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

[Jorian Meeuse]

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.

It actually starts and ends in R' U' F

What purpose is the R U' F and F' U R? I didn't notice the difference.

The purpose is simply to make the scramble longer, because if the scramble is too short there is a chance that the scramble is (close to) optimal, and a good FMCer might accidentally find the inverse scramble as his solution and be disqualified. (Yes, a good FMCer would definitely notice it and hand in something else if there is time, but they would still have wasted a lot of time)

 

[ProStar]

The purpose is simply to make the scramble longer, because if the scramble is too short there is a chance that the scramble is (close to) optimal, and a good FMCer might accidentally find the inverse scramble as his solution and be disqualified. (Yes, a good FMCer would definitely notice it and hand in something else if there is time, but they would still have wasted a lot of time)

Several years ago there was an FMC WR which was disqualified because the solution was the inverse scramble (or at least started with it). I believe that was the incident which led to adding the R’ U’ F padding into scrambles, to prevent that from happening again.

 

[bldcuber314]

It actually starts and ends in R' U' F

The purpose is simply to make the scramble longer, because if the scramble is too short there is a chance that the scramble is (close to) optimal, and a good FMCer might accidentally find the inverse scramble as his solution and be disqualified. (Yes, a good FMCer would definitely notice it and hand in something else if there is time, but they would still have wasted a lot of time)

That's interesting, but couldn't they simply make the scramble like 6-10 moves longer? Is there a reason for R' U' F?

 

[NmeCuber]

HOLY GUACAMOLE, 3X3 PB SINGLE BY OVER HALF A SECOND!!!!!!!! 7.74 --> 6.92!?!!?!!!!?!?!?!! IT WASN'T EVEN THAT GOOD OF A SCRAMBLE, IT WAS JUST INSANE TPS INTO PLL SKIP!!!

Spoiler: Reconstruction

Scramble: D B2 F2 L2 D U B2 D L2 R2 B2 R2 B U R F R2 B2 R' D' U
Inspection: z2
Solution:
R' F R' L D B'//CROSS
U' R U R' U2 R U' R'//1ST
U' L' U2 L2 U L'//2ND
y' R U2 R' L U' L'//3RD
U' (R U R' U')x3//4TH
R U R' U' M' U R U' r'//OLL and PLL SKIP
48 MOVES = 6.92 TPS (The time equals the tps lol)

My 3BLD pb single has also gone down quite a bit since the last update 4:24.20 --> 3:43.83 --> 3:19.06! I got the 3:19 in the weekly comp, so super happy about that!

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

HOLY GUACAMOLE, 3X3 PB SINGLE BY OVER HALF A SECOND!!!!!!!! 7.74 --> 6.92!?!!?!!!!?!?!?!! IT WASN'T EVEN THAT GOOD OF A SCRAMBLE, IT WAS JUST INSANE TPS INTO PLL SKIP!!!

Spoiler: Reconstruction

Scramble: D B2 F2 L2 D U B2 D L2 R2 B2 R2 B U R F R2 B2 R' D' U
Inspection: z2
Solution:
R' F R' L D B'//CROSS
U' R U R' U2 R U' R'//1ST
U' L' U2 L2 U L'//2ND
y' R U2 R' L U' L'//3RD
U' (R U R' U')x3//4TH
R U R' U' M' U R U' r'//OLL and PLL SKIP
48 MOVES = 6.92 TPS (The time equals the tps lol)

My 3BLD pb single has also gone down quite a bit since the last update 4:24.20 --> 3:43.83 --> 3:19.06! I got the 3:19 in the weekly comp, so super happy about that!

Nooooooo (my PB single isn’t faster than yours anymore) ooooooo!

Awesome solve, and may you have many more sub 7’s in the future

 

[AJT17]

HOLY GUACAMOLE, 3X3 PB SINGLE BY OVER HALF A SECOND!!!!!!!! 7.74 --> 6.92!?!!?!!!!?!?!?!! IT WASN'T EVEN THAT GOOD OF A SCRAMBLE, IT WAS JUST INSANE TPS INTO PLL SKIP!!!

Spoiler: Reconstruction

Scramble: D B2 F2 L2 D U B2 D L2 R2 B2 R2 B U R F R2 B2 R' D' U
Inspection: z2
Solution:
R' F R' L D B'//CROSS
U' R U R' U2 R U' R'//1ST
U' L' U2 L2 U L'//2ND
y' R U2 R' L U' L'//3RD
U' (R U R' U')x3//4TH
R U R' U' M' U R U' r'//OLL and PLL SKIP
48 MOVES = 6.92 TPS (The time equals the tps lol)

My 3BLD pb single has also gone down quite a bit since the last update 4:24.20 --> 3:43.83 --> 3:19.06! I got the 3:19 in the weekly comp, so super happy about that!

