Fukuoka Kengo James' Progression Thread

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

12.52 3x3 PB2

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

3x3 sub 19 avg
Ao5: 18.72
18.273, (17.028), 19.618, 18.295, (36.368)

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

3x3 sub 20 avg
Ao5: 19.68
(17.126), 19.136, 20.320, (22.654), 19.594

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

3x3 sub 19 avg
Ao5: 18.72
18.273, (17.028), 19.618, 18.295, (36.368)

3x3 sub 20 avg
Ao5: 19.68
(17.126), 19.136, 20.320, (22.654), 19.594

I think I am pretty much sub 20 for 3x3 right now.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

I can only do sub 2 H perm on skewb. How can I get faster with H perm on skewb?

Is sub 2 skewb H perm fast or slow for an intermediate skewb solver? As I already know Sarah’s intermediate and I’m not going to learn Sarah’s advanced at the moment, how can I further improve in skewb? I do sub 0.6 sledges on average.

Any skewb experts here?

 

[hyn]

@NigelTheCuber
@SkewbIsTheBestEvent

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Almost broke my 1.12 PB

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

First sub 18 Ao5!!
3x3 PB Ao5: 17.91
(14.715), (28.638), 21.256, 17.322, 15.157

Cube: GTS3M
Got Gd perm on the last 15.15 solve

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Megaminx PB of 1:48.97!
My first ever sub 1:50!

My previous PB of 1:50.08 was on YJ YuHu V2 M and this time is on DaYan V2 M.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

3x3 PB Ao5: 17.40
18.924, 17.357, 15.944, (14.408), (25.374)

Cube: MoreTry TianMa x3 v3
Got few G perms and also an E perm

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

View attachment 22665
Megaminx PB of 1:48.97!
My first ever sub 1:50!

My previous PB of 1:50.08 was on YJ YuHu V2 M and this time is on DaYan V2 M.

I think the main reason is that my F2L has improved by a lot

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Skewb
Ao5: 3.74
4.361, (2.950), 3.308, (5.079), 3.561

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

I can only do sub 2 H perm on skewb. How can I get faster with H perm on skewb?

Is sub 2 skewb H perm fast or slow for an intermediate skewb solver? As I already know Sarah’s intermediate and I’m not going to learn Sarah’s advanced at the moment, how can I further improve in skewb? I do sub 0.6 sledges on average.

Any skewb experts here?

@NigelTheCuber
@SkewbIsTheBestEvent

I can now do sub 1.8 Skewb H perm consistently.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

2×2
- average sub 5
- main: YJ MGC Elite
- method: LBL for first layer with full Ortega OLL and T perm/ Y perm for PLL
- goal: average sub 4.5

3x3
- average sub 22
- main: Moretry Tianma x3 Snap
- method: basic F2L, 2-look OLL and full PLL
- goal: improve F2L, progressively learn full OLL and average sub 20

Skewb
- average sub 6
- main: GAN UV Coated Enhanced Skewb
- method: Sarah's Intermediate
- goal: average sub 5

Pyraminx
- average sub 10
- main: WeiLong Pyraminx M
- method: LBL
- goal: average sub 8

Have just registered for the Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, and I am competing in 2x2, 3x3, Skewb & Pyraminx, but not Clock as I got a DNF average in my first comp last week.

For 2x2, I'm going to update and drill on my PLL algs. My goal is to avg sub 4.5 and get into JP NR100.

For 3x3, I hope to improve my TPS, as my F2L has already improved a lot. My highest TPS recorded by my GAN 356 I Carry is only 3.9. However, I don't know how to improve on that. I'll work on my F2L efficiency as well. My goal is to avg sub 20.

For Skewb, I'm going to drill on my finger tricks, specifically on hedges. I can now consistently do sub 0.6 sledges and sub 1.8 H perm. My goal is to avg sub 5.5 and get into JP NR20.

For Pyraminx, it's the least serious event for me out of all the events I'm doing at this comp. I would still stick with LBL but improve my first layer. I hope to avg sub 10 and update my +4 PR avg.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

3x3 PB of 8.95!!

Just got my first ever sub 10 and its even a sub 9! (Got another sub 10 on MoreTry TianMa x3 Snap after that, PB2 of 9.45)

Cube: Tornado v3 Flagship
Solve: Double X cross, OLL24, Aa perm

Actually a friend who is sub 8 on 3x3 and sub 30 on 4x4 did solve critiques for me yesterday, and he fixed my finger tricks to improve my TPS.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Finally learnt full 2x2 Ortega!
Found very useful as it helps me one look the first face in inspection

Grinding on sub 1 PBL!

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

3x3 PB of 8.95!!

Just got my first ever sub 10 and its even a sub 9! (Got another sub 10 on MoreTry TianMa x3 Snap after that, PB2 of 9.45)

View attachment 22692

Cube: Tornado v3 Flagship
Solve: Double X cross, OLL24, Aa perm

Actually a friend who is sub 8 on 3x3 and sub 30 on 4x4 did solve critiques for me yesterday, and he fixed my finger tricks to improve my TPS.

Nice! Do you have a reconstruction?

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

I wanna learn L5C for skewb, but does anyone know how to finger trick these algs?

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Just got back my puzzles from Pi Cube Shop (I sent them some of my puzzles and let them setup for me), and my GAN mini M Pro UV Coated is one of them. It now has much better M slices and I’m maining it again. Already broke my OH PB with it.