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Sunday Single 4x4 in 1:04.73. Once again I'm just shy of getting a sub-1. Someday...

Sorry about the bad camera angle. I'll work on setting up the shot a bit better next time.

Cube used was a Cyclone Boys 4x4 G4.

 
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I wonder what the record for "Oldest Average Age of the Winners List" is. I submit this entry.

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=PDXCubingBeta2015

It's a shame Anthony Brooks brought down the average 3 times. That might hurt us in the rankings.


Edit: Average age of PDX Cubing Beta 2015 winners was only 27.66. Weighted by # of appearances it's 26.85. Damnit Anthony!
 
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Congrats on the average Grzegorz :) How close where the 3BLD DNFs?

I also failed miserably OH at my last comp, it's strange how nerves work in a comp, I've never been nervous or calm in all events, I seem to be calm in half of the events or so, and not always in the same ones. It's a bit of a lottery.

I received my Gans 356, my yuxins (4 and 5) and my AoFu but I haven't had a lot of time to play around with them because I was traveling last week and will be also the next one, but they look and feel great.

I had time to record a few videos, sorry for the mobile quality, here they go:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQn-lvh8s4DqRKEzGxAQh6BCJquZr028K
 
h2f said:
Thanks. My PB is 1:17.2 but with 3style/M2. With 3style/Turbo i got 1:25 or something like that.
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Wow! Just... wow! Close to the 1min barrier is crazy fast for 3BLD. You're a top gun!!!! Now I'm even more envious! ;)

muchacho said:
For a LOT I meant the 7000 or so that I've done with it, 3-4 thousands should be enough. Have you tried another Dayan? Maybe that one is defective.
Mine doesn't pop (well, maybe once every 1000).
Attached photo of how tight is it.
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Maybe I have not done so many, as I also use my LingPo and CB once in a while, maybe it's just a couple thousands, so I'll keep solving with it. Regarding tension, mine is now even a bit tighter than that, but while comparing with yours I have realized that it's not equal in all axes, so I need to make tensions even (after having disassembled it) and see if that fixes the popping.

EvilGnome6 said:
Sunday Single 4x4 in 1:04.73. Once again I'm just shy of getting a sub-1. Someday...

Cube used was a Cyclone Boys 4x4 G4.
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Wow! I like a lot your turning style with the 4x4. If you had not had PLL parity you would have been sub-1 for sure. I'm still fighting with sub-2 :( but your sunday solves are inspirational for me to keep trying.
 
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Christmas came early this year! :)

newcubes.jpg

First impressions, favorite out of the box is the stickerless Weilong v2. Just feels good, can't describe it any better. Also like the Cyclone Boys XuanFeng stickerless, but the spring noises are quite bad. Needs lubing, I suppose.

The feel and action of the Tanglong is by far the best, but I really shouldn't have ordered the gray version. Sticker scheme is horrible, my recognition is really slow and the yellow color hurts my eyes. Didn't get a single sub-50 solve in my first 12 attempts, I simply can't find anything on the cube. Somehow the colors are blurred out by the gray background. For comparison, the very first solve with the CB was sub-30.

The Shengshou Aurora and Wind I ordered as I had read that they are good for new cubers. I can see why. Super stable and easy to control with fast turning. Unfortunately corner cutting is next to non-existent. I think I will use those a lot for blind practice though.

Last 3x3 is a GuanLong. It was the most sold cube on the site and <3$ so I just went with it. First impression was that it's just... weird. Super light, plastic feels very cheap, it is extremely loose and requires no effort at all to turn. The first cube I've been able to easily perform M moves on (I mean M as in M, not M' or M2). Not sure what to do with this one. It feels fast, but too flimsy for regular solving. Perhaps the extremely light turning is good if I ever want to learn OH?

The 4x4 is a Yuxin Lion. I was a bit worried about this one. I think I placed the order about the same day the cube was released, because I couldn't find any reviews of the puzzle online at that time, nor any mention of it on these forums. But I had read so much good about the Yuxin 5x5 that I figured any 4x4 they put out on the market should be at least decent. Later I saw reviews that didn't exactly praise the cube. I like it, though I have nothing to compare with as it's the first 4x4 I ever try. Turns nicely and quite easy to control. But I do see why all the reviewers complain about sharp corners. They are really sharp.
 
JanW said:
Christmas came early this year! :)

The feel and action of the Tanglong is by far the best [...]
The Shengshou Aurora and Wind I ordered as I had read that they are good for new cubers. I can see why. [...]
Last 3x3 is a GuanLong. It was the most sold cube on the site and <3$ so I just went with it. [...]
The 4x4 is a Yuxin Lion. [...]
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Just some comments.

