Accomplishment Thread

[RouxCuber]

Thanks! Those cases wouldn't necessarily use two 8-move commutators, but yes, it would be two looks. It's only one-look 40% of the time. I explain it in step 2 of my 4x4 method here: https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/threads/intuitive-4x4-method-with-parity-avoidance.73049/

Congratulations on your new OH average!

thanks! it isnt PB though. I think i have 3 sub-11s

 

[RouxCuber]

FMC PB!

Scramble: R' U' F L U2 F2 L F2 L U2 R' B2 R2 D2 U' R U' L' B' L2 F U B2 R' D R' U' F
(z)
B' R2 D F' D F2 // EO + Kociemba-style 2x2x3
R' U' R2 U2 R' // CO + Last 2 E Edges
r2 U S2 U' // Edge Circuits
L2 D2 R2 // HTO Finish
19 HTM

This can actually be turned into a useful FMC method ( 1- EO+Koc.223⠀ 2- CO+L2EE⠀ 3- Corner n' Edge Circuits⠀ 4- HTO Finish )
My Phase 2 was stupidly lucky, but my Phase 1 was somewhat normal (although still better than average)

I do not understand the language of FMC because I do not do it. LOL nice PB though

 

[mprimesarefun]

That's just HTA isn't it?

 

[WoowyBaby]

I do not understand the language of FMC because I do not do it. LOL nice PB though

Haha, thanks!

If you care about understanding, then here’s some unpacking
// Edge Orientation and a 2x2x3 block on the left that has Kociemba Phase 1 done
// Corner Orientation and the placement of the last two edges into the E-layer
// Edge Circuits aka placing the edges into the slices they belong in, Ex- white/red edge goes in one of the four spots between W/R/Y/O centers
// Half-Turn-Only Finish, previous step reduced to a R2,L2,U2,D2,F2,B2 state so you can do 180 degree turns to complete the cube.

You probably don’t care but just in case

That's just HTA isn't it?

Kind of?
-In Phase 1 I didn’t do HTA at all, because in HTA you do EO -> place E-edges -> CO
but I did EO whilst building a Koce 223, then did 2-gen CO + last 2 E edges
Which is basically better than HTA because you’re less restricted, you don’t have to break stuff you already did (RU moves don’t break EO2x2x3), in HTA you have to break E-layer to do CO.
-For Phase 2, yes, I did follow the steps of HTA, but not on purpose, just saw HTO Redux was easy.

 

[asacuber]

@GenTheThief congrats! I've hit an improvement block...

 

[White KB]

I learned an OLL 3 days ago:
l * --
* * l
-- -- *

Screenshot wouldn't work

It's (R U R' U') R' F (R2 U R' U') F' by the way
( the alg, not the screenshot)

 

[aerocube]

I learned an OLL 3 days ago:
l * --
* * l
-- -- *

Screenshot wouldn't work

It's (R U R' U') R' F (R2 U R' U') F' by the way
( the alg, not the screenshot)

is it this one?

 

[aerocube]

1k solves on 3x3! my ao1000 starts off at 1:21.74

 

[RouxCuber]

Haha, thanks!

If you care about understanding, then here’s some unpacking
// Edge Orientation and a 2x2x3 block on the left that has Kociemba Phase 1 done
// Corner Orientation and the placement of the last two edges into the E-layer
// Edge Circuits aka placing the edges into the slices they belong in, Ex- white/red edge goes in one of the four spots between W/R/Y/O centers
// Half-Turn-Only Finish, previous step reduced to a R2,L2,U2,D2,F2,B2 state so you can do 180 degree turns to complete the cube.

You probably don’t care but just in case

Actually I have FMC as a preferred event on the WCA. When I compete in it, im just going to do whatever on it, as in, not learn any FMC techniques because i need to save time for my main events.

 

[aerocube]

ao50 and ao100 lowered down to 41/42
sub 40 hopefully by monday
cross on bottom is beautiful,i am inserting my 1st pair at 8 seconds when usually i'd insert them by 14-18 seconds
EDIT:26.28 single!!!!! that was insane down 4.13 seconds from 30.4
39.99 ao50,sub 40!!!!!!! now to get the sub 40 ao100,currently 41.92

 

[dudefaceguy]

New PB of 32.7 on 3x3. I also did two solves on 4x4 and got a new PB of 2:59, even though I haven't solved a 4x4 in a few weeks. I guess my 3x3 solving is improving my lookahead.

 

[RouxCuber]

New PB of 32.7 on 3x3. I also did two solves on 4x4 and got a new PB of 2:59, even though I haven't solved a 4x4 in a few weeks. I guess my 3x3 solving is improving my lookahead.

Nice job on PB!! I just made more example solves if you're interested

 

[Twifty]

But what if you were trapped in a room with your hands cuffed to the wall behind your back, and the handcuffs could be opened by a remote control signal that would be sent from a rubik's cube that's held by a chain to the floor in front of you as soon as it was solved?

Oh, I guess that's not a very common scenario - never mind.

That feels like an unlucky scenario for like most of the world.

 

[aerocube]

25.44 3x3 single,now PB
lucky Xcross + OCLL and CPLL skip
3x3 has suddenly become very fun lol,i only beat my PB the day before yesterday and now it's come down again!!!
EDIT:ao100 is at 40.xx now,ao50 is already sub-40

 

[Twifty]

29.57 4x4 PB. First sub 30

Amazingly juicy job!

 

[aerocube]

broke all of my averages at once apart from a03,which i broke i few solves earlier i think
my ao50 is 39.27 and my ao100 is 40.29
so close to sub 40
also i have been getting a few non-PB sub-30 solves recently so progression looks good

 

[aerocube]

sub 40 time!!!! got 39.94 ao100

 

[White KB]

Found my global avg on 3x3 and got these times (pretty much I just uploaded every single solve I could find to cstimer)
Single: 14.18
mo3: 18.05
Ao5: 20.98
Ao12: 22.416
Ao25: 24.88
Ao50: 25.249
Ao100: 26.487
Mo100: 26.591
Ao200: 27.203
Ao500: 28.870
Ao1,000: 31.394
Mo1,000: 31.434
Global Average: 38.000 (Even)
# of Solves: 1,631
Best Solve: 14.18 seconds
Worst Solve: 15:00.00 (My first solve ever from 2+ years ago)
PR Single: 21.21
PR Ao5: 25.57
Global avg (in comp): 30.43

 

[aerocube]

2x2 is going well so far
9.33,9.70,9.47,6.44,(15.30),9.72,10.32,6.15,7.58,12.11,7.31,7.94=8.99 ao12,first sub-9
included in that is a 7.61 ao5 which drops down to less than 0.30 behind my longest standing avg ever:my 7.32 ao3
EDIT:still rolling the ao12 down,and just rolled my ao50 to 9.98, so i am finally sub 10

 

[aerocube]

first sub-3 minute single on 4x4
2:51.15
i kinda wanna learn yau but i suck at centres when doing yau,so i am probably gonna make a half-yau which has 3-2-3 edge pairing,but no cross + centres