U L2 B2 D' L2 D' F2 U R2 B2 F' D2 B' R' F D' U R U' F' U2
y' // inspection
U L F' L' // cross
y' R U2 R' // F2L 1
U L U' L' // F2L 2
d' R U R' // F2L 3
y' L' U L U2 F' L F L' // F2L 4
U R U2 R' U' R U' R' // OLL
U R2 U' S' U2 S U' R2 U2 // PLL
Been grinding mega for the past few days, mega is a fun event. I learned westlund on friday and just did hours of solves. My goal is to be sub-2 by my comp in about a month. Here are the stats:
Generated By csTimer on 2025-04-16
solves/total: 62/62
single
best: 1:39.05
worst: 3:21.11
mean of 3
current: 2:05.39 (σ = 9.96)
best: 2:02.53 (σ = 11.43)
I just realise i don't rlly have a main event. It was 2x2, but i don't rlly like 2x2 anymore, and I never practice. I don't wanna main 3x3 because that's boring, but that's the event I practice the most. I think I wanna main mega, but idk. I did like 200 mega solves over a weekend a few weeks ago, and I haven't done any solves since, because I couldn't improve. I'm just gonna practice 3x3 while I think.
I'm gonna make a list of the events and see why or why not I wanna main it. This is kinda for me because I'm not bothered to open word.
3x3:
I could but I don't wanna cuz too basic
2x2:
I have fallen out of love with this event
4x4:
I could, but I'm really bad at it. I guess I could try improve
5-7:
I... I... no
3bld:
I used to kinda main this, I was sub-2 but I've done like 3 solves this year and probably average 4 or 5 by now
FMC:
this would be kinda cool but the amount of times ive tried and failed to get good at this, and also it takes too long
OH:
I'm not rlly good enough at 3x3 to get good at OH, id say while averaging 16-17 on 3x3 i couldnt get any better than like 30-35
Clock:
I forgot about this silly event, I used to main it and went from averaging 40 to 11 in a month, 17 months later im averaging 9. I started learning bpaul 7sim recently and want to main 7sim instead of flip, but my 20% success rate with it right now is very offputting.
Mega:
I'd really like to main this, but it takes a bit to practice, it takes me 15 mins to do an ao5, and i like faster events. i probably will end up maining mega though
Pyra:
I like sprint events, but i hate learning algs
Skewb:
same as pyra, but i would rather main skewb. I haven't improved in a good while though.
Squan:
squan seems fun to improve at, but ive tried so many times and failed so many times
Bigblind:
i dont know, nor do i want to know, how to do this
Multi:
i also used to kind of main this, but im rlly bad at it now and i need to improve blind again first
Main candidates in no particular order except the order i put them in:
4x4
Clock
Mega
Skewb
ill do a week of these or smth soon like after my exams and then i'll see
I just realise i don't rlly have a main event. It was 2x2, but i don't rlly like 2x2 anymore, and I never practice. I don't wanna main 3x3 because that's boring, but that's the event I practice the most. I think I wanna main mega, but idk. I did like 200 mega solves over a weekend a few weeks ago, and I haven't done any solves since, because I couldn't improve. I'm just gonna practice 3x3 while I think.
I'm gonna make a list of the events and see why or why not I wanna main it. This is kinda for me because I'm not bothered to open word.
3x3:
I could but I don't wanna cuz too basic
2x2:
I have fallen out of love with this event
4x4:
I could, but I'm really bad at it. I guess I could try improve
5-7:
I... I... no
3bld:
I used to kinda main this, I was sub-2 but I've done like 3 solves this year and probably average 4 or 5 by now
FMC:
this would be kinda cool but the amount of times ive tried and failed to get good at this, and also it takes too long
OH:
I'm not rlly good enough at 3x3 to get good at OH, id say while averaging 16-17 on 3x3 i couldnt get any better than like 30-35
Clock:
I forgot about this silly event, I used to main it and went from averaging 40 to 11 in a month, 17 months later im averaging 9. I started learning bpaul 7sim recently and want to main 7sim instead of flip, but my 20% success rate with it right now is very offputting.
Mega:
I'd really like to main this, but it takes a bit to practice, it takes me 15 mins to do an ao5, and i like faster events. i probably will end up maining mega though
Pyra:
I like sprint events, but i hate learning algs
Skewb:
same as pyra, but i would rather main skewb. I haven't improved in a good while though.
