ZZ-CT Progression Thread

[Swagrid]

Generated By csTimer on 2021-10-24
avg of 5: 9.87

Time List:
1. (7.19) B R2 U2 F2 R' B2 D2 R2 U2 R' B2 D L D U' F2 R B' D'
2. (11.13) L2 U B L2 R2 B2 R2 D2 B L2 U2 L2 B2 F' L' U B2 R' B F U2
3. 9.04 L' D R2 B D' R' L2 F B2 U R2 B2 D R2 L2 B2 U' L2 R
4. 9.99 U2 F R2 F' U2 B' R2 F2 R2 F D2 L R' B U' R' D F2 D R'
5. 10.57 D2 R F2 U2 R B2 U2 L F2 L2 B2 R F D L' F' D U B2 F2

First sub 10 ao5.

Here's a reconstruction of the 7.19

 

[CubeRed]

Generated By csTimer on 2021-10-24
avg of 5: 9.87

Time List:
1. (7.19) B R2 U2 F2 R' B2 D2 R2 U2 R' B2 D L D U' F2 R B' D'
2. (11.13) L2 U B L2 R2 B2 R2 D2 B L2 U2 L2 B2 F' L' U B2 R' B F U2
3. 9.04 L' D R2 B D' R' L2 F B2 U R2 B2 D R2 L2 B2 U' L2 R
4. 9.99 U2 F R2 F' U2 B' R2 F2 R2 F D2 L R' B U' R' D F2 D R'
5. 10.57 D2 R F2 U2 R B2 U2 L F2 L2 B2 R F D L' F' D U B2 F2

First sub 10 ao5.

Here's a reconstruction of the 7.19

That 9.99 though

 

[Swagrid]

Generated By csTimer on 2021-11-18
avg of 5: 9.62

Time List:
1. 9.54 L' U F' D R F D2 R2 D' F' U2 F D2 F' B' D2 B U2 R2 F'
2. 9.54 L D2 B2 R' D2 L2 F2 L2 F2 D2 B2 D B D' U R2 F' R' F'
3. (10.69) F2 U F' U2 L U F R2 U2 B2 L2 U F2 U' B2 U L2 D' L2 R' F2
4. 9.77 F' D' R2 U' B2 R F2 D U2 B U2 L2 D2 F' U2 B2 L2 B L2 F
5. (9.11) B2 U2 R2 U B2 L2 U B2 U B2 U B' L D' U' B' R' U' F D B

what an average. absolute banger.

 

[DuckubingCuber347]

Generated By csTimer on 2021-11-18
avg of 5: 9.62

Time List:
1. 9.54 L' U F' D R F D2 R2 D' F' U2 F D2 F' B' D2 B U2 R2 F'
2. 9.54 L D2 B2 R' D2 L2 F2 L2 F2 D2 B2 D B D' U R2 F' R' F'
3. (10.69) F2 U F' U2 L U F R2 U2 B2 L2 U F2 U' B2 U L2 D' L2 R' F2
4. 9.77 F' D' R2 U' B2 R F2 D U2 B U2 L2 D2 F' U2 B2 L2 B L2 F
5. (9.11) B2 U2 R2 U B2 L2 U B2 U B2 U B' L D' U' B' R' U' F D B

what an average. absolute banger.

Can we get a recon?

 

[Swagrid]

Can we get a recon?

This avg was literally 48 hours ago and off camera, there's no chance

 

[Swagrid]

Woke up in the morning, chillin in bed, get fullstep pb. Okay.

Generated By csTimer on 2021-11-27
single: 7.50

Time List:
1. 7.50 R2 B' U' R' F D R' B D' L U2 B2 R' B2 D2 R' U2 L' B2 U2

y2 L B' D F L2 U R2 D2 // accidental xeocross
L' U L2 U' L' // 2nd pair
U L' U2 L U L' U' L // 3rd pair
U' R U' R' // TSLE
R F' R U R2' U' R' F R' S R2 S' U2 // TTLL but with wack execution

// 38 stm 7.50 = 5.06tps

I've recently been thinking about how I get a bunch of these lucky low move solves. Turns out I have 6 actual reconned solves in 30-39 moves region. Here's the recons!

The 7.50 from above
9.79
10.05
8.42
7.93
10.49

I believe these are in reverse chronological order, so newest at the top and oldest at the bottom. A few may be out of place though.

