Powstick's Progression Thread

[Powstick]

As of posting, I'm gonna start grinding clock for a project in a few days if anybody's wondering what I'm maining rn
Here's a table thing I made
Event PB Single PB Average Glow Ball Method
3x3 12.92 15.45 ~19 CFOP 4LLL
2x2 1.54 3.66 ~5 LBL/Ortega
4x4 1:29.92 1:45.52 ~1:50 Redux
5x5 3:08.10 3:29.47 ~3:45 Redux
6x6 6:20.14 6:30.34 ~6:30 Redux
7x7 11:34.58 DNS ~11:30 Redux
FMC 47 61.67 ~70 CFOP 4LLL
OH 21.19 28.74 ~35 CFOP 4LLL
Clock 8.78 11.02 ~12 Beginners
Mega 2:41.40 3:21.30 ~3:30 Beginners
Pyra 2.20 4.15 ~8 Intuitive L4E
Skewb 3.78 6.22 ~8 Beginners
Squan 16.37 27.55 ~30 Beginners
That took too long lol. If you have any questions lmk!

 

[Powstick]

Here's a table thing I made
Event PB Single PB Average Glow Ball Method
3x3 12.92 15.45 ~19 CFOP 4LLL
2x2 1.54 3.66 ~5 LBL/Ortega
4x4 1:29.92 1:45.52 ~1:50 Redux
5x5 3:08.10 3:29.47 ~3:45 Redux
6x6 6:20.14 6:30.34 ~6:30 Redux
7x7 11:34.58 DNS ~11:30 Redux
FMC 47 61.67 ~70 CFOP 4LLL
OH 21.19 28.74 ~35 CFOP 4LLL
Clock 8.78 11.02 ~12 Beginners
Mega 2:41.40 3:21.30 ~3:30 Beginners
Pyra 2.20 4.15 ~8 Intuitive L4E
Skewb 3.78 6.22 ~8 Beginners
Squan 16.37 27.55 ~30 Beginners

The spacing kinda messed up in posting so sorry about that

 

[abunickabhi]

What are your main cubes?

 

[microchado]

nice, that’s about where i was almost a year ago…

dang i’ve been cubing that long already

 

[Powstick]

What are your main cubes?

3x3: MoYu RS3 M V5 3x3 (Spring Tension)
2x2: GAN251 M Leap 2x2 (UV Coated)
4x4: MoYu AoSo V7 4x4 (Single-Track)
5x5: DianSheng Galaxy FTO (Magnetic)
6x6: MoYu AoShi V4 6x6 (Triple-Track Enhanced Pro Shop SE, Matte)
7x7: MFJS MeiLong 7x7 V2 M
Clock: QiYi Magnetic Clock (Green - Limited Edition)
Mega: YJ YuHu Megaminx V2 M
Pyra: PiCube WeiLong Pyraminx SE (Magnetic + 10- Core Magnetic)
Skewb: MoYu RS Skewb M
Squan: PiCube MGC SQ-1 (Magnetic + UV)
FTO: DianSheng Galaxy FTO (Magnetic)
I haven't learned FTO yet

 

[microchado]

nice nice nice 6x6

 

[Powstick]

I just finished a chill morning session, and 2 3x3 PB singles in the span of 3 solves! (I sold the average)

Generated By csTimer on 2026-08-17
mean of 3: 14.187

Time List:
1. 12.460 F U2 L U' L2 B2 F2 D' L2 D F2 D F2 U' R' D' R2 F D2 U' R
2. 18.040 R2 F2 L2 F D2 F' U2 L2 B' D2 U2 F2 D L' R2 U2 B R B2 D
3. 12.060 U' R2 F' D' R2 B2 D F2 R2 D' B2 U R D' U2 L D2 R2 B'
This was the Mo3

 

[Powstick]

I just finished a chill morning session, and 2 3x3 PB singles in the span of 3 solves! (I sold the average)

Generated By csTimer on 2026-08-17
mean of 3: 14.187

Time List:
1. 12.460 F U2 L U' L2 B2 F2 D' L2 D F2 D F2 U' R' D' R2 F D2 U' R
2. 18.040 R2 F2 L2 F D2 F' U2 L2 B' D2 U2 F2 D L' R2 U2 B R B2 D
3. 12.060 U' R2 F' D' R2 B2 D F2 R2 D' B2 U R D' U2 L D2 R2 B'
This was the Mo3

So basically, I've gotten like 3 PB singles today (I got an 11.95 on cam), and like 10 solves that would've been PB yesterday, but I was going for PB Average and I sold it like 5 times. I'm not upset, but it shows I need to work on nerve control.

