NmeCuber's Progression Thread/21 Move FMC Single with Pure CFOP!!!

NmeCuber said:
Very epic update for 3x3! Bought the Rs3m v5 and it is so epic compared to my old Gan 356m. Literally already broke all my PBS with it! This is my 2nd sub-10 mo3 from 9.99 --> 9.88
Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-02-17
best 3x3 average of 3: 9.883

Solves:
3. 9.293
2. 11.013
1. 9.344
From 10.49 --> 10.47 --> 10.41
Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-02-17
best 3x3 average of 5: 10.410

Solves:
5. 10.875
4. 11.099
3. 9.293
2. 11.013
1. 9.344
From 11.10 --> 11.02
Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-02-17
best 3x3 average of 12: 11.026

Solves:
12. 11.508
11. 11.437
10. 12.972
9. 10.088
8. 11.895
7. 10.372
6. 10.728
5. 11.799
4. 10.728
3. 9.705
2. 12.002
1. 9.650
I also got my ao100 down from 12.10 --> 11.84! Finally sub-12!
And I even broke my pb single from 8.563 all the way down to 7.845!!! And it was fullstep!!!
Scramble: U2 F' R2 D2 R F U' B' U' R U B2 D B2 D B2 D L2 U2 R2 F2 D2
Inspection: z2 y2
Solution: L2 F2 D L'//Planned X-cross
y' U L' U L y' U' L' U L//BLUE-ORANGE
R U2 R' y L' U2 L U2 L' U L//BLUE-RED
y R U' R' U R U' R'//GREEN-ORANGE
F R U R' U' R U R' U' F'//OLL
U' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' U'//PLL
55 Moves in 7.845 = 7.01 TPS!
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Wow, sub-8! Congrats!
 
SpeakCuba said:
Nice. Any tips for sub-20?
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I'm probably not a good person to ask, but what I did was learn how to do CS with scallop-scallop and scallop-kite. Sometimes I also solve into pawn-pawn instead of the above. I also learned all the algs for EO and also the most efficient ways to do CO, and I also learned all the algs for CP, and a few EPs. Then I just grinded a bunch of solves (around 3k solves rn).
Don't ask what order I learned them in because I have no clue; it was very random. Honestly you could probably get sub-15 with just the above.
 
NmeCuber said:
I'm probably not a good person to ask, but what I did was learn how to do CS with scallop-scallop and scallop-kite. Sometimes I also solve into pawn-pawn instead of the above. I also learned all the algs for EO and also the most efficient ways to do CO, and I also learned all the algs for CP, and a few EPs. Then I just grinded a bunch of solves (around 3k solves rn).
Don't ask what order I learned them in because I have no clue; it was very random. Honestly you could probably get sub-15 with just the above.
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Nice, thanks! What exactly do you mean by “learn how to do CS with scallop/scallop and scallop/kite”? As in, learn the algs to solve those cases?

But thanks!
 
I just got the stupidest scramble on 2x2
R F R' U2 R' U' R' F U2 R U'
Unfortunately I only got a 1.78 bc I didn't know the CLL :(

Also squan ao5 pb of 13.35! Literally has a dnf in it lol.
Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-03-15
best Square-1 average of 5: 13.357
Solves:
5. DNF
4. 13.589
3. 13.994
2. 12.018
1. 12.490
 
NmeCuber said:
I just got the stupidest scramble on 2x2
R F R' U2 R' U' R' F U2 R U'
Unfortunately I only got a 1.78 bc I didn't know the CLL :(

Also squan ao5 pb of 13.35! Literally has a dnf in it lol.
Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-03-15
best Square-1 average of 5: 13.357
Solves:
5. DNF
4. 13.589
3. 13.994
2. 12.018
1. 12.490
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Neat scamble. Got a 1.37 on it, which is abnormally good for me. Also, this is one of the worst CLL cases there is for me, and the worst U case.
 
