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

[Nevan J]

I finally got a 3x3 pb single after such a long time! My winter vacations have just started from today, and I have started grinding 3x3 seriously

Generated By csTimer on 2022-12-23
single: 8.13

Time List:
180. 8.13 L U2 L U2 B2 L2 B2 F2 L' F2 R' D2 F' D' F2 D2 L' B2 F U'

 

[Nevan J]

Today I finally received what I ordered for christmas!

I had ordered Cubicle Labs Silk 5ml, and 2 T-Shirts (one for me, and one for my elder brother)

I can't test Silk right now, but I will lube my 3x3 and sq-1 with it as both are quite fast and I have heard the mgc sq-1 is good with silk
for my 3x3 (rs3m 2021 maglev) I will probably lube it with a combination of silk and weight 3 and i'll do the same for the sq-1

idk about the mgc elite 2x2 anyone pls help how I should set it up I have weight 1 and 3, and silk

(also I was and still am a bit unwell, that's why I wasn't able to update too much on this thread but ig i'll be fine now)

 

[Nevan J]

Yesterday I grinded a lot of events and I have also started practicing 3BLD recently (this time for real), but I'm only doing it so my memo improves a bit, since that is probably the slowest thing in my solves.

anyway I learnt the O/Adj Adj/O algs for square-1 ep, and I will also learn the O/W and W/O algs
as for advanced cubeshape, i have learnt a bit of Scallop Kite reductions and Scallop Scallop reductions, and I will try to finish learning them by the next few days

 

[Nevan J]

Just broke my square-1 pb single! Sub-9!

Generated By csTimer on 2022-12-30
single: 8.61

Time List:
722. 8.61 (4,0)/ (-4,5)/ (4,4)/ (3,0)/ (5,-4)/ (3,0)/ (0,-2)/ (3,0)/ (1,0)/ (2,0)

 

[Nevan J]

Got a few 1s while grinding 2x2 today

Generated By csTimer on 2022-12-30
single: 1.51

Time List:
2133. 1.51 R F U2 R F2 R2 F2 R2 U' (I got this on the first 2x2 solve of the session!)

Generated By csTimer on 2022-12-30
single: 1.68

Time List:
2193. 1.68 R' F' U' F2 R U2 R' F2 R2

Generated By csTimer on 2022-12-30
single: 1.89

Time List:
2217. 1.89 U F' U F' R' F' R2 F2 U

 

[ProStar]

Got a few 1s while grinding 2x2 today

Generated By csTimer on 2022-12-30
single: 1.51

Time List:
2133. 1.51 R F U2 R F2 R2 F2 R2 U' (I got this on the first 2x2 solve of the session!)

Generated By csTimer on 2022-12-30
single: 1.68

Time List:
2193. 1.68 R' F' U' F2 R U2 R' F2 R2

Generated By csTimer on 2022-12-30
single: 1.89

Time List:
2217. 1.89 U F' U F' R' F' R2 F2 U

What's your average?

 

[Nevan J]

What's your average?

sub-4 with eg-1 and cll

:|

I'm trying to become sub-3 on 2x2

 

[NigelTheCuber]

sub-4 with eg-1 and cll

:|

I'm trying to become sub-3 on 2x2

Try learning one look

 

[Nevan J]

Try learning one look

yes I learnt to on look 3 movers like R U R' and R U' R'
also some cases from jperm's video in which he told some tricks for specific cases
but my problem is tps and lockups so yeah

 

[Nevan J]

2x2 PB Ao5 with 3 consecutive 1s!

Generated By csTimer on 2023-01-02
avg of 5: 2.32

Time List:
2370. 3.14 U' R2 F R F R U' F2 U'
2371. 3.68 R2 F U R2 U R' F' R' F
2372. 1.96 R2 F2 R' F2 U R2 F' R U'
2373. 1.49 F U R U' F' U2 F U' R'
2374. 1.86 R2 U R' U' F R' U' R' F'

 

[NigelTheCuber]

2x2 PB Ao5 with 3 consecutive 1s!

