IsThatA4x4’s progression thread // Sub-10 3x3 // Sub-9 Squan // Road to Squan UKNR - 3-looking now !!! (OBL/PBL)

got a couple 3x3 PBs yesterday:
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best ao5: 8.21

Time List:
1. (7.57): L' U R2 U2 R D' F L R2 F2 B2 D R2 D' B2 D2 L2 R
2. 8.02: L D2 R F R2 B' L D' L' D' F R' B2 U2 D2 R B2 D2
3. (8.98): R U2 F' R' D F L U F U L2 F' R2 D2 F2 L2 B D2 B' U2
4. 8.12: R B' U L2 B2 D L2 U' R2 B2 F U2 L F2 U2 L' B D
5. 8.50: B' D R2 D U B2 L2 D2 U' L R' D L' D' U2 F' R D2 U
Generated by CubeTime
best ao12: 8.36

Time List:
1. 8.95: F2 L' U' L U' B L F' L B2 U2 L2 B2 R' D2 F2 D2 L2 U
2. (7.57): L' U R2 U2 R D' F L R2 F2 B2 D R2 D' B2 D2 L2 R
3. 8.02: L D2 R F R2 B' L D' L' D' F R' B2 U2 D2 R B2 D2
4. 8.98: R U2 F' R' D F L U F U L2 F' R2 D2 F2 L2 B D2 B' U2
5. 8.12: R B' U L2 B2 D L2 U' R2 B2 F U2 L F2 U2 L' B D
6. 8.50: B' D R2 D U B2 L2 D2 U' L R' D L' D' U2 F' R D2 U
7. 7.68: D' R U2 L' D2 F2 R' U2 R' B2 D' L' D2 B' D2 F U R' U'
8. 8.63: R2 U B D' F2 L B' D B' D' F2 U L2 U D2 R2 F R'
9. (9.57): U D L' F2 R2 D R' B' U2 L B' F2 R U2 D2 R2 D2 F2
10. 7.57: F U L' B' D' R' U2 D2 F' B2 U' D' R2 B2 D F2 D2 R2 B2 U2
11. 8.77: R' D2 R2 D2 U L2 D L2 F2 U' B2 L2 F U R D F2 R2
12. 8.37: F D F R D' R' D2 R' D2 R F2 B2 U2 F2 U F2 R2 D'
I also got my first sub 1:30 single on 5x5:
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1:29.65: Dw' B U' Fw Dw' D U Fw2 F' D' Lw2 Uw U2 F Uw2 Dw' Rw' Fw' Lw2 U2 L2 R2 Dw2 Fw' Uw B' Uw Fw B' D' Dw' U' Bw2 Lw2 Fw2 D2 Uw R' D Uw' B' R Rw D2 F2 Lw2 F' Bw' Rw2 D2 B2 Rw2 B2 Lw2 Fw' Rw' R' Uw Dw2 Fw
And a pretty nice ao5:
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best ao5: 1:36.91

Time List:
1. 1:35.88: F Rw2 Uw' L2 Uw2 D2 Dw Bw2 B Rw2 Fw2 Dw2 Bw2 D' F2 Uw2 B' Dw2 L Dw' Fw' Lw' Fw F' U2 Lw2 Bw L2 Rw' U' Fw B2 D Uw2 F' R Fw2 Bw' R Rw' B U R2 Rw Lw' B' L2 B' D F' Rw Uw2 L' U2 D' Uw2 L' Uw2 Dw2 Rw
2. (1:48.60): Dw U2 Uw R F2 Rw F2 L2 Bw L B U L Uw L' Lw2 Dw L2 D2 R2 U Rw U' R' L2 Fw Dw' Fw2 L B Uw Dw' Fw' Dw2 Bw' U Dw' Rw2 U2 Fw2 L' B Dw2 U' B2 Lw U D' Dw2 Bw2 D Fw' L' Rw' Dw' D Fw D U2 F'
3. (1:35.66): D L' Lw R D' L Uw B R Lw2 Bw2 Uw U' L Rw2 Bw' L2 B U F D2 Bw2 U F' R L F' Dw L2 Fw' Rw2 U L2 U2 Uw2 Lw' F Dw Fw' B2 Lw B Lw2 Uw' U F' Lw Dw2 Uw2 Rw' Uw' F B2 Fw' Dw' Lw' D' Lw' R B2
4. 1:38.76: D' Uw Bw2 Dw2 U2 Bw' R2 Fw U R U Dw L' Lw Uw' L Bw2 Uw' U Lw' L' D Dw Rw2 Bw' B U' B' L2 Bw' R2 D' Uw' R2 Fw' Bw2 U Fw Rw B2 L2 Rw U2 R' F' Dw2 F' Lw' Uw Bw' Fw Uw' U2 Dw' D B' Dw' Bw' U Uw2
5. 1:36.09: Dw' R' Uw' L' Lw2 R' Rw2 Bw U2 D F' Bw Uw' F2 Bw2 Uw2 L F2 D' Dw' B R Lw Fw' Uw' D Fw2 B' U2 R' Uw Dw Rw2 Bw' Dw2 F Rw' B Dw Rw2 U Uw2 Bw' F Lw' Bw U Dw B' F2 Rw L' B2 R' Lw2 Rw Dw Rw' R' Fw
 
