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[h2f]

I'm just a noob. Look at him:

Or him:

 

[Shaky Hands]

Just caught up on the last 10 pages or so. Don't seem to have had email notifications from this thread for a while, but great to see the amount of success that people have been having, with PB singles and averages, as well as learning new methods. Great stuff everyone!

Personally, I've managed PB's for both single and average recently in everything from 4x4 to 7x7 so have been doing well with those. 3x3 continues to be variable, but fun.

4x4: They are coming out with a new AoSu soon. The YuSu R is the latest from YJ and is far better than the GuanSu but If I had to say one to try, get a Cyclone Boys G4. It is slightly smaller, fast, hard to pop, and not too expensive. I like it over the AoSu.

Thanks, I didn't realise there was a new AoSu on the way. I may look into this. Currently using a stickerless G4 which I far prefer to the original AoSu.

I'm awaiting an order from the Cubicle but I'm starting to wonder if they are being delayed in customs or worse still, maybe confiscated. The tracking shows they were in Heathrow on Sunday but nothing since that time. I don't remember it taking so long the last time I order from the US.

Has it arrived yet? My cubicle order was shipped 19th May and is due to arrive tomorrow.

I haven't posted any 3BLD solves before, so here goes. I wanted to beat the 1:27 official where my camera battery died, but the best I could manage was 4 seconds short . Also got a recent PB of 1:16.96, but not on cam.

Well done Mark. I caught this on my YouTube feed a few days ago.

However, I think it's safe to say that I have the slowest E-perm in this thread. Need to work on that one.

I don't like E-perm either. But without wishing to discourage you, I don't feel it's worth practicing as much as some of the other PLL's as it comes up less often. When I was doing 2-look PLL, I switched from an E-perm to a Y-perm as it flows so much better for me.

By the way, my strategy of waiting and not buying the Aoshi has payed off. Yuxin will sell a 6x6 in a few weeks and it looks great and they will have it in stickerless, same shades as the 5x5.

A Yuxin 6x6? That sounds quite promising indeed. Thanks for the tip!

 

[odouhaha]

Hi, I am a 41 year old enthusiast in cubing from the Netherlands. One year ago I solved my first cube, since I have been practicing a lot and got an average of sub 40 and a pb of 24.09 (only time in 20s) but on average I keep between 30-50s which for the last months doesn't seem to change much.. I hope to improve still and my aim is to be a sub 20 cuber on average. I enjoy reading this thread and am happy to find that there are a lot more people my age doing speed solving.

 

[Jason Green]

Hi, I am a 41 year old enthusiast in cubing from the Netherlands. One year ago I solved my first cube, since I have been practicing a lot and got an average of sub 40 and a pb of 24.09 (only time in 20s) but on average I keep between 30-50s which for the last months doesn't seem to change much.. I hope to improve still and my aim is to be a sub 20 cuber on average. I enjoy reading this thread and am happy to find that there are a lot more people my age doing speed solving.

Glad to have you here!

 

[newtonbase]

Hi, I am a 41 year old enthusiast in cubing from the Netherlands. One year ago I solved my first cube, since I have been practicing a lot and got an average of sub 40 and a pb of 24.09 (only time in 20s) but on average I keep between 30-50s which for the last months doesn't seem to change much.. I hope to improve still and my aim is to be a sub 20 cuber on average. I enjoy reading this thread and am happy to find that there are a lot more people my age doing speed solving.

Hello. Nice to have you here. Do you do any other events?

 

[earth2dan]

Just did my averages for the 4x4 and 5x5 race threads and set AO5 and AO12 PB's in both! I'm glad I've been taking the time to break in my G4, I'm starting to really like it. I still haven't done anything to set up my stickerless BoChuang, and if I keep getting PB's with it I'll just let it be Updated PB's are in my signature.

Also, I took advantage of the memorial day sale and ordered the new Yuxin 4x4 and 6x6 from The Cubicle (stickerless of course). Looking forward to those when they get here

 

[Logiqx]

Just caught up on the last 10 pages or so. Don't seem to have had email notifications from this thread for a while, but great to see the amount of success that people have been having, with PB singles and averages, as well as learning new methods. Great stuff everyone!

Personally, I've managed PB's for both single and average recently in everything from 4x4 to 7x7 so have been doing well with those. 3x3 continues to be variable, but fun.



Thanks, I didn't realise there was a new AoSu on the way. I may look into this. Currently using a stickerless G4 which I far prefer to the original AoSu.



Has it arrived yet? My cubicle order was shipped 19th May and is due to arrive tomorrow.



Well done Mark. I caught this on my YouTube feed a few days ago.



I don't like E-perm either. But without wishing to discourage you, I don't feel it's worth practicing as much as some of the other PLL's as it comes up less often. When I was doing 2-look PLL, I switched from an E-perm to a Y-perm as it flows so much better for me.



A Yuxin 6x6? That sounds quite promising indeed. Thanks for the tip!

Apparently it was delivered this morning. I'll find out when i get home tonight.

i guess the household chores will have to wait. Lol

Regarding e-perm, I find it one of the most fun to execute quickly. Be sure to check you're using the right fingertricks.

