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

[Garf]

lol
reminds me of the time he set out to break the 4x4 wr...then the 3bld wr
no offense @TheEpicCuber

None taken. In fact, the only reason why I said that in the first place was because I could not find my blindfold. WR challenge is back on, baby!

 

[Garf]

None taken. In fact, the only reason why I said that in the first place was because I could not find my blindfold. WR challenge is back on, baby!

By that, I meant stopping 3-style. I am still stopping it, but practice will not stop, though.

 

[Garf]

PB for 3-bld. Nice scramble.
1:08.85 U' R F2 L2 F D2 F L2 B' U2 L2 B' D L' U L' D L' R2 Rw2 Uw @2022-03-24 09:49:53

Also, slow solving megaminx and 5x5. Grind has been going well.

 

[Garf]

FIRST PLACE FOR 800 Meter dash in Track and Field with a time of 2:22.24!!!

 

[Garf]

FIRST PLACE FOR 800 Meter dash in Track and Field with a time of 2:22.24!!!

That's a varsity letter right there.
As for cubing progression, I am working on something for megaminx LL, and big cube LL. When I get pretty far, I will tell you guys.

 

[Garf]

Alright, you all know I average 12 seconds on 3x3... and never had been to a cubing comp. Well, in one month, that will be changing. Mothers Day, I will be going to Portland to my first ever comp! The only event is 3x3, so that'll be interesting. Who will be going?

 

[Garf]

Any advice to averaging sub-10? I know full Oll and PLL, have decent F2L lookahead. Right now, I am working on less regrips, 2-side PLL recognition, and better look-ahead. AO12 video later in the afternoon.

 

[OtterCuber]

Alright, you all know I average 12 seconds on 3x3... and never had been to a cubing comp. Well, in one month, that will be changing. Mothers Day, I will be going to Portland to my first ever comp! The only event is 3x3, so that'll be interesting. Who will be going?

Hope you do well in your first comp!

 

[Garf]

So I haven´t updated this since last Thursday. But I have gotten a lot more sub-10 solves for 3x3. I traded a gocube for a celeritas mgc 6x6, so I am really excited to solve with that.
Any tips for inspecting cross+1? I have a REALLY hard time inspecting it. I am passed the stage of using it in easy cross solutions, but I find it hard to implement it into my speedsolves.

 

[OtterCuber]

So I haven´t updated this since last Thursday. But I have gotten a lot more sub-10 solves for 3x3. I traded a gocube for a celeritas mgc 6x6, so I am really excited to solve with that.
Any tips for inspecting cross+1? I have a REALLY hard time inspecting it. I am passed the stage of using it in easy cross solutions, but I find it hard to implement it into my speedsolves.

Whoa, nice progress. I'm not qualified to make a suggestion, but I've heard that practicing blockbuilding helps with xcrosses.

 

[Garf]

Whoa, nice progress. I'm not qualified to make a suggestion, but I've heard that practicing blockbuilding helps with xcrosses.

That might work, but what I really want to do is know some good techniques in learning how to plan an addition F2L pair in inspection. If I can do that consistently, then I know that sub-10 will be an easier barrier to overcome.

 

[Garf]

Hey, you all know that I like this game called Friday Night Funkin'... How would you all like me to post videos about the game, what it is like, how to play it, etc.?

 

[cuberswoop]

Hey, you all know that I like this game called Friday Night Funkin'... How would you all like me to post videos about the game, what it is like, how to play it, etc.?

As long as the video quality isn't like this:

 

[Garf]

You might have to download it to view, but I did an AO5. Please tell me what I need to work on to continue my sub-10 solves.

IMG_0638.MOV

drive.google.com

 

[Garf]

You might have to download it to view, but I did an AO5. Please tell me what I need to work on to continue my sub-10 solves.

IMG_0638.MOV

drive.google.com

I realized I forgot the scrambles and times. Here they are:
Generated By csTimer on 2022-04-19
avg of 5: 10.44

Time List:
1. 12.51 F2 L' B2 R F2 R2 F2 R B2 F D L2 D' U' F2 R2 B U R
2. 9.15 F2 U' F2 L2 U R2 D' L2 D R F L' F2 D R B F' U2
3. (9.11) U' D2 R2 B L2 F R2 B2 R2 U2 B L' F2 L' R2 B U' R D
4. (DNF(14.42)) B2 R2 U2 R2 F U2 B' R2 B' F' U2 F' U' R' B' U2 L' B U' R' F
5. 9.65 U2 B' D R' F D' F U2 B U F2 D R2 U R2 D2 L2 B2 L2 U'
I counted the 14.42 as a DNF, but tell me what you have thought
Also, I fixed the share settings on the video. So you all should be able to view the vid.

 

[Garf]

Alright, so I am starting a new game: Baldi's Basics.
This got me interested into the game after I played the FNF mod about Baldi. So my new grind is simple: Beat the game normally with only answering the impossible questions wrong, and then answering EVERY question wrong once I can beat the game normally.

 

[Garf]

Megaminx PB!
Generated By csTimer on 2022-04-21
single: 1:02.86

Time List:
1. 1:02.86 R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- U'
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ U
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- U'
R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ U
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ U

 

[Garf]

Megaminx PB!
Generated By csTimer on 2022-04-21
single: 1:02.86

Time List:
1. 1:02.86 R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- U'
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ U
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- U'
R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ U
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ U

Sub-1 coming soon. just need to focus on s2l/pll more.

 

[DuckubingCuber347]

Megaminx PB!
Generated By csTimer on 2022-04-21
single: 1:02.86

Time List:
1. 1:02.86 R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- U'
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ U
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- U'
R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ U
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ U

recon? (Why did I say that nobody's nice enough to recon megaminx solves)

Nice single, what carried you through? Was it a lucky solve or did you just have exceptional lookahead? What are your average splits?

 

[Garf]

recon? (Why did I say that nobody's nice enough to recon megaminx solves)

Nice single, what carried you through? Was it a lucky solve or did you just have exceptional lookahead? What are your average splits?

On average, I get the cross done at 5-10 seconds, then finish F2L at the 25-30 second mark. I get S2L done at the 55-60 seconds mark. Then I finish OLL/PLL in 10-15 seconds, longer if I screw up PLL.
I guess what happened is that I pushed myself to turn just a little faster in F2L/S2L during that solve. I would say that the f2l/s2l was pretty normal, but for some reason decided to speed up. Maybe I have to speed up all the time to reach that sub-1:10 average.