Help my summer plans.

[Squeek]

Ok so I am almost out of school for the summer and I am wondering what is the most efficient way to spread out my cubing goals. What I want to do over the summer are:
1. Finish learning OLLs (lots like 40 of them)
2. Get a sub 25 average.
3. Learn blindfold solving and get under 5 minutes with it.
4. Get a eastsheen 5x5x5 and average under 4 minutes.

What order do you think I should do these in or should I not follow any order at all? I know the OLLs will most likely take all summer to learn and I still have no idea how to blindfold xD Hope you guys are interested, thanks.

 

[Cerberus]

I learned 21 OLLs beside school in one week and got ok recognition, now I take a pause because I finished school also and was more drunk than cubing ^^
What's your average now and what's your time for the 4x4?
I would say go for sub25 first and learn some easy OLL cases/patterns, go slow and smooth and you will get that goal pretty fast like 1-2 weeks.

and then you have to see if you like the 5x5 and want to train more with it or continue learning OLLs... Complete OLL learning takes like 2-3 weeks perhaps and than again 2 weeks?? for nice recognition. Or if you want to do a blindfold which gives you the awesome feeling when you see the cube solved, it isn't that hard, old pochmann is pretty simple and fast to learn, if will take a few days to get success and to cut down times depends on you if you are good at memorization than it won't be that hard...
I think you should look into blind and 5x5 and then decide what you want, the OLLs can wait, I still need 19 and am too lazy...

 

[CorwinShiu]

Considering your goals, they don't seem too hard; but that depends where you are. I don't know how fast you are at the 3x3 so I won't comment on the sub-25 goal.

I don't think OLL will take you all summer to learn. I say you should just grind them in and have a bit slower times for a week or so. They shouldn't take more than a month. That would be almost 2 a day, but I'm sure you already know a couple. They really aren't as hard to learn as say, PLL. The algorithms for OLL is generally shorter. I say the hardest part was recognizing the cases.

Learning blindfold isn't as hard as you think it is. The hardest part is learning the 'new way' to look at the cube; which means being able understand where pieces go and how to set-up. I would recommend the 3 cycle method which can be found on macky's site, cubefreak.net. Also, it helps to practice on the 2x2 before moving on to the 3x3. The 2x2 is alot easier

I am not very good a the 5x5 (gets like 5-6 minutes) so I don't really know how long this will take. I don't practice it too often though.

I suggest not to have a plan and learn when you feel like it. I think when you plan out your cubing things, it tends to feel more like a chore rather than a hobby. So if you do have a plan, just keep it loose. I tend to learn better/more efficiently when I want to. Like I woke up one day and decided to focus on blindfold and not practice anything else until I did one. It was frustrating like to all learning bld cubers, but it was fun. You have to be really motivated to learn something like that ;P.

 

[nubscaper]

Hey didn't think I'd find you here. I'm looking into buying an eastsheen and hopefully I can get one for you too. Talk to you after school is over