CG’s Progression Thread—BIG NEWS!!!—Competition on Saturday (3x3 in 303)

[AJT17]

UPDATE TIME OH BOY!!!

1. I finished full 3-Style for 3BLD!!! Insane I got full 3s finished before a single 3BLD attempt, but ig that’s how life works. I am still very inconsistent, but with some time, I’m sure I can make a push for SR or ever RR

2. I bought some MBLD cubes! I’ll be up to 14 by my comp in December, and I’ll borrow some to make it closer to 16 or even more. SR is out of the question for now, but top 100 in the USA is very in the question

With how much effort you've been putting into BLD, I hope you can get RR soon! Also hoping you can get some good results in December as well!

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

MBLD PB (12 points, former PB was 8)

Generated By csTimer on 2025-11-23
single: 50:00.31

Time List:
1. 50:00.31=48:50.87+1:09.44 1) F R' D U' L2 F2 U F2 D R2 B' F' D U2 B R' B D Rw2 Uw
2) F' L2 F2 D' B U2 B' R F' U' R2 D R2 D2 F2 D' L2 B2 U' F2 D' Rw' Uw
3) B' U2 R2 U F2 D2 R2 D R2 D' B2 F2 R F2 R D2 F' L B2 R' B' Rw Uw2
4) D2 F' D2 R2 F R2 F' D2 B2 F' U' B2 R' D F D' B' R' D U' Fw
5) R2 L2 F2 D R B' U' F D L' F2 R2 F2 D2 L B2 U2 R2 F2 Fw Uw2
6) D' L' U' B' U' D2 F R B2 U2 B2 L' U2 R' F2 R' D2 F2 R2 D' R Rw' Uw2
7) R2 F2 L2 U2 L2 D B2 D F2 U2 B2 U F' L B2 U' F2 D' B2 D2 F2 Fw' Uw
8) R U' R2 D' L2 D U2 F2 D' L2 U B2 L' D B U' R2 B U2 R Rw
9) F2 L B D' R F2 U' D B' R' U2 B2 U2 B2 R U2 R' L' B2 R' Rw'
10) U' F2 D' R2 B' D R L F2 D2 B2 U' D2 B2 R2 D B2 R2 D R2 Rw' Uw2
11) R2 D2 B2 R2 D2 R B2 R' D2 F2 D' F' U' F U' R2 D F' D2 Fw'
12) F2 L2 D R2 F2 D L2 D2 F2 U' B2 D' R' D2 B L' F' D' B D2 R Fw' Uw'

Very good, everything felt fluent today. Could go up to 14 cube attempt now me thinks. If anyone wants me to recon, I’ll do it tommorow (my rooms are very different than most people, so could be good to show some of you how I do attempts)

 

[bldcuber314]

MBLD PB (12 points, former PB was 8)

Generated By csTimer on 2025-11-23
single: 50:00.31

Time List:
1. 50:00.31=48:50.87+1:09.44 1) F R' D U' L2 F2 U F2 D R2 B' F' D U2 B R' B D Rw2 Uw
2) F' L2 F2 D' B U2 B' R F' U' R2 D R2 D2 F2 D' L2 B2 U' F2 D' Rw' Uw
3) B' U2 R2 U F2 D2 R2 D R2 D' B2 F2 R F2 R D2 F' L B2 R' B' Rw Uw2
4) D2 F' D2 R2 F R2 F' D2 B2 F' U' B2 R' D F D' B' R' D U' Fw
5) R2 L2 F2 D R B' U' F D L' F2 R2 F2 D2 L B2 U2 R2 F2 Fw Uw2
6) D' L' U' B' U' D2 F R B2 U2 B2 L' U2 R' F2 R' D2 F2 R2 D' R Rw' Uw2
7) R2 F2 L2 U2 L2 D B2 D F2 U2 B2 U F' L B2 U' F2 D' B2 D2 F2 Fw' Uw
8) R U' R2 D' L2 D U2 F2 D' L2 U B2 L' D B U' R2 B U2 R Rw
9) F2 L B D' R F2 U' D B' R' U2 B2 U2 B2 R U2 R' L' B2 R' Rw'
10) U' F2 D' R2 B' D R L F2 D2 B2 U' D2 B2 R2 D B2 R2 D R2 Rw' Uw2
11) R2 D2 B2 R2 D2 R B2 R' D2 F2 D' F' U' F U' R2 D F' D2 Fw'
12) F2 L2 D R2 F2 D L2 D2 F2 U' B2 D' R' D2 B L' F' D' B D2 R Fw' Uw'

Very good, everything felt fluent today. Could go up to 14 cube attempt now me thinks. If anyone wants me to recon, I’ll do it tommorow (my rooms are very different than most people, so could be good to show some of you how I do attempts)View attachment 44258

How do you do rooms?

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

How do you do rooms?

Im glad you asked

Instead of having places for my Loci, I use characters (specifically, one character per cube) For edges, I imagine that character either watching something or doing something. For corners, I have that character essentially speak the memo. This is ok for animated characters as the ones I use have pretty distinctive voices

For example, in my first cube, I use Fry from Futurama. My memo was NP GL SA OB RE KA for edges, and DA HP GQ OD for Corners. For edges I imagined Fry taking a nap with a goal in mind (set goals for yourself, kids) then he saw an Obsidian Portal, and a regal Kangaroo coming out of it. For corners I imagined Fry verbally saying (like a throwaway joke) “My dad once hopped on Goku” then i imagine response like “how did that go?” Then fry finishes the “punchline” with “He overdosed”.

I use this for every cube, just with different characters (my first room is Futurama, so after fry, it’s Leela, Bender, Farnsworth, Amy, and Zoidberg. My second room is gravity falls, So I use Dipper, Mabel, Stan, Soos, Wendy, and Bill)

 

[Cubist-Guitar]

COMPETITION GOALS FOR 3x3 IN 303

3x3: Floor: consistent average. Just have to hope I can solve well after an FMC and a MBLD attempt
Ceiling: Sub 9 average. I know I can.

OH: Floor: Sub 20 average. I have low hopes for OH, but now that I have my v10 back, I know I can get this
Ceiling: Sub 16 average. If I get good PLL’s (No y perms) I think my F2L could carry. I’ll work a small bit on my cross, but I really don’t care much for this event at all

FMC: Floor: Mean. I have no real hopes, but I know I can do ok at least
Ceiling: Sub 35 mean. Would be cool

MBLD: Floor: success.
Ceiling: 16/16. This would be a second attempt solve, as I’ll only do it if I feel like I can do better than 14/14.

3BLD Floor: Success. This should be a piece of cake honestly
3BLD Ceiling: sub 30 single and sub 35 mean. If I get these, I’ll be 3rd in single and Second in mean for Colorado. Plus, this will be my last shot at a 3BLD mean, so that would be cool to have