Martyt7777’s cubing progression thread // Road to sub-10 glow ball before i dont even frickin know anymore nro 😭

[Martyt7777]

Ok so here are my PBs for 3x3

Single: 9.04
Mo3: 9.93
Ao5: 10.34
Ao12: 11.68
Ao25: 12.68
Ao50: 12.90
Ao100: 13.44
Ao200: 13.76
Ao500: 13.97
Ao1000: 14.35

Trying to get sub-10 before February so I can go to Brisbane CAC 2025

 

[pTr]

oh, wow.. noice!!

 

[Martyt7777]

On smart cube, got to PLL in 6 seconds but locked up on A perm and got a 10.361 second solve

 

[Martyt7777]

Decided to slow down a bit for lookahead and got a 13.33 ao100. Not much but if I refine how fast I turn and where, I could eventually get better. I didn’t really get any crazy fast times but I was more consistent today

 

[Martyt7777]

Today’s practice run was ABSOLUTELY goated. I got a new PB (8.888, funnily enough in China 8 is a lucky number) then I got ANOTHER PB (8.51). In total I got 5 sub-10s, AND I managed to get a sub-13 ao100 and sub-14 ao100. I also got a 10.00 second DNF which is bad but the rest of the session was goated.

Here are my PBs now:

Single: 8.51
Mo3: 9.93
Ao5: 10.34
Ao12: 11.68
Ao25: 12.41
Ao50: 12.79
Ao100: 12.95
Ao200: 13.16
Ao500: 13.64
Ao1000: 13.93

 

[Martyt7777]

Finally got a sub 10 on smart cube! Here are my PBs now:

1/3/5/25: same as last post
12: 11.62
50: 12.64
100: 12.79
200: 13.02
500: 13.25
1000: 13.63

I’ll probably make a PB sheet soon

 

[Martyt7777]

Got a 7.82 PB in Thomas Caleb’s forum comp

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

You're cooking in 3x3 right now. Are you focusing on any other events?

 

[Martyt7777]

You're cooking in 3x3 right now. Are you focusing on any other events?

Not really. If I chose to practice a side event I’d choose 4x4 or OH. I would do 2x2 but I lost my 2x2

I don’t have any cstimer sessions for side events apart from 2x2 (shows how little I practice other events lol) but I averaged around 40 on OH and (I think?) 2 minutes on 4x4. Also I don’t know 4x4 notation (I think I know why im improving fast at 3x3)

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

I really like 4x4 because the 3x3 time is also a big factor in the solve. If you have a good 4x4 I'd really recommend it and immediately learning Yau would be super helpful if you don't already. I guess to become sub 1:20 I just did solves and eventually figured it out. To become sub-1:00 I hardly did anything other than solves, but I did learn some more efficient PPLL algs where the PLL has parity.
Either way, are you going to CAC Brisbane 2025? My father and I will sign up for it together tomorrow.

 

[Martyt7777]

I really like 4x4 because the 3x3 time is also a big factor in the solve. If you have a good 4x4 I'd really recommend it and immediately learning Yau would be super helpful if you don't already. I guess to become sub 1:20 I just did solves and eventually figured it out. To become sub-1:00 I hardly did anything other than solves, but I did learn some more efficient PPLL algs where the PLL has parity.
Either way, are you going to CAC Brisbane 2025? My father and I will sign up for it together tomorrow.

My parents haven’t registered me for it yet, I think I’ll definitely go to the comp.

Also when I tried Yau the L4C felt unnatural for me (i forgot why. i remember doing slice moves in that step for some reason??) and now I use a weird method that I forget if I just created it myself but it’s where you solve the white center, then you solve 3 adjacent centers, then you put the unsolved centers in the front and solve the back 3 cross hedges, then you solve the the back 2 hedges and pair them with the corner and insert them, then you solve L2C then solve the hedges into 3x3 stage

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

I think that might be Hoya? I really don't know. With the Yau L4C, use Rw moves instead of r (slice) moves, as it makes no difference (the cross edges are on the left, after all). I think it's just getting used to it which is the hard bit.

 

[AJT17]

My parents haven’t registered me for it yet, I think I’ll definitely go to the comp.

