GloopyGum's progression thread (focusing on blind events)

[GloopyGum]

First sub-10 mo3 on 3x3!!

The 8.71 was a one move cross lol

Generated By csTimer on 2023-10-06
mean of 3: 9.90

Time List:
1. 8.71 B' D2 F2 R2 D2 R2 B U2 F U2 R2 B2 R U R' U' B' R D2 R2
2. 10.38 L2 F L2 B2 D2 F2 D2 B' L2 F' D' U' L' F L B2 R D' L' R2
3. 10.61 L' U L2 D L2 B2 U2 R2 D2 U' R2 D' B' R2 B L2 B U L B'

Also 10.30 ao5 and 10.84 ao12 lol

 

[GloopyGum]

Been a while since I posted, huh?

Recap of what happened this month:

Signed up for everything at Texas Championships 2023
30.85 PB 3BLD single
27/28 59:38 PB2 MBLD single
3:40.30 PB 4BLD single
Learned half of 3-style corners
7.68 PB 3x3 single

Hoping to finish up 3-style corners pretty soon

 

[OtaMota]

How is the BLD progress going?

 

[GloopyGum]

Yo thanks for asking!

Got a new 3BLD PB single of 30.59 and a 43.19 ao12. About 75% done with 3 style corners, will finish after TX champs.

 

[OtaMota]

Your consistency in 3BLD is good you know, ao50 solves with only 2-3 DNFs is quite hard.

 

[GloopyGum]

Finished 3 style corners
Edges next

 

[GloopyGum]

OK, time to see how I did with my goals this year.

Average sub 50 in 3BLD, learn orozco and then 3 style corners: I would say I average barely sub 50 right now, and I have finished 3s corners, so this goal was a success.
4bld, 5bld: Average sub 5, sub 10 respectively: I definitely average sub 5 in 4BLD now, though I can't say the same for 5BLD.
Average sub 3 on 2x2 with CLL, average sub 12 on 3x3: For 2x2, I still average around 3.4, while on 3x3, I basically average 12 flat.
Get a globally top 100 official mbld result... and maybe even get the world record for best first mbld result: Nope. But I've only had two official multi attempts ever, so hopefully I can achieve this goal in 2024.

 

[GloopyGum]

Goals for 2024:
3x3: Global sub 10 (!)
2x2: Learn EG-1, global mid to high 2s
Skewb and Pyra (my worst events): Average sub 6

3bld: Finish up 3style, average sub 30
4bld: Average sub 2:30
5bld: Average sub 5 (TX state record?)
MBLD: Be able to sub-hour 35 cubes

 

[GloopyGum]

First goal of 2024 complete: Finished 3-style!

 

[GloopyGum]

Just noticed that I never posted anything about my third comp, Texas Championship 2023. (I'm like two months late lol)


Here are some highlights:
3x3: PR average in R1, and two sub-10 singles... both PRs as well! (first sub 10 in comp )
2x2: 3.32 PR average in R2, qualified for finals (but choked that)
4x4-7x7: Got really good results for me in terms of average for these events... except for 7x7. I got a nasty pop on solve 2, which led to that solve being 1:20 slower than the other two. 7x7 mean was the only big cube result which I didn't beat.
Megaminx: 1:18 overall PB single! Also managed to get a pretty good average.
Square 1: Another overall PB single... 14.65!

3bld: 40.56 PR single in solve 1, which was great for me. In finals, I managed to get my first ever blind mean: 53.09! I also placed second in 3bld because a bunch of good blinders choked.
4bld: Somehow clutched a 4:06.99 PR single after two DNFs. This was a very good result for me, and placed second at the comp.
5bld: Again, clutched a 10:25 PR (and PB2) single after two DNFs. I decided not to hold back at all for both big blind singles, and it definitely paid off! This solve actually won the comp .
MBLD: 22/27 in 60:00. Decent result, but unfortunately got second place and lost to Joel Brown Brisola on time.

This comp was definitely my best comp so far... I had a great time and got a lot of amazing results as well! In total I think I broke 26 PRs. This was also the comp that completed my profile in terms of single (the events I needed being 5x5, pyra, and megaminx lol).


Oh and one more thing: 25.89 PB 3bld single! First sub 30, done on 8 algs.
B U R' L2 D2 F' L B2 U D2 F' L2 F L2 B2 U2 F' D2 L2 F B2 Fw Uw

 

[GloopyGum]

Just achieved one of my longest goals in speedcubing... a sub 10 3x3 average!