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I got a random clock pb single of 9.63 while doing the weekly comp lol.
Also got an even stupider 2x2 scramble: R2 U2 R U R' U2 R F' U but I only got a 1.47 on it.
And, best of all, 2x2 pb ao5 of 2.44!!!
1. 2.181 R U R2 U R2 U2 R' F' U'
Inspection: x2 y'
R2 U R'//LAYER
U2 R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U2//PLL
18 Moves = 8.25 TPS
2. 1.967 R' U F' U F' U2 F' R' U
Inspection: y2 z'
R U R' U' R U//LAYER
U' R2 U2 R' U2 R2 U2//CLL
13 Moves = 6.60 TPS
3. 2.367 F' R' F R2 F U2 R F U'
Inspection: x2
R2' F R U' R U//LAYER
z' U' R2 U2 R' U2 R2 U2//CLL
13 Moves = 5.49 TPS
4. 2.772 R F R U2 F' U F' U'
Inspection: x' y'
U' F//FACE
R U R' U' R' F R F'//OLL
U' R U' R F2 R' U R'//PBL
18 Moves = 6.49 TPS
5. 5.158 U' R F' R' U R' U F2 U
I have no clue what I did :P
 
Insane update, I have been grinding a lot of 3x3.
First of all I got a fullstep 3x3 pb single of 7.748!
Scramble: F2 D2 U2 L2 R D2 R' D2 B2 L2 D2 B2 U' R F2 R B F' D' L U2
Inspection: z2 y'
Solution:
L R2' F D' L D'//CROSS
R U' R' U R' U' R//1st
y L' U L2 U' L'//2nd
U L' U2 L U y' L U L'//3rd
y' U R' U' R//4th
R U R' U' R' F R F'//OLL
U' M2' U M U2 M' U M2' U//PLL
47 Moves = 6.07 TPS
I also finally got my first sub-10 ao5 featuring a counting 8!
Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-03-26
best 3x3 average of 5: 9.867

Solves:
5. 8.892 U2 B2 U R D2 B' L2 U D2 R2 U2 L2 F B2 L2 B' U2 R2 D2 L2
4. 10.174 R B2 R2 U B2 L' B D R2 F2 D2 L' F2 B2 R F2 B2 L' U2 B2
3. 13.891 R2 D' L2 F2 L2 F2 D' R2 D2 U' L2 D' F R B' D' F' L U F' R' B2
2. 10.536 D2 L2 U2 B2 R2 U2 F' U2 B D2 L2 R2 D' R' U B L R' B R' U' F
1. 8.283 U' L' D L2 B D R2 B U2 F2 L2 F2 D L2 F2 U L2 U R2 L2
And lastly, I hit 10k solves on 3x3 which is a huge milestone!
 
NmeCuber said:
I got a random clock pb single of 9.63 while doing the weekly comp lol.
Also got an even stupider 2x2 scramble: R2 U2 R U R' U2 R F' U but I only got a 1.47 on it.
And, best of all, 2x2 pb ao5 of 2.44!!!
1. 2.181 R U R2 U R2 U2 R' F' U'
Inspection: x2 y'
R2 U R'//LAYER
U2 R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U2//PLL
18 Moves = 8.25 TPS
2. 1.967 R' U F' U F' U2 F' R' U
Inspection: y2 z'
R U R' U' R U//LAYER
U' R2 U2 R' U2 R2 U2//CLL
13 Moves = 6.60 TPS
3. 2.367 F' R' F R2 F U2 R F U'
Inspection: x2
R2' F R U' R U//LAYER
z' U' R2 U2 R' U2 R2 U2//CLL
13 Moves = 5.49 TPS
4. 2.772 R F R U2 F' U F' U'
Inspection: x' y'
U' F//FACE
R U R' U' R' F R F'//OLL
U' R U' R F2 R' U R'//PBL
18 Moves = 6.49 TPS
5. 5.158 U' R F' R' U R' U F2 U
I have no clue what I did :p
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I think we average very similar on 2x2-
My PB ao5 is 2.59 but I recently got a 2.44 fail.
My PB ao12 is 3.12(I think)
My PB ao100 is 3.85(or something like that)
I'm halfway through CLL.
 
I got Pyraminx pb single of 1.86 (honestly very bad exec) and OH pb single of 16.31 (PLL skip) and both were in the weekly competition XD.