You're catching up to me, 6.48, just half a second away!
Anyway, great job and that was a nice solution.

 

[SpeakCuba]

HOLY GUACAMOLE, 3X3 PB SINGLE BY OVER HALF A SECOND!!!!!!!! 7.74 --> 6.92!?!!?!!!!?!?!?!! IT WASN'T EVEN THAT GOOD OF A SCRAMBLE, IT WAS JUST INSANE TPS INTO PLL SKIP!!!

Spoiler: Reconstruction

Scramble: D B2 F2 L2 D U B2 D L2 R2 B2 R2 B U R F R2 B2 R' D' U
Inspection: z2
Solution:
R' F R' L D B'//CROSS
U' R U R' U2 R U' R'//1ST
U' L' U2 L2 U L'//2ND
y' R U2 R' L U' L'//3RD
U' (R U R' U')x3//4TH
R U R' U' M' U R U' r'//OLL and PLL SKIP
48 MOVES = 6.92 TPS (The time equals the tps lol)

My 3BLD pb single has also gone down quite a bit since the last update 4:24.20 --> 3:43.83 --> 3:19.06! I got the 3:19 in the weekly comp, so super happy about that!

Which scramble I’m the weekly comp did you get a BLD PB in? I also got PB, but on the 1st scramble, so I’m wondering if you got that time on the first scramble as well. Also, great solve!

 

[NmeCuber]

Which scramble I’m the weekly comp did you get a BLD PB in? I also got PB, but on the 1st scramble, so I’m wondering if you got that time on the first scramble as well. Also, great solve!

It was also the 1st one.

Nooooooo (my PB single isn’t faster than yours anymore) ooooooo!

Awesome solve, and may you have many more sub 7’s in the future

I only have 3 sub-8s, and one of them is sub-7 lol. I was just getting used to the sub-8 barrier when I got this insane solve.

 

[JDAW6]

It was also the 1st one.


I only have 3 sub-8s, and one of them is sub-7 lol. I was just getting used to the sub-8 barrier when I got this insane solve.

Bro got a 6 second solve before me! Hats off!

 

[NmeCuber]

So first of all, I got my 2nd sub-10 3x3 ao5

Spoiler: Pb2 3x3 ao5

Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-04-25
current 3x3 average of 5: 9.965

Solves:
5. 9.612
4. 10.610
3. 9.673
2. 11.217
1. 9.124

And then I rolled it into pb ao12, and the crazy thing is, the 8 was done on blue cross

Spoiler: Pb 3x3 ao12

Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-04-25
best 3x3 average of 12: 10.677

Solves:
12. 8.801 F' D R' D F' U2 B U L2 D2 B' U2 F U2 L2 U2 D2 F' U2 B2
11. 10.757 L2 U2 F' R2 F' R2 F2 L2 U2 B2 D2 R2 D L' R2 F U R2 B F D'
10. 11.019 U2 B' D F U2 B' L B2 R' B' L2 B L2 D2 B' U2 R2 U2 F L2
9. 12.264 R U D2 L B U2 R B2 U R2 F B2 R2 U2 R2 F' L2 U2 F D2 B
8. 10.744 F' D2 B R2 B L2 U2 B2 D2 B L2 F L' D' R B' F R' U R' B2 R2
7. 11.600 B R2 U2 B' D2 F U2 F L2 B U2 B2 D' L2 R' B2 U' B2 F' L D' U
6. 11.240 B D2 B U2 L2 D2 U2 B' F2 U2 L2 B R D2 B L2 R' D' B R U'
5. 10.302 L2 R2 F D2 R2 F L2 B U2 F' D2 F2 R U' F2 L' D' R2 B' L B2
4. 9.612 B2 D F2 U F2 D2 U' F2 D' B2 R2 U2 R D B U2 L' B U R' D2 U'
3. 10.610 B' L' F2 D R D L2 F' D L' F2 B2 D2 L2 F2 U2 L D2 R' D2 L
2. 9.673 D' U' L2 F2 U L2 R2 D L2 B2 D' F2 R' D' L B2 F L B R U2
1. 11.217 D2 F' D2 B' D2 B U2 R2 F2 L2 F U L' F2 R' F' D' L U2 R' F'

I also broke 2x2 pb ao5 by 0.02! The colors in parentheses are the faces or layers I made.

