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I recommend learning some easy plls like J perms, or commonly occurring plls like the G perms. I wouldn't bother with things like N perms, or anything uncommon like that yet. You could also learn some better finger tricks for your algorithms. And by the way, congrats!
Skewb_Cube
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I just got my first sub 30 on 3x3 (29.36) after about 2 months of interrupted cubing. I know full intuitive F2L, beginner OLL, and beginner PLL. Are there any other techniques that you would recommend to improve my times even more? It would be great if I could hear from you
I would say that you maybe start learning the basic PLLs or the easiest ones and just do some solves to get things more into practice and muscle memory. And there's also a thread like this to post your accomplishments and also a thread like this and this to ask questions like that on 3x3.
anyway, congrats!
Ah yes, that guide is really good for CFOP users and is awesome that @Zubin Park created it and also is updating it for free!!! So be sure to check it out.
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I solved a 2x2 Blindfolded in front of my entire English class.
It all started on mask break last week (we spread out, take masks off, talk at a distance, etc.) when I decided to do it. It was a success, and some people saw it. A lot of people were talking about it, and the teacher asked me if I would do it for the class. I said sure.
OK, so yesterday, Monday October 12, 2020, at the beginning of 4th block, I get up to the front of the class, and my teacher is scrambling it with the class watching. It's a bit nerve-wracking.
He hands it to me, and someone starts their stopwatch like he told them, as per my suggestions to be as close to WCA guidelines as possible.
I inspect and don the blindfold. It's a 4-letter memo. I turn the cube, take off the blindfold, and it's 1 swap off. (Literally just a Y perm w/ no AUF)
My English teacher asks me to give it another try since it was so close, and I say yes.
The next time, it's a 10-letter memo, if you include two corner twists. I do the 6 swaps, and those corners remain. I forget how to swap those, rotate them using an alg I know (by doing z' R'D'RDR'D'RDU'D'R'DRD'R'DRU) As I do the final move, the entire class cheers. They were cheering my last name over and over. It was great.
So yeah.
It all started on mask break last week (we spread out, take masks off, talk at a distance, etc.) when I decided to do it. It was a success, and some people saw it. A lot of people were talking about it, and the teacher asked me if I would do it for the class. I said sure.
OK, so yesterday, Monday October 12, 2020, at the beginning of 4th block, I get up to the front of the class, and my teacher is scrambling it with the class watching. It's a bit nerve-wracking.
He hands it to me, and someone starts their stopwatch like he told them, as per my suggestions to be as close to WCA guidelines as possible.
I inspect and don the blindfold. It's a 4-letter memo. I turn the cube, take off the blindfold, and it's 1 swap off. (Literally just a Y perm w/ no AUF)
My English teacher asks me to give it another try since it was so close, and I say yes.
The next time, it's a 10-letter memo, if you include two corner twists. I do the 6 swaps, and those corners remain. I forget how to swap those, rotate them using an alg I know (by doing z' R'D'RDR'D'RDU'D'R'DRD'R'DRU) As I do the final move, the entire class cheers. They were cheering my last name over and over. It was great.
So yeah.
Kaneki Uchiha
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Generated By csTimer on 2020-10-14
avg of 5: 9.49
Time List:
1. (8.75) UR6+ DR2- DL2- UL1+ U5+ R1- D1- L1+ ALL5+ y2 U1- R1+ D1- L6+ ALL5+ DR
2. (10.50) UR0+ DR5- DL1+ UL1- U4+ R6+ D2+ L5+ ALL3+ y2 U0+ R5- D4+ L1+ ALL2- UR DR DL
3. 9.01+ UR4- DR2+ DL2+ UL1+ U1- R3- D6+ L6+ ALL3+ y2 U0+ R5- D3- L1- ALL4- UR DR DL UL
4. 9.36 UR4- DR3- DL5+ UL5+ U4- R2- D5- L5- ALL3- y2 U0+ R1+ D4- L1+ ALL5- DR UL
5. 10.09 UR1+ DR2- DL3+ UL6+ U3- R4+ D6+ L4+ ALL4+ y2 U3- R3+ D1+ L1- ALL6+
first sub 10 avg on clock I just got the QIYI a week ago. Never had one before,
avg of 5: 9.49
Time List:
1. (8.75) UR6+ DR2- DL2- UL1+ U5+ R1- D1- L1+ ALL5+ y2 U1- R1+ D1- L6+ ALL5+ DR
2. (10.50) UR0+ DR5- DL1+ UL1- U4+ R6+ D2+ L5+ ALL3+ y2 U0+ R5- D4+ L1+ ALL2- UR DR DL
3. 9.01+ UR4- DR2+ DL2+ UL1+ U1- R3- D6+ L6+ ALL3+ y2 U0+ R5- D3- L1- ALL4- UR DR DL UL
4. 9.36 UR4- DR3- DL5+ UL5+ U4- R2- D5- L5- ALL3- y2 U0+ R1+ D4- L1+ ALL5- DR UL
5. 10.09 UR1+ DR2- DL3+ UL6+ U3- R4+ D6+ L4+ ALL4+ y2 U3- R3+ D1+ L1- ALL6+
first sub 10 avg on clock I just got the QIYI a week ago. Never had one before,
Closed off my fourth 10k session (4th June to today).
