Journey To Becoming The Fastest Anthony In OH (Grinding for SRs)

[Jorian Meeuse]

What is the easiest ZBLL shape to learn/recognize?
I am using Anthony Brooks ZBLL PDF and I see that each shape is broken into different groups that are based on corner orientation (i think you meant permutation), so would it matter which group I learned first?

Easiest to recognize is pi, because cp recog is free and unlike the H cases it is never ambiguous. The algs aren't great though (I have known them all), so if you start with a certain set I think L, T or U are best. I personally recommend starting out with all 2GLL's though.

 

[AJT17]

Easiest to recognize is pi, because cp recog is free and unlike the H cases it is never ambiguous. The algs aren't great though (I have known them all), so if you start with a certain set I think L, T or U are best. I personally recommend starting out with all 2GLL's though.

Do you have a 2GLL alg set I could look at?

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

Do you have a 2GLL alg set I could look at?

I got my algs from algdb, just go to 3x3, zbll and then from every set learn all cases that only use R and U moves picking the alg that suits you best every time (for some cases I use algs that also use L moves but you decide)

 

[Arcanist]

I just got my first sub 10, but it could have been faster, because I got an A perm as my PLL and I am not too fast with them, but overall I am happy about this.

Generated By csTimer on 2022-12-12
single: 9.687

Time List:
10388. 9.687 U2 R2 B2 D2 B' R2 F U2 L2 B2 R2 F' L B' R2 U2 B' R U2 B'

im not gonna lie i despise a perm even though its not even that bad

 

[AJT17]

I just learned my first ZBLL, and I think I have gotten fairly fast at it, but I haven't seen it in a solve yet.
Here is the alg (U) R' U' R' D' R U R' D R U2 R' D' R U2 R' D R2

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

I just learned my first ZBLL, and I think I have gotten fairly fast at it, but I haven't seen it in a solve yet.
Here is the alg (U) R' U' R' D' R U R' D R U2 R' D' R U2 R' D R2

Nice! I use the same alg for that. If you know 3-style for BLD, you can understand this alg as being FB RB for corners (speffz) with a cancellation.

 

[AJT17]

Nice! I use the same alg for that. If you know 3-style for BLD, you can understand this alg as being FB RB for corners (speffz) with a cancellation.

I cant even solve blind with the most basic method, but I am trying to learn the one on Jperm.net, so maybe I could understand it some day

 

[Garf]

I cant even solve blind with the most basic method, but I am trying to learn the one on Jperm.net, so maybe I could understand it some day

3-style just uses commutators. Some ZBLLS just use commutators.

 

[AJT17]

3-style just uses commutators. Some ZBLLS just use commutators.

That's interesting, I might look out for that then.

 

[AJT17]

I am wanting to learn how to solve blind and I was wondering if I should learn 2x2 blind before I learn 3x3 blind and if it will help me with 3x3 blind.

 

[Arcanist]

I am wanting to learn how to solve blind and I was wondering if I should learn 2x2 blind before I learn 3x3 blind and if it will help me with 3x3 blind.

it helps your understanding of like buffers and new cycles but you don't have to.

 

[AJT17]

it helps your understanding of like buffers and new cycles but you don't have to.

Ok, I think I might learn 2x2 blind then, so I can have an easier time with memorization and the buffers and new cycles, thanks

 

[AJT17]

Can someone critique this Ao5 of 14.533 and give advice on things that I could improve upon.

 

[Arcanist]

see i would try and help except for the fact that i average 5 seconds slower

 

[gsingh]

Can someone critique this Ao5 of 14.533 and give advice on things that I could improve upon.

Just a couple of things:
Learn more efficient F2L solutions, I noticed most of yours are REALLY bad. This video should help:

Watch some example solves.
Learn F2L solutions for different angles.
Fix your cross, you generally didn't find the most efficient solution, and you re-gripped a lot. Use the solve cross tool on Cs.Timer
Learn full OLL.
Fix your fingertricks.

 

[AJT17]

Just a couple of things:
Learn more efficient F2L solutions, I noticed most of yours are REALLY bad. This video should help:

Watch some example solves.
Learn F2L solutions for different angles.
Fix your cross, you generally didn't find the most efficient solution, and you re-gripped a lot. Use the solve cross tool on Cs.Timer
Learn full OLL.
Fix your fingertricks.

Thanks for replying, it is nice to finally get help that is personally tailored to me.
I have noticed that my F2L is quite bad, but I didn't know what to do to fix it, so thanks for the video.
I have been trying to watch more example solves, and I will continue to do so even more.
I have been working on cross for the past month and I will also try out the cross tool.
I am also currently working on learning full OLL, which I will try to learn fully by the end of next year at the latest.
Which of my finger tricks need to be worked on, and is there any video that I could watch to help improve them?

 

[Burrito]

I just learned my first ZBLL, and I think I have gotten fairly fast at it, but I haven't seen it in a solve yet.
Here is the alg (U) R' U' R' D' R U R' D R U2 R' D' R U2 R' D R2

I learned 2GLL U first (first alg was left antisune + right antisune)

 

[gsingh]

Thanks for replying, it is nice to finally get help that is personally tailored to me.
I have noticed that my F2L is quite bad, but I didn't know what to do to fix it, so thanks for the video.
I have been trying to watch more example solves, and I will continue to do so even more.
I have been working on cross for the past month and I will also try out the cross tool.
I am also currently working on learning full OLL, which I will try to learn fully by the end of next year at the latest.
Which of my finger tricks need to be worked on, and is there any video that I could watch to help improve them?

Not any specific finger tricks, but your general turning style was not very good.
I recommend Brian Sun's "Common Turning Habit That Stops You From Turning Fast" series.
Also, I forgot to mention this in the last post, but don't spam U U2 U' and stuff like that when you are pausing to recognize.

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[AJT17]

No shot, my first solve of the year is a new personal best and another sub 10 second solve.
This year is already off to a great start, happy New Years every body!

 

[AJT17]

Reconstruction
Scramble D2 R2 D' R2 U' F2 U F2 L2 U L2 U B L B2 L2 D2 B2 R2 F2
Inspection z2
Cross F2 D2 R D F D'
1st Pair y U R U' R'
2nd Pair y' U R U R' L U L'
3rd Pair L' U' L
4th Pair y' U' R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R'
OLL U2 f R U R' U' f' U R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 R
PLL R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U'

I wasn't expecting this as my first solve of the year, but I love that it happened. As my New Years resolution I want to try to become sub 12 consistently before the end of the year, and I think it is easily doable, I just have to keep practicing and learning. Let me know what your new years resolutions are, or what goals you want to accomplish this year.