 

[Swagrid]

Generated By csTimer on 2021-12-13
avg of 5: 9.54

Time List:
1. (9.32) U L' D2 B' L' F2 D F' U2 D2 B' L2 F' L2 B2 U2 F' D2 L B
2. (11.76) D2 U2 F2 U2 L2 B' U2 R2 B' D2 F2 U' L' D' F R D' U' L R2 F2
3. 9.34 F2 D2 B2 U B2 U2 F2 L2 R2 D' R' F L' D2 F L D U B R
4. 9.68 R2 B' U2 B D2 L2 F R2 B' U2 R2 L' B2 R' F' D' U R' F' U2 B
5. 9.60 D2 F R2 D2 L2 U2 R2 F U2 F2 L2 R F2 U2 R F L' D L2 R' F'

Was just watching a cubing stream on Twitch, while doing my own solves, and happened to get a pb ao5. Very nice.
In other news, ao1k is finally below 11.5! Took a while as I managed to drop it to 11.51 a while ago while spamming solves on a very good day, but for a while after that I wasn't able to recreate that success or improve. But I've gotten a nice little bump in progress and my ao1k currently sits at 11.44, with my ao2k now at 11.51.
I have a sub 11 Ao25, and wanna get a sub 11 ao50.

 

[Swagrid]

New PB ao100. Time dump incoming:

Generated By csTimer on 2021-12-21
avg of 100: 11.13

Time List:
9.68, 11.12, 11.16, 12.02, 11.10, (9.28), 13.69, 10.23, (15.08), 9.96, 9.87, 13.39, 10.94, 10.87, 11.64, 9.65, 10.30, (15.09), 10.21, 14.07, 10.69, 9.60, (7.53), 10.60, 11.65, 10.49, 11.94, 14.05, 11.73, 11.71, 10.65, (14.55), 10.91, 10.14, 13.66, 11.63, (9.31), 11.15, 10.30, 10.65, (15.15), 11.57, (8.87), 10.70, 11.41, 9.94, 10.42, 10.25, 11.55, 12.18, 10.16, 11.13, 10.19, 10.75, 12.72, 13.21, 10.45, 11.49, 11.96, (14.58), 12.12, 9.93, 11.14, 11.60, 9.96, 10.90, 12.22, (8.02), 10.53, 11.35, 9.86, 10.78, 9.43, 9.38, 11.88, 12.32, 10.91, 11.09, 11.20, 10.92, 9.91, 10.60, 10.08, 13.67, 9.41, 12.35, 9.95, 13.77, 9.96, 13.07, 9.98, 13.17, 11.62, 10.23, 11.57, 9.74, 11.11, 10.60, 10.60, 11.50

 

[Swagrid]

Who's ready for cubedesk screenshots instead of cstimer ctrl c + ctrl v


Nice PBs for average of 12 - 100
Shame I couldn't scrape a sub 11 ao100.

anyway - how about some recons?

This 7.38 I got yesterday
This 7.74 I got eight solves later
This crazy 8.61 with 3 free pairs
This 9.71 with an ACCIDENTAL XXEOCROSS. Three second pause, and still sub 10? Yikes.

Yeah if you couldn't tell I decided to give cubedesk a try for a week or so. It seems to give me very generous scrambles.

 

[Swagrid]

As I start writing this, it is 00:13 on the 1st of January 2022. A new year. So, let's recap what I've done this year!
- Finished learning full TTLL and TSLE, making me a full ZZ-CT user
- Gone from averaging 18 to averaging low 11 (more on that below)
- I started with a PB single of 9.29, and now its 6.64!
- Started a YouTube channel
- Turned myself into emojis in the ZZ Method discord, and in the monkeytype discord (despite not being in monkeytype nor owning a keyboard at the time...)


As my last accomplishment of 2021: I present this sub 11 ao100 I got a few hours ago

It's been a lot of fun, Speedsolving. Here's to another year of improvement.

 

[Swagrid]

The goal for 2022 is sub 10.


Generated By csTimer on 2022-01-13
avg of 100: 10.98

good start.

 

[Swagrid]

Generated By csTimer on 2022-01-20
avg of 500: 10.99

I have a sneaking suspicion I am slowly going mental but here is a nice Ao500 which I will lose immediately tomorrow by cubing in college and being slow

 

[Swagrid]

10.94 ao500
11.02 ao1000

Soon.

 

[Swagrid]

Generated By csTimer on 2022-01-27
avg of 1000: 10.98

massive dub for Swagrid

 

[Swagrid]

New pb ao5, 12, and 25. We take these.

