Cubing Progress Journal QiYi Tornado v3 Pioneer MoYu RS3M 2021 CFOP 3LLL DCN PB Single: 13.07 ao100: Sub-19January 20, 2024After 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.
August 10, 2023• New PB 13.07
July 21, 2023• New PB 13.81
July 19, 2023• ao100 18.59
July 10, 2023• ao100 18.77
July 4, 2023• ao100 18.85
July 2, 2023• ao100 18.93
June 19, 2023• ao100 19.23
June 13, 2023• ao100 19.56
June 8, 2023• ao100 19.65
June 3, 2023• ao100 19.81
May 28, 2023After 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.
May 27, 2023After 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
May 10, 2023Unpacked & set up QiYi Tornado v3 Pioneer
May 3, 2023• ao100 19.91
May 2, 2023• ao100 20.02
May 1, 2023• ao100 20.55
April 29, 2023• ao100 20.98
April 27, 2023• ao100 21.40
April 26, 20233x3
• ao100 21.44
4x4
• New PB 2:37.78
April 22, 2023• ao100 21.61
Took a break from purely timed cubing and instead focused on improving my algorithms and simple tracking of F2L pairs
April 12, 2023• ao100 21.83
April 12, 2023• ao100 22.30
April 10, 2023• ao100 22.63
April 9, 20234x4
• New PB 2:59.95
April 8, 2023• ao100 22.85
April 7, 20234x4
• New PB 3:09.09
No fast cube solves because of injury
April 6, 2023• ao100 22.97
• Learned the remaining two G-perms. Finished to learn full PLL.
April 4, 2023• ao100 23.17
April 3, 2023• ao100 23.69 (Finally back after a week of finger issues)
March 29, 20232x2
• New PB 8.66
March 27, 2023• New PB 14.66
• ao100 23.78
March 24, 2023• ao100 23.89
March 23, 2023• New PB 18.70
• ao100 24.08
• Multiple sub-20 solves today.
March 22, 2023• Made my second solve under 20 seconds 19.41
March 20, 2023• ao100 25.55
March 19, 2023• ao100 25.86
March 17, 2023• ao100 26.76
March 16, 2023• ao100 27.10
• Learned Rb-perm - Only G-perms are left for full PLL.
March 14, 2023• Learned Ra-perm
• ao100 27.68
March 13, 2023• ao100 27.79
• Learned N-perms. Only R- and G-perms left.
March 11, 2023• ao100 27.91
• New PB 20.32
• New PB 18.73
March 8, 2023• 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.
March 7, 2023• ao100 28.63
• Learned E-perm
March 6, 2023• New PB 20.69
• ao100 28.97
March 5, 2023• ao100 29.48
March 4, 2023• ao100 29.66
• Started to learn V-perm
March 3, 2023• ao100 29.95 - Sub-30
March 2, 2023• ao100 30.98
March 1, 2023• ao100 31.95
February 28, 2023• New PB 20.79
• ao100 32.57
• Learned F-perm
February 27, 2023• ao100 32.80
February 26, 2023• ao100 32.97
February 25, 2023• New PB 21.35
• ao100 33.54
• Started to learn Aa- & Ab-perms
February 24, 2023• New PB 21.78
• ao100 33.81
February 22, 2023• ao100 34.27
• Started to learn partial Color Neutrality
• ao100 33.98
• Almost got a new PB
February 21, 2023• 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
February 20, 2023• ao100 36.58
February 19, 2023• ao100 37.21
• New PB 24.20
• ao100 36.86
February 18, 2023• 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.
February 17, 2023• ao100 38.36
February 15, 2023• 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
February 14, 2023• After a lot of work, I lowered my ao100 to 39.41, meaning sub-40.
February 13, 2023• 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
February 12, 2023• 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
February 11, 2023• Learned the last missing 2-look OLL case
• ao100 down to sub-44
Feburary 10, 2023• New PB 29.27
• ao100 down to 46.31
• Did way more sub 40 solves today than in the recent days
February 9, 2023• 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.
February 8, 2023• 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.
February 7, 2023• Played around with the spring compression (or in this case MagLev compression) settings and found one that seems very comfortable for me.
February 6, 2023• 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.
February 5, 2023• 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
February 4, 2023• 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.
February 3, 2023• 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.
Feburary 2, 2023• 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.
February 1, 2023• Another sub 50 solve
• Still some slowing issues with the OLL's and PLL's I know.
• New PB 42.86
January 31, 2023• Gan Magic Lube arrived
• New PB 43.74
• Started practicing more OLL and PLL
January 30, 2023• 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
January 29, 2023• Practice, practice, practice.
• Continued to keep my averages and another sub-60 solve (59.20)
January 28, 2023• 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
January 27, 2023• New PB 55.12
• Current ao5 1:28.60
January 26, 2023• 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
January 25, 2023• 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.
January 24, 2023• 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.
January 23, 2023• Now constantly getting below 2 minute solves, except for minor concentration issues after the F2L step.
January 22, 2023• 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.
January 21, 2023• Getting better at F2L, brought time down to under 2:30 minutes again
January 20, 2023• 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
January 19, 2023• First solve under 2:30 minutes using beginner's method
January 18, 2023• Started to solve without having to look at the algorithms again, using beginner's method.
January 17, 2023• Started to learn with my first cube, the QiYi Warrior W Jelly Edition
