Michael Wimberly's Progression Thread

[Michael Wimberly]

Just broke my 4x4 and 5x5 pb yesterday! 4x4 is now 1:21.71 (with yau now!) and 5x5 is now 3:14.21.

 

[Michael Wimberly]

I’m now faster at Yau on 4x4 than I am with Redux! My PB1 and PB2 singles are both with Yau (1:21 and 1:23) and I’ve gotten plenty of yau ao5s that are faster than my redux ao5 pb. Same with ao12. I might be able to make the 1:15 cutoff at state champs next month!

 

[Michael Wimberly]

I’m trying to pick my main event between 2, 3, 4, pyra, or skewb. Can anyone help me with that?

 

[pi=3.14]

I’m trying to pick my main event between 2, 3, 4, pyra, or skewb. Can anyone help me with that?

ur good at skewb, so maybe that
but you can learn ez 2x2 algs and get sub 4

 

[Michael Wimberly]

I just beat my 4x4 PB by almost 15 seconds in the weekly comp! it went from 1:19.11 to 1:06.18, and that's faster than the cutoff at state champs!

 

[MrCubert]

grinding for vacuum

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

@Michael Wimberly Do you track your splits for 4x4? If not try doing it with the splits function on cstimer and seeing where you're slowing down, and then just practice the separate stages. This is what I did with F2C and Yau edges, then centers, then edges all separately and just doing those little sections over and over again will improve your times massively!

*Edit: Regardless of whether you think they're already fast, do a lot of F2C-Yau edge only practice, this got my average down probably 5 seconds because Yau edges is probably one of the hardest parts of the solve.

 

[Michael Wimberly]

2x2 PB: 2.14
U R2 U' F' U F' U R F'

x' y2 // Inspection
R U' R' // white + yellow faces
y' U' R2 U' R2' U2' F2 U' R2 // PBL

 

[Michael Wimberly]

wowee pb

Generated By csTimer on 2026-10-06
avg of 5: 2.89

Time List:
1. (4.40) F R U' R2 U F U2 R' F2
2. (2.14) U R2 U' F' U F' U R F'
3. 2.50 R2 F R F2 U F2 U F' R2
4. 3.74 U' F2 U2 R2 U' R' F' R' U'
5. 2.42 R2 F2 U2 R' F' U' F2 R' U'

 

[Michael Wimberly]

10 DAYS LEFT UNTIL VIRGINIA CHAMPS!!!

 

[Michael Wimberly]

2x2 PB: 2.11
R U' F' R U2 R' U R' F2

x y // inspection
L' U L // white face + ocll skip
R' U R' F2 R F' R U2 // pbl

 

[Michael Wimberly]

Just got a 10.80 solve on yellow cross!

Generated By csTimer on 2026-10-08
single: 10.80

Time List:
1. 10.80 U' L' U L2 D F2 R2 U R2 D' R U' F U2 B' F2 L' F

y2 R F L' U' R' B2 for the X-Cross. I can't remember what I did for F2L but I got an easy OLL with a PLL skip.

 

[Michael Wimberly]

I just made a $100 order from the cubicle! I got the Vin3 Nova, the RS3 M V5 Ball-core, and the MGC Square-1 V2! I'll probably review these after I get them.

 

[Michael Wimberly]

Finally sub 1 minute on square-1!!! I got this with my MGC V2, and I literally just got the cube yesterday. It reminds me of when I got my first sub 1 minute 3x3 solve last July with 55.21.

Generated By csTimer on 2026-10-11
single: 57.98

Time List:
1. 57.98 (-5,0)/ (-3,3)/ (-1,-1)/ (3,0)/ (3,0)/ (4,-2)/ (0,-4)/ (-3,-3)/ (1,0)/ (4,0)/ (2,0)/ (0,-3)/ (-3,-4) @2026-10-11 21:09:08

 

[Michael Wimberly]

Competition groups

 

[Michael Wimberly]

It is tomorrow

 

[acrystal]

It is tomorrow

Good luck for your comp!

 

[Michael Wimberly]

Good luck for your comp!

Thank you!

 

[Michael Wimberly]

QiYi M Pro 3x3 V3 (20-Magnet Ball-Core + UV SAOCube SE)

QiYi M Pro 3x3 V3 (20-Magnet Ball-Core + UV SAOCube SE) - more details coming soon!

www.thecubicle.com

This could be something. Maybe another rs3m v5 killer if it’s good enough because of the 20 magnet ball core.

 

[MrCubert]

Good luck at vacuum big mike