Garf's Progression Thread - Beating Hard Levels in GD (Hardest is Bloodbath)

[Garf]

Haven't done much with cubing lol. I got a Gan 16, bought Tymon's course, and then life said nope. So I've been focusing on other things, like gaming and work. I recently got promoted to a manager, which was cool! I also have been grinding Bloodbath, and I got 58% today! I'm getting there with the consistency.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Haven't done much with cubing lol. I got a Gan 16, bought Tymon's course, and then life said nope. So I've been focusing on other things, like gaming and work. I recently got promoted to a manager, which was cool! I also have been grinding Bloodbath, and I got 58% today! I'm getting there with the consistency.

you BOUGHT TYMON’S 200 DOLLAR COURSE?????

 

[Garf]

you BOUGHT TYMON’S 200 DOLLAR COURSE?????

I thought I was going to use it, but then I handed my account off to a friend who cubes more than me, since they’d use it more than me.

 

[Garf]

beat bloodbath, just wanted to see how things were going here ya know. Hope eveeryone is doing well!

 

[Garf]

My next goal will be Sonic Wave and playing some other demons as well to help boost skill. I might also be getting a coach to help with practicing, so stay tuned on that!
Don’t really speedcube anymore, and that’s okay. I still pick up a cube every one in a while to mess with it, but that’s about it. Everyone here that’s helped me improve while I was performing holds a special place in my heart .

 

[Garf]

Well well well guess who’s been speedcubing again
Only really doing 3x3 and 4x4 rn so that I can actually have fun doing other things

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Well well well guess who’s been speedcubing again
Only really doing 3x3 and 4x4 rn so that I can actually have fun doing other things

you can’t escape cubing and us garf
you will always come back (which is a good thing imo)

 

[Garf]

you can’t escape cubing and us garf
you will always come back (which is a good thing imo)

lol yeah
I think some of the reasons why I stopped updating this thing so much was:
1. Life, since I'm an adult now compared to when I started on the forums almost 6 years ago
2. The forums have changed with new cubers coming and making things different
3. just how my interest in speedcubing has changed over time

Plus the biggest one, where progression threads stopped being shown on the main page. However, I noticed they were back, so I figured it was a good reason to start posting again.

 

[Jared Burkhart]

Hey @Garf! Can you help me with some 7x7 things I have been stuck with? I love lasagna by the way! Especially when is very,very hot!

 

[Garf]

Hey @Garf! Can you help me with some 7x7 things I have been stuck with? I love lasagna by the way! Especially when is very,very hot!

I could try, but I'm not as fast as I used to be. What's up?

 

[Jared Burkhart]

I could try, but I'm not as fast as I used to be. What's up?

Thanks! So I still use block building, but am very familiar with strip solving as you recommended before (thanks for your advice) but struggle with which one is actually faster for me. They are about the same speed. With block building I would finish centers around 1:40-50 when I was peak performance, with a record of 1:32 to solve centers. That was block building. I never really tracked with strip solving, but is about the same. The switch to Yau killed my center solving peak and now it takes me 2:30ish with Yau and 1:50-2:00 with Redux. Which method do you prefer, and how did you learn them without plateauing?

 

[Garf]

The thing with centers is that you shouldn't just use bars or just use blockbuilding, but rather a bit of both. It'll take some solving to get the idea, but the goal is to try to maintain efficiency in centers without being ridiculous about it. Also with Redux vs Yau, it's all about practicing, getting comfortable with not only the method, but the idea of being slower with it. Something people lose when solving is the quality of their solves. It's not always about times, but more about the process of how you got there. Once your solving is more fluid, the faster times will come with it.
As for what method I prefer, I had switched to Yau for all big cubes before I quit for some time, although I was faster with Redux.

 

[Jared Burkhart]

The thing with centers is that you shouldn't just use bars or just use blockbuilding, but rather a bit of both. It'll take some solving to get the idea, but the goal is to try to maintain efficiency in centers without being ridiculous about it. Also with Redux vs Yau, it's all about practicing, getting comfortable with not only the method, but the idea of being slower with it. Something people lose when solving is the quality of their solves. It's not always about times, but more about the process of how you got there. Once your solving is more fluid, the faster times will come with it.
As for what method I prefer, I had switched to Yau for all big cubes before I quit for some time, although I was faster with Redux.

Thanks! I am aware of efficiency, and am trying to focus on improving the quality about my solves. I am getting used to the new finger tricks, and am trying to understand what you mean by centers being both block building and strip solving. Does that mean you learn to solve more than one strip at once? Thanks for your insight by the way! I know you are fast at it but do not know exactly what times you have (single,mo3) and even ao5
Thank you again!

 

[Garf]

Thanks! I am aware of efficiency, and am trying to focus on improving the quality about my solves. I am getting used to the new finger tricks, and am trying to understand what you mean by centers being both block building and strip solving. Does that mean you learn to solve more than one strip at once? Thanks for your insight by the way! I know you are fast at it but do not know exactly what times you have (single,mo3) and even ao5
Thank you again!

You can find my best times here:

Garf's Tubular Geometry Dash progression, speedcubing info, and more

docs.google.com

I documented all my best speedcubing times, progression in running, Geometry dash, speedrunning, etc.

 

[Jared Burkhart]

You can find my best times here:

Garf's Tubular Geometry Dash progression, speedcubing info, and more

docs.google.com

I documented all my best speedcubing times, progression in running, Geometry dash, speedrunning, etc.

Thank you! I appreciate your help!

 

[Jared Burkhart]

I am unsure of how to read your pb sheet

 

[Exmestify]

I am unsure of how to read your pb sheet

pb single of 2:43.65
pb ao5 of 2:56.76
ab ao12 of 3:03.47

 

[Jared Burkhart]

View attachment 48947
pb single of 2:43.65
pb ao5 of 2:56.76
ab ao12 of 3:03.47

Thanks! My screen was stuck on the video games I think. Bro those times are sick!

 

[Garf]

Thanks! My screen was stuck on the video games I think. Bro those times are sick!

Thanks man! I documented a lot stuff, in different tabs. Sheets can be a bit hard to navigate, but once you get it, it's not so tough

 

[Garf]

5.90 U' D' F' L' B R2 B L' F L2 D2 R2 F2 D F2 R2 F2 L2 @2026-06-06 00:19:25
I guess I still can get crazy times, even with old hardware. I used a Valk for this solve