Filipe's Progression Thread - practicing 4x4 and 5x5

[artless1der]

I also like to practice OLLs (the ones I know ha) by doing them over and over til the cube is back to solved (this also can help recognize different shapes that occur)... and of course trying to go faster as I go along...

and I like to find 3 or 4 PLLs that when run in sequence end up in the solved state (ex: Y + V + U2 U-perm), and run through that sequence over and over (good for muscle memory but sometimes makes the cube feel more like a fidget spinner haha))

 

[Deleted member 36445]

my new cubes arrived.
there it goes my productivity
I got all wca except for clonk. I will get one in a next order

 

[Deleted member 36445]

it's a shame that I didn't manage to get a white/black sq1.
rip my world class aspirations

 

[artless1der]

it's a shame that I didn't manage to get a white/black sq1.
rip my world class aspirations

or a yellow & black one, then you could bee an expert! ᕙ⁠(⁠ ⁠¤⁠ ⁠〰⁠ ⁠¤⁠ ⁠)⁠ᕗ

 

[artless1der]

or a yellow & black one, then you could bee an expert! ᕙ⁠(⁠ ⁠¤⁠ ⁠〰⁠ ⁠¤⁠ ⁠)⁠ᕗ

btw what cubes did you get?
3×3=? ... 4×4=? ... et cetera?

no!ce pattern on the (which?) 7×7

 

[Deleted member 36445]

btw what cubes did you get?
3×3=? ... 4×4=? ... et cetera?

no!ce pattern on the (which?) 7×7

the 4x4 is really bad. 3x3 is too loose, I don't like the feel, I prefer the dayan guhong v3 but I gave it away ;_;
the other cubes are really nice and smooth
I need to lubricate and tension all of them

Name​	Attribute​	Price​	Quantity​	Subtotal​
YongJun YuFu M Magnetic 7x7x7 Speed Cube Stickerless	​	US$ 15.99​	1​	US$ 15.99​
YongJun YuShi M Magnetic 6x6x6 Speed Cube Stickerless	​	US$ 12.99​	1​	US$ 12.99​
QiYi X-MAN Design Stickerless Magnetic Pyraminx-Bell	​	US$ 7.55​	1​	US$ 7.55​
YongJun YuChuang M Magnetic 5x5x5 Speed Cube Stickerless	​	US$ 11.99​	1​	US$ 11.99​
YongJun YuHu M Magnetic Megaminx Stickerless Speed Cube	​	US$ 10.99​	1​	US$ 10.99​
MoYu Classroom RS2M V2 2x2x2 Magnetic Speed Cube Stickerless	​	US$ 7.55​	1​	US$ 7.55​
MoYu Super RS3M 3x3x3 Speed Cube Ball-Core Version	​	US$ 12.55​	1​	US$ 12.55​
YuXin Little Magic M 4x4x4 Magnetic Magic Cube Stickerless	​	US$ 10.25​	1​	US$ 10.25​
QiYi X-Man VOLT V2 SQ-1 Speed Cube Magnetic(/UD) Yellow-White Version Stickerless	​	US$ 15.99​	1​	US$ 15.99​

 

[VincentCuber]

my new cubes arrived.
there it goes my productivity
I got all wca except for clonk. I will get one in a next order

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nice mega pattern!

 

[Deleted member 36445]

nice mega pattern!

lol it's just pure 2 corner twist.

I just made some turns on each one to test the puzzles

 

[artless1der]

noice!
I could hardly feel the core-corner magnets on my Ball-core RS3M Super, so I stacked 3×1mm N50 magnets on each corner (3mm is perfect fit for width) and that helped a lot.
Mainly just use the dual adjusmtnent in the centers...
I found 60°-90° tighter (⅙-¼ turn) and 2-3 clicks for more spring compression worked for me

and good choice on the YJ v2m cubes... lots of good mega solvers get great times on the Yuhu v2m...
The Yufu 7×7, Yushi 6×6, and YuChuang 5×5 were my first real big cubes and great for the price, with real good performance, they really got me a long ways down the road learning and building better knowledge, habits, lookahead and times before I wanted to try anything better slash more expensive (especially the Yufu 7×7)
〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜⁽⁠⁽⁠ଘ⁠(⁠ ⁠ˊ⁠ᵕ⁠ˋ⁠ ⁠)⁠ଓ⁠⁾⁠⁾

 

[artless1der]

and practice those fintergricks !!!

 

[Deleted member 36445]

sub5 avg. my new cube helped a lot. no lockus at all. my old lingpo is long gone
EDIT: who dont hate locust????

OH
32.75 single. Really lucky solve, too bad my turning was trash and lots of pauses

3x3 2h was trash
second solve gave me hope of a sub15 avg, I wanted to have this because of the sub5 2x2 avg. I don't do sub5 2x2 + sub15 3x3 on online comp for ages...

