mdcuber9's Progession Thread

[mdcuber9]

Just did my first 4BLD attempt, 18 min memo, felt super good about it, messed up the very first alg (for some reason I mixed the alg for B and for V) and I couldn’t undo it. So, I decided to rescramble it and try again, had perfect memo, perfect center/wing exec, messed up corner exec . Oh well, there’s a lot more room to improve

 

[mdcuber9]

Second 4BLD attempt, 21 min DNF by literally TWO CENTERS….

 

[bldcuber314]

Second 4BLD attempt, 21 min DNF by literally TWO CENTERS….

You'll definitely get it soon

 

[mdcuber9]

You'll definitely get it soon

I hope so. It’s weird, I feel like 4BLD is easier than 3BLD…

 

[That0newe1rdo]

Hi !
Like i said in some profile post we avg VERY similarly.

Would you like to race to sub x aoy ?

I am ok to race in :

3x3, 4x4, 5x5, OH, Mega, Skewb, Pyra.

I cant race in :

2x2 - Took main apart and dont get my wrs for a week or 2
6x6 - not got one
7x7 - you havent done any solves
FMC - boring
BLD - no success yet
Squan - havent practiced in a while
Clock - bad at it.

 

[mdcuber9]

Hi !
Like i said in some profile post we avg VERY similarly.

Would you like to race to sub x aoy ?

I am ok to race in :

3x3, 4x4, 5x5, OH, Mega, Skewb, Pyra.

I cant race in :

2x2 - Took main apart and dont get my wrs for a week or 2
6x6 - not got one
7x7 - you havent done any solves
FMC - boring
BLD - no success yet
Squan - havent practiced in a while
Clock - bad at it.

I’ve mainly been practicing 4x4 and skewb, so I’d be willing to race in those!

 

[mdcuber9]

I’ve mainly been practicing 4x4 and skewb, so I’d be willing to race in those!

We could maybe do race to sub-1 4x4 ao5 and race to sub-8 skewb ao100?

 

[That0newe1rdo]

We could maybe do race to sub-1 4x4 ao5 and race to sub-8 skewb ao100?

Hmm maybe for 4x4 a more long run one (so 1st to sub 1 global, idk ao100 then), but im fine with ao5 or ao100.

For skewb i alr have a sub 8 skewb ao100, so what about sub 7 or sub 7.5 ao100 ?

 

[mdcuber9]

Hmm maybe for 4x4 a more long run one (so 1st to sub 1 global, idk ao100 then), but im fine with ao5 or ao100.

For skewb i alr have a sub 8 skewb ao100, so what about sub 7 or sub 7.5 ao100 ?

Ok we’ll do sub-7 ao100 for skewb, and for 4x4, usually the only solves I do are in the weekly comp (sometimes I’ll do them on my cstimer session, so idk if I practice it enough to go for more than ao5 or ao12. What is your pb ao5 anyway? (mines 1:04.72)

Edit: also what is your pb ao100 for skewb? (mines 8.99)

 

[That0newe1rdo]

Ok we’ll do sub-7 ao100 for skewb, and for 4x4, usually the only solves I do are in the weekly comp (sometimes I’ll do them on my cstimer session, so idk if I practice it enough to go for more than ao5 or ao12.

ok, so sub 1 ao12 then ?

What is your pb ao5 anyway? (mines 1:04.xx)

1:01.48

Edit: also what is your pb ao100 for skewb?

7.52

Thats why i couldnt really do a sub 1 ao5, as im very close to getting it.

 

[mdcuber9]

Well, it seems like you’re mostly faster than me in both, let’s just do skewb sub-7 ao100, and maybe smth with 3x3, maybe sub-18 ao100? (My PB is 18.75)

 

[That0newe1rdo]

Well, it seems like you’re mostly faster than me in both,

You picked my best events lol

let’s just do skewb sub-7 ao100

yeah

, and maybe smth with 3x3, maybe sub-18 ao100? (My PB is 18.75)

My current ao100 is 18.75, so yeah why not.
(My best is 18.63, but i dont use cfop anymore)
Should I make a thread or do you want to ?

Also, what about OH ?