Spoiler: Pb 2x2 ao5

Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-04-25
best 2x2 average of 5: 2.419
Solves:
5. 2.220 R U' F R F2 U2 F' R' (green)
4. 2.602 F' U2 F R' U' F' R' U2 R2 U' (blue)
3. 4.837 F' R U' F R F U' F2 U' (red)
2. 2.273 R' F' U' R U' F U2 R F' U' (red)
1. 2.384 F2 R2 U2 F U2 F' U' R2 U2 (green)

Last but not least, I dropped my squan pb ao5 by half a second and my pb single by over a second!!!

Spoiler: Pb squan ao5

Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-04-25
best Square-1 average of 5: 12.682

Solves:
5. 13.098 (0, 5) / (-5, -2) / (2, -4) / (3, 0) / (-3, 0) / (4, -5) / (-1, 0) / (0, -3) / (4, -3) / (0, -3) / (5, -1) /
4. 11.845 (0, -1) / (4, -5) / (-3, -3) / (-1, -4) / (3, -3) / (4, 0) / (-3, -3) / (-5, 0) / (-2, 0)
3. 13.105 (0, -1) / (0, -3) / (1, -2) / (-4, -1) / (0, -3) / (-5, -3) / (3, 0) / (3, 0) / (5, 0) / (-4, -5) / (-3, 0) / (-2, 0) / (-1, 0) /
2. 13.838 (0, -1) / (0, 3) / (4, -5) / (6, -3) / (5, -1) / (1, 0) / (0, -3) / (-3, 0) / (-3, -4) / (1, 0) / (4, 0) / (-1, -4) / (0, -4)
1. 11.576 (-2, 3) / (-1, -1) / (0, -3) / (4, -5) / (0, -3) / (0, -3) / (0, -4) / (3, 0) / (-3, -5) / (3, 0) / (3, 0) / (-4, 0)

Spoiler: Pb squan single+recon!!!

Time: 8.721
Scramble: (1, 3) / (-1, -4) / (-5, -2) / (5, -4) / (-2, -5) / (5, 0) / (-3, -3) / (4, -5) / (5, -1) /
Recon:
3,0/3,3/1,-3/ CS
3,0/-4,-1/1,1/3,0/ OBL
-1,-3/-3,0/3,3/0,-3/3,2/0,-3/1,1/-1,2/-3,0/0,-3/1,1/-1,2/-3,-5 PBL
19 Slices = 2.17 SPS

 

[NmeCuber]

GUYS. SOMEHOW I BROKE 3X3 PB SINGLE AGAIN!?!?!?!! 6.92 --> 6.65!!! I ONLY HAVE THREE 7 SECOND SOLVES, AND NOW I HAVE TWO 6 SECOND SOLVES ALREADY!!!

Spoiler: Recon

Scramble: F' B D L2 F' L U' F R U' D B2 D F2 U' F2 L2 F2 B2 U' D2
Inspection: x2
L F//CROSS
U R U' R' U' L' U L R U' R' y R U R' y' R U R' U2 R U' R' U' y' L' U' L2 F' L' F//F2L
U r U R' U R U2 r' U2//OLL into PLL skip
39 Moves = 5.85 TPS

I also got PB 3x3 ao5 of 9.81, which is my 3rd sub-10 ao5 ever! My previous ao5 pb was 9.86

Spoiler: Pb 3x3 ao5

Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-05-02
best 3x3 average of 5: 9.819

Solves:
5. 10.977 U2 F2 L2 D2 L' D2 B2 L2 B2 L U2 R2 U F2 D2 F D2 L' U2 R F2
4. 10.103 U' F2 U L2 D' B2 F2 D' B2 U' L' F2 U2 R B' L2 D' R F' U2
3. 10.055 F2 U' R2 B2 L2 R2 D U2 B2 D' U2 R' D B R F2 L' D L R U'
2. 8.098 D' F2 L2 U2 L2 D' B2 U F2 D' B2 U' L F2 D' B D2 F L B R U'
1. 9.301 L2 F2 U2 F2 R2 D' L2 U B2 U2 L2 U R D R2 B2 F' D' B2 L' D2 R2

 

[NmeCuber]

Guys, today I decided to switch to yau for 4x4 in place of redux finally. Less than 40 solves in and I already have a sub-1 single of 59.08 (For comparison my pb is around 50). I feel like it's a lot easier to locate edges for lookahead with yau.

Also, just got back from a week and a half vacation in South Korea and it was pretty fun! My family did a lot of sightseeing and I got this souvenir:

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

Guys, today I decided to switch to yau for 4x4 in place of redux finally. Less than 40 solves in and I already have a sub-1 single of 59.08 (For comparison my pb is around 50). I feel like it's a lot easier to locate edges for lookahead with yau.

