CG’s Progression Thread—BIG NEWS!!!—Competition on Saturday (3x3 in 303)

Which goal should I achieve next?

  • Sub 50 4x4 ao50

    Votes: 7 29.2%

  • Sub 1:30 5x5 ao50

    Votes: 1 4.2%

  • Sub 3 6x6 ao25

    Votes: 3 12.5%

  • Sub 1:20 Megaminx ao50

    Votes: 3 12.5%

  • Sub 9 Clock ao50

    Votes: 2 8.3%

  • Sub 6 Skewb ao50

    Votes: 3 12.5%

  • Sub 30 Squan ao50

    Votes: 4 16.7%

  • Sub 23 OH ao50

    Votes: 5 20.8%

  • Sub ∞ 3BLD single

    Votes: 6 25.0%

  • Other (comment)

    Votes: 2 8.3%

  • Sub 5 7x7 ao25

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    24
  • Poll closed .
Getting some cubes that need upgraded+What I am going to do for goals

I don’t have a 7x7, so I’m excited to get that and totally beat @NebraskanSpeedsolver first try. Even better that it might be the best cube on the market for 20 bucks (much better than the MGC, at least). Getting a magnetic Pyraminx was on my list for some time, but I had to take it off of my Christmas list so I could get a Megaminx. I may or may not learn intuitive L4E when I get it. I wanted a new Skewb, as I really enjoy it, but I don’t love my RS, as it feels too “rounded”, and budget for my taste. Especially excited for the 2x2 upgrade, as I really liked the feel of it when I tried it at comp. Also, I think that these lubes are a very good option for me, someone who doesn’t like to spend unnecessary money on lube.

Also, so I don’t make two separate posts, I want to have a public schedule of my goals, so that the progression can be more fluid.

First, since 0-1 people voted for Clock, Megaminx, and 5x5, I will not focus on those events. 4x4 is my highest priority currently atm, and I will practice that (20 solves a day), and also trying to get sub 12 on 3x3 to get faster at 4x4. OH is my second highest priority, and I will first attempt to get a sub 25 ao50, then progress onward (probably by improving LL, as I am pretty decent at OH f2L). I will be practicing memo for 3BLD, and when I have some free time, I might learn all of the setup moves. sub 6 ao50 Skewb (Get GAN) sub 3 6x6 (Get good at Centers and Edges) and sub 2.5 2x2 (improve recognition, speed of CLL+EG-1) will be pretty important to me, as I like all of these Events.

Current averages for all goals
2x2: 2.78 (0.28s till goal)
3x3: 11.3-13.5 (super inconsistent)
4x4: 53.7 (3.7 till goal)
5x5: 1:41.xx (11s till goal)
6x6: 3:35.xx (35s till goal)
Mega: 1:27.xx (7s till goal)
Clock: 9.7x (0.7s till goal)
Skewb: 7.0x (1s till goal)
OH: 25.3 (2.3s till goal)
3BLD: DNF (
 

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Cubist-Guitar said:
Getting some cubes that need upgraded+What I am going to do for goals

I don’t have a 7x7, so I’m excited to get that and totally beat @NebraskanSpeedsolver first try. Even better that it might be the best cube on the market for 20 bucks (much better than the MGC, at least). Getting a magnetic Pyraminx was on my list for some time, but I had to take it off of my Christmas list so I could get a Megaminx. I may or may not learn intuitive L4E when I get it. I wanted a new Skewb, as I really enjoy it, but I don’t love my RS, as it feels too “rounded”, and budget for my taste. Especially excited for the 2x2 upgrade, as I really liked the feel of it when I tried it at comp. Also, I think that these lubes are a very good option for me, someone who doesn’t like to spend unnecessary money on lube.

Also, so I don’t make two separate posts, I want to have a public schedule of my goals, so that the progression can be more fluid.

First, since 0-1 people voted for Clock, Megaminx, and 5x5, I will not focus on those events. 4x4 is my highest priority currently atm, and I will practice that (20 solves a day), and also trying to get sub 12 on 3x3 to get faster at 4x4. OH is my second highest priority, and I will first attempt to get a sub 25 ao50, then progress onward (probably by improving LL, as I am pretty decent at OH f2L). I will be practicing memo for 3BLD, and when I have some free time, I might learn all of the setup moves. sub 6 ao50 Skewb (Get GAN) sub 3 6x6 (Get good at Centers and Edges) and sub 2.5 2x2 (improve recognition, speed of CLL+EG-1) will be pretty important to me, as I like all of these Events.