I also ordered a Qiyi Clock to replace my Shengshou, and it finally came in the mail and my times dropped significantly.
I immediately got ao5 and ao12 pbs, and my ao100 dropped down by like two seconds from ~14 to ~12. And most exciting, my pb single dropped from around 9.63 all the way down to 7.89, and it will probably go down even further as this was only on my first day with the Qiyi.
Currently here are my clock stats:
Single: 7.89
Ao5: 10.27
Ao12: 10.63
Ao100: 11.75
 
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Sorry for the double post guys, but the craziest things just happened to me.
First of all I got pb mo3 on 2x2 of 1.92 (first sub-2) But this is no ordinary mo3. All the scrambles had a face or layer made!!! 🤯 🤯🤯
Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-04-05
best 2x2 average of 3: 1.920

Solves:
3. 1.223 F U' F2 U F U' F U
2. 2.474 R' F R2 F' R F' U2 F R2 U'
1. 2.064 F R2 F R2 F U R2 F2 U'
I also got my 2nd 3BLD success ever (My first was over a year ago)!!! It was also a +2 XD
Scramble: F2 U R2 D' R2 U R2 U' L2 R2 F2 D L' F' D B L' B' F' U2 R'
Orientation: White top, Green front
Edges: PaSs VeaL AUstria OR TEH (Parity) Corners: S y2 RV (Antisune on Red)
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NmeCuber said:
Sorry for the double post guys, but the craziest things just happened to me.
First of all I got pb mo3 on 2x2 of 1.92 (first sub-2) But this is no ordinary mo3. All the scrambles had a face or layer made!!! 🤯 🤯🤯
Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-04-05
best 2x2 average of 3: 1.920

Solves:
3. 1.223 F U' F2 U F U' F U
2. 2.474 R' F R2 F' R F' U2 F R2 U'
1. 2.064 F R2 F R2 F U R2 F2 U'
I also got my 2nd 3BLD success ever (My first was over a year ago)!!! It was also a +2 XD
Scramble: F2 U R2 D' R2 U R2 U' L2 R2 F2 D L' F' D B L' B' F' U2 R'
Orientation: White top, Green front
Edges: PaSs VeaL AUstria OR TEH (Parity) Corners: S y2 RV (Antisune on Red)
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Those scrambles are *insane*. The first one is just an anti-sune. I did the scrambles with 0 warmup and bad turning, and I got a ~1.6 mo3. I should try these when I'm warmed up.
 
Pretty crazy update.
My improvements in clock since the last update:
Single: 7.89-->7.79
Ao5: 10.27-->9.58
Ao12: 10.63-->10.54
Ao100: 11.75-->11.47

I also got 2BLD single and mo3 pbs in the weekly comp. The times were 7.81, 12.16, and 1:02.58! (I saftied the last solve). The mo3 is 27.52 which is an improvement of about 10 seconds from my last mo3.

I also got another 3BLD success which was also pb by almost 2 minutes!!! It was the last scramble in the weekly comp. 4:22.20+2=4:24.20!

Lastly I randomly got OH pb single by 2 seconds somehow! 16.39-->14.03?!?!?!
Scramble: F L2 B2 F' D2 L2 F D2 R2 D2 B' L2 U L2 U2 L D' L' F D' F
Inspection: x2 y
Solution: F' D2 R2 D' U' R' L//XCROSS
L' U L y U R' U R2 U' R' y R U' R'//F2L
R' F' L F R F' L' F//OLL
U2 F2 U' L R' F2 L' R U' F2 U'//PLL
38 Moves = 2.71 TPS
If I had done this with all possible cancelations, it would have been 34 moves, which would be fmc pb by 5 moves🤯🤯🤯 My first try while doing this on a normal 3x3 resulted in a 6.34?!?!?
 
bldcuber314 said:
Serious question, would you count it as an FMC PB if it wasn't written down but on a normal solve? I've had 42 and 44 movers(and a 39 corners first but with slice moves) but my best FMC is 47(I've only done 2 attempts)
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No, because it wasn't an FMC scramble (Starting with R' U' F and ending with F' U R), nor did you write down the solution.
 
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