Ota Mota's Progression Thread // Road to Sub-3.5 Ao1000 for ZBLL Recog+Exec

[OtaMota]

Scramble: D' B2 L2 D' R' D F R2 U' R D2 R2 B2 L' F2 R U2 L' B2 R

y // Inspection


D R’ D’ R’ // Cross


U’ L’ U’ L U2 L U L’ U L U L’ // First Pair


U’ R’ U2 R U R’ U’ R // Second Pair


y’ R U R’ U R U R’ // Third Pair


Dw’ R’ U2 R2 U R2 U R // Fourth Pair


U’ F U R U’ R’ F’ // EO



6.79, 46 OBTM, 6.77 OBTPS

Recon of PB single

 

[OtaMota]

Learned more cases

With that, I now know full H and Pi

 

[OtaMota]

Finished 2 more sets

 

[OtaMota]

Generated By csTimer on 2026-05-04
avg of 5: 9.98

Time List:
1. 9.56 F R' F2 L2 D' R F' D' F L2 D2 L' B2 R' F2 L' B2 L
2. 10.46 D2 F D2 L2 F2 U2 B' L2 F2 D2 F2 U L F' U' B' F2 D' U L' U2
3. (8.01) F D B2 D2 F L2 B2 L2 U2 F' U2 F L2 F2 U' R' F D2 L2 F D2
4. (12.92) U2 F' D B2 D F2 U L2 D B2 F2 D2 F2 L' D' L2 F2 U' R' B' L2
5. 9.92 L2 D' L2 R2 U' F2 L2 U2 R2 F' L U2 B2 L2 F2 R2 U' L F

First sub-10 Ao5!!!

 

[OtaMota]

Done with these sets, almost done with ZBLL

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

Are you sub-8 on 11x11 yet? I just saw this thread for the first time so I was just wondering how that's going

 

[OtaMota]

I have finished Full ZBLL! Took me about 13 months, with some significant breaks.

Are you sub-8 on 11x11 yet? I just saw this thread for the first time so I was just wondering how that's going

Nah, nowhere close, switched priorities for a bit.

 

[OtaMota]

 

[Yann1qua12DagOat]

Are you gonna learn ZBLS or is it not worth it?
Congrats bro!!!
**Edit: I subbed to your channel, can't wait to see even more progress!!!! I'm super interested in what you said regarding learning the full alg sets for different alg-heavy events.

 

[OtaMota]

Are you gonna learn ZBLS or is it not worth it?

Objectively, ZBLS is worth it and probably the next best step.

I do not plan to learn ZBLS for reasons almost entirely subjective and weird lol.

Also, thank you for subbing to my channel.

 

[OtaMota]

Hello, update on my cubing stuff

Week 0: Finished ZBLL

Week 1: Could have used the time to do trainer stuff and improve my ZBLL, but because I had a camp in a week, didn’t want to spend time to do that

Week: 2 Week long camp, did not even bring a cube

Week 3: Came back home, Already forgot some cases, but didn’t feel like relearning them bc I would have another trip by the end of the week.

Week 4-5: Was in Egypt, and spent time traveling and seeing family. Also didn’t use this time to relearn algs, but I did have a cube on me at least and did some solves, so I don’t think I forgot anymore cases.

Week 6 (now): I am back home again, I think it’s time to relearn the cases I forgot, and to retrain ZBLL. Don’t think I have anymore long trips this summer, and I don’t think I have a lot of (job) work until a bit later as my manager hasn’t given me much days yet, so I have a lot of time to grind, though even before I start to work again, I will also need to do some college prep like selecting classes and writing a couple essays, so I won’t be fully free.

 

[OtaMota]

Relearned all my algs, and even switched to better ones. Hope they can stay in my brain this time

 

[OtaMota]

Did my first actual recog+exec ao100 since learning full ZBLL, and got a 4.24, which is better than I expected. My end goal is for sub-3.5 ao1000, so I will see if I can do that

 

[OtaMota]

Generated By csTimer on 2026-06-24
single: 38.53

Time List:
1. 38.53 L' U2 L D2 F2 U2 B2 U2 R L F' U2 L' D L2 F' U' F' R F' Rw2 B Fw2 U2 F' Fw2 U2 Rw2 B R Uw2 L F Uw' Rw2 B D B2 Rw' Uw' Rw2 D2 Fw2 Rw B'

Random PB, waiting for a class and didn’t have a 3x3 on me so did 4x4 instead, and even though I haven’t practiced in months, I get this for some reason.

 

[BVCuber13]

Wait is the sub-8 11x11 thing a joke or did you mix the numbers up or smth (sub-11 8x8) or something else entirely lol

 

[OtaMota]

Wait is the sub-8 11x11 thing a joke or did you mix the numbers up or smth (sub-11 8x8) or something else entirely lol

I did some random rough calculations and made the conclusion that a bit faster than sub-8 on 11x11 is roughly equivalent to WR100 on 7x7, so that's the goal, but my title is a bit outdated as 11x11 is not my focus rn, I should change my title lol

 

[BVCuber13]

I did some random rough calculations and made the conclusion that a bit faster than sub-8 on 11x11 is roughly equivalent to WR100 on 7x7, so that's the goal, but my title is a bit outdated as 11x11 is not my focus rn, I should change my title lol

yeah and also you should consider the fact that (apparently) the WB single is like 8:19 lol

 

[OtaMota]

Did an ao100 today and got 3.55, so my ZBLL is improving for sure, think it was pretty luck based got cases I learned eariler in the journey and not the new ones I need more practice on, so I anticipate I will be worse tomorrow.

 

[OtaMota]

Generated By csTimer on 2026-06-30
avg of 5: 10.11

Time List:
1. 10.18 B' F2 L2 F2 R2 D' F2 U B2 D U' L' B D B F' D' R' D L2
2. 9.91 B D R B L2 F2 U2 F2 U2 R2 F U2 R2 B' L' U L2 B R2 F U
3. (8.26) U2 B2 F2 R F2 L2 R U2 L B2 L' U L2 B R' D' L F' R2 B2
4. 10.23 F R D2 B2 D R2 L' D' R' B2 U2 L2 F R2 F' L2 U2 B D2
5. (10.63) B D2 R2 U2 R2 F2 U2 B D2 L' U2 R2 D L D L

Should be my first pure sub-11

 

[OtaMota]

Generated By csTimer on 2026-06-30
avg of 5: 9.93

Time List:
1. 9.36 U B' R2 L U2 B' D R L U' B2 D F2 U F2 U2 F2 D L2 U R2
2. 11.85 U B2 R2 D2 U2 R' D2 L' B2 L' B2 L' U B U2 B' L U B2 R2
3. (15.67) B2 U' B' L' D2 R' L' F' B2 U F2 U2 F2 L2 U F2 D' B2 R2 D2
4. (8.21) D R2 D2 B2 R2 U' L2 F2 L2 U R B' L2 D2 L U' L' B2 D'
5. 8.58 D F2 U L2 D' R2 F2 U' R2 U' F2 L F L' R2 F2 D2 L2 R U

PB average