it will improve my ability to quickly execute solutions.

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

does anyone know of an online timer that counts the seconds outloud? I think this might be really helpful since I like to look at the time on my timer, but that wastes time.

 

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does anyone know of an online timer that counts the seconds outloud? I think this might be really helpful since I like to look at the time on my timer, but that wastes time.

cstimer's metronome is the closest thing but i think thats for TPS rather than seeing time