Current averages for all goals
2x2: 2.78 (0.28s till goal)
3x3: 11.3-13.5 (super inconsistent)
4x4: 53.7 (3.7 till goal)
5x5: 1:41.xx (11s till goal)
6x6: 3:35.xx (35s till goal)
Mega: 1:27.xx (7s till goal)
Clock: 9.7x (0.7s till goal)
Skewb: 7.0x (1s till goal)
OH: 25.3 (2.3s till goal)
3BLD: DNF (
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If you ever decide to practice mega again I can give you some good tips!
 
Cubist-Guitar said:
Getting some cubes that need upgraded+What I am going to do for goals

I don’t have a 7x7, so I’m excited to get that and totally beat @NebraskanSpeedsolver first try. Even better that it might be the best cube on the market for 20 bucks (much better than the MGC, at least). Getting a magnetic Pyraminx was on my list for some time, but I had to take it off of my Christmas list so I could get a Megaminx. I may or may not learn intuitive L4E when I get it. I wanted a new Skewb, as I really enjoy it, but I don’t love my RS, as it feels too “rounded”, and budget for my taste. Especially excited for the 2x2 upgrade, as I really liked the feel of it when I tried it at comp. Also, I think that these lubes are a very good option for me, someone who doesn’t like to spend unnecessary money on lube.

Also, so I don’t make two separate posts, I want to have a public schedule of my goals, so that the progression can be more fluid.

First, since 0-1 people voted for Clock, Megaminx, and 5x5, I will not focus on those events. 4x4 is my highest priority currently atm, and I will practice that (20 solves a day), and also trying to get sub 12 on 3x3 to get faster at 4x4. OH is my second highest priority, and I will first attempt to get a sub 25 ao50, then progress onward (probably by improving LL, as I am pretty decent at OH f2L). I will be practicing memo for 3BLD, and when I have some free time, I might learn all of the setup moves. sub 6 ao50 Skewb (Get GAN) sub 3 6x6 (Get good at Centers and Edges) and sub 2.5 2x2 (improve recognition, speed of CLL+EG-1) will be pretty important to me, as I like all of these Events.

Current averages for all goals
2x2: 2.78 (0.28s till goal)
3x3: 11.3-13.5 (super inconsistent)
4x4: 53.7 (3.7 till goal)
5x5: 1:41.xx (11s till goal)
6x6: 3:35.xx (35s till goal)
Mega: 1:27.xx (7s till goal)
Clock: 9.7x (0.7s till goal)
Skewb: 7.0x (1s till goal)
OH: 25.3 (2.3s till goal)
3BLD: DNF (
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Wow, you improved in 2x2 rather quickly.
 
Cubist-Guitar said:
I would like good tips now, if you wouldn’t mind (I might go to River Hill Spring 2024, which has Megaminx), and I would like to dominate my church friend (who averages pretty closely to me in almost everything)
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I gotcha! With megaminx, there’s two ways you should be learning: slow solves and fast solves. During slow solves, it will be like you’re trying to do Megaminx FMC, where you try to find the best solution for every F2L/S2L case. You can also spend this time learning algorithms if needed, and watching example solves for the level you’re going for is a must. After a few days of slow solves, you’ll go back to doing fast solves, but the most important thing is that MAKE SURE YOU IMPLEMENT WHAT YOU LEARNED INTO YOUR SOLVES. If you do what you did before the slow solves, you’ve learnt nothing. So with that idea, your solves might be slower, but keep going with what you learned and you’re times will pick up again and might be better.
 
Garf said:
I gotcha! With megaminx, there’s two ways you should be learning: slow solves and fast solves. During slow solves, it will be like you’re trying to do Megaminx FMC, where you try to find the best solution for every F2L/S2L case. You can also spend this time learning algorithms if needed, and watching example solves for the level you’re going for is a must. After a few days of slow solves, you’ll go back to doing fast solves, but the most important thing is that MAKE SURE YOU IMPLEMENT WHAT YOU LEARNED INTO YOUR SOLVES. If you do what you did before the slow solves, you’ve learnt nothing. So with that idea, your solves might be slower, but keep going with what you learned and you’re times will pick up again and might be better.
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Oh yeah, and one more thing: don’t think of megaminx like a 3x3. This might not seem important now, but when you get to a faster level like sub-50, your 3x3 solutions will be too slow.
 
SpeakCuba said:
Wow, you improved in 2x2 rather quickly.
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I didn’t really care about 2x2 much before Mid-February, and I impressed myself with my average at Nova. I really like 2x2, and it is far less stressful than 3x3 for me. Another thing is that I actually cared about learning one-looking and EG-1 and efficient layers and all the stuff that makes people fast at 2x2. One of the things that has helped me is the fact that I can now one look a good 50% of solves with a 1/2 of a Face.
 
