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

[jburrito75]

So some REALLY BIG NEWS that is worth mentioning

1. I’ll be moving to Colorado in 2 months!!! I’m so excited, and I can’t wait to explore somewhere I really haven’t been (I’ve lived in MD for about 8 years ATP, and going somewhere new will be cool)
2. My parents are thinking that for my First Weekend in Colorado, I should spend it at a cubing comp . This is especially fun, because while I’m there, I’ll get to meet @AJT17 and like 15 other people (there’s 15 people going so far) Maybe he’ll convince me to switch to APB for OH! Maybe not! So many Choices!
3. It’ll have a bunch of events I haven’t competed in a while (Like 7x7, Skewb, and Squan). Hopefully I’ll get some great PR’s in all of these events
4. I’ll be buying a new Clock and a new Squan. I want to become a top allrounder in the Rockies (Reason 1: there’s like no one in the Rockies) as well as getting a few podiums (due to reason 1)
5. I’ll be more honest about my actual progression.

I did lie about my 3x3 and OH times. I haven’t practiced 2x2 a lot in almost a year, 4x4 I got 9/10 parity my last comp, 5x5 was sad b/c Yau is bad, my last round of Pyra at Cubing with the Cougars sucked b/c my mom had a blood clot in her leg before my first solve and I was trying to finish my solves as fast as possible so I could get home

I think I struggled with honesty especially in NxN’s because I know that I can get good averages (I know the algs, the techniques, etc) but I just don’t execute well (be it inspection errors, cube drops, sticky hands, bad LL, and bad comp prep, to name a few). I’ve updated my google form with updated PB’s if you want to look at them, and they are the goals I’ll strive towards in comp for the foreseeable future.

I know that I'll get to talk to you more before you leave, but I hope your cubing endeavors in the future go amazingly well! Keep it up!

 

[CubeLite]

So some REALLY BIG NEWS that is worth mentioning

1. I’ll be moving to Colorado in 2 months!!! I’m so excited, and I can’t wait to explore somewhere I really haven’t been (I’ve lived in MD for about 8 years ATP, and going somewhere new will be cool)
2. My parents are thinking that for my First Weekend in Colorado, I should spend it at a cubing comp . This is especially fun, because while I’m there, I’ll get to meet @AJT17 and like 15 other people (there’s 15 people going so far) Maybe he’ll convince me to switch to APB for OH! Maybe not! So many Choices!
3. It’ll have a bunch of events I haven’t competed in a while (Like 7x7, Skewb, and Squan). Hopefully I’ll get some great PR’s in all of these events
4. I’ll be buying a new Clock and a new Squan. I want to become a top allrounder in the Rockies (Reason 1: there’s like no one in the Rockies) as well as getting a few podiums (due to reason 1)
5. I’ll be more honest about my actual progression.

I did lie about my 3x3 and OH times. I haven’t practiced 2x2 a lot in almost a year, 4x4 I got 9/10 parity my last comp, 5x5 was sad b/c Yau is bad, my last round of Pyra at Cubing with the Cougars sucked b/c my mom had a blood clot in her leg before my first solve and I was trying to finish my solves as fast as possible so I could get home

I think I struggled with honesty especially in NxN’s because I know that I can get good averages (I know the algs, the techniques, etc) but I just don’t execute well (be it inspection errors, cube drops, sticky hands, bad LL, and bad comp prep, to name a few). I’ve updated my google form with updated PB’s if you want to look at them, and they are the goals I’ll strive towards in comp for the foreseeable future.

Bro is back
The fact that you told the truth is a thing to respect

 

[jburrito75]

Bro is back
The fact that you told the truth is a thing to respect

I agree with this

 

[EvanCuber1]

Mad respect for admitting that some of your times were not real, they will be real soon tho

 

[Chris Choi]

Nah in round 2 he got a 7 average in Pyra haha.

I dont see how this means he is lying about that specifically. i average low 4 on pyra and most of my averages officially have been like 6s and 7s. only recently did i even get a sub 5 avg for the first time ever. pyra is just one of those events if u dont practice at all, expect to get 7s and 8s cuz u suck at turning.

 

[jburrito75]

I dont see how this means he is lying about that specifically. i average low 4 on pyra and most of my averages officially have been like 6s and 7s. only recently did i even get a sub 5 avg for the first time ever. pyra is just one of those events if u dont practice at all, expect to get 7s and 8s cuz u suck at turning.

