White KB's Cubing Progression Thread

[White KB]

This is my progression thread. I have seen others make theirs, so I will make mine now.
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I got 2 sub-9 solves on 3x3 in the last four days, which is three times what it was five days ago. (My previous PB was 8.667 on March 4th, and my two solves from the last 5 days were 8.303 [PB] and 8.97.) I hope I get more soon!

 

[gsingh]

no more updates?

 

[White KB]

no more updates?

Well, I don't really post here all that often... I am practicing on Skewb though. A few days ago I implemented the rotationless U Perm into my solves and am still trying to make it faster.

 

[cuberswoop]

Well, I don't really post here all that often... I am practicing on Skewb though. A few days ago I implemented the rotationless U Perm into my solves and am still trying to make it faster.

What U-perm is that?

 

[White KB]

What U-perm is that?

Basically, I do Sledge on front, and then I do back sledge from the front. It's a little hard to explain, but Drew Brads has a video on it that I found helpful:

 

[White KB]

Um I went to a competition a week ago ish so I'm gonna start improving on big cubes now so I can become 3rd best in the state. (That being Nebraska, in which I am currently 4th best, Kinch-wise)

Here's what I'm doing:
1,000 4x4 solves
1,000 5x5 solves
1,000 6x6 solves
1,000 7x7 solves

Yesterday, I got the MAX AoSu WR M 4x4, MAX MGC 5x5, and MAX MGC 7x7. I'd been putting off getting these since I don't practice those anyway, but now I have some goals. (I already mained the MAX MGC 6x6 btw)

E.g.
X minutes (4x4)
X minutes (5x5)
X minutes (6x6)
X minutes (7x7)

Goals (sub-X):

Low Goal
1 minute
2 minutes
4 minutes
6 minutes

Far reaching Goal
40 seconds
1:20
2:40
4 minutes

Over the top goal
30 seconds
1 minute
2 minutes
3 minutes

I think it's reasonable to reach somewhere between my low and far reaching goals, so like 50 seconds, 1:40, 3:20, 5:00, by the end of this. I'm also going to try and do weekly comp for all these events each week. Hopefully, I can complete my goal by the end of September!

Currently I average 1:15, 2:40, 6:20, and idk for 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively. This is due to lack of practice on my part and I was lucky to get a 2:24 average in 5x5 at my competition. The only events I haven't done in competition so far are 6x6, 7x7, 4BLD, 5BLD, and MBLD, meaning that since I don't want to practice blind as much for now, I'm gonna push hard on big cubes and hope for big improvement. Hopefully it works out!

In order to finish by the end of September I need to finish 4x4 by Friday and spend about 3 hours a day on just practice if I want to pull this off. I've already said, "Hopefully it works out," so I'm just gonna end the post here.

Stay tuned or something

 

[IsThatA4x4]

1,000 7x7 solves

Good lord, I hope you have a lot of sanity! You'll lose plenty doing that...

 

[White KB]

Good lord, I hope you have a lot of sanity! You'll lose plenty doing that...

I expect that the whole ordeal will take around 297 hours. 7x7, needless to say, is most of that. Factoring in 8 minutes per solve for scrambling and solving, that makes for 7.5 solves an hour, meaning that'll take roughly 138 of those. I hope I retain my sanity too

 

[Imsoosm]

I expect that the whole ordeal will take around 297 hours. 7x7, needless to say, is most of that. Factoring in 8 minutes per solve for scrambling and solving, that makes for 7.5 solves an hour, meaning that'll take roughly 138 of those. I hope I retain my sanity too

Now try doing that in one sitting

 

[Eli Apperson]

I expect that the whole ordeal will take around 297 hours. 7x7, needless to say, is most of that. Factoring in 8 minutes per solve for scrambling and solving, that makes for 7.5 solves an hour, meaning that'll take roughly 138 of those. I hope I retain my sanity too

Big cube improvement actually comes quite fast for most people, I'd say if you do 1000 7x7 solves you will average well below 4-5 minutes.

 

[White KB]

Big cube improvement actually comes quite fast for most people, I'd say if you do 1000 7x7 solves you will average well below 4-5 minutes.

Yes! That sounds amazing. I hope it comes true for me

 

[White KB]

Alright, so 1 week in, here is how my solves have been going!
I'm still on 4x4 and I think I'll finish 1,000 solves by Saturday. I overestimated how many I could do and only got 400 done-- still impressive, but as I was still getting into the swing of things, I didn't get 90 done per day as I'd expected. I did break all my records except best single, which is exciting! I almost beat the sub-50 second single barrier, but got a few milliseconds off.