Cubist-Guitar said:
I didn’t really care about 2x2 much before Mid-February, and I impressed myself with my average at Nova. I really like 2x2, and it is far less stressful than 3x3 for me. Another thing is that I actually cared about learning one-looking and EG-1 and efficient layers and all the stuff that makes people fast at 2x2. One of the things that has helped me is the fact that I can now one look a good 50% of solves with a 1/2 of a Face.
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Oh nice. I use CLL so I only one look easy scrambles. Learning EG-1 though. The problem I face with One-Looking is that once I figure out what case I’m going to get, I have to think about the alg, and not use muscle memory, so I mess up the solve.
 
SpeakCuba said:
Oh nice. I use CLL so I only one look easy scrambles. Learning EG-1 though. The problem I face with One-Looking is that once I figure out what case I’m going to get, I have to think about the alg, and not use muscle memory, so I mess up the solve.
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Yeah, that took some time to adjust to. EG-1 makes the one-looking process so much easier, as you basically only need to have one bar of any color and an fairly easy last two pieces to one look. I still am not the best at it, though. How many EG-1s have you learned so far?
 
Cubist-Guitar said:
Yeah, that took some time to adjust to. EG-1 makes the one-looking process so much easier, as you basically only need to have one bar of any color and an fairly easy last two pieces to one look.
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Yeah, true. I’ll 1-Look more wolves when I know full EG-1
Cubist-Guitar said:
I still am not the best at it, though. How many EG-1s have you learned so far?
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Not as many as I would like. I only know the H and L sets, and half of the T set. I’m going a bit slower than intended, but at least I’ve gotten good at recognizing these cases.
 
first 4-mover ever what
Accidentally deleted the scramble, as I changed how I enter my times, and I entered it wrong, so oops. It was not a misscramble, though, and I checked
0.62 (U R U2)
solution: U2 R’ U
 
Expecting my package tommorow, so I anticipate that this will be my final ao100 with my Dayan 2x2 M. I feel like I am getting good at 2x2, and I got a best ao5 today to boot. I have done 2000+ solves over the past month, and I am consistently sub 3, and at times, sub 2.75, which is a big goal. (The ao2000 was 2.91). Hopefully I can get even better with the GAN.
Generated By csTimer on 2024-03-09
avg of 100: 2.66