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[Logiqx]

Hi, I am a 41 year old enthusiast in cubing from the Netherlands. One year ago I solved my first cube, since I have been practicing a lot and got an average of sub 40 and a pb of 24.09 (only time in 20s) but on average I keep between 30-50s which for the last months doesn't seem to change much.. I hope to improve still and my aim is to be a sub 20 cuber on average. I enjoy reading this thread and am happy to find that there are a lot more people my age doing speed solving.

Hi. You've come to the right place!

We all started in the same way and this thread has helped several of us to achieve sub-20 global averages.

Keep practicing, believe in yourself and you'll get to sub-20.

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[odouhaha]

Glad to have you here!

Thanks!

Hi. You've come to the right place!

We all started in the same way and this thread has helped several of us to achieve sub-20 global averages.

Keep practicing, believe in yourself and you'll get to sub-20.

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Thanks!

Hello. Nice to have you here. Do you do any other events?

Hi thanks! I recently bought a 2x2 and manage to solve that under 20sec so also long way to go there as well. I have not attended any tournament yet but am planning to go next month to watch and get to know some cubers.

 

[MarcelP]

Hi thanks! I recently bought a 2x2 and manage to solve that under 20sec so also long way to go there as well. I have not attended any tournament yet but am planning to go next month to watch and get to know some cubers.

Feel free to come and visit the West Friesche Open on Sunday June 26th.

 

[Shaky Hands]

I have not attended any tournament yet but am planning to go next month to watch and get to know some cubers.

Hi and welcome to the thread.

My advice would be that if you're going to a competition, to compete anyway as it's all good practice. Don't worry about your times too much. I couldn't break 50 seconds at 3x3 in my first competition but I found it a really useful experience nonetheless.

Good luck with your cubing adventures!

 

[mafergut]

Just did my averages for the 4x4 and 5x5 race threads and set AO5 and AO12 PB's in both! I'm glad I've been taking the time to break in my G4, I'm starting to really like it. I still haven't done anything to set up my stickerless BoChuang, and if I keep getting PB's with it I'll just let it be Updated PB's are in my signature.

Also, I took advantage of the memorial day sale and ordered the new Yuxin 4x4 and 6x6 from The Cubicle (stickerless of course). Looking forward to those when they get here

Please keep me posted as soon as you receive those cubes. Both are really promising and, while I don't think I'm gonna need a new 4x4 (loving my G4, you know ), the 6x6 is definitely on my shopping list but I think I can wait a bit more, until I get my 5x5 times down to 3:00 - 3:30 average . Talking about 5x5 I changed from using the black BoChuang to the stickerless Yuxin and I'm liking it, probably not better than the BoChuang but as much at least so, moving on to stickerless in all cubes but 3x3 now. I still have all non-cubes in stickered flavor and they will stay as they are until a new puzzle worth buying shows up, then I'll get them in stickerless. Well, some are already available, like Qiyi skewb (it's in my shopping list), others will likely arrive soon such as Qiyi Mega and XMD Pyra.

By the way, @odouhaha, welcome to the thread!

 

[odouhaha]

Feel free to come and visit the West Friesche Open on Sunday June 26th.

I will!

 

[odouhaha]

I will!

Tried to register but registration closed unfortunately

 

[odouhaha]

Hi and welcome to the thread.

My advice would be that if you're going to a competition, to compete anyway as it's all good practice. Don't worry about your times too much. I couldn't break 50 seconds at 3x3 in my first competition but I found it a really useful experience nonetheless.

Good luck with your cubing adventures!

How long did it take you to go down from 50+ to 30 avg?

 

[MarcelP]

Tried to register but registration closed unfortunately

Yeah, I am sorry. And also the waiting list is filled with a lot of people.

 

[Shaky Hands]

How long did it take you to go down from 50+ to 30 avg?

Not sure in terms of duration, but back when I was doing mostly timed-solves, it took about 1000 timed solves to get from 50s to 40s and then about another 5000 solves to get from 40s to 30s.

I'm not a good example though, I spent too much time solving without learning new stuff and I more or less brute-forced my times down when there are better ways of going about it.

Apparently it was delivered this morning. I'll find out when i get home tonight.

i guess the household chores will have to wait. Lol

Regarding e-perm, I find it one of the most fun to execute quickly. Be sure to check you're using the right fingertricks.

Enjoy your delivery. I got a Yuxin 5x5 in stickerless, a ridged stickerless megaminx, a keyring 3x3, a 1x1 (I'm thinking about rolling it as a dice to pick a cross-colour when experimenting with CN) and a stickerless SQ-1.

I rewatched Chris Olsen's video re: E-perm. He uses his left ring finger for D and D' moves. I'm using my left ring finger for D and my right ring finger for D'. Will experiment a bit. Thanks for the prompt.

 

[phreaker]

I rewatched Chris Olsen's video re: E-perm. He uses his left ring finger for D and D' moves. I'm using my left ring finger for D and my right ring finger for D'. Will experiment a bit. Thanks for the prompt.

How do you use your left ring for D'? I face that issue in OH solving also.

 

[Shaky Hands]

How do you use your left ring for D'? I face that issue in OH solving also.

He seems to be resting the nail of his left ring finger against the left-down block and then flicks it away.

Video is here:

 

[Jason Green]

How do you use your left ring for D'? I face that issue in OH solving also.

I actually do that now also, but I'm not very smooth with it. But I think the pause it saves makes up for not using my right ring finger.