CubeLite's progression thread - NATIONAL CHAMPION

[K3n]

I also got in the same situation ;-;
I submitted 6 cubes, and I got 4/6
If I got 6/6 I would have been the national champion 2026 for mbld (top 3 are all 6 points, but their times are slower)

 

[CubeLite]

I also got in the same situation ;-;
I submitted 6 cubes, and I got 4/6
If I got 6/6 I would have been the national champion 2026 for mbld (top 3 are all 6 points, but their times are slower)

Lol, twins, maybe next time let's be for something better tho

 

[CubeLite]

YESSS NATIONAL CHAMPION, it is 0.07 away from NR but its sub 3 either way, veryyyyyyy happy, and in first round I got 2.93, so another improvement, but I got 1.88 PR single
This also places me top 300 in the world, almost 100 in Europe and NR2
I also got some other PRs in other events but who cares, you can see them on wca live

 

[CubeLite]

Well the comp ended a few days ago, but rn I have the motivation to talk about

First day we had fmc, multi, 5-7
For fmc I did a post above but I found a 41 moves solution but wrote it wrong on the paper so had to correct but I only had like 2 minutes left so I DNFed
For mulți I did 9 cubes to hopefully podium...but I got 4/9 so DNF, podium was also easy only 4 points but oh well, next time NR trust
And for 5x5 and 6x6 I got for both OVERALL PBS, on 5x5 the single being PB BY 13 SECONDS : D

On the 2nd day we had all the side events and OH
On clock, Pyraminx and square-1 nothing good nor PBs, pyra was decent but not enough
Then on Megaminx I got some huge PRs by over 30 seconds and they were also almost PBs
On OH I was able to get double PR single, with my first sub 20 officially yayayay

And then skewb, which ive been practicing non stop for, I wanted to win and get NR average and a decent single, in first round I was able to get 3 REALLY GOOD TIMES, I had counting 2.2 and 2.5, but then nerves got to me, and the last 2 solves weren't 1 lockable for me, so I missed NR by 0.13
But at least i got sub 3 avg and a nice 1.88 single, so thats 1 goal
Then for finals I wasn't shaking that bad like in the first round but the start was worse, with counting a 3 on the 3rd solve alr, so I had to lock in, I got a 2.6 decent, and for NR I just needed a 2.47, i didnt think it was possible but...it didnt happen, I got close tho with 2.69, the scramble was just too many moves, which I did them surprisingly without lock ups but not fast enough
But still I got another PR of 2.87 which is NR2 and now i hold 2nd and 3rd best avgs in romania : D
Ill get NR in October tho trust

And now 3rd day where I had 2-4 and bld
For 2x2 who cares I didnt practice cll enough and wasn't able to make finals or PR
For 4x4 I did really good for me, I even got a 40 seconds single, which was PB2 at the time : 0
But then I counted a 56 and 54 so no sub 50 avg and no finals
Then 3x3 where I had 2 rounds, and in the very first solve of the competition I GOT MY FIRST SUB 10, PR BY 2 WHOLE SECONDS LIEK WHAT????
Sadly I didnt record that round
But still so happy nonetheless, the avg wasnt nothing good cuz i counted a 16, and on the 2nd round I also counted smth over 15 so no PR avg
And last even 3bld, where in the first round I got 3 successes but gave up on the last solve cuz it was too hard so no ao5, but i got 1:45 single which was decent and I made finals being 10th
But in finals...i dodnt even wanna talk, my best was 2:11 because I DNFed a 1:40 by flipped edge bruh, either way I wouldn't have podiumed but PR would have been nice, I did came 6th romanian so not that bad

But yea this comp was fun, I had some great times and hopefully ill go to another comp in October with 1 round of skewb, until then I think ill practice skewb like crazy as always, but also 3x3 and 4x4, I really enjoy those events and want to become good
Cya : D

 

[eeeeeeeee]

insane! holy redemption gj

 

[CubeLite]

Hiii, uhh im back?
I havent cubed that much, but I have a comp in exactly a month, it doesnt have skewb but it has clock, and idk if ill have any other comps until nats during summer, so might asw practice clock and get smth decent before it goes poof
Ill learn 7 simul this weekend, if any clonkers can suggest a good video or doc for the best method ig idk

 

[Fred]

Tommy 7 simul is regarded as the best, but it's also pretty complicated. I recommend bpaul 7 simul, since it's easier and you're competing in a month. It's also gotten WRs, so it can't be that much worse. There's also bpaul 7simul flip but it's the same difficulty and you have to flip. Consider it if you end up hating D moves. D moves are ideally done with pinkies, but thumb D moves are an acceptable alternative.

Here's what I do for bpaul 7simul:
Memorization:
Capital letters are positions on the starting side, and lowercase letters are on the back side (x2 flip).
Start from execution side
M1: L to U + r to dr
M2: d to c
M3: r to d
M4: R to D + l to ul
M5: u to c
M6: l to u

For the + things, I think of how far L has to go to reach U, apply that to dr, then see how far r has to go to reach that.

Also, the second three things are 180 degree rotations of the first three, which makes things easier.

You can memorize with letters (A through L), numbers, numbers in multiple languages (one for positive, one for negative), or a mix, whatever works for you.
(I do weird mix of letter pairs for M1+M2 and M4+M5 since those will be executed simultaneously, and numbers in two different languages for M3 and M6, since they're executed by themselves.)

Execution:
(Make sure you rotate back to the side you started memo on)
The letters here are for pin positions. R means both right pins are up and both left pins are down. UR means just the upper right pin is up. ur means just the upper right pin is down. \ means the upper left and lower right pins are up.

dl - letter 2 with left hand (down pins), letter 1 with right hand (up pins)

R - letter 3 with left hand (down pins), match U with L using your right hand (up pins)

DR - make the 2x2 UL block intuitively

ur- letter 4 with left hand (up pins), letter 5 with right hand (down pins)

L - match D and R with your left hand (up pins), letter 6 with your right hand (down pins)

UL- match UL block with the rest of the cross with your left hand (up pin), match the dr corner with the cross using your right hand (down pins)

\ - solve the rest of the clock to twelve