Nevan J's Road to Square-1 NR (achieved, 03/22/2025)

finally got sub-1 ao5 on 4x4!

Generated By csTimer on 2022-09-29
avg of 5: 57.91

Time List:
150. 58.32 B2 U D2 F' U D2 L D' R B2 L2 B2 R2 U2 R B2 U2 F2 D2 Rw2 D' Fw2 B Uw2 F2 D B' D2 Rw2 Fw2 B' L' Uw2 D Rw' Fw Uw2 L F D Rw' B U
151. 57.03 U2 R' L' D' B U F' D' L' D U2 R B2 D2 L' B2 R D2 F2 L2 B2 Uw2 Rw2 F B' U' B Uw2 D B' D' L2 B' U2 Rw' F2 D L B2 Uw' Fw B2 Rw Fw L R
152. 53.32 B U B2 U' B2 R L F' L D2 F2 L2 U2 B2 U' L2 B2 D B2 U Rw2 Fw2 L' D2 Fw2 Uw2 L2 Uw2 F L' B' D2 Uw' Fw2 Rw2 B2 Uw' F2 U Rw Uw R' L' Uw'
153. 1:10.46 F2 D2 R B2 U2 L B2 F2 L' U2 R D B U F D L B2 F' Fw2 L' D2 Rw2 Fw2 Uw2 U2 L B R' U' Fw2 Uw L2 Uw Rw2 U Fw D R Uw L' Fw'
154. 58.38 F2 U' F2 U R2 D2 F2 L2 B2 U' R2 L F' D' U2 F2 U2 B' D' R U Rw2 Fw2 B' Uw2 Rw2 R' D2 L B' R D2 B2 L' Uw' B2 R' B' Uw2 R' Rw' Fw' B R U2
 
yo i broke it again lesgo

edit: This still contains some solves from the previous average

Generated By csTimer on 2022-09-29
avg of 5: 57.77

Time List:
152. 53.32 B U B2 U' B2 R L F' L D2 F2 L2 U2 B2 U' L2 B2 D B2 U Rw2 Fw2 L' D2 Fw2 Uw2 L2 Uw2 F L' B' D2 Uw' Fw2 Rw2 B2 Uw' F2 U Rw Uw R' L' Uw'
153. 1:10.46 F2 D2 R B2 U2 L B2 F2 L' U2 R D B U F D L B2 F' Fw2 L' D2 Rw2 Fw2 Uw2 U2 L B R' U' Fw2 Uw L2 Uw Rw2 U Fw D R Uw L' Fw'
154. 58.38 F2 U' F2 U R2 D2 F2 L2 B2 U' R2 L F' D' U2 F2 U2 B' D' R U Rw2 Fw2 B' Uw2 Rw2 R' D2 L B' R D2 B2 L' Uw' B2 R' B' Uw2 R' Rw' Fw' B R U2
155. 1:01.60 F2 U' R' L' F' R U2 F' U' F' R2 U2 B R2 F' R2 B D2 B' Fw2 L' B2 U' Rw2 L Uw2 D R' B2 R D' Fw' R Fw2 B' D' F Rw D2 Fw Uw B Uw' Fw2
156. 52.56 F2 U2 F2 L2 D2 F2 U L2 F2 R2 B2 U' F' R2 F L' R' F' R D2 R Uw2 Fw2 R2 D R' U2 L2 U Rw2 Fw2 U' Fw U Rw2 B' Uw2 D2 F Uw Fw' D' F2 Uw' F2 L2
 
so today I grinded a lot of 4x4 (because my exams have ended lol) and I got some pbs

Generated By csTimer on 2022-09-30
mean of 3: 55.17

Time List:
159. 55.99 F R2 L B U' B' L' U2 F D2 F2 L2 U2 F' L2 F' U2 B2 L U' Rw2 B' R2 Fw2 Rw2 B R' B' D2 L' B2 Uw U L Uw2 B Uw2 Fw Rw' L F' Rw' D' R'
160. 55.03 F' L' B2 L U' R U' L' D F L2 F' R2 F2 D2 R2 U2 R2 F L2 Rw2 Fw2 F' R2 U2 F2 L' F2 Uw2 Fw2 Rw2 U2 L Uw F2 B2 Uw L2 Rw B' Rw2 Fw D' U2 R2
161. 54.49 R L' D' L F R U R2 F2 L2 D2 B' U2 B' R2 F' D2 F2 R2 L' D2 Fw2 Uw2 L' F2 R2 F Uw2 L F' R2 L F2 Uw Fw2 U B' R2 U2 F Uw' Fw' Rw L B

