

After not cubing properly for a few months, only playing around as a side-activity with my Meilong 3M, I am still sub-19 without issues with it, but I'm currently having issues solving with my Tornado V3 Pioneer, as I feel extremely insecure with it like in the very beginning when I first got it.
I need to get into the feel of this cube again to get back into proper practice.

• New PB 13.07

• New PB 13.81

• ao100 18.59

• ao100 18.77

• ao100 18.85

• ao100 18.93

• ao100 19.23

• ao100 19.56

• ao100 19.65

• ao100 19.81

After getting used to the way looser feeling of the Tornado v3, I setup my RS3M 2021 in a way that makes it feel a bit more like this and makes it more comfortable for me to turn. For that, I made the tensions 2 more quarter turns looser, making a total of 4.

After 2 weeks of trying around and changing the settings of my Tornado v3, I finally found the sweet spot. It's super easy to turn but stable and finally doesn't feel scratchy anymore.
For future reference: Tensions on 3, Axis distance on 1, Magnets on level 2 (the dot after the minus).
Lube: Gan no 2 Accel

Unpacked & set up QiYi Tornado v3 Pioneer

• ao100 19.91

• ao100 20.02

• ao100 20.55

• ao100 20.98

• ao100 21.40

3x3
• ao100 21.44
4x4
• New PB 2:37.78

• ao100 21.61
Took a break from purely timed cubing and instead focused on improving my algorithms and simple tracking of F2L pairs

• ao100 21.83

• ao100 22.30

• ao100 22.63

4x4
• New PB 2:59.95

• ao100 22.85

4x4
• New PB 3:09.09
No fast cube solves because of injury

• ao100 22.97
• Learned the remaining two G-perms. Finished to learn full PLL.

• ao100 23.17

• ao100 23.69 (Finally back after a week of finger issues)

2x2
• New PB 8.66

• New PB 14.66
• ao100 23.78

• ao100 23.89

• New PB 18.70
• ao100 24.08
• Multiple sub-20 solves today.

• Made my second solve under 20 seconds 19.41

• ao100 25.55

• ao100 25.86

• ao100 26.76

• ao100 27.10
• Learned Rb-perm - Only G-perms are left for full PLL.

• Learned Ra-perm
• ao100 27.68

• ao100 27.79
• Learned N-perms. Only R- and G-perms left.

• ao100 27.91
• New PB 20.32
• New PB 18.73

• Since only R-, N- & G-Perms are left to learn, I am now almost always solving with 1-look PLL, so I rewrote my profiles to say I am using 3LLL at this point. This is way more accurate now.
• ao100 28.45
• Started to learn one handed solving. It's really hard and I keep forgetting the algorithms because I do them from muscle memory in normal solves and don't think much about them. Took me multiple tries until a successful solve of about 5 minutes, because I messed up an OLL case and was set back so much.

• ao100 28.63
• Learned E-perm

• New PB 20.69
• ao100 28.97

• ao100 29.48

• ao100 29.66
• Started to learn V-perm

• ao100 29.95 - Sub-30

• ao100 30.98

• ao100 31.95

• New PB 20.79
• ao100 32.57
• Learned F-perm

• ao100 32.80

• ao100 32.97

• New PB 21.35
• ao100 33.54
• Started to learn Aa- & Ab-perms

• New PB 21.78
• ao100 33.81

• ao100 34.27
• Started to learn partial Color Neutrality
• ao100 33.98
• Almost got a new PB


• ao100 35.95
• Practiced actual Y-perm cases and Jb-perms.
• Also practiced the two T-shape OLL cases because I accidentally discovered them a few days ago when they appeared in the middle of some PLLs.
• Learned Ja-perm
• ao100 34.71


• ao100 36.58

• ao100 37.21
• New PB 24.20
• ao100 36.86

• ao100 37.64
• Learned the two T-shape OLLs by accident when I noticed that the case patterns appear in the middle of some PLLs.

• ao100 38.36

• Friend got me a QiYi Timer and it works flawlessly with CSTimer.
• Gan 330 Keychain is a cute little cube that is nice to have something to do with your hands while watching something.
• New PB 28.03
• New PB 25.07
• ao100 sub-39

• After a lot of work, I lowered my ao100 to 39.41, meaning sub-40.

• Getting used to the new cube feel. But I can see this being way better in the future. Especially M'-moves are a lot easier to do now.
• New PB 29.06

• ao100 down to sub-43
• Almost broke my PB (Third sub-30 time ever 29.40)

Note to myself: Loosened the tensions by 2 screw sections / lines

• Learned the last missing 2-look OLL case
• ao100 down to sub-44

• New PB 29.27

• ao100 down to 46.31
• Did way more sub 40 solves today than in the recent days

• Learned more OLL
• Almost broke my PB multiple times
• Brought my ao100 down to sub-48.
• Relubed my RS3M after over a week of use. The looser feeling the last 2 days was apparently because of the lube wearing off a bit. Now I set the adjustment system back to the previous level and it feels nice again.

