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I did race sub-30 with ZZ on the Aolong v2 I got yesterday. 12 warmup solves before the race averaged at 33s and I was expecting something similar. Instead I set new single, Ao5 and Ao12 pbs: 21.16/26.08/29.65. That puts a lot of pressure on me to keep it up next week...

Anyway, safe to say that the Aolong v2 is also an awesome cube! I have a bit of a problem now, with a new Aolong v2, YueXiao and GTS (and a Thunderclap that I don't like that much so far). Can't tell which one I should use. So I will use them all. Maybe once I have a few hundred solves on each I can tell which I prefer the most.

Next week I'm going abroad, I should choose a cube to bring with me on the flight. If I dare pull it out. That would be the first time I cube in public.
 
JanW said:
I did race sub-30 with ZZ on the Aolong v2 I got yesterday. 12 warmup solves before the race averaged at 33s and I was expecting something similar. Instead I set new single, Ao5 and Ao12 pbs: 21.16/26.08/29.65. That puts a lot of pressure on me to keep it up next week...

Anyway, safe to say that the Aolong v2 is also an awesome cube! I have a bit of a problem now, with a new Aolong v2, YueXiao and GTS (and a Thunderclap that I don't like that much so far). Can't tell which one I should use. So I will use them all. Maybe once I have a few hundred solves on each I can tell which I prefer the most.

Next week I'm going abroad, I should choose a cube to bring with me on the flight. If I dare pull it out. That would be the first time I cube in public.
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Ah the problem of having too many good cubes ;). Such a horrible problem.

As far as cubing in public, nobody seems to mind if adults cube in public, as far as I can tell. I've had people comment on it, but really... It's another way to pass the time, everyone understands in a way.

As far as what cubes to bring... am I the only one who has a little pouch he just fills with whatever cubes he feels like using? Often 2-3 3x3's a 4x4 and maybe a skewb? :) At least that's what I took with me last time. I'd probably bring a Sq 1 next time.
 
JanW said:
Next week I'm going abroad, I should choose a cube to bring with me on the flight. If I dare pull it out. That would be the first time I cube in public.
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Cubing is the perfect pastime for flying. No batteries to run out. No WiFi to turn off. You sit in an almost ideal position the whole time. Just make sure you choose a quiet cube.
 
Yeah I attribute a good chunk of my blind success to the fact that I bussed down to wellington so I probably got 5 hours of practice, mainly blind but a bit of the others too, in that time.

I also did a few practice blind solves in my friends living room while a bunch of my friends were jamming some samba music and singing songs that I know, lol, and I got one with just 2 pieces in place but flipped, so I thought if I can almost do it with all of that going on around me then I should be OK with quiet and earplugs lol, was like weight training.

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Yes, definitely should bring a quiet cube. The YueXiao and GTS are the most quiet of the cubes I got. I won't mind spending a week with only those two. :)

If I cube on the plane, it is likely to be blind practice. It's been a while since I did that, about time to refresh my memory.
 
mark49152 said:
Does anyone here always listen to music while cubing? Or never? I never usually do, but tonight I put some music on and wiped a second off my 4x4 ao50. Perhaps that's where I've been going wrong...
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Not when I'm doing timed solves. I find it too distracting when trying to plan a cross.
 
mark49152 said:
Does anyone here always listen to music while cubing? Or never? I never usually do, but tonight I put some music on and wiped a second off my 4x4 ao50. Perhaps that's where I've been going wrong...
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I used to, then I did a few solves without music and dropped my 4x4 time from about 2:30 to 2:20, or maybe even more than that. I've tried with and without since, and it's always slower with music.
 
JanW said:
Yes, definitely should bring a quiet cube. The YueXiao and GTS are the most quiet of the cubes I got. I won't mind spending a week with only those two. :)
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A lubed and broken in Gans 356 is by far the quietest cube in my 3x3 collection, there isn't even a close second. It's my office 3x3 because it's the least distracting to my coworkers. I recently ordered the Gans 356 Master so I have a second "quiet" cube (hopefully it's as quiet as the original).

mark49152 said:
Does anyone here always listen to music while cubing? Or never? I never usually do, but tonight I put some music on and wiped a second off my 4x4 ao50. Perhaps that's where I've been going wrong...
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I sometimes do, when I can get away with it. I'm not sure if it makes a difference to my times, but I certainly enjoy it (and that's really what this is all about isn't it? ;) ). Though I don't like cubing with headphones on, I prefer to have it playing on the stereo.
 
