Garf's Progression Thread - Beating Hard Levels in GD (Hardest is Bloodbath)

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TheEpicCuber said:
Okay, I have the 5x5 method down, and I already have done quite a few 4-BLD before and failed. Now I just need the (gulp) guts to do a 5-BLD solve.
Also, I have a letter pair list for all the non-duplicates and plan to study them all and get good at using them. And I am implementing good habits for M2/OP, such as good fingertricks, fast execution, and finding ways to cancel set-ups for edges and corners, such as the I/S trick for edges, the parity edge swap, etc.
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Just curious, why not grind 4 bld before you go onto 5 bld?
 
No... (Where I played FNF vs Whitty: https://www.snokido.com/game/vs-whitty)
So I figured out something for FNF vs Whitty full week. If you are playing "Ballistic" on hard and get to all the double keys, spam whatever press you have set as hard as possible and as consistent as possible for all keys. They will not read any mistakes and will not get you blue-balled. (credit to this video:
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Me playing FNF vs Whitty:

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As for cubing progression, I got some 3-BLD solves. No 4-bld success yet.
Oh yeah, I plan to get into some chess online. I have this Waypoint Foundation Chess Tournament. I am not participating since I am not ready, but I want to do it next year and have a chance to win 500 dollars.
That'll get me a good mat, timer, and 5x5+6x6. Prob some lube, too.
 
You know, instead of avoiding all the sight puzzle and try to reset them to a state where I can barely solve them, I should work to fix them and get good at them. So I will be working on the events I am trash in. Mainly pyraminx, skewb, square-1, and 3-bld.
I will hold off 4-BLD and 5-BLD until I get more confortable with all my letter pairs.
So my goals by the end of the year:
3-BLD: Full 3-style and sub-45. Main: RS3M 2021
Square-1: Advanced Cubeshape, Full CO, EO, CP, EP, and some CSP/PBL; and sub-15. Main: X-Man Volt Sq-1
Pyraminx: Whatever advanced method I can use to get fast, sub-5. Main: X-Man Bell Pyraminx
Skewb: Sarah's advanced and sub-4. MainL X-Main Wingey Skewb.
 
TheEpicCuber said:
You know, instead of avoiding all the sight puzzle and try to reset them to a state where I can barely solve them, I should work to fix them and get good at them. So I will be working on the events I am trash in. Mainly pyraminx, skewb, square-1, and 3-bld.
I will hold off 4-BLD and 5-BLD until I get more confortable with all my letter pairs.
So my goals by the end of the year:
3-BLD: Full 3-style and sub-45. Main: RS3M 2021
Square-1: Advanced Cubeshape, Full CO, EO, CP, EP, and some CSP/PBL; and sub-15. Main: X-Man Volt Sq-1
Pyraminx: Whatever advanced method I can use to get fast, sub-5. Main: X-Man Bell Pyraminx
Skewb: Sarah's advanced and sub-4. MainL X-Main Wingey Skewb.
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Literally 30 minutes after posting I get a PB in 3x3-BLD
1:36.79 D B2 F2 D2 R2 U B2 R2 F2 U' R2 F' D2 L' R' U F2 U2 B L' U Fw Uw' @2022-01-23 20:57:13
 
TheEpicCuber said:
You know, instead of avoiding all the sight puzzle and try to reset them to a state where I can barely solve them, I should work to fix them and get good at them. So I will be working on the events I am trash in. Mainly pyraminx, skewb, square-1, and 3-bld.
I will hold off 4-BLD and 5-BLD until I get more confortable with all my letter pairs.
So my goals by the end of the year:
3-BLD: Full 3-style and sub-45. Main: RS3M 2021
Square-1: Advanced Cubeshape, Full CO, EO, CP, EP, and some CSP/PBL; and sub-15. Main: X-Man Volt Sq-1
Pyraminx: Whatever advanced method I can use to get fast, sub-5. Main: X-Man Bell Pyraminx
Skewb: Sarah's advanced and sub-4. Main X-Man Wingy Skewb.
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Well that didn't last long, did it? Getting back into sight events already?


Tip: Get the YLM Pyraminx, either get the Steven's edition or watch TC's video on setting it up, it's incredibly good in every way and it is very affordable. Of course the Bell is still very good so this isn't necessary but I think you would be blown away by the YLM.

