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ViolaBouquet said:
I'm kind of in that same boat. It's a solid cube, not doubt about that. It just doesn't feel as smooth as my MeiYing and a bit .... clacky if that makes sense. I did get decent times on it but I also has some solve where the whole thing seemed to be me fighting through the catches. It never locked up but It didn't seem smooth to me. It may all be trying to find the right tensions though. I'm going to give mine away soon but have a grey one on preorder which I will spend a lot more time setting up.
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I've ordered meiying and I'm waiting for it.
May I ask you your opinion about
Meiying vs gans356 vs hualong?
 
MarcelP said:
I am not sure what to think about the new TangLong

1. 16.35 R B L B2 L U2 D' L R' D' L D' L' B D2 F' R2 F' L2 D' B R' B R' D2
check out my nice x-cross solution which I spotted in inspection (I saw blue yellow pair in U layer):
y2 // inspection
R' D L F' // x-cross
2. 23.67 R2 U B U2 D2 L2 D' L B L U' D' R2 B L' B F U' R2 B R B U F2 U2
3. 17.03 L2 F2 D2 B U2 D' F2 D2 B' F U2 L' B U L B' D' L' D B U R F' L' D
4. 17.41 L2 U F R L2 U2 D2 B U2 F D' R' F D2 B' D L2 F' R' D2 R2 L' F' L R'
5. 16.43 F B2 U2 R F2 R' B' D2 R' L' F' L2 R' U2 B' R F U2 B F U F2 D U' L'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS7BhhpgbMA&feature=youtu.be
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Nice! All you guys that are over 40 and under 20 are my heroes! :)

Maybe I'll be my own hero someday, because I believe the children are our future, you know? ;)
 
Jason Green said:
Nice! All you guys that are over 40 and under 20 are my heroes! :)

Maybe I'll be my own hero someday, because I believe the children are our future, you know? ;)
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Ah well, it was just a lucky first 5 solves of the day.. The rest was all crap :) And I am barely sub 20. I am pretty sure that if you stick with us long enough you will be just as fast as us and maybe faster..
 
h2f said:
Polish Nats are starting tomorrow. I hope for few good solves. :)
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moralsh said:
So are Spanish
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Good luck to you both! So sad I cannot be there in the Spanish Nats. It would be an awesome experience, even if I DNFed almost every solve :) Also I'm sure the weather is gonna be much better than what we have up here in Valladolid. By the way, Raúl, if you ever think of organising a comp in Valladolid I would try to do my best to help!
 
The newspaper article (spanish) about that comp where I got an average of almost 1 minute and a half :o

articulo-en-la-rioja-del-torneo-de-rubik.jpg
 
mark49152 said:
Good luck this weekend!

Marcel, have you thought of coming to UK Champs on Nov 7/8? It's not too late to register and it's only a short flight :D
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Thanks for thinking about me. I think it would be very nice to go to a competion in UK and meet you (and others). But it would have to be a 1 day comp with cool events. On a 2 day competition they usually have cool events on two days, meaning if you go to the day where 3X3 is there also are none fun events. I am not even sure if I will be able to make it to the Dutch Open this month. It's quite busy in my life right now (mostly with other fun hobbies and sports). I am hoping to go to next European Champs if if will be not too far away. ;)
 
Thanks for good wishes (Im not sure if Im correct now in English). I take my camera - last time it was down. I was thinking I got my mbld attempt but recording has stopped when I had 2 cubes to do.
 
MarcelP said:
But it would have to be a 1 day comp with cool events.
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Well of course you'd always be welcome at any UK comp and it would be nice to meet.

In my limited experience of UK comps they tend to be two days with 3x3 on the second day and all rounds of each event on the same day. Second day is much busier as many people go for 3x3 only or can't make both days and don't want to miss 3x3.

For UKC, 3x3, 4x4, OH and Pyra are all on the Sunday. Events on Saturday include 2x2 and FMC. Schedule is here: http://www.ukca.org/competitions/upcoming-competitions/uk-championship-2015/events-and-schedule
 
mark49152 said:
Great to see some interest in 5x5. A couple of days ago I had my first sub-2:30 so my dreams of making the cut and getting an average are still alive! :) It was 2:26, I've had a couple of other 2.3x solves too, and several 2.4x's. Generally though, I'm finding it very hard to improve my averages and I'd need a lot of luck and great form on the day to make cut at UKC.
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I'm improving but I'm still quite some way behind you. I got a 3:00.279 single last night so I just missed out on my first sub-3 single. That'll teach me to glance at the clock and cause a lock up during LL! My best Ao5 is 3:16 and best Ao12 is 3:29 so I have a fair way to go before I get to a 3 minute average, let alone cut-off territory.
 
mark49152 said:
Well of course you'd always be welcome at any UK comp and it would be nice to meet.

In my limited experience of UK comps they tend to be two days with 3x3 on the second day and all rounds of each event on the same day. Second day is much busier as many people go for 3x3 only or can't make both days and don't want to miss 3x3.

For UKC, 3x3, 4x4, OH and Pyra are all on the Sunday. Events on Saturday include 2x2 and FMC. Schedule is here: http://www.ukca.org/competitions/upcoming-competitions/uk-championship-2015/events-and-schedule
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Yeah that will be fun some day. What I wanted to ask, how is CN training working out? Or did you drop it allready? I seem to be making slight progress with slow practise training.. I feel faster now.. Of course in next weekend on the competition none of this will be visible.. LOL

Logiqx said:
and best Ao12 is 3:29 so I have a fair way to go before I get to a 3 minute average, let alone cut-off territory.
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I have the Dutch open in 9 days and have not even touched my 5x5.. LOL that will work out great I suspect.. ;)
 
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