cranberryjuice's Progression Thread- Road to Sub-30 avg. (3x3)

[cranberryjuice]

Hey all! I'll try to post as often as I can, but please be patient as I am still in high school. Sometimes I may forget, so when I remember I'll just catch up on everything.

Main: GAN 356M
lube: GAN #1, #2, and #3
Method: beginner method (By JPerm)
Timer: csTimer
Current AO12: 57.45

 

[cranberryjuice]

Update: applied cube lube, NEW PR: 43.72!!!

 

[CubeLite]

Update: applied cube lube, NEW PR: 43.72!!!

Nice, also, just for your personal knowledge, it's called PB (personal best) not PR (personal record), PR is for official solves and PB for at home solves

 

[cranberryjuice]

Nice, also, just for your personal knowledge, it's called PB (personal best) not PR (personal record), PR is for official solves and PB for at home solves

Ah, ok.

 

[pTr]

Also, don't delete sessions on CStimer. My 3x3 session rn has 846 solves. I used the time trend function, and I can see my progress graphed; it's so satisfying.

my 2x2 session is a roller coaster thou... anywhere from 1.8 to 24.52.

 

[cranberryjuice]

How do you turn on the time trend function? Also, it's kinda empty because I haven't logged in and was using a different device than my usual one. I had my old PB written down though, so that's how I knew that it was better.

 

[cranberryjuice]

Yoo, I figured out time trend!

 

[pTr]

I had faith!

 

[cranberryjuice]

I only have solves from the past 13 days, because I had a slump. But I'm definitely improving!

 

[pTr]

Honestly, you should probably not worry about timed solves, but work on having fun and memorising 2LLL or the Roux algs.

 

[cranberryjuice]

What's 2LLL? And the Roux algs?

 

[pTr]

Oh shoot.

2LLL = 2 Look Last Layer. ex. OLL + PLL. (Orientation of Last Layer + Permutation of Last Layer) makes all the yellow faces up, then puts them in the correct spot in 2 algs. There are 57 OLL algs and 21 PLL algs.

Roux algs = CMLL + L5E or L6E. (Just looked at your method on your post and saw that you don't use Roux, so disregard this.)

 

[cranberryjuice]

Hey @pTr , is OLL+PLL faster than CFOP? And which one is easier to learn? I'm still a newbie.

 

[pTr]

@cranberryjuice

CFOP is the abbreviated form of Cross + First 2 Layers + Orientation of Last Layer + Permutation of Last Layer. also Cross + F2L + OLL + PLL.

To directly answer your question, OLL + PLL is easier to learn than CFOP because it is only half of CFOP (kinda).

 

[cranberryjuice]

TEACH ME 2LLL! Wait... Do I have to memorize ALL the algs for them?

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

TEACH ME 2LLL! Wait... Do I have to memorize ALL the algs for them?

hello, i suggest you learn 2-look oll and 1-look PLL as 57 algorithms might be too much for you. I would also consider mastering the beginners method until it feels like it’s too easy to solve the cube.

 

[cranberryjuice]

hello, i suggest you learn 2-look oll and 1-look PLL as 57 algorithms might be too much for you. I would also consider mastering the beginners method until it feels like it’s too easy to solve the cube.

Ok. I've got beginner's method memorized, I'm just slow rn.

 

[pTr]

@Caleb Valenzuela jump scare.

2LOLL would be better to start with, as it is 3 algs + OLLC (OLL Corners). And just slowly work through PLL, starting with the easy ones like T J R U E H.

 

[cranberryjuice]

@Caleb Valenzuela jump scare.

2LOLL would be better to start with, as it is 3 algs + OLLC (OLL Corners). And just slowly work through PLL, starting with the easy ones like T J R U E H.

Where do I find tutorials? I can't watch YouTube because my parents have it blocked

 

[pTr]

The goal of 2LOLL is to go from
to then

PLL will then solve the cube.

Beginner OLL (2-look OLL) has 2 steps:

Orient the edges (3 algorithms)
Orient the corners (7 algorithms)

Can you access this? J-perm's 2LOLL