Generated By csTimer on 2022-09-30
avg of 5: 55.71

Time List:
159. 55.99 F R2 L B U' B' L' U2 F D2 F2 L2 U2 F' L2 F' U2 B2 L U' Rw2 B' R2 Fw2 Rw2 B R' B' D2 L' B2 Uw U L Uw2 B Uw2 Fw Rw' L F' Rw' D' R'
160. 55.03 F' L' B2 L U' R U' L' D F L2 F' R2 F2 D2 R2 U2 R2 F L2 Rw2 Fw2 F' R2 U2 F2 L' F2 Uw2 Fw2 Rw2 U2 L Uw F2 B2 Uw L2 Rw B' Rw2 Fw D' U2 R2
161. 54.49 R L' D' L F R U R2 F2 L2 D2 B' U2 B' R2 F' D2 F2 R2 L' D2 Fw2 Uw2 L' F2 R2 F Uw2 L F' R2 L F2 Uw Fw2 U B' R2 U2 F Uw' Fw' Rw L B
162. 1:06.66 F D' R2 D U F2 R2 D B2 L2 D2 L2 B R' D' U2 L' F' L2 F R Uw2 R2 Uw2 B' Uw2 U' B U' Fw2 Uw2 R2 Rw B D F2 U2 D' Fw' Uw' R2 D' L Fw' L' U
163. 56.10 R F D2 R2 F' L' F2 R' U' R' B2 U2 R' D2 L F2 D2 L D2 Fw2 R' F2 R2 Uw2 Fw2 D2 U' R' L D' L Fw L' Uw2 R D' B' Uw Fw U B2 Uw2 L Fw'
 
So now I'm finally buying lube, and i have decided weight 3. I'm not buying any TC lube as i don't wanna spend too much on just lubes

So how long will weight 3 last me if i use it on my 2x2-4x4 and square one?
Also should i even lube the yj MGC Square one with weight 3??
 
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My new cubes just arrived!! I had ordered the MGC elite 2x2 and the MGC Square one on Thursday, and they arrived today! These are my birthday gifts, so i only get to open these on my birthday, but I'm still very happy

Btw i ordered from thecubestore.in and I'm really happy with their low prices :)
 
I also finally broke my pb ao5!!!

Generated By csTimer on 2022-10-06
avg of 5: 10.36

Time List:
583. 10.82 L' F R' B2 U2 R2 B2 L R2 U2 F2 D U' R' D L' R D2
584. 8.81 B' L2 B R2 F' L2 B U2 L2 B' D2 R' D F R' U' B' F L' D'
585. 9.09 L' D' F2 D B2 D' R2 U L2 U R2 D2 R' D2 R B D2 B2 D2 B
586. 13.93 R' F' D B2 F2 R2 F2 D' L2 R2 D2 B2 D' F L2 U F L2 B' R' B
587. 11.17 U' L' U2 R' U2 B2 U' D2 L2 B' L2 B U2 F' B' U2 R2 F2 L F
 
I have finally ordered lubes, and I ordered Weights 1 and 3

Weight 1 for 4x4
Weight 3 for 3x3 and other puzzles idk
Obviously this is just my prediction on what lube will be the best for each cube

as for the 2x2 and SQ-1, when the lubes arrive I'll try out the lubes on them and decide which lube to use on which
 
ok so I know I haven't updated in a week but here's what has happened

I have setup my square-1 with weight 3 and it is awesome. also I broke one of the yellow pieces while switching to black caps so somehow I did something and put in the black piece which mean i can't switch back to yellow again (because the piece is broken)