Gan mega v2 (black side) arrived a couple days ago so I decided to get into mega a bit, here's my PB single after about 30 timed solves:
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1:35.69: R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ U
R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- U'
R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- U'
R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- U'
R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ U
R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- U'

(this was a PB by about 20 seconds 💀)
 
IsThatA4x4 said:
Gan mega v2 (black side) arrived a couple days ago so I decided to get into mega a bit, here's my PB single after about 30 timed solves:
Generated by CubeTime
1:35.69: R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ U
R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- U'
R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- U'
R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- U'
R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ U
R++ D-- R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- U'

(this was a PB by about 20 seconds 💀)
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Noice
 
super happy with this OH avg, nice to get smth sub global for once
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Well irish champs is done now here's how it went:
2x2: 3.06 PR avg + 2.00 PR single (i missed the 5 mover oops) no one cares about gambling event
3x3: not even a single sub 11 avg or sub 9 single but i hadn't practiced for a while so fair enough
4x4: 45.82 PR avg + 43.79 PR single; avg was actually my global so nice
5x5: 1:53.56 "PR" avg + 1:40.24 "PR" single; much worse than what I was averaging but i didn't practice this event for ages before the comp so fair
Pyra: idk like 10s avg i don't solve this outside of comp
Clock: DNFed 1st 2 solves...
Mega: 1:39.95 "PR" avg + 1:34.67 "PR" single; idr what i globalled when i practiced a bit i think this is pretty good
Squan: no sub 10 averages :( double +2ed out of 9.77 avg in round 1 and choked hard from nerves in finals (10.92 avg), ended up getting 4th overall (im not irish so i was technically going for overall win to be recognised in awards). First scram of finals was rly good should've been a low 6 tbh but I was way too shaky to turn fast, got an 8 instead.
OH: 19.06 PR avg veryyy happy with that it's like actually my global yippee

Even though results were mid, this was an insanely fun comp: my favourite ever for SURE.
 
Squan PBL progress update:
It’s been a little bit but I decided to really get back into the grind recently, had to relearn recog for PK because how I did it before was terrible and led to me avoiding setting up the case entirely (even though it’s very useful). I learned the 6 slicer for JV and I need to do JF as well as both are very useful for a lot of mid/bad cases and for getting rid of bad solutions which use JR (very awkward 5 slicer because it can force you out of CS).
I also decided to work on 1-looking sets of PBL cases because I need to do that if I wanna be 4-look any time soon: I can confidently 1-look all 2CP cases (use combination of JJ JN NN), and I can 1-look JJ/NN + PS/PK/SS/KK cases but recog takes me a while.
I think once I’ve gotten more comfortable with PSK 1-looking I’ll review my O/X/Q cases because those are the worst PLLs to deal with and I have some pretty bad solutions there, then work on further applications of 6 slicers/using PSK on non double parity PBLs.
Just realised this probably makes no sense to… most people but TLDR, I can 1-look about a third or more of PBL cases now, and I’m gonna work on improving my solutions once I’m comfortable with those cases.
 
Just finished euros yesterday, I somehow made squan finals (got 13th in r2) which was very exciting even though i hard choked and counted 8 10 11 (oops).
But by far the best moment of the whole comp was my results in r2, I FINALLY got an official sub 9 average which has been a huge mental barrier for me for 6 months - I was honestly just super happy about that for the rest of the comp and it made the last 2 days super enjoyable (along with everything else that comes with euros).
 