He meant 3x3 and 2x2 I think

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

So some REALLY BIG NEWS that is worth mentioning

1. I’ll be moving to Colorado in 2 months!!! I’m so excited, and I can’t wait to explore somewhere I really haven’t been (I’ve lived in MD for about 8 years ATP, and going somewhere new will be cool)
2. My parents are thinking that for my First Weekend in Colorado, I should spend it at a cubing comp . This is especially fun, because while I’m there, I’ll get to meet @AJT17 and like 15 other people (there’s 15 people going so far) Maybe he’ll convince me to switch to APB for OH! Maybe not! So many Choices!
3. It’ll have a bunch of events I haven’t competed in a while (Like 7x7, Skewb, and Squan). Hopefully I’ll get some great PR’s in all of these events
4. I’ll be buying a new Clock and a new Squan. I want to become a top allrounder in the Rockies (Reason 1: there’s like no one in the Rockies) as well as getting a few podiums (due to reason 1)
5. I’ll be more honest about my actual progression.

I did lie about my 3x3 and OH times. I haven’t practiced 2x2 a lot in almost a year, 4x4 I got 9/10 parity my last comp, 5x5 was sad b/c Yau is bad, my last round of Pyra at Cubing with the Cougars sucked b/c my mom had a blood clot in her leg before my first solve and I was trying to finish my solves as fast as possible so I could get home

I think I struggled with honesty especially in NxN’s because I know that I can get good averages (I know the algs, the techniques, etc) but I just don’t execute well (be it inspection errors, cube drops, sticky hands, bad LL, and bad comp prep, to name a few). I’ve updated my google form with updated PB’s if you want to look at them, and they are the goals I’ll strive towards in comp for the foreseeable future.

wait if you are going to colarado then are you gonna get out of @Sombi McJunior ‘s suitcase?

 

[bldcuber314]

wait if you are going to colarado then are you gonna get out of @Sombi McJunior ‘s suitcase?

Wdym how do you think he's travelling to Colorado???

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Wdym how do you think he's travelling to Colorado???

if he’s going to colarado then he has to get out of Sombi Mcjunior’s suit case then after that get out of @jburitto75 ‘s basement… wait a minute…

 

[Kami]

So some REALLY BIG NEWS that is worth mentioning

1. I’ll be moving to Colorado in 2 months!!! I’m so excited, and I can’t wait to explore somewhere I really haven’t been (I’ve lived in MD for about 8 years ATP, and going somewhere new will be cool)
2. My parents are thinking that for my First Weekend in Colorado, I should spend it at a cubing comp . This is especially fun, because while I’m there, I’ll get to meet @AJT17 and like 15 other people (there’s 15 people going so far) Maybe he’ll convince me to switch to APB for OH! Maybe not! So many Choices!
3. It’ll have a bunch of events I haven’t competed in a while (Like 7x7, Skewb, and Squan). Hopefully I’ll get some great PR’s in all of these events
4. I’ll be buying a new Clock and a new Squan. I want to become a top allrounder in the Rockies (Reason 1: there’s like no one in the Rockies) as well as getting a few podiums (due to reason 1)
5. I’ll be more honest about my actual progression.

I did lie about my 3x3 and OH times. I haven’t practiced 2x2 a lot in almost a year, 4x4 I got 9/10 parity my last comp, 5x5 was sad b/c Yau is bad, my last round of Pyra at Cubing with the Cougars sucked b/c my mom had a blood clot in her leg before my first solve and I was trying to finish my solves as fast as possible so I could get home

I think I struggled with honesty especially in NxN’s because I know that I can get good averages (I know the algs, the techniques, etc) but I just don’t execute well (be it inspection errors, cube drops, sticky hands, bad LL, and bad comp prep, to name a few). I’ve updated my google form with updated PB’s if you want to look at them, and they are the goals I’ll strive towards in comp for the foreseeable future.

Sadge

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

Been a really long while since I posted, but another mega post is good ig

1. Movers came to our house and packed everything up! Nice finally having that dealt with. I’ll hit the road in about a month from now (living in RV rn).

2. Sadly, due to a (fortunate) housing situation in Colorado, I won’t be able to go to GJD 2025. I guess I’ll have to wait a little longer to get any official 7x7 solves Sorry I won’t get to meet @AJT17 (wishing you the mostest bestest for Hawaii). The next comp I’ve signed up for is Colorado Springs Summer 2025, which has 3x3, 4x4, Skewb, Clock, 3BLD, and MEGAMINX MY BELOVED YESSSSS. My goal so far for this comp is to get my first podium, and I could reasonably do that in Megaminx. I’ll go through my goals once I get closer to then.