I also made an unboxing which i will probably upload on sunday idk

overall i don't think I will be updating this progression thread so yea
 
here's the progress i've made over the last 2 weeks

i've learnt intermediate cubeshape for squan, and i still need a lot of practice to become good with it
i have also been practicing 2x2 daily, and now I can one look 3 movers (only R U R' and R U' R' and also the lefty versions)
as for 3x3, i have also recently started practicing it

no updates for oh, bld and 4x4 because i didin't practice them

i hope to become sub-20 on squan by the end of this year
 
OMG WHAT
i just got a squan pb single a few mins ago and i'm still in shock

Generated By csTimer on 2022-11-24
single: 9.74

Time List:
290. 9.74 (0,-4)/ (0,3)/ (4,-5)/ (-3,0)/ (-1,-1)/ (-2,-5)/ (5,0)/ (-3,0)/ (0,-1)/ (6,-3)/ (0,-2)/ (-2,0)

Just take a look at this scramble bro
recon coming soon on my youtube channel
 
here's the progress i've made over the past month

I wasn't practising 3x3 and 2x2 that much because I finally have a competition upcoming, and it is in my city, and the venue is just 5 mins away! anyway, it only has side events, so no 3x3 2x2 and 4x4 but it has square-1

So I have mainly be focusing on square-1 the last month. I have become sub-30 to sub-26, gotten quite good with intermediate cubeshape and also learned some EPs. I have started learning full CS as well

For 2x2, I was practising it for the most part, but I wasn't focusing on it that much because it wasn't in the comp. Also i have gotten so bad in 4x4 that i'm not even sub-1 minute but that's because obviously I can't do that many events.

Lastly for 3x3, i have improved a bit even tho I didn't practise it, and you can see that from my previous weekly comp results

I'm doing sq-1, FMC, and 3BLD in this comp, so I really hope to podium in sq-1 since i think there aren't any good people in sq1 except Sukant Koul at the comp (jk). For FMC, I have learnt NISS, Blockbuilding and Pseudoblocks, but I only practise it in weekly comps. and for 3BLD, again I only do it in weekly comps, but when I am feeling motivated I do practise it

My future goals are mainly just to get good in Square-1, 3x3 and 2x2, but I'll probably only start seriously practising 3x3 and 2x2 after the comp
 
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Yesterday was my comp so here's what happened

starting off with FMC - I got a 43 move solution so here's what I did: I basically used Blockbuilding, NISS, and was trying to make a skeleton but it was just too bad, so I went with normal Last Pair OLL+PLL, and I got the 6 move OLL, along with a U Perm. Overall quite crazy for me, and I think this is most probably a PB
Next was 3BLD, and I did terrible on the first 2 solves. In the first solve I messed up memo so bad, forgot to do parity, and messed up corners. But on the last solve, I did get a success, which made me happy
next was squan 1st round, and I wouldn't say I did terrible, but I did DNF 1 solve because I did Adj/Adj from the wrong angle :)
although I did get a counting 15 i think, it still ended up being 22 sec average but I did make finals

In Squan finals, guess what... I got a sub-20 average, which is quite normal for me at home
So overall this comp went great mainly because I will get 3 more events added in my WCA profile and I did decent in all events

btw solves coming on channel soon


also my winter vacations are coming, so I will start updating this thread again!
 
Nevan J said:
Yesterday was my comp so here's what happened

starting off with FMC - I got a 43 move solution so here's what I did: I basically used Blockbuilding, NISS, and was trying to make a skeleton but it was just too bad, so I went with normal Last Pair OLL+PLL, and I got the 6 move OLL, along with a U Perm. Overall quite crazy for me, and I think this is most probably a PB
Next was 3BLD, and I did terrible on the first 2 solves. In the first solve I messed up memo so bad, forgot to do parity, and messed up corners. But on the last solve, I did get a success, which made me happy
next was squan 1st round, and I wouldn't say I did terrible, but I did DNF 1 solve because I did Adj/Adj from the wrong angle :)
although I did get a counting 15 i think, it still ended up being 22 sec average but I did make finals

In Squan finals, guess what... I got a sub-20 average, which is quite normal for me at home
So overall this comp went great mainly because I will get 3 more events added in my WCA profile and I did decent in all events

btw solves coming on channel soon


also my winter vacations are coming, so I will start updating this thread again!
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Sub Nevan J in fmc by 1 move yay
 
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