Also, just got back from a week and a half vacation in South Korea and it was pretty fun! My family did a lot of sightseeing and I got this souvenir:View attachment 31554

Wow! Nice vacay spot! What were your favorite things that you did in the land of the Seung Hyuk Nahm?

 

[NmeCuber]

Wow! Nice vacay spot! What were your favorite things that you did in the land of the Seung Hyuk Nahm?

I really enjoyed watching the traditional dances and exploring the Gamchon culture village. I also learned to read Korean, so it was fun trying to read signs and see if it sounded like the English word

 

[NmeCuber]

GUYS GUYS GUYS, IVE BEEN GRINDING YAU AND IVE ONLY DONE LIKE 100-200 SOLVES AND I ALREADY GOT A 38.92?!?!!!?!?!!! EVERYTHING LITERALLY LINED UP PERFECTLY AND THE LOOKAHEAD WAS SO SMOOTH! MY PB2 IS 48.27, LIKE WTHHHHH!!
B' Fw F2 Uw2 U2 F2 D' Uw L' Rw B Fw' F' U' L2 R B2 D2 Fw2 D' U' B' L2 Fw U R' B Uw' F2 L' Rw' R B' Fw2 D2 Uw' R2 B' Rw R2 B2 L' B Rw2 D' Fw

 

[NmeCuber]

I haven't updated this in a while (like a month lol), but I just got an insane pb drop on clock.
7.79-->6.67?!!?!!!! Just check the scramble out for yourself (I use flip btw).
DR1+ R1+ D1- ALL3- y2 DL2- UL2+ U4+ R4- ALL2+ DL

 

[NmeCuber]

Just dropped my clock pb again, from 6.67 to 6.25
UR4+ UL3+ U5- R1- D1+ L4- y2 R2- ALL3- DL UL
the scramble is in essence the same as the 6.67 scramble in that there is 4 cross pieces aligned and 2 corners that get solved. I think this solve just had higher tps.
I also registered for Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 which has 2x2, 3x3, clock, and squan, so comp grind starting today

 

[bldcuber314]

Just dropped my clock pb again, from 6.67 to 6.25
UR4+ UL3+ U5- R1- D1+ L4- y2 R2- ALL3- DL UL
the scramble is in essence the same as the 6.67 scramble in that there is 4 cross pieces aligned and 2 corners that get solved. I think this solve just had higher tps.
I also registered for Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 which has 2x2, 3x3, clock, and squan, so comp grind starting today

Messed up first try(DNF), 5.48 2nd try but it wouldn't have been that fast as I already knew some of the solve. I average 11 lol, 6.2 first try is better than what I would have gotten for sure.

 

[NmeCuber]

LETS GO!!!
8.62 squan pb single!!!
(0, -1) / (6, 0) / (3, 0) / (1, -2) / (-1, -1) / (-2, -3) / (0, -3) / (-1, -3) / (-2, 0) / (2, -1) / (-5, 0) / (2, 0) /
The scramble wasn't that good, it was just nice, consistent sps.

 

[NmeCuber]

Mmmm it feels so good to finally beat my squan ao5 pb from april(?)

Spoiler: 12.42 Squan pb ao5

Generated by CubeDesk on 2024-08-02
best Square-1 average of 5: 12.424

Solves:
5. 13.784 (0, -1) / (4, 1) / (6, -3) / (3, -3) / (0, -4) / (-3, 0) / (3, -2) / (-4, 0) / (-2, -3) / (0, -1) / (0, -4) / (4, 0) / (0, -2)
4. 11.112 (0, -1) / (-2, 1) / (6, 0) / (-1, -1) / (0, -3) / (1, -2) / (-1, 0) / (-3, -3) / (0, -5) / (-4, 0) / (0, -4) / (0, -4) / (6, 0)
3. 18.436 (1, 6) / (-4, -1) / (-3, 0) / (1, -2) / (-4, 0) / (-3, 0) / (0, -1) / (6, -2) / (2, 0) / (0, -1) / (2, -2) / (5, -3) /
2. 12.376 (-2, 3) / (5, -1) / (1, -2) / (-3, 0) / (3, 0) / (-1, -3) / (0, -3) / (-2, 0) / (-4, 0) / (-2, -3) / (0, -2)
1. 10.628 (0, -4) / (6, 3) / (1, -2) / (3, -3) / (2, -1) / (1, 0) / (-3, 0) / (-3, -2) / (-4, -4) / (-2, 0) / (-2, -3) /