Accomplishment Thread

[kcl]

I am sub 7 with Ortega How to improve ?

1. Spam TPS
2. Always build the face with your bar in the back or where ever it needs to be for you PBLs.
3. Predict OLL. It's not all that difficult. Just try it, it gets easier.
4. Spam TPS
5. Spam TPS


That's honestly all there is to it, I averaged like 3.0 with Ortega until I learned CLL.

 

[Bindedsa]

6.496 15 puzzle average of 12

 

[uberCuber]

I am sub 7 with Ortega How to improve ?

Make sure you aren't using way too many moves to build the first face, a lower movecount will make it much easier to predict OLL. On any scramble it is always possible to build a face in 5 moves or less.

 

[Rocky0701]

Got my first sub 30 average of 5 yesterday but i not only beat it, i smashed it with a 27.87! I am happy my next goal is to finish learning PLL and get my PB AO12 sub 30

 

[TheNextFeliks]

Got my first sub 30 average of 5 yesterday but i not only beat it, i smashed it with a 27.87! I am happy my next goal is to finish learning PLL and get my PB AO12 sub 30

Nice. I see you are from Olathe. I live near Olathe actually. I have been looking for more cubers in the area.

 

[TDM]

Session later had 12.82, 14.88, 14.16, (11.53), 13.86, 13.01, 12.56, 12.44, 14.95, 15.26, (15.42), 14.27 = 12.67 Ao5/13.82 Ao12. Second best single/Ao5/Ao12 in one session, but no PBs
E: Ao5 was PB, I was looking at Mo3 :fp

 

[scottishcuber]

1. Spam TPS
2. Always build the face with your bar in the back or where ever it needs to be for you PBLs.
3. Predict OLL. It's not all that difficult. Just try it, it gets easier.
4. Spam TPS
5. Spam TPS


That's honestly all there is to it, I averaged like 3.0 with Ortega until I learned CLL.

I think this advice is good, but not perfect for a 7s ortega solver.

1. Watch loads of first layer examples videos, to make sure you are efficiently building your first layer/face
2. In inspection make sure sure you know the permutation of the first face and the position of any block.
3. Use OLL and PBL algs from here: http://cyotheking.squarespace.com/ortega/ (except for L D' L F2 L' D L'...yah just dont pls)
4. Obtain tps

Progressions:
1. Place blocks in the front or back depending on which PBL you use, when solving the first face.
2. Force diagonal swaps for the first face...the PBLs will generally be faster
3. Predict OLL in inspection
4. Turn fast
5. 2-sided PLL recognition (not hard)

 

[Rubiks560]

I think this advice is good, but not perfect for a 7s ortega solver.

1. Watch loads of first layer examples videos, to make sure you are efficiently building your first layer/face
2. In inspection make sure sure you know the permutation of the first face and the position of any block.
3. Use OLL and PBL algs from here: http://cyotheking.squarespace.com/ortega/ (except for L D' L F2 L' D L'...yah just dont pls)
4. Obtain tps

Progressions:
1. Place blocks in the front or back depending on which PBL you use, when solving the first face.
2. Force diagonal swaps for the first face...the PBLs will generally be faster
3. Predict OLL in inspection
4. Turn fast
5. 2-sided PLL recognition (not hard)

But dat alg is nice.

What's your Sig about?

 

[kcl]

But dat alg is nice.

What's your Sig about?

wtf
That alg royally sucks

 

[scottishcuber]

But dat alg is nice.

What's your Sig about?

Just nope. I think you used it in your 2.02 avg and I remember thinking that solve could have been a lot faster. But whatever works I guess.

Also EG2.

 

[Rubiks560]

It could have been. I didn't realize I could have done it from the other angle.
Its not my default alg, but it comes in handy.

 

[XTowncuber]

Just nope. I think you used it in your 2.02 avg and I remember thinking that solve could have been a lot faster. But whatever works I guess.

Also EG2.

It definitely could have been a lot faster, you can tell by the way I got 1.8x on it.

 

[CiaranBeahan]

14.40 OH avg5, 14.89, 12.31, 13.98, 14.33, 18.58 (there was like 4 u-perms in that average)

 

[scottishcuber]

14.40 OH avg5, 14.89, 12.31, 13.98, 14.33, 18.58 (there was like 4 u-perms in that average)

Nice, Ciaran. Beats my pb by .44

 

[TDM]

eh?
4. 14.39 L2 U' B2 R2 D2 F2 D F2 U' L2 D L' F' R D B' F' R' B2 D' U'
5. 11.59 F2 U L2 D R2 U L2 U2 B2 R2 U L' U B' D R2 F2 U2 L' B2 L
6. 11.45 U' L2 U' L2 F2 D B2 U' B2 D2 R U B2 F U' L' D2 F' R F2
12.48 PB Mo3. I get a few solves that don't feel fast at all and get a PB. It's been happening a lot recently. It surprises me every time xD

E: 11.95, sub-12!
19. 11.46 R2 U B2 D L2 D2 F2 U2 F2 U' B2 L' B' U B D' U' F2 L2 B' R2 D'
20. 10.92 R2 D2 R2 U2 B2 R2 L2 D' F2 R2 U' B' R F' D F U' R' L D2 B U'
21. 13.47 U2 F2 R2 L2 F2 U L2 D R2 L2 D2 B R2 D F L2 U' R' U' B2 D' U'
This time the first two actually felt fast. 11.46 had an F perm.

 

[qaz]

39.34 with oll parity, second sub-40

 

[PianoCube]

17.82 avg100.
Best since summer. It was at 17.03 after the 30 or so first solves.

 

[kcl]

8.37 ao5, PB by .38.

Average: 8.37
Best: 7.22
Worst: 8.90
Mean: 8.25
Standard Deviation: 0.66

1: (7.22)L2 D2 B2 R2 B D2 U2 B F R2 D L2 U2 B F2 D2 U L B' U
2: 8.70R2 U' F2 D' U2 F2 L2 F2 R2 U B2 F U' B2 F' D2 L F' R B R'
3: (8.90)U2 L2 U2 B R2 B' L2 F2 U2 L' F U2 R2 D' B' F' L' U B2 U2
4: 8.70F L2 F2 R2 U2 F2 U2 F' U2 B' U R' B' D' B' U' B2 U L' F
5: 7.72F U2 F' R2 B F U2 R F2 R U B2 U2 B' F' D' B' R2 F

 

[TheNextFeliks]

45.10 PLL Time Attack. My tps is getting better.

8.88 100 Moves! 11.26 tps.

 

[Rocky0701]

45.10. PLL Time Attack. My tps is getting better.

Is this where you time all 21 PLL's? Sorry i'm a newb, i will have to try this if that is what it is.