things you always wanted to learn how to solve but never learned

[Deleted member 36445]

as title says:

...things you always wanted to learn how to solve but never learned, either because it's "too difficult" for you or you keep procrastinating and keeping it to later

in my case I never properly learned BLD, and I ever wanted to learn 4bld but I find it highly improbable because I find it a very hard task for me

hypercubing for me is really hard too, I wanted to learn but I don't find myself putting the work to do it.

and you?

 

[Sub20Soon]

the 4x4 parity algs defenitly

 

[Eric4112]

4x4 Oll parity, skewb, squan.

 

[abunickabhi]

Curvy copter blindfolded

 

[CubeLite]

I wanted to learn 4x4 BLD in the summer, but got lazy and didn't, and I also wanted to learn EG-1 on 2x2 since like more than 1 year, but didn't

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

I want to learn 4BLD and 5BLD, but practice sessions (especially when starting out) would take a LOT of time. I rarely find a solid two hours I could commit solely to doing big blind, so I'd definitely have to give up practicing anything else for awhile. They're the only two events I still need on my WCA profile though, and I intend to learn one day!

I did do an official 4BLD attempt (mostly for fun, but actually trying to figure it out), but the puzzle was unsurprisingly not solved.

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

I want to learn 4BLD and 5BLD, but practice sessions (especially when starting out) would take a LOT of time.

I remember James Macdiarmid once said, "To calcluate 5BLD global average as a beginner, take your last solve and take away ten minutes because you'll be faster next time"

 

[qwr]

I want to figure out myself FTO, but I never sat down and figured out commutators like I did for squan

 

[Jason Tzeng]

7-simul...

 

[bldcuber314]

I remember James Macdiarmid once said, "To caluclate 5BLD global average as a beginner, take your last solve and take away ten minutes because you'll be faster next time"

So true, my 2nd success was 11 minutes faster than my first and now I've dropped like another 8 minutes from there

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

the 4x4 parity algs defenitly

4x4 Oll parity, skewb, squan.

4x4 parity isn’t that hard to learn guys

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

I remember James Macdiarmid once said, "To caluclate 5BLD global average as a beginner, take your last solve and take away ten minutes because you'll be faster next time"

Ok so after my first 5BLD success I averaged -46 seconds then

 

[Isaiah Scott]

I had 2 comps in the Fall of 2024 with FTO (CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Champs and Appalachian Highlands TN) and I bought a diansheng FTO (a week before the DaYan came out lol) and learned how to solve it once and forgot about it. When I get back from vacation I’ll still be on spring break so maybe I’ll learn then

I’ve also tried learning 3BLD at least 5 times lmao

 

[Chicken-Cuber]

To lazy to learn FTO i might be motivated if it becomes a official event

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

3BLD

 

[L4NC3_D4_AS14N]

yeah 3 BLD tracing and converting letters to words is hard

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

4x4 opa I put a lot of effort into that and then just quit 4x4 altogether. Wish I stuck to it as id probably have mastered it by now

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

yeah 3 BLD tracing and converting letters to words is hard

cycle breaking

 

[L4NC3_D4_AS14N]

cycle breaking

*sigh* don't even get me started on cycle breaking

 

[Deleted member 36445]

4x4 Oll parity, skewb, squan.

you should try skewb, you just have to learn 1 alg and how/when to use it