Generated By csTimer on 2024-02-07
avg of 5: 9.65

Time List:
1. 10.07 R2 D2 L2 U L2 D' R2 U' F2 U' L2 U2 B R' D2 F U' L F R2 F
2. 8.57 B' D' L D2 F' D2 L U D B2 R2 D2 L B2 L U2 D2 R' D2 L
3. (11.43) L' F D2 B2 U R2 D' B2 U2 L2 U' L2 R2 U L' D' L2 B D L2 R
4. 10.32 B' U2 R F2 L D2 F2 R2 F2 L2 D2 F U B D F L' B U'
5. (7.90) F' R D' U2 B2 U' L2 D' L2 U L2 D' F D2 L' D B2 L2 F2 D F

Reconstruction of last solve:
x2 D R' F R2 D
y U2 R' U R
L' U2 L U y' R' U R
U L' U L U2 R U R'
y' U R U' R' U R U R'
U' r U R' U' r' F R F'
U

 

[GloopyGum]

27/31 mbld in 59:56!
The only reason I got this under the hour was because I ditched a cube in execution lol. But still very happy to get this sub-hour (previous best under the hour was 28).
And this was with a new review system and new rooms!

 

[GloopyGum]

Some PBs:
7.24 3x3 single
22.71 3bld single, 27.60 3bld mean
2:31.10 4bld single, 3:19.92 4bld mean
7:49.30 5bld single
35.00 FMC mean (lol)

Been practicing 4bld recently and finished 3-style x-centers not too long ago

 

[GloopyGum]

Recap of my most recent comp (DFW Quiet Qualifier + DFW Spring)

3x3: 9.12 single, 10.77 average. Both very solid results for me, beating my old PRs by a good chunk.
2x2: 1.79 single, 2.67 average. Also very good times for me; the 2x2 scrambles in finals were insane. Double PR (I also missed podium by 0.01 lol)
4x4: 36.09 single, 41.22 average. Again, very very good for me. 41.22 was actually overall PB at the time. Double PR
5x5: 1:16.84 single, 1:27.81 average. Pretty good average, but overall PB single :O (also double PR)
6x6: 2:43 single, 2:51 average. Decent double PR, but not anything too special.
7x7: The only event I did badly on. Had a nasty pop on the first solve which resulted in me missing cutoff (5:03)
3OH: 16.99 single, 19.97 average. Very happy to get a sub-20 average, and definitely satisfied with the single. Double PR
Clock: 7.40 single, 8.89 average. Again, very good double PR for me.

FMC: 28 single, 36.67 average. The average was ok, but the single was overall PB lol, thanks to the 6 move LL I found.
3bld: 30.07 single. Soooo close to sub-30! Got 2nd place.
4bld: 2:51.26 single. I would be really happy with this if it weren't for the fact that the first solve was a 2:31 DNF by two twisted corners. But still, first WR100 result! And got first place.
5bld: 8:30.01 single. Pretty decent time; got first place as well.

Overall I double PR'ed in everything except for blind and 7x7. Very very happy with my performance!

 

[GloopyGum]

Progress update:

3bld: PB single of 19.41!! Super happy to get my first sub-20
4bld: 2:14.05 PB single, scramble wasn't all that lucky either
5bld: My PB is 6:53.39 right now, but I've gotten many DNFs faster than that (including a 5:26), so I hope to improve my 5bld single soon
MBLD: Sub-houred 35 cubes for the first time today (and on my first try too)! 30/35 57:55, really hoping to beat my 9 month old 26/26 soon though

anyway my MBLD goal for this year is already complete we'll see if we can get to 40

 

[GloopyGum]

 

[GloopyGum]

First MBLD PB in 10 months!

Edit: Also have a 5:56 5BLD single from a long time ago that I forgot to post lol

 

[GloopyGum]

Official WR46: 32/35 in 59:28!!

Other highlights from the comp:
23.15 3BLD PR by 7 seconds
2:44.80 4BLD PR also by 7 seconds
6:0x 5BLD DNF by an inverse comm
6x6 overall PB mean and single

 

[GloopyGum]

 

[OtaMota]

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Bro is back on the forums!

Is that a 39/41?