# of sub-10 singles: 184 → 291 (was hoping to hit 300…)
# of sub-9 singles: 25 → 56 (still more than double!)
# of sub-8 singles: 1 → 8 (neato)
DNFs: 37 → 44 (not good…)
Average: 13.437 → 12.990
Median: 13.250 → 12.817
Best ao1000: 13.022 → 12.772
Also finally switched from middle-ring to pinky-ring D2 for the A perms (somewhere around the 8000th solve in). Didn't learn any new ZBLL cases, though I did switch out a couple of algs here and there and replaced/added some OLL algs.
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3rd ever sub-1 2x2 single, which is a PB2.
R2 U R F' R F2 R2 F2 R'
EDIT: Actually 4th ever. I have 2 0.9s and 2 0.7s.
R2 U R F' R F2 R2 F2 R'
x2 U R U' R' U'
EDIT: Actually 4th ever. I have 2 0.9s and 2 0.7s.
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And now, what you've been waiting for... the 11x11 solve...
1h51m55s
C1 15:38
C2 15:27
C3 14:37
C4 13:32
C5/6 14:08
1st 8 16:00
L4 18:11
3x3 4:21
Pleased with the consistency of centres & 1st 8 edges, but screwed up the parity on last 4. Only 7 minutes longer than my 10x10 yesterday.
1h51m55s
C1 15:38
C2 15:27
C3 14:37
C4 13:32
C5/6 14:08
1st 8 16:00
L4 18:11
3x3 4:21
Pleased with the consistency of centres & 1st 8 edges, but screwed up the parity on last 4. Only 7 minutes longer than my 10x10 yesterday.
LukasCubes
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I broke my 2x2 PB for the first time in over a year and a half.
OLD: 1.04
NEW: 1.018
4-mover
Scramble: F R F R F2 U F' R2 U'
Solution: (z' y) R2 U' R U'
Last Layer Skip lol
This also resorted to a PB Ao12
1. (1.018) F R F R F2 U F' R2 U'
2. 3.994 U2 R2 U2 F' R F2 U2 F' R'
3. 4.730 U' F2 U2 R2 F' U2 F' U' R'
4. 5.595 F U R' U2 F' U R2 U2 R'
5. 5.742 U' R F' R2 F' U F' U2 R2 F'
6. 5.111 R' F R' F U' R2 F U F'
7. 4.182 R U F2 R' F U2 F2 U' F2
8. 5.600 R2 F2 R' U' F2 R U' R2 U' F'
9. 5.185 U2 F' U R' U' F2 R2 U2 R'
10. (6.718) R2 F2 R F2 R' U F' R F2
11. 4.030 R F' U2 R' U2 R' F R2 F'
12. 3.975 F' R F U' R U2 R' U R2
Ao12: 4.814
There is a couple more VERY lucky solves in there
OLD: 1.04
NEW: 1.018
4-mover
Scramble: F R F R F2 U F' R2 U'
Solution: (z' y) R2 U' R U'
Last Layer Skip lol
This also resorted to a PB Ao12
1. (1.018) F R F R F2 U F' R2 U'
2. 3.994 U2 R2 U2 F' R F2 U2 F' R'
3. 4.730 U' F2 U2 R2 F' U2 F' U' R'
4. 5.595 F U R' U2 F' U R2 U2 R'
5. 5.742 U' R F' R2 F' U F' U2 R2 F'
6. 5.111 R' F R' F U' R2 F U F'
7. 4.182 R U F2 R' F U2 F2 U' F2
8. 5.600 R2 F2 R' U' F2 R U' R2 U' F'
9. 5.185 U2 F' U R' U' F2 R2 U2 R'
10. (6.718) R2 F2 R F2 R' U F' R F2
11. 4.030 R F' U2 R' U2 R' F R2 F'
12. 3.975 F' R F U' R U2 R' U R2
Ao12: 4.814
There is a couple more VERY lucky solves in there
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Nir1213
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when i was doing last layer only solves to practice on my 4LLL
so i was doing one of the LL solves but i only and i did 2 look oll super fast and then i did CPLL and when i did CPLL i got an EPLL skip and i had to AUF to just solve the cube and i got a 3.34 LL solve
LAST LAYER IN 3 SECONDS!????
so i was doing one of the LL solves but i only and i did 2 look oll super fast and then i did CPLL and when i did CPLL i got an EPLL skip and i had to AUF to just solve the cube and i got a 3.34 LL solve
LAST LAYER IN 3 SECONDS!????
