caleb's journey to getting skewed by the skewb (road to sub-5) // sub-5 is completed!

[Caleb Valenzuela]

hi guys, I lost the WC2025 bet have finally considered to start speedsolving skewb so watch out guys!1!1!!1!1!

here are my PBs so far:
Single: 6.65
ao5: 9.71 from what i remember
ao12: 11.xx or 10.xx ig
ao50: none
ao100: none

so i now learned polish sledge and polish hedge (hedge is a bit tricky). after i will learn Sarah's Intermediate and then work on my "first layer" since it's really slow and inefficient.

 

[CubeLite]

hi guys, I lost the WC2025 bet have finally considered to start speedsolving skewb so watch out guys!1!1!!1!1!

here are my PBs so far:
Single: 6.65
ao5: 9.71 from what i remember
ao12: 11.xx or 10.xx ig
ao50: none
ao100: none

so i now learned polish sledge and polish hedge (hedge is a bit tricky). after i will learn Sarah's Intermediate and then work on my "first layer" since it's really slow and inefficient.

Wdym "first layer"

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Wdym "first layer"

first face?

 

[CubeLite]

first face?

Why " it's just a layer, nothing special

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Why " it's just a layer, nothing special

idk the first step ig

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

i just got a 3.93 skewb single i'll post the scramble later it was really good (i can't do the first face fast enough)

 

[Bingus cuber]

I know you’re not there yet, but if/when you get to around 6 seconds, we could race to sub 5.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

ok

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Z Perms are gonna be the end of me

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

Z Perms are gonna be the end of me

XD
I learnt Sarah's intermediate method a few months ago and couldn't be bothered to learn the notation because for some reason all the tutorials had different explanations for different types of notation?!?
Anyway, good luck with your Skewb progress - I only managed to get an 11s single or so and then stopped practising a lot (sorry @CubeLite)! I might get into it again though some day.

 

[CubeLite]

XD
I learnt Sarah's intermediate method a few months ago and couldn't be bothered to learn the notation because for some reason all the tutorials had different explanations for different types of notation?!?

There is scramble notation and algs notation, it's really easy man

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

I'll look into it

 

[abunickabhi]

i just got a 3.93 skewb single i'll post the scramble later it was really good (i can't do the first face fast enough)

What was the scramble?

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

got a 7.40 ao5, 8.87 ao12, and a 3.71 single today!

Spoiler: 7.40 Ao5

Generated By csTimer on 2025-07-14
avg of 5: 7.40

Time List:
1. (9.92) B U' B' U' B R U' R B' L
2. 7.12 R B R U' R' B' R B'
3. (3.71) L' R B' L' B' L' U R'
4. 6.49 U' R L' U' L U L R L
5. 8.59 U' R' U R U R U L' R

Spoiler: 8.87 ao12

Generated By csTimer on 2025-07-14
avg of 12: 8.87

Time List:
1. 7.25 L' U' R U' L' U L' R'
2. 9.07 B L R B L' B U' R U'
3. (11.67) B' L B R' B L R' B R
4. 10.57 B' U B' R' U B' U B'
5. 9.65 L' B L' U B' U B R B
6. 9.92 B U' B' U' B R U' R B' L
7. 7.12 R B R U' R' B' R B'
8. (3.71) L' R B' L' B' L' U R'
9. 6.49 U' R L' U' L U L R L
10. 8.59 U' R' U R U R U L' R
11. 9.76 B' U L' B' L' B R' L
12. 10.28 R' L R L B' R B' U R

Spoiler: 3.71 single

Generated By csTimer on 2025-07-14
single: 3.71

Time List:
1. 3.71 L' R B' L' B' L' U R'

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

What was the scramble?

here it is
Generated By csTimer on 2025-07-14
single: 3.93

Time List:
1. 3.93 B' R' B' U L' R' L R B'

 

[CubeLite]

here it is
Generated By csTimer on 2025-07-14
single: 3.93

Time List:
1. 3.93 B' R' B' U L' R' L R B'

2.14 first try
My best attempt was of 1.83

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

2.14 first try
My best attempt was of 1.83

try my 3.71

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

if I said “if Dominic doesn’t win skewb I’ll grind skewb until sub-6” this challenge would have been over.

Generated By csTimer on 2025-07-19
avg of 5: 5.84

Time List:
1. 5.85 B' U R B' L' U B' R L'
2. (7.78) U L R' L B U L B'
3. 5.38 B' U R' B L B U' B' L
4. (5.14) B' U' L' R' B L R U B'
5. 6.28 L' U R B' L' U' R' B' U'

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

Please don't let it be over - it's fun seeing you (an NxN main) grind an event so different to what you're used to. Keep cooking
Also, I'll change my profile pic back to normal again - these noses are kinda silly to look at every time I see my profile XD

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

yay new PBs
Generated By csTimer on 2025-07-28
avg of 5: 5.43

Time List:
1. (3.96) U L B' U' B L' U' R'
2. (6.10) U' R L' R U R' L U L
3. 5.36 U' R' U' B R L U' R B'
4. 5.85 L B U' L B U R L'
5. 5.09 R' U L' R' B' U' B' U' R'

Generated By csTimer on 2025-07-28
avg of 12: 5.63

Time List:
1. 4.53 R L' B U' B' R' B' U'
2. 5.91 R U B U L' U B R' B
3. 5.80 L B U' B' R L U R
4. 5.30 U L' R' L U' B U' B
5. 5.87 R' B' L' R L U L' B' R'
6. 5.60 R' B' U' L B U L U
7. (6.67) R' B' L' U' R' B' U L'
8. 5.96 L R U B U' R L' R'
9. (3.96) U L B' U' B L' U' R'
10. 6.10 U' R L' R U R' L U L
11. 5.36 U' R' U' B R L U' R B'
12. 5.85 L B U' L B U R L'