At this point, I have gone from averaging 1:20 to just 1:07, so I think it's reasonable to assume that I'll average 1:05 by the end. As my goal was 50 seconds, I think I will try to practice it more after I'm done with 5x5, 6x6, and 7x7 to get more practice in. Doing 1,000 solves per event seems equal, but when big cubes are involved it isn't equal practice at all. Hopefully I can get a sub-50 average at my next comp. Will post next week!

 

[gsingh]

Will post next week!

 

[White KB]

@gsingh well, oh no I've been caught

Currently, I'm at 850 solves on 4x4 but I'm putting the thing on hold to practice Pyraminx. It looks like I'll get state record at my next competition, but only if I practice a ton at it before then.

 

[White KB]

Aight, I haven't updated this in forever oof
Here's a lovely screenshot of my new first sub-5 pyraminx average! Yay!
Been on the grind on Pyra a lot more than big cubes recently and hope to get 500 solves before the day is out! Wish me luck!



EDIT: The next solve made it 0.05 seconds off SR!!! Yay!!!

 

[White KB]

Looks like a lot of the ideas here I did not finish lol
Here we are though

I am putting Jesus first in my life so naturally cubing comes 2.5th
Hopefully I can get some good times in my free time

I'm learning Lin and scallop-kite to get squan SR in Nebraska while prepping for college. Skewb and mega SRs in the works too hopefully
(Just went to comp yesterday and I made sure to have the quickest possible statistic-obsessed analysis period ever, lasting a grand total of 27 hours, as compared to 27 days in most cases. I'm all over stats so lots to do most times; not much to analyze in this case though.)

For 2x2 I need to learn CLL but that will be after Lin. 3x3 will need lots of lookahead and xcross practice but, again, not much time.

Clock I'm going to learn 7simul. I see no reason not to since I want to hold the SR until at least 2028. I still don't want to DNF at all though so I will have to be very careful.
Mega just needs lots of practice which shouldn't be an issue within a couple months.
Pyra I care about, but don't have time for. The end?
Skewb I just need to drill solves and then I'm good. Sub-6 is not difficult with practice
Squan ofc Lin is the way to go, meaning I'll go from averaging 35 with Vandenbergh and beginner cubeshape to 15 with Lin and scallop-kite. Ambitious goal, but feasible by November I should hope.

BLD has a special place in my heart and I love it so much. However, I don't think I'll be practicing it more than passively until November. Then it's 5 months of grinding amidst college studies with 8-cube attempts and then hopefully state record. 3BLD I may be able to get sub-1:30 single with but who knows

It sounds like a lot but I think it's mildly possible relatively soon. Good luck me I guess

 

[TheSpeedSkewber]

I am putting Jesus first in my life so naturally cubing comes 2.5th

Glad to see someone else with the same viewpoint. It can easily be the no.1 thing you think about sometimes. I try to keep it as a hobby and not idolise it.

 

[White KB]

Hey guys!
So Oklahoma Fall 2023 is coming up, and I'm super hyped. It's a competition that has every side event, so my goals are:

Clock: sub-11 avg
Megaminx: sub-1:55 avg
Pyraminx: sub-4.53 avg
Skewb: sub-8 avg
Square-1: sub-19.30 avg

The reason why they're so strict compared to my current official results is because I'm trying to take advantage of this enormous opportunity to not only become the fastest side event solver in Nebraska (which I am currently second in) but also go from 4th fastest overall to 2nd! If I hit all my goals, it will guarantee both, and because of that, I'm super excited. Right now I'm practicing skewb, and I hit 1000 solves yesterday, only to realize that the first 530 were scrambled incorrectly. In any case, I've gotten my PB average down to 5.88 already!

EDIT: Later today I broke it with a 5.27 average let's gooo

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

Let's just not look at my signature

 

[White KB]

Let's just not look at my signature

Currently have a faster 2x2 single, 2x2 average, 3x3 single, 3x3 average, 4x4 average, 5x5 average, 6x6 single, 6x6 average, 7x7 single, 7x7 average, 3BLD single, 3BLD mean, FMC single, FMC mean, OH single, OH average, clock single, clock average, megaminx single, megaminx average, pyraminx single, pyraminx average, skewb single, skewb average, square-1 single, square-1 average, 4BLD single, 4BLD mean, and MBLD than NebraskanSpeedsolver

You'll get there one day bwahaha