Squan:
squan seems fun to improve at, but ive tried so many times and failed so many times
Bigblind:
i dont know, nor do i want to know, how to do this
Multi:
i also used to kind of main this, but im rlly bad at it now and i need to improve blind again first
Main candidates in no particular order except the order i put them in:
4x4
Clock
Mega
Skewb
ill do a week of these or smth soon like after my exams and then i'll see
Generated By csTimer on 2025-05-25
mean of 3: 12.91
Time List:
1. 12.63 R L2 U R2 D' R' D' F U2 B2 U2 R F2 L2 D2 R2 F2 D2 L' U2
2. 10.30 B2 U L2 D B2 R2 U' B2 D' L' F' L2 U R2 F' D' L' B2 F2
3. 15.81 R2 F' D2 U2 L2 D2 B' F2 L2 B L D' R' D2 F2 L2 D' B' L' U
shattered my 3x3 pb mo3, used to be like 13.89 or something
Generated By csTimer on 2025-05-30
avg of 5: 13.86
Time List:
1. (13.34) B2 F2 D L2 R2 B2 L2 U' R2 U' F2 R' U2 L B' L2 B2 D L'
2. 13.58 U2 F D2 L' F2 U' L B2 U B' U2 F R2 D2 B' D2 F R2 F'
3. (18.03) L2 R2 B R2 B' R2 D2 B2 D2 R2 B' U' B' U2 B' L' B' U' B'
4. 14.43 D2 F B2 R U' D' B' L' F' U F2 R2 U F2 B2 L2 U' R2 U2
5. 13.58 D B2 R2 B2 U' F2 R2 U2 B2 D F2 R2 F R D2 R2 B' U F' U' F'
finally sub 14 average what the hell is this luck
no skill whatsoever is involved in this
Generated By csTimer on 2025-05-30
avg of 5: 13.86
Time List:
1. (13.34) B2 F2 D L2 R2 B2 L2 U' R2 U' F2 R' U2 L B' L2 B2 D L'
2. 13.58 U2 F D2 L' F2 U' L B2 U B' U2 F R2 D2 B' D2 F R2 F'
3. (18.03) L2 R2 B R2 B' R2 D2 B2 D2 R2 B' U' B' U2 B' L' B' U' B'
4. 14.43 D2 F B2 R U' D' B' L' F' U F2 R2 U F2 B2 L2 U' R2 U2
5. 13.58 D B2 R2 B2 U' F2 R2 U2 B2 D F2 R2 F R D2 R2 B' U F' U' F'
finally sub 14 average what the hell is this luck
no skill whatsoever is involved in this
Generated By csTimer on 2025-06-01
avg of 12: 15.19
Time List:
1. 16.27 L' F' B2 L2 F' D L' U' D L2 F2 D2 B U2 L2 B' D2 L2 D2 R2
2. 14.05 R B2 F' R2 F' L2 U2 B L2 U2 R2 U' F D2 L' U' R2 U' L2
3. 14.40 R D2 B2 R' B2 L' D2 L2 U2 L2 B2 R' U' F D U2 R2 D2 U B D'
4. 16.42 R F R2 F2 U L2 U2 B2 R2 D' R2 D' L' U F' U' B2 R B F
5. 15.11 B L2 B' U2 B2 D2 F L2 U2 B' D' L2 R F' R2 B2 F L2 F
6. 15.69 B' D' L B D' R' F U2 D L2 D F2 U' R2 L2 F2 D2 R2 L' B
7. 13.09 L2 D R2 F2 R2 D U2 F2 R2 D' F2 B D2 L F' L' B' R' B F2 D'
8. 16.41 B L2 B2 L D2 R2 B2 R' D2 R2 D2 F2 B L F2 U' B' L2 R2 D2
9. 16.53 F' B2 D B R2 U L D B' D2 R D2 F2 L D2 R' F2 L' B2 R' D2
10. (12.87) R F L' F D R F' D2 L U' B2 U' L2 B2 R2 B2 D2 L2 D B2 U
11. (16.83) R' B L' B D2 R2 B F2 D' L2 D2 R2 U L2 B2 D' R2 F2 L D'
12. 13.92 B' R2 B2 L2 U2 L2 D2 F U2 F' D2 B' U' F' L D2 R D' R'
most annoying pb single i've gotten
i got this about a half an hour ago id say but i wasnt sure if i should count it cuz i couldnt find the solution
none of the solutions the analyser on cubedb were right, i searchd through so many solutions with oll skips, that was the only thing i could remember about it
then i remembered not being sure what to do for a second, so i randomly did L U L'
i have no idea how i remebered that
Generated By csTimer on 2025-06-01
single: 8.74
Time List:
1. 8.74 U D2 R U2 R' B2 R' B2 F2 U2 L R2 U F D2 U2 F' U F2 D
U D2 R U2 R' B2 R' B2 F2 U2 L R2 U F D2 U2 F' U F2 D
z2 y' //inspection
R D2 R' D F2 L2 //cross
y L U L' //silly mistake >:c
R L' U2 L R' //P1
U' L U' L2 U L //P2
y' L F' L' F L U L' //P3
y U2 L U L' //P4
U' M' U' M2' U' M2' U' M' U2 M2' U //PLL
I finished learning OLL today, I worked on lookahead for like 3 hours yesterday, and I've been I the car for the past like 4 hours, so obviously I've completely smashed all of my pb averages.