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PBL progress update: on the left is all the 1algs I’ve learned since euros that either are useful for 2alg solutions or make a terrible case good. On the right is other solutions I’ve learned either for bad cases or so I can onelook cases better. I’m super happy with how much I’ve got done in this past week and I guess I can sorta see the roadmap to actually being able to onelook most pbls and then start the grind to get recog/recall down so I can use it in solves. All this stuff is on my pbl sheet so you can see my progress there if you want too.
 
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best ao12: 7.93
Time List:
  1. 7.62: (0,-4) / (-5,4) / (0,6) / (-3,0) / (3,0) / (5,-3) / (-3,0) / (-2,0) / (0,-4) / (4,0) / (1,-2) / (-2,-1) /
  2. 6.65: (0,5) / (1,1) / (-3,0) / (-3,0) / (0,-3) / (-1,-1) / (-2,0) / (-3,0) / (6,-3) / (5,-5) / (-4,0) / (3,0)
  3. 7.88: (3,-1) / (4,1) / (5,-4) / (1,-2) / (0,-3) / (2,0) / (6,0) / (3,-3) / (0,-5) / (4,-4) / (-4,0) / (-4,0) /
  4. 8.37: (0,-4) / (-5,-5) / (6,-3) / (0,-3) / (5,-1) / (0,-3) / (-5,0) / (-3,-3) / (-1,0) / (2,-2) / (-2,0) / (6,-4)
  5. 8.77: (0,2) / (-2,4) / (3,0) / (0,-3) / (-4,-1) / (-2,-5) / (-1,0) / (-3,-3) / (3,0) / (5,-5) / (2,-2) / (0,-2)
  6. (8.85): (0,-4) / (1,1) / (0,-3) / (6,-3) / (-4,-3) / (3,0) / (-5,0) / (2,0) / (-2,0) / (1,0) / (4,-1) / (0,-2) / (0,-4)
  7. 8.12: (0,2) / (-2,1) / (3,0) / (6,-3) / (-1,-4) / (0,-3) / (-5,0) / (-3,0) / (-1,-2) / (-2,0) / (1,0)
  8. 7.95: (-2,0) / (-1,-4) / (-2,4) / (2,-1) / (4,0) / (0,-3) / (0,-2) / (0,-1) / (-4,0) / (2,-1) / (-4,-5) / (6,0)
  9. 8.07: (0,2) / (-3,6) / (-2,6) / (3,0) / (-4,-5) / (3,-4) / (-3,-2) / (-2,-4) / (4,0) / (6,-3) / (0,-4)
  10. 7.98: (-2,0) / (0,-3) / (-1,-1) / (3,0) / (-3,-3) / (3,0) / (4,-3) / (3,0) / (-3,0) / (-1,-5) / (3,0) / (0,-2) / (0,-2) /
  11. 7.86: (3,5) / (0,-3) / (-3,0) / (-3,0) / (4,-5) / (-3,-4) / (0,-3) / (5,-2) / (-4,-2) / (1,0) / (6,0)
  12. (6.42): (1,0) / (5,-4) / (-2,-2) / (0,-3) / (3,0) / (3,0) / (-3,-1) / (-3,-3) / (3,0) / (0,-2) / (4,-4) / (2,0)
First sub-8 with PBL, even with CPEP i would've been happy to get an ao12 like this so doing it with PBL is very nice
 
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current ao5: 8.86

Time List:
1. 6.66: (0,2) / (-3,0) / (3,0) / (-5,-2) / (-3,0) / (-4,-1) / (1,0) / (-3,-3) / (0,-4) / (-5,0) / (5,-2) / (0,-5)
2. 13.25: (-2,3) / (-4,-1) / (4,-5) / (-4,-1) / (-5,-2) / (5,0) / (6,-3) / (-4,-5) / (2,-3) / (2,-3) / (0,-4)
3. (14.57): (0,2) / (-2,1) / (5,2) / (-5,-2) / (-3,-3) / (5,0) / (3,0) / (1,0) / (0,-1) / (-2,0) / (-2,0) / (2,0) / (-4,0) /
4. 6.67: (4,0) / (0,6) / (3,0) / (-3,0) / (-1,-4) / (3,0) / (3,0) / (0,-5) / (-3,-3) / (6,-1) / (0,-4) / (6,-4) / (-2,0) /
5. (5.71): (0,-4) / (-2,4) / (0,-3) / (2,-4) / (0,-3) / (0,-3) / (4,0) / (-3,0) / (5,-2) / (0,-4) / (3,0)

