SpeakCuba’s progression thread thing

[SpedCube]

How did you go about learning square-1? I interested but dont understand it

 

[SpeakCuba]

Yo my PB single is 5.64! Im same as you, dont really practice

Wow

 

[SpeakCuba]

How did you go about learning square-1? I interested but dont understand it

I just got very interested and bought one, and I used the following videos:

^ I used this video up until “PLL”, and then I used this video (the one down below) for “PLL” and onwards, such as parity: V

 

[SpedCube]

Thank you! Youtube is disabled on this computer lol but thanks anyway

 

[SpeakCuba]

Thank you! Youtube is disabled on this computer lol but thanks anyway

Ahh, I see. I just used the YouTube on the TV xD. But yeah, that’s how I learned it, although it was really annoying at first.

 

[SpeakCuba]

New 2x2 PB Ao5, with a counting 1.82!

Spoiler: Ao5 (2.60)

Time List:
1. (4.28) R' F' R' F R2 U2 R' F2 U
2. 2.58 U2 R' U F R F' R' F U2 R'
3. (1.21) U2 R2 U' F2 U R U' F' R'
4. 3.40 R F R2 F' U2 R F' R U2
5. 1.82 U F2 U R2 F' U' F2 R U'

 

[SpeakCuba]

PB 4x4 single of 57.00!

 

[SpeakCuba]

PB 4x4 Ao100, it is now1:15.67

 

[SpeakCuba]

PB Ao5 on 4x4! 1:06.51. I broke my Ao12 and 100 as well but I'll only post the A05, as it is more significant. I've been doing kinda good today at 4x4. I hope this trend continues.

 

[SpeakCuba]

Got a 4x4 solve of 1:00.93.. so close to another sub-1.

 

[SpeakCuba]

Got a 3x3 solve of 10.17. Got a PLL skip, kind of got shocked and hesitated a bit, if I didn't it would have been sub-10.

 

[SpeakCuba]

9.40 3x3 single! 0.04 off tying my PB, but pretty happy! Got a PLL skip.

 

[SpeakCuba]

I guess it’s been a while. Couldn’t log back in and didn’t care much, so I postponed it for a quite a while. anyway, here are some updates:

(These are off the top of my head, they might not be exact times, but they should be pretty close)

2x2: PB single remains at 0.86. I’ll update the Ao5 later on, but my current PB Ao100 is 3.24

3x3: Highly disappointed in the fact that I got a PB, but it was still a low 9, barely beating my previous PB. I have gotten a few more 9 second solves though, so that’s a good sign.

Ao100: 12.28, that’s PB, current is 12.31. PB Ao5 was set yesterday, and it is ~ 10.16

4x4:

PB single is now 52.XX seconds. I have gotten a few more sub-1s. Current Ao100 is 1:07.XX. (I Will substitute the Xs with the real decimals once I have time).

SQ-1: PB single is 12.7 something I believe, came milliseconds away from breaking it a few days ago.

And I think that is it. Again, sorry for the estimated times, I will post the accurate ones in a spectate post once I have more time.

@SpedCube What is your current Ao100 for 4x4? I’m inching ever so slightly towards the sub-1 barrier.

 

[SpedCube]

Oooo nice! I've been focusing a lot on 3x3, but my 4x4 PB ao100 is 1:20. I'll race you to sub 1, although it may not be much of a race lol. We'll see how far down i can get. I mostly just havent sat down and grinded 4x4 lately, but i think if i really tried, i can get sub 1:10 pretty soon

 

[SpeakCuba]

Oooo nice! I've been focusing a lot on 3x3, but my 4x4 PB ao100 is 1:20. I'll race you to sub 1, although it may not be much of a race lol. We'll see how far down i can get. I mostly just havent sat down and grinded 4x4 lately, but i think if i really tried, i can get sub 1:10 pretty soon

Oh okay. I’ve noticed that during 3-2-3 edge pairing, the solve can get easier if you lookahead to your first pair once you’re on your last 2 edges.

 

[SpedCube]

Yeah, my main struggle for any cube is lookahead. I struggle a lot with it

 

[SpeakCuba]

Second solve of the day, and I got a 3x3 PB single. I was not going full speed or anything, it was a more casual solve, but that led to having great lookahead. I can finally say I have a PB that I am decently happy with.

Spoiler: Scramble

(8.63) L' U' D B2 L' F' B R' F2 U2 F2 U2 R L2 B2 R U2 L2 B U' (Scramble with yellow top, green front if you want to solve with white cross. Will post reconstruction later today).

 

[SpeakCuba]

Second solve of the day, and I got a 3x3 PB single. I was not going full speed or anything, it was a more casual solve, but that led to having great lookahead. I can finally say I have a PB that I am decently happy with.

Spoiler: Scramble

(8.63) L' U' D B2 L' F' B R' F2 U2 F2 U2 R L2 B2 R U2 L2 B U' (Scramble with yellow top, green front if you want to solve with white cross. Will post reconstruction later today).

Got a new PB about 2 days after this, it is now 8.33. A few days later I got another, this time an 8.64. Pleasantly surprised.

Recently started doing blind. I started about 2 weeks ago, but that was 2x2 BLD to practice corners. Long story short, I had my fist full 3BLD attempt today*, and it went a bit better than expected. I got a DNF, but was only off by 2 edges and 3 corners. The time was 4:37:87. Not too bad for the first try

*: I did do another attempt yesterday, but I forgot my memo halfway through, so I didn't count that as an actual attempt.

 

[SpeakCuba]

Update on 3x3: Got another 8 yesterday, an 8.50. I think I had a PLL skip, but I am not sure, could have been full step, which is what I hope. anyway, that was my 4th 8 ever. Earlier today I got a near sub 9 again, this time full step. I got a 9.08, which, if I had better lookahead and would have noticed a 3 mover slightly faster, would have been an 8. But still happy with it.

I also had a great cubing session yesterday, lowering my Ao100 from 11.66 to 11.45. Very happy. Inching closer to sub 10 as my 1 year cubing anniversary is just around the corner.

 

[SpeakCuba]

First sub-10 Ao5, quite happy with it. Would have gotten it a few solves earlier, but an 13.98+ ruined it. anyway, here is the average:

Spoiler: 9.98 Ao5

Generated By csTimer on 2023-08-30
avg of 5: 9.98

Time List:
1. 9.94: D' U2 B2 D' F2 U' B2 L2 U' B2 L2 U' L D' L2 B L2 D R U2
2. (9.31): L' B D L2 D' F2 L U D2 R D2 R' L2 B2 D2 L U2
3. (11.82): U2 L U2 B2 R2 B2 L R2 F2 D2 R U' R U2 F' R B L2 D2 L
4. 9.51: F2 D' B D2 L' D F2 U B R D2 B2 R F2 R F2 B2 U2 R' U2
5. 10.50: B D' R2 F' D2 B' L U B R' B2 L2 B2 D2 L2 D2 R' B2 R' B2