Best Mo3 : 12.282
13.332 : D' F' D2 R2 F U2 F' L2 F L2 U2 R' F' R2 F2 R2 F2 D' U2 R
11.570 : U2 B2 U R2 D' L2 U2 R2 D' U2 R2 F2 L F U' L R2 B' R' F U'
11.946 : U L2 F2 U L2 F2 D' B2 U F2 L' U2 B' L D2 R D' R2 D' F
Best Ao5 : 13.245
10.559 : U' R' U2 L' B2 U2 F2 L' B2 L2 D2 R U B' D2 L R U' B L
14.834 : D R U2 L' B R L2 D B2 R' U2 F2 R B2 D2 B2 L' D2 R D2
15.357 : F2 D2 F R2 D2 R2 B F2 U2 F' D2 L2 R F' D' U2 L D' R U'
13.332 : D' F' D2 R2 F U2 F' L2 F L2 U2 R' F' R2 F2 R2 F2 D' U2 R
11.570 : U2 B2 U R2 D' L2 U2 R2 D' U2 R2 F2 L F U' L R2 B' R' F U'
Best Ao12 : 13.999
12.792 : F R2 D2 F L2 B' U2 B L2 B U B L2 B' D L' B' R' D' L'
15.028 : R B2 L2 U2 B L2 D2 B' L2 U2 B L' U' F R' U2 R2 F D
14.766 : L' D' U2 R2 F R2 B L2 B D2 L2 F U2 F' R' D2 B' L F2 U' L
14.881 : B2 D2 U2 R2 F U2 B' D2 L2 B' L' D' F L2 D L R' B' U R
15.486 : D' L F' U' B2 L' D B' D2 R' F2 R2 U2 R B2 U2 L2 B2 U2 R2
16.644 : U' R2 F2 U' F2 D2 F2 U B2 F2 L2 U' L R' U' B' U L2 D F2 R'
10.559 : U' R' U2 L' B2 U2 F2 L' B2 L2 D2 R U B' D2 L R U' B L
14.834 : D R U2 L' B R L2 D B2 R' U2 F2 R B2 D2 B2 L' D2 R D2
15.357 : F2 D2 F R2 D2 R2 B F2 U2 F' D2 L2 R F' D' U2 L D' R U'
13.332 : D' F' D2 R2 F U2 F' L2 F L2 U2 R' F' R2 F2 R2 F2 D' U2 R
11.570 : U2 B2 U R2 D' L2 U2 R2 D' U2 R2 F2 L F U' L R2 B' R' F U'
11.946 : U L2 F2 U L2 F2 D' B2 U F2 L' U2 B' L D2 R D' R2 D' F
also 14.62 ao50 and 14.6x ao100
I've been grinding OH for the past few days too, I went from averaging 43 to 33 in like 5 days. I had 2 averages of OH in my comp on Saturday (pre-oh-grind) and first average, I didn't make cutoff, but made round 2, and got 3 PR's and 2 DNF's ;-;
also I wasn't sure which one you were @bldcuber314 and I was also scared to go up to people and ask :c
I finished learning OLL today, I worked on lookahead for like 3 hours yesterday, and I've been I the car for the past like 4 hours, so obviously I've completely smashed all of my pb averages.
