acrystal Progression Thread |Lock in for 4x4, 3BLD, OH, Mega|

[acrystal]

FMC PB yall, 36 moves

 Twizzle link 

 Setup 

R' U' F U' L D2 R2 F U2 F2 D2 L2 F U2 F2 U B D B L F U' F R' U' F

 Moves 

z2 F' D2 R' L2 U F2 D2 // Cross
F' U' F // 1st Pair
U L U L' // 2nd Pair
F U' F' // 3rd Pair
B U' B' U R' U' R // 4th Pair
y Rw R2 U' R U' R' U2 R U' Rw' R // OLL
U' // PLL Skip

 

[K3n]

In competition that would have been 38 moves (rotation counts), which is still better than my PB

 

[mdcuber9]

In competition that would have been 38 moves (rotation counts), which is still better than my PB

Rotations don’t count lol

 

[K3n]

I thought FMC used ETM instead of OBTM, my bad

 

[acrystal]

which is still better than my PB

Woah, then what is your PB?

 

[K3n]

It's in my PB sheet in the message, you should check that out.
anw, it's 41

 

[acrystal]

(my PB sheet, prev PB)

 

[K3n]

Can I see your PB sheet

 

[mdcuber9]

Do yall just use CFOP? You should learn blockbuilding, NISS, and insertions! I learned using J perms FMC playlist and now I average 35!

 

[acrystal]

Do yall just use CFOP? You should learn blockbuilding, NISS, and insertions! I learned using J perms FMC playlist and now I average 35!

As already said, learning NISS was very hard for me, which brought me an DNF official avg
Maybe I should try blockbuilding too
What do you suggest?

 

[mdcuber9]

As already said, learning NISS was very hard for me, which brought me an DNF official avg
Maybe I should try blockbuilding too
What do you suggest?

Well NISS isn’t required to be able to use blockbuilding/insertions, it just makes it much easier, especially when it comes to pseudo blocks. But with blockbuilding essentially you try to efficiently build a 2x2 block, then expand it to a 2x2x3, and then F2L minus one pair. Then, usually the best thing to do is solve all the edges so you’re left with anywhere from 3-5 corners left to be solved. These can be solved with what’s called a commutator (I won’t explain this rn but J perms video explains it super well) and since a commutator only affects those 3 corners, you can swap them at any point during your solution. You’ll want to find where you can do it so the most moves are cancelled, for example, one time I cancelled 6 moves (basically the 3 moves after inserting the commutator undid the last 3 moves of my commutator). I hope that made sense, as I said, J perm explains it better in his FMC playlist.

 

[acrystal]

Hello guys,
I have decided to remove the "6 months thing" as I have not been following this weekly, so its now a regular progression thread.
I have broken new PBs, so time to update my accomplishments. And I'm going to my 4th comp:

Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026 | World Cube Association

The World Cube Association governs competitions for mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly known as 'twisty puzzles'. The most famous of these puzzles is the Rubik's Cube, invented by professor Rubik from Hungary. A selection of these puzzles are chosen as...

www.worldcubeassociation.org

See you with my new PBs!

High chance of registering (I haven't as of now) so here are my goals:
Misc: Meet my friends on discord I guess, and compare my results 9 months ago (it changed a lot)
3x3: My PR single is 20.24, and my PR average is 22.56, so guess I should just beat that (I need to be top 100K). My single should obviously sub-20, but maybe sub-19 or even lesser. My average, well, I'm just excepting it to reduce, I don't know how much though.
2x2: Just shatter my times as much as possible.
4x4: I have 1:56.10 PR single, but I average 1:30 now. I just wanna break the cutoff, please!
5x5: I MUST have a single now, but I can't break the cutoff, 2:00 is hard.
OH: I MUST break cutoff (I will def), but a good average is all I need.
Clock: Idk how I'm gonna get sub-1:00 in 2-3 weeks, let alone sub-30 . I just have to get a single.
Megaminx: I can't break cutoff too, so I have to get a good single.
Pyraminx: So I have to get amazing times, and get top 14K in pyra avg.
Skewb: Get good times ig, my avg is really beatable.

 

[pi=3.14]

WAIT I JUST REALIZED WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLES NAMES

 

[acrystal]

WAIT I JUST REALIZED WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLES NAMES
View attachment 50891

wdym? these are normal names in here

 

[abunickabhi]

WAIT I JUST REALIZED WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLES NAMES
View attachment 50891

Super normal and conventional names in the reg list yo

It cannot get more normal than this,

I am also on this list outside the screenshot, and I consider my name to be a bit rarer and unconventional outside Maharashtra.

 

[K3n]

Why are some completely capitalized?

 

[mdcuber9]

Why are some completely capitalized?

Bc ppl just typed it in all caps by accident likely (they’re newcomers, so it will be corrected after the comp)

 

[pi=3.14]

wdym? these are normal names in here

its just funny bc 2 are in all caps

 

[acrystal]

its just funny bc 2 are in all caps

Its suprisingly normal for newcomers here lol.

 

[microchado]

how fast are you?