oh yeah really
 
Generated by CubeTime
best ao12: 7.82

Time List:
1. (6.20): (-5,0) / (2,2) / (-3,6) / (1,-2) / (-3,0) / (-1,0) / (0,-3) / (-3,0) / (0,-5) / (4,-1) / (6,-5) / (0,-4) / (4,0)
2. 6.98: (1,0) / (5,2) / (-2,-5) / (5,-4) / (-2,-5) / (0,-1) / (-3,0) / (5,0) / (4,0) / (0,-3) / (-1,-4) / (1,0)
3. 9.05: (-5,0) / (5,-4) / (3,-3) / (-2,-2) / (3,0) / (3,0) / (-4,0) / (-3,0) / (-2,0) / (0,-1) / (4,0) / (0,-2) / (2,0) / (0,-4)
4. 8.63: (0,-4) / (-3,0) / (1,4) / (6,0) / (6,-4) / (-3,-3) / (-1,0) / (2,0) / (-2,0) / (4,0) / (4,0)
5. 7.80: (3,2) / (-5,1) / (0,-3) / (6,-3) / (0,-3) / (2,0) / (3,0) / (1,-4) / (-2,0) / (-4,0) / (1,0) / (-4,0) / (-2,0) /
6. 7.62: (0,-4) / (0,-3) / (0,3) / (-2,-5) / (0,-3) / (-1,-1) / (-2,0) / (0,-3) / (-1,-2) / (3,-2) / (0,-2) / (5,-4) / (5,0)
7. 6.45: (1,0) / (5,-4) / (6,3) / (6,-3) / (1,-2) / (-3,-1) / (-3,-3) / (-5,0) / (4,0) / (0,-4) / (-4,0) / (5,0)
8. 7.15: (-2,0) / (3,0) / (-4,2) / (3,0) / (-2,-5) / (5,-1) / (1,0) / (0,-3) / (5,0) / (0,-2) / (-4,0) / (1,-4) / (2,0)
9. 8.42: (1,-3) / (0,6) / (3,0) / (-4,-4) / (3,0) / (6,-3) / (-5,0) / (-3,0) / (5,-2) / (4,0) / (-4,-3) / (2,-4)
10. (9.92): (0,5) / (4,1) / (2,5) / (-2,-5) / (-3,0) / (0,-3) / (0,-1) / (3,0) / (3,0) / (1,0) / (2,0) / (4,0) / (6,-5) /
11. 8.33: (-5,3) / (5,-4) / (-3,0) / (4,-2) / (2,-1) / (-3,-2) / (6,-3) / (-4,-3) / (-2,0) / (-3,-2) / (0,-5) /
12. 7.77: (0,-1) / (1,1) / (3,0) / (-4,-4) / (0,-3) / (0,-3) / (4,0) / (3,0) / (-3,-5) / (0,-1) / (2,0) /

3-look PB!
 
Generated by CubeTime
best ao5: 6.96

Time List:
1. 5.75: (4,0) / (5,-1) / (-3,0) / (1,-5) / (-3,0) / (6,-3) / (5,0) / (3,0) / (1,0) / (0,-3) / (-4,-3)
2. (7.62): (-3,5) / (6,3) / (3,0) / (-3,0) / (0,-3) / (4,-2) / (2,0) / (3,0) / (0,-4) / (-3,0) / (-3,-4) / (0,-2) / (-3,-4)
3. 7.61: (-2,0) / (0,3) / (0,6) / (5,-1) / (-3,0) / (0,-2) / (-3,-3) / (-2,-5) / (4,0) / (0,-2) / (0,-2) / (-2,0) / (-3,0) / (0,-5)
4. 7.52: (-5,0) / (5,5) / (-3,6) / (1,-5) / (0,-3) / (3,0) / (5,0) / (3,0) / (1,0) / (-2,0) / (2,0) / (2,0) / (0,-3) / (-1,0)
5. (5.37): (1,0) / (-3,0) / (-4,-4) / (3,-3) / (-3,0) / (6,-3) / (-5,0) / (-3,-3) / (-3,0) / (-2,-4) / (2,0)

sub 7 no way (0.36 off 5 look pb)
 
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