Timoth3
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I like the idea of having my own progress thread so I’d thought I’d make one. Every week I’ll post results from my best ao50 and what I did that week to practice. I’ll consider myself sub 15 when I get a low 14 ao100. Wish me luck!
What is your average atm?I like the idea of having my own progress thread so I’d thought I’d make one. Every week I’ll post results from my best ao50 and what I did that week to practice. I’ll consider myself sub 15 when I get a low 14 ao100. Wish me luck!
Currently I average 15-16What is your average atm?
Here you go:Can you give an example solve for me to critique? I am 90% sure that the reason some of your solves are slower even though you felt like you had good turning and look ahead is because of inefficient solutions.
Here you go:
Scramble: R2 B2 U' R2 D2 U' L2 B2 F2 D R F' D F2 L2 R F' U2 B2 R2
x2 y’
D’ L B F2 D’
R U R’ U’ R U’ R’ U R’ U’ R
L’ U2 L F’ U’ F
d R U’ R U2 y’ R’ U’ R
U R U2 R’ U2 R U R’
U’ F R U R’ U’ F’ U2 R2 D R’ U2 R D’ R’ U2 R’
y x’ R2 U2 R D R’ U2 R D’ R
This one I did at full speed, may be better for critiques:
D2 F2 L2 U' L2 R2 F2 U R2 D L2 F' L2 D' L D2 R' D2 L U' L2
x2 y’ // inspection
D L D2 F2 B2
U’ R U’ R’ y R’ U’ R // first pair
U R U R’ L U L’ // 2nd pair
R U R’ F U F’ // 3rd pair
U2 F’ U F U2 R U’ R’ // 4th pair + skip
U’ T perm U’
Thanks for this! Lots of good stuff.Scramble: R2 B2 U' R2 D2 U' L2 B2 F2 D R F' D F2 L2 R F' U2 B2 R2
cross:
x2 y’you should have done z2 D' F' L R2 D'. You never want to have B moves in your cross.
D’ L B F2 D’
(going off of your solution)
F2L 1:
R U R’ U’ R U’ R’ U R’ U’ R -not the solution I do, but mine isn't any better than what you do.
F2l 2:
L’ U2 L F’ U’ F here I would have done a y' before I inserted it so I would have my 2 back slots solved
F2L 3:
d R U’RU2 y’ R’ U’ R I think you meant R', good solution.
F2L 4:
U R U2 R’ U2 R U R’ - again, not what I do, but your solution is just as good.
OLL:
U’ F R U R’ U’ F’ U2 R2 D R’ U2 R D’ R’ U2 R’ - I think it is about time to start learning full OLL.
PLL:
y x’ R2 U2 R D R’ U2 R D’ RNever do y or y' in PLL, it is so much faster to do U and U'. I got about a full second faster (~13 seconds to ~12 seconds, at the time) when I stopped rotating for PLL. That is an interesting A Perm, but it doesn't seem too bad.
This one I did at full speed, may be better for critiques:
D2 F2 L2 U' L2 R2 F2 U R2 D L2 F' L2 D' L D2 R' D2 L U' L2
x2 y’ // inspection
D L D2 F2 B2
U’ R U’ R’ y R’ U’ R // first pair
U R U R’ L U L’ // 2nd pair
R U R’ F U F’ // 3rd pair
U2 F’ U F U2 R U’ R’ // 4th pair + skip
U’ T perm U’
Thanks for the reminder lol. (Even though I’m British and already had a Mother’s Day).What do you like in a cube (for picking a main)?Week 4:
Best ao50: 14.62
Notes: In this session I did 75 solves and the total average was 14.87. My averages in general aren’t improving much but I’m getting more consistent at getting 14s after warming up. This week I’ve been working on pll tps and consistency via pll time attack. This week I noticed that when I’m not paying attention and doing mindless solves I turn really fast but don’t look ahead. This leads to 15s so I’m going to try to actively focus on every solve this week. On top of this I’m going to learn 3-4 1loll algs. I currently know about 17 (including cross cases) and work on my cross solutions and execution. Oh, and Owen, thanks for doing the critiques . That’s all for this week and next week.
I’m wanting to get a new 3x3 main because I don’t really enjoy my Gts2 and it’s a little outdated. I’ve narrowed it down to the following: gts3, x v2, and v3e. Does anyone have a process they go through to pick a new main? I’m very indecisive.
Btw it’s Mother’s Day tomorrow just in case you forgot
Oops, didn’t realize different parts of the world have different mother’s days.Thanks for the reminder lol. (Even though I’m British and already had a Mother’s Day).What do you like in a cube (for picking a main)?
Maybe Tengyun V2?Oops, didn’t realize different parts of the world have different mother’s days.
As for a main, smoothness, spring customization, strong magnets or ability to change magnets, and speed are the qualities I’m interested in.
Currently, I’m leaning towards the gts3, because it has stronger magnets than the WR m, or the x v1/v2. I’m not a huge fan of the magnet system of the xs or the core the xs and x v2 have, but the matte finish on the x v2 keeps it as a possibility. The v3e I don’t think I would like the feel of and the mgc elite seems to me like it’s not quite as great as other options. Are there any cubes that I overlooked?