Generated By csTimer on 2026-08-17
single: 11.95

Time List:
1. 11.95 R2 D' L2 F2 R2 F U2 B2 F R2 B R2 D2 R2 D' R D2 L U2 L2 U

 

[Eriol]

4x4 1:29.92 1:45.52 ~1:50 Redux

Mega 2:41.40 3:21.30 ~3:30 Beginners

I'm kind of similar in speed to you on 4x4 and I made the switch to Yau and 3-2-3 edge pairing. Most people seem to agree it's worth it even if you're relatively slow. What made it click for me was watching the Cubeskills videos with Feliks on youtube. They're a bit old, but explains the concepts really well at a reasonable speed.

What do you mean by "beginners" method on Megaminx? Is it just for last layer? Because if you know basic CFOP on 3x3 doing intuitive pairing of corners and edges on Megaminx should be really easy for you, right? (I'm just a beginner on Megaminx myself, so it's possible that there are a lot of methods I don't even know about.)

 

[Powstick]

I'm kind of similar in speed to you on 4x4 and I made the switch to Yau and 3-2-3 edge pairing. Most people seem to agree it's worth it even if you're relatively slow. What made it click for me was watching the Cubeskills videos with Feliks on youtube. They're a bit old, but explains the concepts really well at a reasonable speed.

I have wanted to switch to Yau I just don't really care about big cubes rn. I do want to get decent at them sometime but idk when.

What do you mean by "beginners" method on Megaminx? Is it just for last layer? Because if you know basic CFOP on 3x3 doing intuitive pairing of corners and edges on Megaminx should be really easy for you, right? (I'm just a beginner on Megaminx myself, so it's possible that there are a lot of methods I don't even know about.)

I do beginners LL, but for some reason I also do a LBL type thing instead of F2L, and I don't really know why. I did a solve with F2L pairing stuff and it isn't slowing me down so I will probably work on that.

 

[Powstick]

Any recommendations for motivation would be highly appreciated!

 

[Powstick]

Still taking suggestions guys dw

Any recommendations for motivation would be highly appreciated!

 

[Eriol]

Any recommendations for motivation would be highly appreciated!

Find someone famous at https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/ and try to beat their records?

 

[Powstick]

Find someone famous at https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/ and try to beat their records?

Thanks!

 

[Powstick]

Learnt 7 Simul Bpaul!

 

[Powstick]

Comp tmrw!
Brookline favorites, competing in 3x3 pyra square 1 and clock
Anyone else in the forums going?

 

[Powstick]

W squan avg, PB

Generated By csTimer on 2026-08-28
avg of 5: 25.35

Time List:
1. (34.16) (-5,0)/ (3,3)/ (2,-1)/ (-3,-3)/ (-2,-2)/ (-1,0)/ (3,0)/ (-5,0)/ (-4,0)/ (-4,-3)/ (3,0)/ (6,-1)
2. (21.38+) (-5,3)/ (5,-1)/ (-5,-2)/ (-3,0)/ (-4,-4)/ (4,0)/ (-3,-3)/ (-1,-2)/ (-4,0)/ (-4,0)/ (4,0)
3. 24.11 (3,2)/ (-3,0)/ (0,3)/ (4,-5)/ (-3,0)/ (-4,-1)/ (-2,0)/ (-3,-3)/ (-5,-2)/ (-2,0)/ (-2,0)/ (-5,0)/ (6,0)
4. 22.78 (4,-3)/ (6,0)/ (-1,-1)/ (0,-3)/ (-5,-2)/ (0,-3)/ (-4,0)/ (-3,-3)/ (2,-1)/ (-4,-5)/ (-1,0)
5. 29.17 (3,-4)/ (3,-3)/ (4,-5)/ (-3,0)/ (5,-1)/ (-2,-3)/ (-3,-3)/ (-5,0)/ (0,-2)/ (-2,0)/ (0,-4)/ (4,0)

 

[Powstick]

11.70 PB Single + 15.25 PB Average

Generated By csTimer on 2026-08-28
avg of 5: 15.25

Time List:
1. (18.33) B R2 D2 F2 D2 U' B2 D' R2 F2 U' B' R' U2 L U' B2 U' F U2
2. 15.20 B2 D R2 U F2 U2 R2 D2 U' R' B' D' B F' D' B D F2 U'
3. 14.36 B D2 F' U2 B R2 B2 D2 U2 B L' F R2 D' L' F2 R2 U R U
4. (11.70) L2 F L' F2 B D F U D' R L' U2 D2 L' U2 L' B2 R2 D2 B2 D2
5. 16.18 R' U R2 F2 D2 B2 D2 F2 R2 U F' R2 D' R D' L F L2 U'
Lets gooooooo

 

[Powstick]

PB FMC single of 41 in the weekly comp, but it’s my first time doing fmc and the timer stop wasn’t working and it randomly reloaded
Still a pb tho.

 

[Powstick]

Brookline Favorites today!

Goals:
3x3 Double PR (14.77/17.56)
Squan Decent 30 avg, low 20 single (We’ll see how parities line up)
Pyra PR Avg (Probably won’t get this)
Clock Pr Avg (It’s possible, sadly can’t use bpaul)

Wish me luck!