qwr's road to nowhere

[An Animating Cuber]

New single PB 17.44 with pretty bad efficiency but somehow I spotted all the f2l pairs immediately

 Twizzle link 

 Setup 

D L U B2 U' L2 U' B2 U' F2 U' L2 U2 L' B L' D' U R' U

 Moves 

z2 F' R2 D' R D2 // cross
U (U R U' R')3 // 1st pair
U2 (L U L') // 2nd pair
U' (R' U2 R U') y' (L U L') // 3rd pair
U2 (R U' R' U R U' R') // 4th pair
U2 (R U R' U R U2 R') // OLL
U' (R' U' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' U R) U' // PLL

Also new session avg PB of 24.13

Nice, but I refuse to believe it is possible to get a PB that has a F-Perm.

 

[WhatDoIPutHere]

Once you get to nowhere you will realize that you are in a mix of Wyoming and Ohio

 

[qwr]

Nice, but I refuse to believe it is possible to get a PB that has a F-Perm.

At my speed the PLLs matter little (as long as I don't get a G perm which I haven't learned yet). Much more important is the f2l recognition

 

[qwr]

I've been working on 2x2 OLL prediction for simple first faces (3 moves or less)

Here's an example

 Twizzle link 

 Setup 

F' U2 F U2 F' U F2 R F'

 Moves 

R U R2' // layer
U' (R U2 R' U' R U' R') // oll
U' // auf

I know R U R2 will complete a yellow layer (there's also 3 move orange face but not layer)
Trying to trace the white stickers, the white in front will end up in left face UL, the white on right will end up on front UL, and white on back will end up on up face DR. From the three stickers I conclude this is anti-sune with a U' setup. I didn't see the PLL skip obviously but I did get a 3.16 which is really good for me.

I get prediction right about 50/50 but it's improving. Small 2x2 session PB of 5.16

 

[qwr]

Nice, but I refuse to believe it is possible to get a PB that has a F-Perm.

16.13 PB with PLL skip and pretty sloppy f2l

 Twizzle link 

 Setup 

U L U2 R2 U L2 U' L2 B2 U B2 D2 B2 F L2 D' B' U2 B' U

 Moves 

x2 R U' R B2 U' F2 // cross
L' U2' L U L' U' L // 1st pair
U2 R U2 R' U y L' U' L // 2nd pair
U y D R U R' D' // 3rd pair
R U R' U' R U R' // 4th pair
U2 R U2 R' U' R U' R' // OLL
U' // PLL skip

 

[qwr]

How do I motivate myself to learn all the PLLs? I've gotten lazy at learning any new algs

 

[JDAW6]

How do I motivate myself to learn all the PLLs? I've gotten lazy at learning any new algs

have a comp coming up, do a race smthg like that

 

[bldcuber314]

Nice, but I refuse to believe it is possible to get a PB that has a F-Perm.

I actually feel like F perm is one of my faster algs- it's good to fingertrick.

 

[qwr]

have a comp coming up, do a race smthg like that

I'm too slow to be worth it to go to comps

 

[SpeakCuba]

Nice, but I refuse to believe it is possible to get a PB that has a F-Perm.

I personally really like F-Perm. Sure, I’d rather have a Jb perm or T-perm, but I still quite like it, and it is quite fast once you get decent at it.

 

[randomness...]

Nice, but I refuse to believe it is possible to get a PB that has a F-Perm.

have you seen my pb recon? i had a 7.299 with a Nperm lol

 

[qwr]

I actually feel like F perm is one of my faster algs- it's good to fingertrick.

it's just T perm with some setup moves that aren't hard. I do the setup F' with right thumb

 

[qwr]

Since Cubehead's really good PLL video came out, I'm forcing myself to finally learn all of PLL. Plus I pulled out my Cubicle Labs magnetized Yuxin Little Magic which is surprisingly nice to use.

The ones I need to learn are Ra, Rb, Nb, and all Gs. I use pretty much the standard algs, but maybe I'll switch to RU U perms because I do Ub as (M2' U' M) (U2 M' U' M2) and the two lefty flicks have always been a little hard for me.
Nb: (R' U R U') R' (F' U' F) (R U R') (F R' F' R) U' R

This is slightly different than Cubehead's one which ends with U' R U' f R f' instead of (hedge) U' R. I'll try both to see which is easier.

I guess I can remember the start as sexy move but inverted R moves and hopefully muscle memory takes it from there.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Plus I pulled out my Cubicle Labs magnetized Yuxin Little Magic which is surprisingly nice to use.

YLM and chill. A generational classic!

 

[qwr]

I've got the Nb perm memorized but I just can't get myself to execute it quickly. it's so awkward.

Next I'll learn Ra which is headlights on left, block on bottom left. My old alg is (R U R' F') (R U2' R' U2') (R' F R) (U R U2' R') U' but that's not as good as
(R U' R' U') (R U R D) (R' U' R D') (R' U2 R') U'

The only thing I have to keep track of is the direction of U and D moves like the E perm.
It's U push, D flick, U' flick, D' push in between R R R' R, which ends up balancing out with R' R' at the end

 

[qwr]

I think I got the Ra perm down.
I have to make sure I don't forget Na and Nb. Na is the one that goes R U R' U (J perm without AUF) U2 R U' R'. All of them start differently and I start Na with index then middle Us.
Next is Rb with headlights in front: (R' U2 R U2') R' F (R U R' U') R' F' R2.
I'm trying not to forget the others.

 

[Tigerninja]

My Nb-perm is definitely not L' U' L U (x R2 F R F' R U2 r' U r U2 x' ) U' L' U L because I also have a hard time executing the normal alg.

Edit: Left sexy move ; Ja-perm ; Left inverse sexy move

 

[qwr]

My Nb-perm is definitely not L' U' L U (x R2 F R F' R U2 r' U r U2 x' ) U' L' U L because I also have a hard time to execute the normal alg.

very weird alg

 

[qwr]

Learning new PLLs has been going ok but I am so frustrated at my inability to visualize planning my cross. It's like there's a mental veil that prevents me from remembering something longer than a few seconds. Chess is like that too. I can't visualize to save my life. Some people have aphantasia, which is the complete inability to imagine something visually at all, and I don't have that, but sometimes it feels like I do. Maybe I need earplugs for all the stupid little sounds that I can't tune out from my surroundings. When I'm trying to concentrate on something, every single little sound is a huge distraction. I did my best math homework in complete silence at like 2 am after a few hours of silence. Sorry for the rant but it's my personal thread and this is why I don't practice cubing.

 

[1x1 wr holder!]

Learning new PLLs has been going ok but I am so frustrated at my inability to visualize planning my cross. It's like there's a mental veil that prevents me from remembering something longer than a few seconds. Chess is like that too. I can't visualize to save my life. Some people have aphantasia, which is the complete inability to imagine something visually at all, and I don't have that, but sometimes it feels like I do. Maybe I need earplugs for all the stupid little sounds that I can't tune out from my surroundings. When I'm trying to concentrate on something, every single little sound is a huge distraction. I did my best math homework in complete silence at like 2 am after a few hours of silence. Sorry for the rant but it's my personal thread and this is why I don't practice cubing.

Lots happening in the road to nowhere!