Time List:
1918. 2.26 F2 R2 U2 R U' F' R F' U2 R'
1919. 3.12 R2 F2 U R' U R' U2 F R
1920. 2.00 F2 R' U2 F U' R U R' U2 F'
1921. 2.97 R' F U' R U' F' R' U F'
1922. 3.77 R2 F' R' F2 U F U' F' R'
1923. (1.45) R U' F2 U' R U2 R2 U2 R'
1924. (4.00) R' F' R2 F' R F2 R' F2 U2
1925. 2.70 R2 U2 F' U F U' R U2 R'
1926. 2.77 F2 R F R2 F U' R' F U F'
1927. 2.81 U' R F' U2 F2 U' F2 R' U2
1928. 2.48 F' U2 R U' F2 R2 U F' U
1929. 2.94 F U2 F R' U' F U R U'
1930. 2.51 F U' F2 R' F' U2 F R' F'
1931. 2.87 U2 R F2 R U' R U' R' F'
1932. 2.81 R2 F2 U R U R' U F R'
1933. (1.78) R U2 R' F R' U' F U F'
1934. 2.37 U2 F' R F R2 F R2 F' U2
1935. 2.31 F' R' U R U R' F2 R' U F'
1936. 2.31 F R' U2 F U' R2 F' R' F'
1937. 2.16 F2 U' F' R' F2 U F' R2 U2
1938. 2.12 U F' U2 R2 F' U' F' U' F'
1939. 2.92 R2 F2 R F2 U' F U2 F' U'
1940. 2.69 U R F R2 U' F' R' U' F
1941. 1.98 U' F' U2 R F2 R' U2 R U2
1942. 3.14 U R U' R U2 F U' R2 U'
1943. 2.56 R' U' F' R U2 F' R' F' R2
1944. 2.75 U F' R' F U' R U2 R' U2
1945. 3.18 R' F R' F' U2 F' U R U
1946. 2.86 U2 F' R2 F U F R2 F' R
1947. 2.35 R2 F2 U' F' R2 U2 F U F2
1948. 2.63 F R' U F' R U R F2 R'
1949. 2.69 U' R2 F U F U' F U' F
1950. (3.93) U F2 U' R2 F' U R' U F
1951. 2.72 F2 R' U F' R2 U' R U2 F'
1952. 3.07 R U' F R' F R F' U2 R'
1953. 2.38 F2 U' R F2 U2 R U' R' U2
1954. 2.64 R F U2 R' U R2 U F' R'
1955. 3.16 F' U2 R2 U F2 U' F2 U' F2
1956. 3.11 R F2 R F U F' U2 F' R
1957. 2.52 R' F' U F' U2 R2 F U' R2 U'
1958. 2.70 R2 U' R2 U R2 U R' F2 R
1959. 2.38 U R' U' R U' R U' F2 R2
1960. 2.35 F' U2 R F R' U R' F' U R'
1961. 3.68 U' F R' F U F' R F2 U2
1962. (1.24) F U2 F' R' F' R' U R2 F'
1963. (4.18) U R F2 U2 F' U R F2 U'
1964. 3.12 U' F2 U' F2 U F' R2 U2 F'
1965. 1.96 U R' U R U2 F2 R U' F'
1966. 3.26 U' F' R2 U' F R U' R' U'
1967. 2.96 F' U F2 U F' R F2 U2 F2
1968. 2.65 F' U R' F2 R2 U' R' U' F'
1969. 2.95 F' R F U' R F R' F2 U'
1970. 2.82 R2 F2 U' R' U' R2 F2 U R
1971. 2.85 F2 R' U F U' R2 F2 R' U2 R'
1972. 2.79 F' U F2 R U' R2 U' F U
1973. 2.51 F' U' R U' F2 R2 U F2 R2
1974. 2.07 F' R F2 U F U2 R' F' R'
1975. 3.24 R' U2 F2 U F R' F R F'
1976. (1.86) U R2 F' U' R' U R2 U F' R2
1977. 2.76 F' U F R2 F2 R2 F U2 R2
1978. 2.78 R F' U' R2 U' R F2 U' F' R'
1979. 2.60 F' R2 U2 R' F U2 F U F'
1980. 2.00 R2 U2 F U2 F U' F2 U' F'
1981. 3.01 R' F2 R U2 R2 F2 R' U R'
1982. 2.91 R2 F R' F2 U F U2 R2 U'
1983. 3.00 R' F U2 R2 U' R2 F U F
1984. 2.64 R' F U' R' F2 R U' F2 R2 U'
1985. 2.75 U F U' R2 U2 F' R' F2 U
1986. (4.40) R2 U2 F R' F2 U2 F' U2 R'
1987. 2.82 F U R' F' U R' U2 R F2 R'
1988. 2.70 U' F' R U2 R' U R' F2 U F'
1989. 2.63 F R' F R F2 R2 U' R' F'
1990. 2.84 U' F' U F2 U F2 U F' R
1991. 1.99 U R2 F2 U' R' U2 R U2 R'
1992. (4.05) U F' R F U' R U2 F' U'
1993. 2.17 F R2 U' R' F2 R' F R F2
1994. 1.93 R U2 F' U' F U2 R2 U' R
1995. (1.63) R U' R2 U R' F' U F2 U'
1996. 2.49 F' U2 F' U' R2 F2 U F' R'
1997. 2.23 F R' F R' U F' R' U2 F'
1998. 2.27 F2 R' F' R' F U F2 R2 U'
1999. 1.93 F' R' F2 U2 F' U R2 F U2
2000. 2.29 U R2 U R' F2 U F R2 U2
2001. 2.27 F2 R U' R F2 R F2 U' F
2002. 2.21 R2 F2 R' U F' R' U' R' U2
2003. 2.80 R' F' R2 U2 F' R F2 R2 U2
2004. 2.81 U' R' F R2 F R F2 U2 F'
2005. 3.04 R' U2 F' R F2 R2 F' U' R'
2006. 2.73 R2 U2 R2 U R U' F2 R2 U2
2007. 3.11 F R F2 U' R2 U R' F R
2008. 3.25 U' F2 R' U F2 U R F2 U
2009. 2.12 U F' U F' U2 F' R2 F2 R2
2010. 2.58 U R F2 U2 R U2 R' F U2
2011. 2.32 R U R' F U2 R U' F2 R'
2012. 3.12 R F R2 F U' F U2 F' U
2013. 2.42 U' R' F U' R' U F2 R2 F' R2
2014. 2.76 U2 R2 F2 R U F' U F' R2
2015. 2.36 U2 R F2 R U2 R' F2 R2 U
2016. 2.70 U' R U F' R2 F R2 F U2
2017. 3.32 U R2 U' R U' F2 U' R2 F'
 
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