Generated By csTimer on 2023-01-02
avg of 5: 2.32

Time List:
2370. 3.14 U' R2 F R F R U' F2 U'
2371. 3.68 R2 F U R2 U R' F' R' F
2372. 1.96 R2 F2 R' F2 U R2 F' R U'
2373. 1.49 F U R U' F' U2 F U' R'
2374. 1.86 R2 U R' U' F R' U' R' F'

I tried the scrambles

1.35 4.86+ 1.62 0.74 1.32= 1.43 average

Just try onelooking more tbh

 

[Nevan J]

I tried the scrambles

1.35 4.86+ 1.62 0.74 1.32= 1.43 average

Just try onelooking more tbh

ok should I start onelooking 4 movers as well?

 

[NigelTheCuber]

ok should I start onelooking 4 movers as well?

For U or U' insert yes

 

[Nevan J]

ofc bro

ok I'll practice it

 

[Nevan J]

Got PB mo3 and PB ao5 (2x2) in today's session!

Spoiler: 1.76 mo3

Generated By csTimer on 2023-01-05
mean of 3: 1.76

Time List:
2642. 1.60 U2 F' R' U' F2 U R2 U2 F'
2643. 2.24 F' U F2 R' U R2 U R2 U2
2644. 1.43 R' U' F U2 F U F' R2 U2

Spoiler: 1.76 ao5 (4 sub-2 singles!)

Generated By csTimer on 2023-01-05
avg of 5: 1.76

Time List:
2640. 1.71 F' U' F2 U' F2 U2 R F' R'
2641. 1.97 U' F' R' U' R2 U' F' R2 F2
2642. 1.60 U2 F' R' U' F2 U R2 U2 F'
2643. 2.24 F' U F2 R' U R2 U R2 U2
2644. 1.43 R' U' F U2 F U F' R2 U2

btw yes both the mo3 and ao5 are 1.76 lol
also I'm too lazy to onelook anything more than 3 moves help lol

 

[Nevan J]

I also got 2x2 PB ao12 (some of these solves may have been overinspected but that's fine since I am practicing onelooking)

Spoiler: 2.46 ao12

Generated By csTimer on 2023-01-05
avg of 12: 2.46

Time List:
2634. 3.21 U R U' R U R' U2 R U'
2635. 2.28 R' U' F2 U' F R' U2 F U'
2636. 3.73 R2 U R' F' R F2 U' R2 F'
2637. 4.60 R U' R' U2 F U R' F2 U
2638. 2.23 U2 R2 U R2 U' F2 U F2 R2
2639. 3.00 U' F U' F U F2 U2 R' F'
2640. 1.71 F' U' F2 U' F2 U2 R F' R'
2641. 1.97 U' F' R' U' R2 U' F' R2 F2
2642. 1.60 U2 F' R' U' F2 U R2 U2 F'
2643. 2.24 F' U F2 R' U R2 U R2 U2
2644. 1.43 R' U' F U2 F U F' R2 U2
2645. 2.63 U F2 U' R F2 R F2 R' F

 

[Nevan J]

I forgot to post this, but I had gotten my 3BLD PB Single a few days ago!

Generated By csTimer on 2023-01-06
single: 2:56.28

Time List:
1. 2:56.28 R2 U2 L2 B' U2 B' U2 B2 U2 R B2 L U F' D' L2 F D R' Rw Uw2

 

[Nevan J]

ok so I just learnt 10/12 T3 ZBLL Algs

idk why I did that but I just wanted to learn some ZBLL so I watched max siauw's video and yea

 

[Nevan J]

I finished learning the T3 Subset! Now i'll most probably learn T5 Subset, as I already know a few algs of it

 

[Nevan J]

I finished learning the T3 Subset! Now i'll most probably learn T5 Subset, as I already know a few algs of it

I finished learning T5
Since I was watching max siuaw's video, for one of the cases, he said the recog and Alg both were pretty bad, and he said doing Oll and Pll is better so I didn't learn the Alg and just remembered what PLL I am going to get after OLL

Also I am not learning any more algs since my comp is next week