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[MaxB]

Hello! My name is Max Bauer, I am 16 years old, and I live in California. I am fairly new to speedcubing, even though I was able to solve one since I was 10 or 11. I have a pretty good collection for a beginner, including a Dayan Zhanchi and GuHong, Shengshou 4x4 to 7x7, and a Megaminx and Pyraminx. I hope to get some more cubes, especially 3x3, very soon.
2x2 single: ~15 seconds (Ortega)
3x3 single: ~31 seconds (CFOP)
4x4 single: ~3 minutes (reduction, switching to Yao)
As you can see, I have things to work on, but I am looking forward to improving, and competing!

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

Hello!
You should continue to do reduction for a while more before starting Yau in my opinion for 4x4, make around 1:30 with Reduction so your centers are good and your edge pairing look ahead gets better and progresses with Yau

 

[MaxB]

Thanks for the suggestion! I probably was close to 2 minutes with reduction, but I put my time with Yao in the post.