Imsoosm's Progression Thread: Sub-10 3x3 | Sub-2.25 2x2 | Sub-1 4x4 | Working on predicting first pair // color neutral

[Imsoosm]

I can probably convince my dad to buy me some cubes this summer, but I can only buy two (or maybe three if I argue with him a bit). Current puzzles I want:
MGC 4x4, MGC Elite 2x2, Yuhu Megaminx, and Tornado V3 if it comes out.
I can't really decide which two cubes I should get (or three).

I should definitely get the 2x2, because my 249m isn't magnetized, although I still get pretty good times with it. The reason I want the Tornado is Gan 12 locks up sometimes and is too loud. A lot of good cubers are also starting to use the Tornado.

For 4x4 and mega, I don't practice those a lot, but I think if I get the cubes I can improve a lot. Mega is currently some trash Qiyi cube with no magnets and locks up every other turn, same with 4x4, except its the black pieces with colored outlines from MFJS.

What do you guys think I should get?

 

[Garf]

I can probably convince my dad to buy me some cubes this summer, but I can only buy two (or maybe three if I argue with him a bit). Current puzzles I want:
MGC 4x4, MGC Elite 2x2, Yuhu Megaminx, and Tornado V3 if it comes out.
I can't really decide which two cubes I should get (or three).

I should definitely get the 2x2, because my 249m isn't magnetized, although I still get pretty good times with it. The reason I want the Tornado is Gan 12 locks up sometimes and is too loud. A lot of good cubers are also starting to use the Tornado.

For 4x4 and mega, I don't practice those a lot, but I think if I get the cubes I can improve a lot. Mega is currently some trash Qiyi cube with no magnets and locks up every other turn, same with 4x4, except its the black pieces with colored outlines from MFJS.

What do you guys think I should get?

Megaminx is a lot more fun and rewarding than 4x4. With megaminx the lookahead helps improve 3x3, whilst 4x4 isn't really similar to 3x3 other than solving the cube like a 3x3 in the end.

 

[Abram Grimsley]

Megaminx is a lot more fun and rewarding than 4x4

In your opinion. In my opinion, 4x4 is more fun

 

[Garf]

In your opinion. In my opinion, 4x4 is more fun

What do you average on 4x4?

 

[Abram Grimsley]

What do you average on 4x4?

Around sub-1:13

 

[Imsoosm]

Definitely get the Megaminx and 4x4.

Welp but I would still like a magnetic 2x2, maybe I'll argue with my dad to buy me 3 cubes

 

[Timona]

I can probably convince my dad to buy me some cubes this summer, but I can only buy two (or maybe three if I argue with him a bit). Current puzzles I want:
MGC 4x4, MGC Elite 2x2, Yuhu Megaminx, and Tornado V3 if it comes out.
I can't really decide which two cubes I should get (or three).

I should definitely get the 2x2, because my 249m isn't magnetized, although I still get pretty good times with it. The reason I want the Tornado is Gan 12 locks up sometimes and is too loud. A lot of good cubers are also starting to use the Tornado.

For 4x4 and mega, I don't practice those a lot, but I think if I get the cubes I can improve a lot. Mega is currently some trash Qiyi cube with no magnets and locks up every other turn, same with 4x4, except its the black pieces with colored outlines from MFJS.

What do you guys think I should get?

Definitely get the Megaminx and 4x4.

In your opinion. In my opinion, 4x4 is more fun

Both of them are equally fun for me. My only issue with 4x4 is that once you become sub 1, it becomes very repetitive. Megaminx on the other hand, is a much more different event. So every solve is different, making it nonrepetitive and there's a lot more freedom during the solve for efficiency. If you haven't picked up Megaminx, I highly recommend it.

 

[Abram Grimsley]

I have picked it up. I'm just slow still. My opinion might change later when I'm faster

 

[Timona]

I have picked it up. I'm just slow still. My opinion might change later when I'm faster

It's basically about practicing and having good cube. I dropped my times from 3 mins to around 1:20 just by practicing constantly.

 

[Imsoosm]

welp, at badminton practice today we were doing some warm up exercies, and during bear crawl I scraped four of my fingers
no more cubing for at least 2 days ig
or maybe I should practice some virtual cubing, haven't done those in a while

 

[IsThatA4x4]

Around sub-1:13

I'm not the only one!!

 

[Eli Apperson]

Megaminx is a lot more fun and rewarding than 4x4. With megaminx the lookahead helps improve 3x3, whilst 4x4 isn't really similar to 3x3 other than solving the cube like a 3x3 in the end.

Like @Abram Grimsley said, in your opinion. How fast you are at an event can majorly impact how fun it is for you. Also, big cube lookahead is very applicable to 3x3 lookahead lol

 

[Imsoosm]

Thanks guys for the suggestions! If I can get my dad to buy me 3 cubes, then I'll choose the 2x2, mega, and 4x4. Tornado isn't that important, I just want a different feel (and it might not even come out). If he only lets me buy 2, I'll have to do some more thinking.

 

[Imsoosm]

I hate it when there are lots of 1x1x2 bars on my OLL and I think it's going to be a PLL skip but it gives me a J perm.

 

[Luke Solves Cubes]

I'm not the only one!!

Me either!

 

[Timona]

Do the Na Perm alg and then do OLL 49( r U' r2' U r2 U r2' U' r). That exact 1LLL case is painful

 

[Luke Solves Cubes]

I hate it when there are lots of 1x1x2 bars on my OLL and I think it's going to be a PLL skip but it gives me a J perm.

Its even worse when you have a lot of bars on a fat antisune OLL and you get an Nb perm.

 

[IsThatA4x4]

Its even worse when you have a lot of bars on a fat antisune OLL and you get an Nb perm.

It's even even worse when you wrongly predict CP will be solved, assume you're getting a skip, and get this instead

 

[gsingh]

Thanks guys for the suggestions! If I can get my dad to buy me 3 cubes, then I'll choose the 2x2, mega, and 4x4. Tornado isn't that important, I just want a different feel (and it might not even come out). If he only lets me buy 2, I'll have to do some more thinking.

tornado v3 feels like a gan cube, so it wont really give you a different feel from your gan 12

 

[Imsoosm]

tornado v3 feels like a gan cube, so it wont really give you a different feel from your gan 12

How do you know? The few people that do have one did a review on it?

Its even worse when you have a lot of bars on a fat antisune OLL and you get an Nb perm.

Luke, that is actually a three move OLL...
If you line up the 1x2x2 square with their corresponding centers, you'll see that one face has three pairs completed with another free pair on top. turn to the correct orientation and do R U' R' or L' U L and you'll get a J perm.