 

[Deleted member 36445]

one handed progression.

my fastest time in comp was 38 sec in 2019.
I beat it in 2023 two months ago, by 2 sec.
The I beat it again 3 weeks ago, with a time of 29.80. it's my oh pb2 global
then in the last 2 weeks I got two 32.xy sec solves.
pretty good ig

 

[artless1der]

Congrats on the progress bro!
(note to self: do *not* race Filipe):

*side note:* I was going to offer to send you my YJ Yusu V2M 4×4 (61.5mm) to help on your quest (and you said you didn't care for the YLilMagic 4×4) but....
when I checked the oistal rates from here in the U.S. to Brazil, it would coat over $33 to ship it
Whaaa?!?!?!!!

But hey, it's the thought that counts, right?

 

[Deleted member 36445]

Congrats on the progress bro!
(note to self: do *not* race Filipe):

*side note:* I was going to offer to send you my YJ Yusu V2M 4×4 (61.5mm) to help on your quest (and you said you didn't care for the YLilMagic 4×4) but....
when I checked the oistal rates from here in the U.S. to Brazil, it would coat over $33 to ship it
Whaaa?!?!?!!!

But hey, it's the thought that counts, right?

Really??
Man that so cool thanks so much for your intentions, it means a lot to me really

Yeah US to brazil has expensive shipping and taxes. I always buy from china because of that. Even taking 1 to 3 months to arrive here it's worth the wait.

We can do one thing tho, I'll send you a pm

 

[Deleted member 36445]

2x2 -> another sub5 average. this makes a streak of 3 sub5 avgs in comp. I'm very happy with that!

3x3 -> very bad. I need to adjust my cube asap, it's very loose, and I only used it in comp yet. I have to solve more with it until I find a good setup. I'm not happy with it, it feels really weird. I was used to the guhong and this has a different feel.

oh -> really bad overall, not even sub50 but I had a good single (35.29), that is better than my comp pb from a while ago, and it's getting more and more common for me to achieve that time in comp.

tomorrow I will do more events!

 

[Deleted member 36445]

I think I'm not that bad overall.

I was checking the rankings for Brazil on WCA and my pb single at home would put me on top100 single for Brazil if I did it on comp...

Statistics for 11-13-2011 14:28:40

Cubes Solved: 106/107
Number of Pops: 1
Average: 17.40
Standard Deviation: 3.70
Best Time: 8.80

81.    8.80    R U B2 L2 D B R2 B' R F' U R' U2 D' L2 D F2 R2 B2 L2 U

Statistics for 11-13-2011 16:17:47

Cubes Solved: 100/100
Number of Pops: 1
Average: 17.19
Standard Deviation: 3.39
Best Time: 8.89

43.    8.89    B R' L F' R B' R' U L F' R2 B2 U2 R2 D' R2 U2 B2 R2 F2

 

[Deleted member 36445]

I'll publish my 3x3 picture cube method soon

first avg12 but I'll get better soon (using a 5x5 with picture cube pattern provided by @xyzzy )

I aim at sub40 avg and sub30 single

Spoiler

U2' F2' D R2' B2' D R2' F2' U2' B2' L' R' F' D' B2' F2' D R2' F2' U' Fw2' Rw2' F2' D2' R2'
Bw2' Lw2' U Bw2' D2' Rw2' Dw2' Bw2' Rw2' Uw2' B Rw2' B2' Rw2' Fw2' L2' Uw2'
L2' B R L U R2' Rw Lw D U Rw Lw F B Rw Lw Bw Fw Dw Uw Fw Bw

this is the simulator I wrote btw

 

[helloimcubedup]

I think I'm not that bad overall.

I was checking the rankings for Brazil on WCA and my pb single at home would put me on top100 single for Brazil if I did it on comp...

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Statistics for 11-13-2011 14:28:40

Cubes Solved: 106/107
Number of Pops: 1
Average: 17.40
Standard Deviation: 3.70
Best Time: 8.80

81.    8.80    R U B2 L2 D B R2 B' R F' U R' U2 D' L2 D F2 R2 B2 L2 U

Statistics for 11-13-2011 16:17:47

Cubes Solved: 100/100
Number of Pops: 1
Average: 17.19
Standard Deviation: 3.39
Best Time: 8.89

43.    8.89    B R' L F' R B' R' U L F' R2 B2 U2 R2 D' R2 U2 B2 R2 F2

wait the wca spells brazil with an s!? thats illegal. also nice

 

[Cubinginatree]

wait the wca spells brazil with an s!? thats illegal. also nice

I assume that's how it is spelled in portuguese.

 

[helloimcubedup]

I assume that's how it is spelled in portuguese.

k i checked, your right