Generated By csTimer on 2022-01-28
avg of 5: 9.11

Time List:
1. 9.21 U L2 D' U L2 B2 U' F2 U R2 L U' F R' U' R D F' L2 F
2. 9.50 U' F2 R2 D' R2 B2 D' U2 B2 R2 U L' U' L B D U2 R' D' U2
3. (10.59) F R2 U2 F2 U L2 U L2 D' R2 U2 R2 F' L2 D' U F2 U R B2 D'
4. 8.63 R' U' L F D2 R B' L' U B2 L2 B2 L2 D2 R F2 R' F2 R2 D2 B2
5. (8.44) L2 D L2 U' L2 F2 L2 B2 D F' L2 R' B' U B' L2 F' D2 U2

Generated By csTimer on 2022-01-28
avg of 12: 10.15

Time List:
1. 9.86 B R' U2 B' R2 U' B' R' B2 R' D2 F2 U2 R' B2 R D2 L F2 U L
2. 10.77 F' R B' R U' B2 R2 B' L U R2 L2 U R2 D L2 D R2 L2 B2
3. 10.89 R2 B2 D' F2 U2 B2 D F2 D' F2 U' L D' R2 B' L F D2 B' R
4. (11.89) U2 B' R' D2 L' B2 R' F2 R' D2 R2 D2 R' D' B2 L U2 L F D'
5. 9.95 F2 R' D2 R2 U2 R2 F2 D2 B' U2 F D2 L2 U' B L' R' D' R2 D2
6. 9.21 U L2 D' U L2 B2 U' F2 U R2 L U' F R' U' R D F' L2 F
7. 9.50 U' F2 R2 D' R2 B2 D' U2 B2 R2 U L' U' L B D U2 R' D' U2
8. 10.59 F R2 U2 F2 U L2 U L2 D' R2 U2 R2 F' L2 D' U F2 U R B2 D'
9. 8.63 R' U' L F D2 R B' L' U B2 L2 B2 L2 D2 R F2 R' F2 R2 D2 B2
10. (8.44) L2 D L2 U' L2 F2 L2 B2 D F' L2 R' B' U B' L2 F' D2 U2
11. 10.74 U L F' R2 B' L2 B F2 D2 F U2 R U' L' R' F D' B2 L
12. 11.38 U2 B U2 L2 R2 B' L2 D2 L2 R2 B' D' B2 D F D R B L' U F

Generated By csTimer on 2022-01-28
avg of 25: 10.52

also got the chance to race Phil Yu on cubedesk, lost 5-1 but at least took 1.

 

[Swagrid]

6.64[The better 6.64] L' F2 L U2 L' D2 U2 B2 R B2 R2 D2 F U' B' F2 D R2 U R @2022-02-01 12:40:33

It's another 6.64. My only two sub 7's are both 6.64. Unbelievable.

 

[Swagrid]

Generated By csTimer on 2022-02-05
avg of 100: 10.76

slowly but surely. new pb ao100. Been mostly trying to turn a little slower in solve to improve my lookahead, and thinking about fingertricks during eocross. It's paying off. I could saying it's working slowly but it's only been like 2 days.

 

[Swagrid]

Generated By csTimer on 2022-02-06
single: 9.80

That... is my new Petrus PB, and my second sub 10 with Petrus. It is also Petrus-CT.

 

[cuberswoop]

Happy late anniversary with your progression thread.


I wish I could have that dedication.

 

[Swagrid]

Generated By csTimer on 2022-02-13
avg of 12: 10.00

Time List:
1. 10.69 F D2 B2 L2 R2 U2 L2 D' L2 D' B2 R2 L F' D B U' B2 F2 R'
2. (8.87) U B2 F2 U2 L2 U F2 R2 F2 R2 L' F U F' D2 L2 D' U L F
3. (11.34) F2 U B2 F2 L2 B2 U B2 R2 D' F2 L D B2 F U' L' D B U'
4. 10.66 F2 U2 R' U2 L' F2 L2 B2 R' B2 D2 U2 B L U B2 F' R2 U F2 R2
5. 11.01 B' U R' F2 D' R' B2 R' B U' F2 R2 D R2 D L2 U F2 D B2
6. 9.90 B' U' F' U2 B F2 U2 B2 U2 L2 U2 B R2 D' F' D2 L R U' R
7. 9.39 L2 R2 D R2 U' L2 U2 B2 U' B2 F2 R U' B R' D' F' U' B' L D
8. 9.28 U R' L2 B2 D2 F' D2 R2 B L2 F2 R2 F2 R' D F D L' U2 R' U
9. 10.63 D' L' U B2 U2 R' U F L2 B' L2 B R2 L2 F L2 B2 D F
10. 8.93 B2 L' D' B2 R' U R2 D R2 F D2 B2 R2 D2 L2 F' L2 F' U'
11. 8.92 F R' U L U2 D2 F U' R F2 R2 B2 R2 U2 B2 D F2 L2 D L2 D2
12. 10.59 F2 R F D' L2 F2 L2 F2 U R2 U' R2 D' R F' L2 U R' B' U

Words cannot describe the emotion. Most agonising skill issue I've ever witnessed.

Anyway pb ao12-50

12: 10.00
25: 10.31
50: 10.50