Best Mo3 : 12.282
13.332 : D' F' D2 R2 F U2 F' L2 F L2 U2 R' F' R2 F2 R2 F2 D' U2 R
11.570 : U2 B2 U R2 D' L2 U2 R2 D' U2 R2 F2 L F U' L R2 B' R' F U'
11.946 : U L2 F2 U L2 F2 D' B2 U F2 L' U2 B' L D2 R D' R2 D' F
Best Ao5 : 13.245
10.559 : U' R' U2 L' B2 U2 F2 L' B2 L2 D2 R U B' D2 L R U' B L
14.834 : D R U2 L' B R L2 D B2 R' U2 F2 R B2 D2 B2 L' D2 R D2
15.357 : F2 D2 F R2 D2 R2 B F2 U2 F' D2 L2 R F' D' U2 L D' R U'
13.332 : D' F' D2 R2 F U2 F' L2 F L2 U2 R' F' R2 F2 R2 F2 D' U2 R
11.570 : U2 B2 U R2 D' L2 U2 R2 D' U2 R2 F2 L F U' L R2 B' R' F U'
Best Ao12 : 13.999
12.792 : F R2 D2 F L2 B' U2 B L2 B U B L2 B' D L' B' R' D' L'
15.028 : R B2 L2 U2 B L2 D2 B' L2 U2 B L' U' F R' U2 R2 F D
14.766 : L' D' U2 R2 F R2 B L2 B D2 L2 F U2 F' R' D2 B' L F2 U' L
14.881 : B2 D2 U2 R2 F U2 B' D2 L2 B' L' D' F L2 D L R' B' U R
15.486 : D' L F' U' B2 L' D B' D2 R' F2 R2 U2 R B2 U2 L2 B2 U2 R2
16.644 : U' R2 F2 U' F2 D2 F2 U B2 F2 L2 U' L R' U' B' U L2 D F2 R'
10.559 : U' R' U2 L' B2 U2 F2 L' B2 L2 D2 R U B' D2 L R U' B L
14.834 : D R U2 L' B R L2 D B2 R' U2 F2 R B2 D2 B2 L' D2 R D2
15.357 : F2 D2 F R2 D2 R2 B F2 U2 F' D2 L2 R F' D' U2 L D' R U'
13.332 : D' F' D2 R2 F U2 F' L2 F L2 U2 R' F' R2 F2 R2 F2 D' U2 R
11.570 : U2 B2 U R2 D' L2 U2 R2 D' U2 R2 F2 L F U' L R2 B' R' F U'
11.946 : U L2 F2 U L2 F2 D' B2 U F2 L' U2 B' L D2 R D' R2 D' F
also 14.62 ao50 and 14.6x ao100
I've been grinding OH for the past few days too, I went from averaging 43 to 33 in like 5 days. I had 2 averages of OH in my comp on Saturday (pre-oh-grind) and first average, I didn't make cutoff, but made round 2, and got 3 PR's and 2 DNF's ;-;
also I wasn't sure which one you were @bldcuber314 and I was also scared to go up to people and ask :c
I've fallen behind in like pretty much every event, I'm rlly bad at everything mow, definitely not as good in some as I was before. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to relearn algs I've forgotten, and steps I never bothered to fully learn (I'm looking at you 4x4 edge pairing). I'm going to do a list of what I need to do for each event, and when I'm going to do them.
3x3:
I think I'm better than I ever have been for 3x3, but there are many things I still need to do. I'm averaging about 13-14, but I get 15s and 16s too often in my opinion, because I keep forgetting OLL's, and messing up PLL's. My F2L is also definitely not as good as it should be. I also need to work on cross. Oh my, I'm bad at everything.
I need to:
Drill PLL's I'm slow at and learn new algs for some
Learn full OLL and drill all the new ones
Learn some F2L algs for some hard cases
Improve cross somehow
2x2:
This is one of the events I have fallen behind the most on, I averaged low 3, with very often sub 3 averages. I'm starting to average high 3, with too many 4s and 5s. CLL algs slip away a day after I relearn them, with some of the cases I've known for almost a year sill managing to be forgotten. My layers are also most definitely sub optimal.
I need to:
Fully relearn CLL, at this point there's about 20 I have forgotten
Work on my layer
4x4:
While I do think I am better than I ever have been on 4x4, there are a lot of things I never bothered to learn. I only half paid attention to the end of 343 edge pairing (at least I think it's 343) and I don't know how to do any weird cases, or even how to do l3e. My first two centres are fine, and so are my first 3 edges and centres. I'd like to learn a few algs for the last cross edge, if they even exist. I'd also like to be colour neutral on 4x4, because I'm colour neutral on pretty much everything but big cubes and mega (but why would I be colour neutral on mega).
