u/Corbosaurus

Max Park just set a new 7x7 WR of 1:30.59 and I’m sitting here thinking about how that’s faster than I can solve a 4x4 lol

I’m new to big cubes (I only have a 4x4 that I got in May and a 5x5 that I got last week) and I just don’t understand how with the typical method I know of solving centers, then edge pairing and 3x3 stage, especially with parity, people can get these crazy times.

Like my fastest 4x4 time is 1:42.77 and Tymon got it in 15????
My fastest 5x5 time (I’m still getting used to 5x5, don’t bully me lol) is 4:23.16 and Tymon got it in 29????

It’s just unfathomable to me and idk if there’s another method idk about or if I just need to get good? I’ve only watched jperm’s videos that genuinely just tell you how to solve a 4x4 and 5x5 and haven’t looked into other videos on technique, so it wouldn’t be surprising if I’m just on a simple method. I just see these videos of people doing big cubes and explaining that they’re solving it by reducing it to a 3x3 and so I assume there’s not a more advanced method entirely, but rather just more advanced techniques?

I buy cubes that top solvers would main because I don’t wanna waste money on a cheap cube I’m just gonna upgrade later anyways, so I know that my cubes aren’t the problem, only a poor craftsman blames his tools either way lol.

I learned full PLL from jperm’s video and have since watched cubehead’s video and saw he has a lot of different algs from the ones jperm uses. As an example, he teaches a different U perm whereas I use the m slice U perm from jperm’s video. I see most people use the cubehead alg for their U perms, but they say it doesn’t really matter between the two options (which is good, cus I used the cubehead version for a while when I was doing 2 look and I didn’t like it as much). Are there any algs that jperm teaches differently that ARE bad tho? Or do none of them matter enough to bother trying to learn a new option? I don’t feel like listing all of my algs here, but I use all of the ones in jperm’s full PLL video for reference lol

I’ve only started cubing this year and I’m watching cubicle videos rn of Tymon and I’m just such a fanboy for this dude. His humor and personality is just charming to me and even just as a cuber, seeing someone like him who doesn’t have the best tps or look ahead in the world still be an ex world record average holder off of his insane efficiency and knowledge of the cube is just inspiring and no other top cuber I’ve seen so far actually inspires me to get better at cubing as much as him. Who are your goats and do they hype you up like this? I have to fanboy over him in a cheap way before I drop $80 on his 5x5 (I’ve only ever solved a friend’s 5x5 once and it took me like 20 minutes, this is not a smart decision rn lmao).

At what point should I practice being color neutral on 3x3? Part of me feels like after I’m done learning everything I can for CFOP with white on bottom so that new algorithms are easier to pick up on with recognition, but I also feel like learning it soon is a good idea so that I’m not so stuck in my old ways of only white on bottom.

I’m wanting to get a better 4x4 than my Rubik’s brand and I know the moyu aosu v7 is the main that everyone uses and I’ll be getting it and maybe a gan 4x4 v2 because I’m a big gan fan, but I also want to know if there’s one that’s supposedly the quietest one for practicing at my desk or in my living room without being disruptive. For 2x2 and 3x3 Dayan has their tengyun cubes that’re super quiet and great for learning algs and general practice but they don’t have a 4x4 so idk if there’s something else known for being quiet?

I have 2x2 and 3x3 cubes, and for both, I’ve been buying a Dayan tengyun version along with my mains because they’re so quiet and good for learning algs and general practice and stuff at my desk or in my living room without being disruptive. I’m wanting to start buying 4x4 cubes and am wondering if there is a known quiet option like the Dayan tengyun 3x3 and 2x2 since I didn’t see anything about Dayan making a 4x4 tengyun model? Or if the moyu aosu v7 or gan 4x4 v2, the 4x4s that I’m looking at for a main, are just quiet enough as is, I can get them and that’ll be enough. I just like looking at options.