Geographicalcuber's progression thread - Sub 3 3BLD & Sub 40 FTO

[GeographicalCuber]

Yay new mega PB
Generated By csTimer on 2024-08-30
avg of 5: 1:26.190

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[GeographicalCuber]

What the actual-
Generated By csTimer on 2024-08-30
single: 1:10.894

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PB by more than 10 seconds???

Also bcus of that:
Generated By csTimer on 2024-08-30
mean of 3: 1:23.690

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EDIT: yay PB
Generated By csTimer on 2024-08-30
avg of 12: 1:29.324

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[GeographicalCuber]

Insane new 5x5 PB
Generated By csTimer on 2024-08-30
avg of 5: 1:51.724

Time List:
1. (1:44.969) R' Uw' F2 Fw2 B2 U D' Uw R B2 Bw2 Uw Dw2 D2 Bw R2 D2 L D B2 D2 L2 U B2 R Bw2 Dw F L' Bw2 Lw2 D' Uw U Bw2 D' L' U2 L R2 Rw2 B' Rw2 U2 F' Rw' U2 B' Bw2 Lw' F2 L Lw' Uw' Bw' Lw2 Fw' L' F' R'
2. 1:51.327 Rw U2 Lw' Bw2 R' U2 Rw' U2 Bw2 D' Fw' Rw2 F' D' Fw U R2 Bw2 F' Lw2 Bw Uw' L' Rw' D' F' L2 F Fw' D R' Uw2 L' R Lw' D' R D B' R Bw D R' B F Bw Lw2 R' D Fw2 Lw2 Bw' U2 Dw' L' Rw' Uw' Rw2 F2 Fw2
3. 1:48.656 D Rw2 Dw D2 Bw' Dw2 Lw' Dw Bw' Lw' D' Uw Fw' R2 F Dw U' D' Lw' Uw R2 L' Dw U2 F Fw L2 B2 R U' D Lw2 B Uw' D' F2 Rw' Lw Uw2 Rw U F' Uw2 Rw2 R Uw R' L' Dw D' Bw2 Dw' Rw' R2 Uw2 D2 F Dw Bw2 F'
4. (2:01.198) Fw2 U2 R' Dw F2 U2 Uw R2 Fw Bw' Rw Lw B2 Fw' Rw U Rw' B2 Lw D2 Bw' Uw2 L2 R Uw' Lw' Dw' Rw R Uw2 Lw2 R2 B2 D2 Dw F' D' Fw D' R' U Bw2 Uw' Lw2 F2 Lw D2 Bw2 U' Dw R2 F Dw D Lw Uw' Lw Bw' Dw D2
5. 1:55.188 U' B2 R Uw' Rw2 Lw2 R Bw F' Dw2 R' D' Uw2 F Dw U Uw2 Lw U' Rw' Lw2 R2 F' Dw' R Uw2 L Lw2 Rw2 F2 Dw' Rw' L2 F L Uw R' Lw' Dw2 R' Dw2 R Bw Fw' Dw2 Bw U' D' Dw2 L Rw D L' Uw2 Bw Lw Dw' B Dw2 Rw2

EDIT: and mo3
Generated By csTimer on 2024-08-30
mean of 3: 1:48.317

Time List:
1. 1:44.969 R' Uw' F2 Fw2 B2 U D' Uw R B2 Bw2 Uw Dw2 D2 Bw R2 D2 L D B2 D2 L2 U B2 R Bw2 Dw F L' Bw2 Lw2 D' Uw U Bw2 D' L' U2 L R2 Rw2 B' Rw2 U2 F' Rw' U2 B' Bw2 Lw' F2 L Lw' Uw' Bw' Lw2 Fw' L' F' R'
2. 1:51.327 Rw U2 Lw' Bw2 R' U2 Rw' U2 Bw2 D' Fw' Rw2 F' D' Fw U R2 Bw2 F' Lw2 Bw Uw' L' Rw' D' F' L2 F Fw' D R' Uw2 L' R Lw' D' R D B' R Bw D R' B F Bw Lw2 R' D Fw2 Lw2 Bw' U2 Dw' L' Rw' Uw' Rw2 F2 Fw2
3. 1:48.656 D Rw2 Dw D2 Bw' Dw2 Lw' Dw Bw' Lw' D' Uw Fw' R2 F Dw U' D' Lw' Uw R2 L' Dw U2 F Fw L2 B2 R U' D Lw2 B Uw' D' F2 Rw' Lw Uw2 Rw U F' Uw2 Rw2 R Uw R' L' Dw D' Bw2 Dw' Rw' R2 Uw2 D2 F Dw Bw2 F'