Grey Tanglong. Yeah, other-than-black or at least very dark plastic throws my recognition off. I recently got a black Tanglong and I love the shades, in fact they have changed orange a bit with respect to previous Moyu shades and it's closer to my own custom shades. I love the cube and the shades. Maybe a mistake to buy it in grey.

Shengshou Wind is a bit bad judged by current standards. The Aurora, on the other hand, is still a great, great cube. If properly set up (lubed and tensioned) corner cutting is almost on par with current cubes and the turning is soooo smooth. I really like it, even though I don't use it that much any more. So don't abandon it without giving a try at setting it up properly.

Guanlong. I just set up one yesterday. It was a DIY kit that I had lying around waiting for a missing spring that I got from TheCubicle the other day. I lubed it, added some washers (that don't come with the cube), stickered it with full fitted stickers (I tried pink instead of red :)) but, in the end it's what you say, it feels light and bad plastic. I don't like it much. Maybe for somebody that needs like 20 for MBLD and is on a budget but not for regular speedsolving. Have not tried it for OH but you might have a point, I will definitely try.

The Lion, yeah, the "good" Yuxin 4x4 is the previous one, this is a budget cube, like the Fire or the Guanlong. You just unboxed it and you already have PLL parity? :P

Also about the Weilong, yeah, it is still a great and very smooth cube. No idea about the CB, it's the only 3x3 you mentioned I don't have.
 
mafergut said:
Just some comments.

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Yeah, I really wish I had ordered a black Tanglong. I can perform algs on it faster than on any of the other cubes, but the recognition really sucks. I'll try to resticker it, have to figure out what shades to buy. The CB has the best color scheme in my opinion. Will look for similar color stickers.

And yes, just like my Yuxin 5x5, the Lion also seems to come with some parity errors. Maybe I should ask for a refund. :P
 
moralsh said:
Congrats on the average Grzegorz :) How close where the 3BLD DNFs?

I also failed miserably OH at my last comp, it's strange how nerves work in a comp, I've never been nervous or calm in all events, I seem to be calm in half of the events or so, and not always in the same ones. It's a bit of a lottery.

I received my Gans 356, my yuxins (4 and 5) and my AoFu but I haven't had a lot of time to play around with them because I was traveling last week and will be also the next one, but they look and feel great.

I had time to record a few videos, sorry for the mobile quality, here they go:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQn-lvh8s4DqRKEzGxAQh6BCJquZr028K
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My 3 year old said, wow, how did he climb up a building and do his Rubik's cube!?!
 
JanW said:
Yeah, I really wish I had ordered a black Tanglong. I can perform algs on it faster than on any of the other cubes, but the recognition really sucks. I'll try to resticker it, have to figure out what shades to buy. The CB has the best color scheme in my opinion. Will look for similar color stickers.

And yes, just like my Yuxin 5x5, the Lion also seems to come with some parity errors. Maybe I should ask for a refund. :P
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I have a white SS Aurora and I have a really tough time with recog. I changed the stickers to my own shades and they look completely different to how they look on my black cubes. I would suggest you to use maybe darker colours (but that would be for white, don't know what to recommend for grey, to be honest) but I think the only thing that will fix that is practice. I have watched a video comparison I think it was by SpeedCubeReview and the conclusion was that after getting used to it, recog is equally good on white, I assume it should be the same for grey as well.

Yeah, ask for a refund, definitely :)
 
muchacho said:
Cool!
I though the fourth was going to be OH + BLD or BLD with cube on the back :p
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I can do BLD with cube on back, it may be harder with the coat, though, but about doing BLD +OH, the simple thought of doing 7-9 Y-perms OH scares me enough not to try it :p

Jason Green said:
My 3 year old said, wow, how did he climb up a building and do his Rubik's cube!?!
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And with my eyes closed, climbing with your eyes closed is the hardest part!

I forgot to tell you that the in the first try on times square that my sister failed to record, I was assaulted by Elmo, Elvis and the Cookie monster, New York, New York... :)
 
moralsh said:
[...]I forgot to tell you that the in the first try on times square that my sister failed to record, I was assaulted by Elmo, Elvis and the Cookie monster, New York, New York... :)
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I was going to ask who was the woman having that much patience to record you all over NY solving your cube. On our last vacation (to London) I didn't even dare to carry any cubes with me. If I had asked my wife or son to record me solving at Trafalgar Square or Picadilly Circus they'd probably thrown me the cube and the camera :)
 
What's one minute of their time compared to the hours of a day? Trafalgar Square can't be so cool that they can't stop admiring it for a minute (maybe if it were Trafalgar Cube).
 
muchacho said:
What's one minute of their time compared to the hours of a day? Trafalgar Square can't be so cool that they can't stop admiring it for a minute (maybe if it were Trafalgar Cube).
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No way, had I tried that, the sequence of videos would have been: 1) me solving the cube in front of the Big Ben; 2) my wife throwing the cube to the Thames river. :p
 
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