Older cubers discussions

[h2f]

I'm going to learn sq-1 today or tomorrow when I got a day off (at the moment I'm in job). But I will start with beginners method. I wanted to show a sq to my friends and had to solve it. I found it intresting and quite easy.

And I know what you mean with Aoshi My Aochuang had do it the same though it has much less pieces. I have to buy yuxin.

 

[muchacho]

Quite easy? I have a sq-1 but I was too afraid of it until now, what's the beginner method? is there a good youtube tutorial?

 

[MarcelP]

Any oldies doing Square-1?

I wish I knew how to solve the damn thing I have the new Mo Fang Ge Square-1 and only know how to make the cubic shape. Everything after that involves learning Sq-1 algs which I do not like.

 

[Lid]

Any oldies doing Square-1?

I do it almost as much as 3x3, my best a12 is 17.635, but I have never gotten a god result at comp, always seem to be two bad solves every time
I know full of "everything", Shape, CO, EO, CP, EP + some other usefull algs.

 

[mark49152]

And I know what you mean with Aoshi My Aochuang had do it the same though it has much less pieces. I have to buy yuxin.

Yeah at least the AoChuang isn't too hard to put back together, and with good tension and lube and more accurate turning I rarely have problems with it now - and I love the feel, it's a great cube. The AoShi though... that thing is a horror. All those nasty internals. I did eventually get it back together this morning but then popped a piece 10 mins later. I have ordered some thinner lube so I can tighten it without killing it.

I'm not going to compete in 6x6 until I'm averaging sub-6 at home and have had at least one sub-5 single.

Sq1 seems to be getter more popular now there's a decent cube and I quite fancy having a go at it. Any recommendations for method or tutorial?

 

[h2f]

My aochuang is now broken - I need a pieces or buy new. One of polish youtubers just made a tutorial (only 3 algs) and theres a page where there are few algs. I forgot about Lid's page which is very good resource to sq-1.

 

[mark49152]

I didn't notice Lid's link, I'll take a look.

 

[APdRF]

For the spanish readers here, I made a tutorial on how to solve a Sq-1 the easy way, with only 1 algorithm + parity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVkDa41JCjo

 

[muchacho]

Thanks, it may be the easiest method, but it doesn't look that easy... I'll try to solve it... once.

 

[APdRF]

It's easy when you understand how it works. Be patient and you'll see Good luck!

 

[Lid]

For more Square-1 help check out the "The "Square-1 Help / Alg Sharing" thread"

 

[Selkie]

Hi all and a Happy New Year to you. Been really busy with work recently. Still trying to get an Ao12 Sub 15 on film. Keep failing. Here is a 15.87 Ao12 from earlier today though...

 

[mafergut]

For the spanish readers here, I made a tutorial on how to solve a Sq-1 the easy way, with only 1 algorithm + parity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVkDa41JCjo

Waiting for my new QiYi SQ-1 to arrive in the mail and I'll go re-watch your tutorial for sure!

 

[newtonbase]

My Sq-1 is abysmal. I got as far as getting it to cube shape using a tutorial then put it away still unsolved. I may go back one day but there's plenty of stuff to practice that I actually like.

I was in a hotel with the wife overnight but woke too early so hid in the bathroom and went through Mark's Advanced M2 thread again. I've now got a decent understanding of using FU as buffer where that sticker is in a pair. It saves a lot of moves when the setups are simple. I'll make that the last new thing I learn before Manchester.

 

[Jason Green]

Hi all and a Happy New Year to you. Been really busy with work recently. Still trying to get an Ao12 Sub 15 on film. Keep failing. Here is a 15.87 Ao12 from earlier today though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ7lGho9_m8

Nice job! I watched the whole thing, I usually don't watch an entire ao12.

Do you always do blue cross? Which cube is that again?

 

[Rastinha]

Hi everyone, merry christmas and happy new year! I haven't been around for a bit, although I have been cubing. Cool to see you all making progress still and a few new faces (names)

I am still hovering around the 29.xx-33.xx ao5 and 31-35 ao12-100 for 3x3. That's mainly because I got a pyraminx and a 4x4 for christmas from my partner, and just before christmas I had decided to learn 3BLD, full PLL and Ortega for 2x2, so in the past few weeks in the snippets of downtime between doing holiday stuff with the family, I have learned a ton of new algorithms, and have gotten better at 2x2, pyra and 4x4, but haven't had time to get fast enough and recognition and execution of full PLL, haha.

I wanted to learn some new things because I know I won't have any chance of placing very well the next time a competition comes up, so I wanted to be able to enter as many events as possible so I can get used to the nerves instead. Ordered a 5x5 this week, wanted a YuXin but it was too expensive to get by itself from overseas so had to settle for a Cyclone Boys.

Sq-1 will be next on the list!

Cool to hear you're going to a competition Jason! Good luck

 

[Selkie]

Nice job! I watched the whole thing, I usually don't watch an entire ao12.

Do you always do blue cross? Which cube is that again?

Hi Jason,

I was originally blue/green opposite neutral but after keep favouring blue over green I suppose I do a green cross once every 100 to 200 solves. Should really concentrate on trying to get back to opposite neutral as I guess I miss a lot of very good green crosses.

I thought it was my Moya Hualong but as it turns out it was actially a Moyu Aolong v2

 

[h2f]

I just learnt how to solve sq-1. I mean, I can do it without looking at list of algs. There's only one awkward parity algs. Other 2 or 3 are very intuitive. The same with making a square shape.

 

[newtonbase]

It's always good to keep busy at a competition. I've entered FMC at Manchester but I've never even tried it at home.

It's a shame you couldn't get the Yuxin as it's a great cube. I'm sure you'll pick up 5x5 without any problem.

 

[muchacho]

Yesterday I "learned" skewb (Sarah's beginners) because learning sq-1 was not an option now, if I can get it below 30 seconds I'll use skewb in my first competition to keep me busy, maybe also FMC if comp schedule is fine.