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mark49152 said:
Does anyone here always listen to music while cubing? Or never? I never usually do, but tonight I put some music on and wiped a second off my 4x4 ao50. Perhaps that's where I've been going wrong...
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Nope. I never listen to music while solving. I'm a "one task at a time" kind of guy

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Almost a week later, at last some time to comment on my last comp, let's do it:

2x2x2: I don't really care, I always think about buying a decent cube and practice sometime but always get to comps without touching the cube since the previous comp.
4x4x4: a strange round, first 1:24 had no parities but was slow, 2:20 had a big pop or small explosion, 1:17 OLL parity, 1:21 PLL parity an 1:28 both. I could have done better
5x5x5: had it right after trying multi and wasn't very focused, first 3 happened while debating with a kid about pops, asked him to end the conversation after the solve.
6x6x6: Really happy about the sub 6 mean, the 5:29 had double parity, it makes me think sub 5 might be possible for me
7x7x7: Really nice 7:20 single and then a lesson on how to screw up already done centers on the other 2 solves :p
Skewb: Had a Face, then skip to a U-Perm and then realized I didn't remember how to perform it, didn't care enough to do the second solve.
Pyraminx: A little bit more of alg amnesia, I should practice
3x3x3: twisted corner on the DNF of the first round, +2 on the second and little to none lookahead on the remaining solves of both rounds except the 15, which was full step again (fat sune + A)
OH: I've been averaging sub 35 at home, not very happy with a 39
Megaminx: Very happy with both the single (3:23) and the mean (3:43), will probably practice a fair bit this summer.
3BLD: broke my 2 ok 1 DNF streak on the first round with 2 1:5x DNFs, Was a bit slow on the final.
4BLD: 3 11:xx DNFs while trying to go slow but accurate, I managed ok the slow part but not the accurate :p
MultiBLD: 4/7 with a lot of planning errors, reviewed too much, didn't execute 5th and 6th cube before the block of four and had a lot of problems recalling them and I executed the 6th cube on an already DNFd 7th cube. The block of 4 was OK, the rest not.
5BLD: I uploaded the full video for your delight in watching me beeing slow at memo and slow at exec.

... But successful this time :)

Edit: The automatic selected image for the video is hilarious!
Edit2: Forgot mega
 
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Nice! I am always so impressed by bigger cube BLD, I guess because I only know M2/OP and don't understand commutators yet, so I don't get how it works, haha.

newtonbase said:
Took me 13 months and 4 comps to go from first solve at home to first official solve. I'd have liked to have seen your reaction to the first one @Rastinha
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Here's my reaction, you can't really tell but I was so damn nervous I could barely hold the cube in this one. So the reaction is mostly relief, haha. About 20 seconds after this a little 8 year old girl who was the only other female in the competition comes up and congratulates me. Her dad was the one who told me before I competed that if I got a success I'd be the first female in oceania, haha, no pressure. But at least they were rooting for me :)

I just included the reaction, not the whole solve, it looked a lot like my other success just 1 minute longer and a bit more jittery :P

 
@moralsh , nice results, I didn't know you were so fast at 6x6. Did you focus your practice on that? Congrats again on the awesome 5BLD.

Rastinha said:
Nice! I am always so impressed by bigger cube BLD, I guess because I only know M2/OP and don't understand commutators yet, so I don't get how it works, haha.
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Give it a go, it's fun. No commutators needed. OP for corners, r2 for wings (similar to M2) and U2 for centers (similar principle to M2).
 
Very nice @moralsh.
Rastinha said:
Nice! I am always so impressed by bigger cube BLD, I guess because I only know M2/OP and don't understand commutators yet, so I don't get how it works, haha.
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You dont need comms to solve big cubes blindfolded. Just M2 method which changes to r2 and U2 for centers. OP is enough for corners.

Very calm reaction.... :)
 
Oh right, see that's how much I know about bigger BLD lol, in other words, nothing :P How does the lettering scheme work? I know, I know, lmgtfy.com, but sometimes it's good to get a brief rundown from people who know what they're talking about rather than try to sift through the entire internet :P
 
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