The Wingy skewb isn't that great (any more) and you should just save up for the GAN, Enhanced UV is the best but it's $37 compared to non-UV of $30. It's up to you if you want that extra grip but if you're planning on sub-4 why not get the best out there? I've never tried the Standard version but I would imagine it isn't very controllable. The Wingy feels pretty cheap compared to the GAN and it has problems with popping (and some of them have corner popping issues that will make you quite skewb and hate the event like what happen to me)

Please get the MGC Square-1, it's more expensive than others but for $20 it's leagues ahead of any other Square-1 on the market and you'll find it so much easier to get faster. I just got back into Square-1 yesterday and managed to get bring my times down to sub-35 despite forgetting a bunch of algs. The YLM FM feels like a Rubik's compared to it and the Volt-V2 just doesn't hold up. Nearly every world-class solver (maybe all of them) have switched to this puzzle whichc really says a lot about it.
 
TheCubingCuber347 said:
Well that didn't last long, did it? Getting back into sight events already?


Tip: Get the YLM Pyraminx, either get the Steven's edition or watch TC's video on setting it up, it's incredibly good in every way and it is very affordable. Of course the Bell is still very good so this isn't necessary but I think you would be blown away by the YLM.

The Wingy skewb isn't that great (any more) and you should just save up for the GAN, Enhanced UV is the best but it's $37 compared to non-UV of $30. It's up to you if you want that extra grip but if you're planning on sub-4 why not get the best out there? I've never tried the Standard version but I would imagine it isn't very controllable. The Wingy feels pretty cheap compared to the GAN and it has problems with popping (and some of them have corner popping issues that will make you quite skewb and hate the event like what happen to me)

Please get the MGC Square-1, it's more expensive than others but for $20 it's leagues ahead of any other Square-1 on the market and you'll find it so much easier to get faster. I just got back into Square-1 yesterday and managed to get bring my times down to sub-35 despite forgetting a bunch of algs. The YLM FM feels like a Rubik's compared to it and the Volt-V2 just doesn't hold up. Nearly every world-class solver (maybe all of them) have switched to this puzzle whichc really says a lot about it.
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The wingy is still pretty good. It isn't the best, but it's plenty good for sub 4
 
Another FNF mod beat. FNF vs indie cross over (cuphead, undertale, BATIM)
(Link: https://www.snokido.com/game/indie-cross)
The hardest level was against bendy. The last verse is the hardest, because you have to really know when to/not hit notes. There are so many notes that if you hit, it darkens your screen. Sometimes, you can't really hit the colored notes because of just how many chances there are of hitting the bad notes. But I pulled in the score at the very end.
 
So I have been learning some algs to help with Square-1. They include (in reverse order of steps, from EP to CS):
For EP
  1. Ua and Ub for top and bottom.
  2. Z and good H-perm (basically N/N, (1,0) then N/N again)
  3. Parity alg for adjacent.
  4. U perm parity algorithms (one for adjacent on bottom, one for opposite on bottom, no U/D inverse algorithms)
For CP
  1. J/J and N/N
  2. J/N and N/J
  3. L/J and J/L
  4. N/L and L/N
For EO: nothing except adjacent case, 1 edge, and m2
For CO: practicing getting cases done in one look, no algs, really.
CS: intermediate cubeshape, like Scallop/Scallop and Scallop/kite.
 
CubableYT said:
Pyra is boring. You made the right choice
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Yeah. I totally agree.

New cubing goals:
Skewb, 3-bld, Square 1: same as before. Learning new algs for square-1 and getting better at memo for 3-bld. I already know Sarah's intermediate for skewb and some advanced algs for the last 5 credges (what I call the centers of the skewb) so this should be good.
4x4: Sub 45 right now, have a goal of sub 38.
And one more event to top it off... (not pyraminx)
5x5? 6x6? 7x7? Mega? @CubableYT, what events are you practicing right now?
 
TheEpicCuber said:
Yeah. I totally agree.

New cubing goals:
Skewb, 3-bld, Square 1: same as before. Learning new algs for square-1 and getting better at memo for 3-bld. I already know Sarah's intermediate for skewb and some advanced algs for the last 5 credges (what I call the centers of the skewb) so this should be good.
4x4: Sub 45 right now, have a goal of sub 38.
And one more event to top it off... (not pyraminx)
5x5? 6x6? 7x7? Mega? @CubableYT, what events are you practicing right now?
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I have a comp tomorrow, so I'm practicing 3Bld and 2-4. After this I'm most likely going to stop practicing nxn's for a while and just do mega and kilo.
 
CubableYT said:
I have a comp tomorrow, so I'm practicing 3Bld and 2-4. After this I'm most likely going to stop practicing nxn's for a while and just do mega and kilo.
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Oh yeah... good luck!
As for my FNF progression, I tried out the new update for Funkin' Nights at Freddy's... kept failing on the Golden Freddy song. Those bad notes are hard to avoid. So much effort was involved trying to avoid them. Later today I will make a video of me playing Week Freddy + Week Bonnie.
 
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