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JohnnyReggae

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@JanW: Sub 3min 5x5 is certainly doable. Then you will want sub 2:30, which is doable. Then you'll want sub 2:00... that's harder

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And talking about OH, just a couple OLLs to go for full 1-look but still quite slow with recall of some cases and making some mistakes in execution.
I'm still struggling to get sub-3, with a PB of 2:34 ... Then again if I practiced more 5x5 I may find my times getting better :)

Well done on the OH OLL ... I'm probably only through about half of them and feeling frustrated with doing 2Look OLL most of the time. Although my best ao100 is sitting at 31.51 even with having to do 2Look OLL a lot of the time. I've found my biggest time improvement lately has come from doing cross better and doing more look-ahead on F2L.
 

phreaker

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Work has taken more of my time recently.. not as much cubing.

OTOH, I've shifted to 4x4 -> 6x6 cubes. I can't wait for my new 6x6 and 7x7. My shengshou 6x6 is a bit, fragile, for my taste.
 

JohnnyReggae

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Can you guys tell me what is your opinion about 6x6 weishi and wuhua, maybe G6. I want to change my yuxin and wander which one should I order.
I went with the QiYi WuHua ... I also have a Moyu Aoshi, but for me the QiYi is much ... much better. Don't have the other 2 you mentioned, but I think that QiYi have done a great job with their larger cubes.
 

h2f

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I went with the QiYi WuHua ... I also have a Moyu Aoshi, but for me the QiYi is much ... much better. Don't have the other 2 you mentioned, but I think that QiYi have done a great job with their larger cubes.

Same me. My Wuhua out of box was a little crappy. But now it's ok. I also had in hands Wuhua with spring swap (I dont remember what kind of springs it was) and it felt much better.
 

Lid

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All the 4x4 practice pays of so far ... sub1 not too far away now:
1:03.590, 1:04.109, 1:04.294, 1:00.847, 1:00.620, 1:05.753, {58.980, 58.932, (1:12.514), (54.782), 1:00.315}, 1:03.381
= 1:02.082 a12 = -0.940
{} = 59.409 a5 also PB

Average of 12: 1:02.082
1. 1:03.590 U B2 r2 U' f2 L' u F2 r R' B2 D f U2 f r' u' U D' f' B' u2 F' U' L2 U2 L2 f U2 u D' R U B F2 f' u U' B R
2. 1:04.109 R' B' F f D B2 F' f D u' R2 D' F2 L' U F' u R2 r' F' B' f r2 D' B D r' D' L2 f B2 D2 f' L2 U' D2 u' r' f' B'
3. 1:04.294 L' B' u2 U2 R2 U L' r F2 r2 F2 r D r' B2 F2 R2 L D R u2 R' f D r F' r' F R2 U' L r' F' L2 U2 R' F2 R' D r'
4. 1:00.847 U' f' R' U F2 D2 L D2 u' U' F' u' r F' L' r' f' U2 u' L2 R2 u2 B' L2 F2 D' u2 B2 R f' r' R2 f' R' r' L' F' L F' D2
5. 1:00.620 U2 L' r' U' f2 U D2 B' U' u2 F2 D' L2 f' L2 R2 u' B' R D' r2 f' L D2 R L B2 r L' f L' u' U2 F' f' R u' r' B' f'
6. 1:05.753 f' R D' u' L U' F B D2 B U' L2 u' r F D u' R' f' U f D2 L' f2 u' F f L' F U2 f B2 L B' R D' F2 f' B2 U'
7. 58.980 R u' R r L' B r' L2 u2 U2 r2 D2 B2 D2 u' L2 D' F f U2 u2 D2 f' u U2 L2 r B D r2 U2 f' B2 u F f' L' R r D
8. 58.932 F2 U2 L' u' U2 B' R D B R2 D R2 F2 u' F' B u r U' L2 R2 F2 f' u2 L f2 r' B2 f' U2 D u2 R2 B2 D' U B' r' f' r'
9. (1:12.514) U L' B f L2 B' L B2 f F u' F2 R2 F' u' D' U' R2 U R2 r' L D' L B' u' R2 f2 r2 f2 B' R u f2 R2 B D2 f U2 r'
10. (54.782) L R u L2 D2 B2 r L' D2 f2 B2 r B R2 U2 D B' u F2 U' r D2 L' r B2 D2 R' F' f' L2 U2 r' B R f' U' R F f R
11. 1:00.315 F2 u' F' U u' r' u' f' B2 D' r D U' B L' U' u' B R2 u2 L' U2 u D' L' f R f L2 U' R' B u D2 B' L2 u f2 u' D
12. 1:03.381 r B2 r U2 B2 D2 F2 f2 L f B' L2 u' B2 D U u2 F' U R' D r2 u B' f2 U' f F' U2 B' D2 r D2 R2 F r' R B2 R2 U
 

mafergut

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Thanks, I ordered Wuhua today, lets see how it is.
Sorry to be a bit late for advice but I have both the Wuhua and Yuxin and I prefer the Yuxin... it's my only non-Wu main of all the biggies as I use the WuQue, WuShuang and WuJi. I think it is because of the size (I like smaller puzzles).

Regarding my first impressions on the GTS2M, which arrived like 3-4 days ago, I have to say I like it a lot but not sure I like it more than the Valk3 without magnets. It's more stable than the GTS2, that's for sure, and it's easier to turn accurately but it's also a bit less fluid than the GTS2 so algs are slower but I mess up less frequently. As a result I get less super-good times but much more consistent ones. I got a new PB Ao50 of 17.79 but that's just 0.02 of a second better than what I got one week ago with the Valk3. Not crazy good but with 90% solves sub-20. Best solve for now with the GTS2 is a 13.02 full step (could have been all time PB had I been lucky enough to get a PLL skip on that solve).
 

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A much belated hello to my fellow older cubing brethren. Apologies I have not been as active recently. Life and work have been manic. Still cubing although having to fit it around work.

Some great progress all. Well done @mark49152 at taking >40s 2nd place at 5x5. Awesome stuff matey.

Been doing quite a bit of 6x6 practice and this PB single and mean gives me hope for the aggressive mean cut at London Open in July:-

3:33.93, 3:26.02, 3:09.49 = 3:23.15

Last comp was December in Birmingham so really looking forward to London.
 
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