3. I have been grinding 6x6 and Mega for a couple days, and I’ve gotten done great results. I’ve started averaging around 2:15 for 6x6 after 120(!) solves in 3 days, and I’ve gotten a low 53 ao50 for megaminx after regressing to 56 after trying for fix my bad F2L habits (was averaging 21~, now averaging sub 20) (F2L is my weakest step). I also finally bit the bullet and learned M2/Orozco, and I’ve been doing sighted solves with both seperarely

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

New comp coming up, which means

COMP GOALS!!!!
Unfortunately, my comp will be somewhat short, as I have to leave after lunch due to family obligations. This gives me only four rounds to have some of my best solves officially ever. The main switch in my comp attitude this time will just be treating averages as less important than singles. Other goals include

— Getting to 175 nemeses or lower
— Getting at least one “really good solve” at each event
— Meet at least 10 people
— Sub 55 at megaminx or top three in the megaminx round
— Trade one cube

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

COMP RECAP!!!!

Overall, for being a smaller comp, I think I had one of my best all around performances officially (not saying much at all ngl). I think that the main story from this comp was that for each event, I had two good solves, two bad solves, and one mid solve. My comp prep decently well, but there were a couple of dark spots I had yesterday. For one, because I recently switched up several of my dot/knight OLL algs, I messed up the new alg on the two on my 14’s. What’s sad is that I got to OLL both times at around 7s, so I could have gotten a sub 11 average easily if I got better LL. Oh well ig. Bpaul 7s flip went extremely well, although I DNF’d two low 7’s, which led to no PR average. Skewb was fine, but I messed up a Peanut zperm conjugate, and well as Peanut X perm, which was disappointing but improvable by next comp. Finally, HOLY HELL MEGAMINX WENT WELL. All of my solves felt normalish, and the only bad thing was that I plus2-ed twice (on my 52 and my 59). I ended up with a 54.8 average and 3rd on the round (both of my Megaminx goals). I also recognized 1 look PLL three times, including two I learned this week (F1+ and T2-). Overall, I had a lot of fun meeting new people, and I can’t wait for my next comp to redeem myself in 3x3

Overall, giving this comp an 8/10. Very fun, got good singles, not very great averages tho

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

It’s been a really long time, so big quick blurb update time is now

1. I finally got a sub 11 average officially at 3x3! I got a 10.xx average all three rounds of my comp, so I’m really impressed with myself, and I even DNF’d a sub 10 average by an M slice (not the funnest thing but still really cool). I also got a 51.15 average at Megaminx (0.01 slower than @Garf) with a 45.0 single. I’m really happy with my Megaminx results for now, and I don’t have any upcoming comps with it, so I’ve slowed practicing timed solves.

2. I’ve been on quite the 3BLD arc. I went from averaging 2 minutes before my comp to averaging around 50s now! I did this mostly through memo improvements and Orozco solves, but I’ve also started on my 3s corners journey! I know most of the first 10 sets (A-L), and their inverses, as well as some other random ones, so I’ll be drilling those for the next week. I’m getting solves with only 3s comms about 20% of the time, as well as solves with 3s comms basically every solve.

3. I have a comp coming up! It has 3x3, OH, FMC, BLD, and MBLD, and it’s in 2 months. Been practicing, looking for a podium, a sub 10 3x3 average, and some really good BLD results. I think I know I can do it. I’m hopeful.

Edit: to be specific about my BLD goals, I want to have a sub 45 single and possibly a mean at 3BLD.

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

Here’s my 3BLD 3 style alg sheet so far. I’ve gotten up to L, and I’ll probably start doing N-P tomorrow

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Here’s my 3BLD 3 style alg sheet so far. I’ve gotten up to L, and I’ll probably start doing N-P tomorrow

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what is all that

 

[CubeLite]

what is all that

3s algs bruv, just don't look at it too much or you will collapse out of existence

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

UPDATE TIME OH BOY!!!

1. I finished full 3-Style for 3BLD!!! Insane I got full 3s finished before a single 3BLD attempt, but ig that’s how life works. I am still very inconsistent, but with some time, I’m sure I can make a push for SR or ever RR

2. I bought some MBLD cubes! I’ll be up to 14 by my comp in December, and I’ll borrow some to make it closer to 16 or even more. SR is out of the question for now, but top 100 in the USA is very in the question

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

UPDATE TIME OH BOY!!!

1. I finished full 3-Style for 3BLD!!! Insane I got full 3s finished before a single 3BLD attempt, but ig that’s how life works. I am still very inconsistent, but with some time, I’m sure I can make a push for SR or ever RR

2. I bought some MBLD cubes! I’ll be up to 14 by my comp in December, and I’ll borrow some to make it closer to 16 or even more. SR is out of the question for now, but top 100 in the USA is very in the question

what is RR?

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

what is RR?

It’s both “Regional Record” and “Rockies Record