I need to:
Work on edge pairing (a lot)
Learn a new OLL parity alg
Learn to do first 3 edges on M slice rather than E slice
Big cubes:
I don't really care about 5-7, but if I improve I'll be happy. I have no idea how to improve, I use extremely inefficient redux for all three, with like a billion rotations. I'd appreciate any help, I'm averaging 3 mins for 5x5, 6 mins for 6x6, and about 8-9 mins for 7x7.
Blind:
This is by far the event I have gotten the most slower at. It used to be the only thing I would practice, I could do memo in like 35-40 seconds sometimes. Because I still used OP, exec took about a minute to a minute and a half. Now memo takes like a minute, and my success rate has dropped a lot, from about 80% to like 50-60%. I've also forgotten how I used to memo corners, I just made a system up on the spot when I had to do the first solve in months, in comp.
I need to:
Practice memoing faster
Relearn corner memo properly
Practice setup moves for all the cases
Do lots of solves
OH:
In the past week or 2 I've been doing quite a lot of OH, I'm happy where I am now. There is a thing or two I do need to do though.
I need to:
Learn some OH PLL's
Practice fingertricks for left sexy moves and other left handed things (I use my left hand so it's hard)
FMC:
I'm averaging like high 40's with just CFOP, any sort of blockbuilding or EO I used to know is gone out of my head, I also think I used to know how to do reverse scramble stuff.
I need to:
Relearn how to do blockbuilding
Maybe NISS (I think that's what the inverse thingy is called)
Clock:
I don't think I've gotten worse, but I've definitely gotten worse at improving. I see people saying "oh it's easy to get sub-7 with flip but here's me averaging 9 for the past year and a bit. I learned bpaul recently and I still know how to do it, I just take like 30 seconds to memo and 30 seconds to solve with a 50% success rate. My 5 clocks just kinda sit there on my desk in a stack.
I need to:
Speed up bpaul memo
Get faster at exec
Megaminx:
I average about 2 mins on mega, I did like 200 solves a few months back and shaved a minute off my average, but I'm stuck here. When I watch other people solve, it looks exactly like what I do, just faster. When I watch reconstructions, they look pretty much like what I do. I have no idea how to improve, please help.
Pyraminx:
I used to average like 7-8 on pyra, I have no idea what I average now. I used to use intuitive L4E, where I put in the back edge and then solved the other three together, and that worked very well for a while. As I stopped practising pyra, it just became to much of a hassle to think about and I wasn't bothered to do the case anymore.
I need to:
Revise the L3E cases
Practice the V
Skewb:
I average like 8 seconds on skewb, I use most of Sarah's intermediate, except a few cases I never bothered to learn. I'm not sure what a good layer looks like, and I don't really know how to improve my layer.
I need to:
Improve my layer somehow
Learn a proper Z perm
Learn how to do a U perm and H perm quicker
Finish Sarah's intermediate properly this time
Maybe some L3C and L4C cases (perhaps)
Squan:
I average like 40 on squan, I know like 2 cube shape algs, I spend way too long on cube shape, like 15-20 seconds. CO and EO (I think) are fine. Checking for parity in CP is annoying, it takes too long, but I don't know the parity alg that you do during EP. EP also takes really long, I know like one alg.
I need to:
Learn more CS algs
Learn EP parity
Learn more EP and CP algs
Work on TPS and cut down on regrips
I'm not going to worry about MBLD yet, and I can't do bigBLD
i was reading this and i was like damn i write like an ai so i put it through an ai detector and it said there was a 97% chance it was written by ai like damn sorry for using punctuation for once
On 4x4 it's 3-2-3 edge pairing. Definitely learn it---it's super fast and good. But on 5x5+ do free slice instead. Have you tried Yau on 5x5+? It might help with reducing rotations and pauses.
I was also stuck at 2 minutes on megaminx for a long time, but I recently made a bit of improvement. I've been focusing on lookahead. During F2L, a good trick is to take note of where pieces are that you'll need later. And for S2L the main thing is knowing what pieces to look for next.
On skewb, is it the L/peanut cases? Those took me the longest to get used to. Then I realized there are multiple solutions to each of those (Sarah's Advanced exists), and picked the ones that were easiest for me to execute and remember.
Skewb:
I average like 8 seconds on skewb, I use most of Sarah's intermediate, except a few cases I never bothered to learn. I'm not sure what a good layer looks like, and I don't really know how to improve my layer.
I need to:
Improve my layer somehow
Learn a proper Z perm
Learn how to do a U perm and H perm quicker
Finish Sarah's intermediate properly this time
Maybe some L3C and L4C cases (perhaps)