Also when I tried Yau the L4C felt unnatural for me (i forgot why. i remember doing slice moves in that step for some reason??) and now I use a weird method that I forget if I just created it myself but it’s where you solve the white center, then you solve 3 adjacent centers, then you put the unsolved centers in the front and solve the back 3 cross hedges, then you solve the the back 2 hedges and pair them with the corner and insert them, then you solve L2C then solve the hedges into 3x3 stage

Yeah, this is pretty much just a worse version of Hoya, but you should look into doing Hoya if you don't like Yau. I've used it before, and I can average about the same between Yau and Hoya, and even officially there isn't too much difference. It's also less restricting than Yau in my opinion and I find it to be more fun than Yau.
You can also check out Ray Bai's youtube channel as he is the fastest Hoya user, and he has made quite a few example solves that are very helpful.
I used the first video to start using Hoya, but you can also use the second video as more of an actual tutorial than just a walk-though solve.

 

[abunickabhi]

I think that might be Hoya? I really don't know. With the Yau L4C, use Rw moves instead of r (slice) moves, as it makes no difference (the cross edges are on the left, after all). I think it's just getting used to it which is the hard bit.

Yes Hoya is super cool,

I use it!

 

[Martyt7777]

I got a new cstimer pb of 8.20, also I threw another ao5: (my best ao5 is 10.34)

Generated By csTimer on 2026-01-15
avg of 5: 10.40

Time List:
1. 10.50 F' D2 R2 B R2 D2 B2 L2 D2 F' L2 B R D U R F D B' U2 L'
2. (10.01) R2 B L2 F' R2 F D2 R2 B' R2 F2 R2 L' F R2 D2 B' D B D2
3. 10.44 B2 R' F D2 B' L2 D R B L2 D R2 U' F2 B2 D' F2 D' R2 D2
4. 10.26 L' D2 R U2 F B' L' U R2 D' B2 R2 U2 D' F2 D' L2 F
5. (14.77) F B' U2 B' D R U B' U' L2 D R2 F2 D' B2 L2 B2 U D L'

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

I got a new cstimer pb of 8.20, also I threw another ao5: (my best ao5 is 10.34)

Generated By csTimer on 2026-01-15
avg of 5: 10.40

Time List:
1. 10.50 F' D2 R2 B R2 D2 B2 L2 D2 F' L2 B R D U R F D B' U2 L'
2. (10.01) R2 B L2 F' R2 F D2 R2 B' R2 F2 R2 L' F R2 D2 B' D B D2
3. 10.44 B2 R' F D2 B' L2 D R B L2 D R2 U' F2 B2 D' F2 D' R2 D2
4. 10.26 L' D2 R U2 F B' L' U R2 D' B2 R2 U2 D' F2 D' L2 F
5. (14.77) F B' U2 B' D R U B' U' L2 D R2 F2 D' B2 L2 B2 U D L'

me throwing the last solve at a competition:

 

[Martyt7777]

so uh basically i don’t rlly update this thread a lot but ive recently switched to gan 16, my current ao100 on it is 12.46 (my current weilong v11 ao100 is 12.67). The reason why i switched to gan 16 was bcz on my v11 setup i got corner twists pretty often, so i feel like in the future gan 16 will be the best choice for me to main.

Also, when i created this thread my goal was to get sub-10 before February 2026. And yeah unfortunately i don’t think I’ll make it to that goal, I don’t even have a sub-10 ao5, let alone globaling sub-10. I wanted to get sub-10 because it was a decent goal for me so I could make it to CAC Brisbane 2026 finals. (and uhh uhm uh 20th fastest person on 3x3 has a 10.06 PR AVG I’m freaking cooked ) hopefully I can still lock in intensely to get to sub-10 global before comp starts, which is kinda unrealistic but hey, aim for the stars and even if you fail you can still land on the moon (nvm that’s prob not good advice in this situation considering like an 11secs avg doesn’t guarantee me making it into finals

also if I wanna lock in only on 3x3 to make it to finals I am finna embarass me self at the comp I won’t make Megaminx cutoff time (I avg 3 mins) and I avg 15 secs on pyra, and I won’t finish learning Ortega but it’s worth it

thank you to @Caleb Valenzuela for giving me critiques and uh thank you to @yihengwangcuber for inspiring me idk what to say anymore

kthxbai

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

ive recently switched to gan 16, my current ao100 on it is 12.46 (my current gan 16 ao100 is 12.67

what? so which is it? 12.46 or 12.67?

i can come up with a master gameplan right now as you still have about 3 weeks until the comp

i will cook something brb

 

[Martyt7777]

what? so which is it? 12.46 or 12.67?

i can come up with a master gameplan right now as you still have about 3 weeks until the comp

i will cook something brb

I meant my current weilong v11 ao100 is 12.67

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

what? so which is it? 12.46 or 12.67?

i can come up with a master gameplan right now as you still have about 3 weeks until the comp

i will cook something brb

Let him cooook