Nir1213
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finally a sub 30 f2l average! Planning to get sub 25 in f2l
You can just download the txt file and import from cstimer.net and you can see the times and scrambles
session 1 is all f2l only solves
session 2 are just last layer solves i did for fun.
You can just download the txt file and import from cstimer.net and you can see the times and scrambles
session 1 is all f2l only solves
session 2 are just last layer solves i did for fun.
Finally, finally broke the 1h barrier for 9x9 - just!
59m52s, was pretty hairy there at the end when I knew I was close.
Absolutely destroyed that time today... 51m38s!
Strangely, it didn't feel that quick - I guess I was in the zone.
Also, knocked another 44s off my 8x8 pb, now 38m47s.
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CubingNewfie
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I've been trying since summer to get a sub-10 average, and despite not cubing much since school started, I just got 9.55!
9.965 B' D2 L2 F' L2 U2 F' D2 B' F2 U2 F' L' B' L2 B2 L' F' L' B'
9.297 D B L F D' L D2 L' F2 U2 D2 F2 D R2 L2 F2 B2 U2 F
(13.896) R2 D R F2 R' U2 B' L U' F2 R2 U2 R L' D2 L B2 R2 B2
9.408 D B2 U B2 U R2 U2 R2 F2 D2 F2 B L R2 D' U' B U B
(9.147) U' R' L F' D F' R B D' B2 U F2 U L2 F2 U D2 B2 R' B'
9.965 B' D2 L2 F' L2 U2 F' D2 B' F2 U2 F' L' B' L2 B2 L' F' L' B'
9.297 D B L F D' L D2 L' F2 U2 D2 F2 D R2 L2 F2 B2 U2 F
(13.896) R2 D R F2 R' U2 B' L U' F2 R2 U2 R L' D2 L B2 R2 B2
9.408 D B2 U B2 U R2 U2 R2 F2 D2 F2 B L R2 D' U' B U B
(9.147) U' R' L F' D F' R B D' B2 U F2 U L2 F2 U D2 B2 R' B'
My 2nd solve was *way* better : 1hr12m40sWell, I completed my first 10x10 solve!
It took me 1h44m3s, (with 2 edge & PLL parity)
Splits :
C1 12:33
C2 11:19
C3 10:29
C4 19:14
C5/6 12:15
1ST 8 19:48
L4 12:28
3X3+P 5:37
Way faster than my first 9*9 in fact!
TheSlykrCubr
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13.58 D2 F R U' R2 D2 B' D' L D' R2 D F2 U' D2 R2 F2 R2 B2 R2 D2
LNBFilms
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Dear fellow speedsolvers,
Currently at around 7:40 am EDT/4:40 am PDT on October 13, 2020, I got a 4x4 personal best, that smashed my previous record of 1:31.671. It is now 1:28.489! Here is the scramble: Dw Bw2 Lw2 Dw’ F’ Rw Uw Fw R’ Dw2 Fw L’ U’ Bw’ Rw’ D2 F L Uw2 Bw2 R2 Dw F Lw’ Dw’ B2 Lw2 Uw2 Bw2 Rw’ D Fw2 L’ D’ Fw2 L’ U2 F9 Lw2 U2.
Currently at around 7:40 am EDT/4:40 am PDT on October 13, 2020, I got a 4x4 personal best, that smashed my previous record of 1:31.671. It is now 1:28.489! Here is the scramble: Dw Bw2 Lw2 Dw’ F’ Rw Uw Fw R’ Dw2 Fw L’ U’ Bw’ Rw’ D2 F L Uw2 Bw2 R2 Dw F Lw’ Dw’ B2 Lw2 Uw2 Bw2 Rw’ D Fw2 L’ D’ Fw2 L’ U2 F9 Lw2 U2.
TheSlykrCubr
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Aight thanks for the exact time, now I can finally start my spreadsheet of everyone's 4x4 pb's and when they were done
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