 

[mdcuber9]

You picked my best events lol

yeah

My current ao100 is 18.75, so yeah why not.
(My best is 18.63, but i dont use cfop anymore)
Should I make a thread or do you want to ?

Also, what about OH ?

I’m pretty inconsistent in OH, but we could maybe do sub-30 ao5 or ao12? Also, you can make the thread.

My pb ao5 is 33.18 but I avg 35-40

 

[That0newe1rdo]

I’m pretty inconsistent in OH, but we could maybe do sub-30 ao5 or ao12? Also, you can make the thread.

My pb ao5 is 33.18 but I avg 35-40

Yeah we will do OH too ig, sub 30 ao12 ?

Ill make thread now

 

[mdcuber9]

Just DNFed a 2:49.73 in 3BLD by two twisted edges (memo error), would’ve been my first ever sub-3…

 

[mdcuber9]

Just got my first successful FMC attempt using NISS and insertions! It was 43 moves, which is PB single by a move.

Scramble: R' U' F U2 L2 B' D2 F L2 B2 F' R2 U B2 R D2 B2 F' R2 U B F' R' U' F
Solution: L' F R2 F' L2 F R2 L' D' R' B' L' B R' B' L B F D R D2 R' D' R D R' L' D2 L2 B L' D B' D L D L' D' U B' D' B' U'
Explanation:
L F L' D' R2 F // 2x2x2 block (6/6)
(U B D B U' D L D' L') // 2x2x3 block (9/15)
(D' B D' L B' L2 D2 L) // F2L-1 (8/23)
(R D' R' D R D2 R' D') // all edges, leaving 3tc (8/31)

Skeleton:
L' @ F L' D' R2 $ F D R D2 R' D' R D R' L' D2 L2 B L' D B' D L D L' D' U B' D' B' U'

@ = L2 F R2 F' L2 F R2 F' // 3c comm (8-3/36)
$ = R B' L' B R' B' L B // 3c comm (8-1/43)

 

[mdcuber9]

They just announced a comp in April that’s only an hour from me!!! (which is huge because I live in the middle of nowhere). It has 3x3, 2x2, 4x4, OH, Pyra, and Skewb!

 

[mdcuber9]

Also, I just got my first sub-20 sq-1 single in the weekly comp!

 

[mdcuber9]

Goals and plans for my comp in January:
3x3: Learn G perms, maybe some OLL, get sub-16 single, sub-18 average, make second round
2x2: get sub-5 average, PR single
4x4: get sub-1:05 single, sub-1:10 average, make second round
5x5: start using Yau, make 2:15 cutoff, break PRs
6x6/7x7: 30 min cumulative time limit! So, I can finally get successes in these! It’d be cool to get a 6x6 mean, but unlikely
3BLD: get a success and an ao5 (thanks reg changes!), make finals
FMC: sub-40 single? and get a mean
Mega: sub-2:40 single I guess
Skewb: sub-5 single, sub-8 average, make 2nd round, maybe finals?
Sq-1: learn CP algs and maybe long parity alg, sub-25 single, sub-30 average, make finals?
4BLD: success
5BLD: success
MBLD: thinking about doing an 8 cube attempt? (I only have one 3x3 though ) I’d like to get 8/8 I guess

 

[That0newe1rdo]

Goals and plans for my comp in January:
3x3: Learn G perms, maybe some OLL, get sub-16 single, sub-18 average, make second round
2x2: get sub-5 average, PR single
4x4: get sub-1:05 single, sub-1:10 average, make second round
5x5: start using Yau, make 2:15 cutoff, break PRs
6x6/7x7: 30 min cumulative time limit! So, I can finally get successes in these! It’d be cool to get a 6x6 mean, but unlikely
3BLD: get a success and an ao5 (thanks reg changes!), make finals
FMC: sub-40 single? and get a mean
Mega: sub-2:40 single I guess
Skewb: sub-5 single, sub-8 average, make 2nd round, maybe finals?
Sq-1: learn CP algs and maybe long parity alg, sub-25 single, sub-30 average, make finals?
4BLD: success
5BLD: success
MBLD: thinking about doing an 8 cube attempt? (I only have one 3x3 though ) I’d like to get 8/8 I guess

Nice goals, this just reminded me that I plus 2ed out of a low 4 ao5 in finals in 2x2.