 

[GeographicalCuber]

PB OH single with OLL skip

Generated By csTimer on 2024-08-31
single: 20.807

Time List:
1. 20.807 F' R' U D2 L2 B2 R2 F' D2 L2 F2 R2 B F2 U' R F' D' L' D L2

 

[GeographicalCuber]

So about national pyra finals I feel like it's very unlikely that I make it now cuz 16th in psych sheet is consistently sub 4 with a 2.6 pr average

 

[GeographicalCuber]

Yo can someone critique my 3x3 solve?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-HExrxxyeBxLavVrOgRkbt8NDEHsfkFW/view?usp=drivesdk

 

[Exmestify]

Yo can someone critique my 3x3 solve?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-HExrxxyeBxLavVrOgRkbt8NDEHsfkFW/view?usp=drivesdk

1. drill ur plls
2. i think a better angle would be better for judging

 

[GeographicalCuber]

1. drill ur plls
2. i think a better angle would be better for judging

like which angle?

 

[CubeLite]

Yo can someone critique my 3x3 solve?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-HExrxxyeBxLavVrOgRkbt8NDEHsfkFW/view?usp=drivesdk

Yea you should do another angle, the angle should be like where the timer is, or like what you see on the cube, record to see the same, also record at least an ao5

 

[bldcuber314]

like which angle?

Try having the camera behind you, so we can see as close as we can to what you can see.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Yo can someone critique my 3x3 solve?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-HExrxxyeBxLavVrOgRkbt8NDEHsfkFW/view?usp=drivesdk

ok I see a lot you could improve on starting with cross
1. Your cross building doesn't seem that efficient (maybe i could tell if you changed the angle a bit) 8 moves should be the MAXIMUM amount of moves for cross. JPerm and CubeHead have a video for this. Also, try not to regrip during cross and make sure you influence the next cross piece. Planning your cross with no pauses while being efficient is the kind of solution you want to go for.

2. F2L improvement. If you aren't comfortable with intuitive F2L, I suggest you focus on becoming comfy with that before starting advanced F2L.

3. Lookahead is key for F2L as it makes sure you have little to no pauses. Slow solves while not looking at the F2L case you are doing will help. Learning advanced F2L will make it so that you can solve it in one algorithm. Once you learned advanced F2L, try doing pairs blindfolded (or just close your eyes) to improve your confidence in your F2L. Look at JPerm and Cubehead's videos about this.

4. Drill PLL. Try drilling your PLLs as fast as you can. You will probably lock up at first which is where you can try to be accurate AND turn as fast as you can. Turn slowly to increase accuracy at first, then speed up the turning.

Hope this helped!

 

[GeographicalCuber]

Registered for Manchester pyraminx day!

 

[GeographicalCuber]

Totally makes total sense

 

[CubeLite]

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Totally makes total sense

Is this Pyraminx? Also a Romanian cameo, who it îs?

 

[GeographicalCuber]

Is this Pyraminx? Also a Romanian cameo, who it îs?

yup, also its Ioan-David Piciorlung

 

[GeographicalCuber]

Just ordered a dayan FTO!!

 

[GeographicalCuber]

Please work

Yay it worked

Also I hand-inputted all of this data. It took a looooooooooong time

 

[GeographicalCuber]

FTO has arrived!

I will post a review soon

 

[GeographicalCuber]

Dayan FTO review

Disclaimer: Some of this review is based on personal preference

Packaging: lightweight and simplistic, shows cube and internals.


Comes with solution guide and 9 extra springs, and the cube is in a plastic bag.

First impressions:
Vibrant colours and some sort of grippy coating, it's roughly the size of my VIN 4x4

First turns:
Smooth and dry out of the box, slightly tight for me.

I will add a part 2 later when I have learnt how to solve it!

 

[precompsubwr]

Comes with solution guide

The problem is it comes in chinese