• Learned more OLL cases, only 4 2-look OLL cases left.
• Almost broke my PB today, but I made a mistake in the last algorithm, costing me around 4 seconds.
• Brought my ao100 down to sub-49.

• Played around with the spring compression (or in this case MagLev compression) settings and found one that seems very comfortable for me.

• Second sub-40 solve 36.94
• Did a couple sub-40 solves today
• New PB 29.40

• Just learned that one OLL case that is easy to recognize and I wanted to learn has an alternative algorithm that is the exact algorithm I already do for something else.

• Getting better at OLL. My biggest issue is that I don't trust my muscle memory. Sometimes in the middle of an algorithm, I suddenly start to think about it, instead of just letting my hands do it. It's then, that I get stuck because I forget what my last move was.
• Brought my average further down towards the 50 seconds mark.
• New PB 32.26


• Lots of OLL & PLL practice
• Improved my averages a lot again
• I still have small issues with the Y-perm due to its length and lack of repeating sequences.

• Further improved my averages
• Learned the last algorithm of 2-look PLL, that was the hardest for me to learn.
• Currently, if I make a mistake and take too long to adapt to the situation, my time is between 1:05 and 1:15 minute. Not even 2 weeks ago, it felt like half a minute is over in a couple of moves. My feeling of time changed a lot during a solve. When I think I took way too long to think about a move or even had to re-insert an F2L pair because of a mistake, the time that has passed is often just 3 - 5 seconds.

• New PB: 40.57
• Brought my averages down to below 1 minute.
• Added a third drop of lube to my RS3M because the insides of the faces felt still a bit rough after everything was spread evenly.
• Began to time solves with OLL and PLL, as I feel a bit more secure with it now. Most of them being 55 seconds to slightly above 1 minute. Also got a nice 43.57 solve with this.

• Another sub 50 solve
• Still some slowing issues with the OLL's and PLL's I know.
• New PB 42.86

• Gan Magic Lube arrived
• New PB 43.74
• Started practicing more OLL and PLL

• First solve of the day brought me a new PB in a non lucky scramble 46.65
• ao12 1:11.25
• ao5 1:05.11
• Multiple sub 60 solves today

• Practice, practice, practice.
• Continued to keep my averages and another sub-60 solve (59.20)

• Brought my general solving time down to 1:04 - 1:18 and very bad solves due to mistakes are about 1:20 - 1:29.
• Ordered some Gan Magic Lube, because the cube feels very dry. I feel like lubing it will also help me with my repeating movements, as those feel very rough (Example being R' D' R D).
• Brought a lot of my averages down significantly (ao12 1:18.41).
• Second sub-60 solve 57.01

• New PB 55.12
• Current ao5 1:28.60

• Just unpacked the MoYu RS3M 2021 (MagLev) and this cube is so much faster than my QiYi Warrior W.
I can't believe how easy it is to turn it with just one finger. My other cube is serious work to turn.
• First timed solve instantly gave me a new PB of 1:23.23 with this cube, except this time it wasn't even a lucky scramble.
• New PB 1:15.38
• After adjusting the tensions, I feel much more comfortable with it. New PB 1:07.24

• The practice in the recent days brought my general solving time down to the 1:33 - 1:38 range, with my current PB, aside from the extremely lucky 1:24.70 solve 3 days ago, being 1:33.40.

• I still have the issue that my brain freezes a lot after the F2L step, but it's getting better.
• Brought my general solving time down to the 1:40 - 1:50 minutes range.
• Learned and practiced half of the 2-Look PLL algorithms and found that I can actually recognize those patterns with smaller thought breaks than beginner's method permutation.

• Now constantly getting below 2 minute solves, except for minor concentration issues after the F2L step.

• First timed solve below 2 minutes: 1:36.86
• Set new personal best of 1:24.70 later in the evening
• Partly started practicing PLL after Sunes every now and then.

• Getting better at F2L, brought time down to under 2:30 minutes again

• Started to learn intuitive F2L to replace the 2-step process after cross in beginner's method, went up to 2:30 and partly over 3 minutes per timed solve again

• First solve under 2:30 minutes using beginner's method

• Started to solve without having to look at the algorithms again, using beginner's method.

• Started to learn with my first cube, the QiYi Warrior W Jelly Edition
