Older cubers discussions

[MarcelP]

I had to give it a try...
U' R2 U' R U R' U' R U R'

Or
U' R2 U R' U' L U' L' // 1st
R2 U R2 U' R // 2nd
U2 R U' R' //3rd
U L' U L U2 L' U L // 4th

Unfortunatly no LL skip.. LOL...never had one before. Ps this was my speedsolve solution. That's why I like ZZ. You can be very efficient. I am always in awe when I watch movies from Phil Yu on F2L on ZZ. My problem is just that freaking EOLine.

 

[JanW]

Very nice solution, @MarcelP! I like that about ZZ too. When I have a good solve, it's really good, because F2L is so efficient. The other nice thing is more frequent skips in last layer. With a complete LL skip happening about once every 2000 solves, they actually should happen every now and then.

EOLine is... well... haven't quite made up my mind on this. At first, when I spent a lot of time planning them, it wasn't much of a problem. Now I'm trying to plan them faster, which leads to more mistakes. A mistake at the EOLine stage is very costly. I haven't timed my inspections yet. Often it is well under 15 seconds, but other times 15 seconds is far from enough, so I'm still not ready to go to a comp with ZZ.

 

[mark49152]

Another insane video from Kevin. I can barely follow what he's doing, let alone imagine ever turning that fast. I am looking forward to getting my Yuxin 6x6 now

 

[mafergut]

Another insane video from Kevin. I can barely follow what he's doing, let alone imagine ever turning that fast. I am looking forward to getting my Yuxin 6x6 now

Yeah, I saw the video a couple days ago and it's amazing. Feliks and Kevin, as always, are beating each other on video First Kevin came up with a 1:39.xx with the Yuxin 6x6, then Feliks came up with a 1:36.xx, now Kevin retalliates with an incredible Mo3. I really can't follow much of what they do either but there are some PLLs in those videos that, oh my! They are three times as fast as I am... on the 3x3 Anyway, I'm also looking forward to mine arriving in the mail. Let's see which one they use in their next comp, this or the Aoshi.

 

[MarcelP]

I have watched a few Yuxin 6x6 unboxings. It looks really nice. But I know, when I order one, I will probably solve it two times and place it on a shelve. So I will skip this one Big cubes is really not my thing.

 

[mafergut]

I have watched a few Yuxin 6x6 unboxings. It looks really nice. But I know, when I order one, I will probably solve it two times and place it on a shelve. So I will skip this one Big cubes is really not my thing.

That's what I thought for more than 2 years when I was solving 3x3 exclusively (and a bit of 2x2) until I said to myself, well, 4x4 is not that big. I might give it a try. And I tried, and I liked it. Then, after I started to get somewhat decent times I thought, well, 5x5 is not much bigger, and it's an odd layered cube so no issues like parity. I might give it a try. And here I am, trying to get decent at 5x5 and with a 6x6 on its way home

 

[JanW]

I never got into big cubes either. Probably because the 4x4 I got turned out to be very unpleasant to solve due to sharp corners. I just placed an order for a Cyclone Boys G4, maybe this will change my attitude towards bigger cubes.

 

[newtonbase]

maybe this will change my attitude towards bigger cubes.

If it doesn't then you might as well give up. It's a really nice cube.

 

[SenorJuan]

Well it's the middle of summer, the longest day, so I thought I would make an inappropriate post.
I've been sorting through my fathers stuff in the loft, and opened some boxes of photography gear. There's some lightbulbs in boxes. A couple of red ones for darkroom use, and a couple of very ordinary looking clear pearl ones.
A look at the box tells me they are Philips Photoflood, with an ridiculous rating of 275 Watts. Though dad's are ancient 1970's ones, they are still available today:
http://www.lamps2udirect.com/photog...-photoflood-photographic-bba-light-bulb/67070
I suspect they would probably melt most lamp fittings, and wouldn't have a long life, either, but it's good to see that such excessive products still exist in these days of CFL's.
And yes, I tried one briefly, mackerel was it bright, glad I didn't look directly at it, black spots on your retina aren't good for lookahead.
But come winter and dark evenings, I just might have a play with one.

Footnote: My 200 Watt one I bought last autumn made it through winter, doing a grand job, but it expired in March, so I'm planning ahead, I can't cube in dingy light.

 

[JohnnyReggae]

Footnote: My 200 Watt one I bought last autumn made it through winter, doing a grand job, but it expired in March, so I'm planning ahead, I can't cube in dingy light.

I struggle with poor light as well, so have 2 extra lights at my desk where I cube at night. Makes a huge difference,

 

[h2f]

I got Fisher Cube from Moyu. Nice puzzle. After scrambling it I had to reassamble cause I couldnt figure out which pieces are edges which corners. After it I could solve it normally - with comms (3bld algs always work), CFOP and Roux. Roux is the hardest due to centers twists during LSE.

 

[muchacho]

So I had a mirror cube that I had never scrambled, I'm trying to solve it now for the first time, F2B took me like 15 minutes, wish me luck for the rest.

 

[h2f]

yeah, good luck. I cant imagine solving it with Roux.

 

[muchacho]

Uff, just done it, I won't try anytime soon :confused:

 

[newtonbase]

Uff, just done it, I won't try anytime soon :confused:

You are brave trying Roux. I use a beginner's method. I have a lovely pink Yuxin.
Master pyramorphix for you guys next. That's a real challenge.

 

[mark49152]

I have watched a few Yuxin 6x6 unboxings. It looks really nice. But I know, when I order one, I will probably solve it two times and place it on a shelve. So I will skip this one Big cubes is really not my thing.

That's the way I feel about square1, mega and pyra... and i used to feel that way about 5x5 and BLD . I don't do much 6x6 but I do enjoy it and plan to continue competing, and maybe this is the cube to get me hooked and spending a month on it.

 

[muchacho]

You are brave trying Roux. I use a beginner's method. I have a lovely pink Yuxin.
Master pyramorphix for you guys next. That's a real challenge.

I have that pink Yuxin also, now I have to hide it from my niece, she likes to scramble all cubes on sight... she scrambled this pink a couple of times, but only 2 or 3 moves, it looked scary but I was able to revert those moves.

 

[mafergut]

@muchacho, @h2f, I have some shapemods like those (mirror, mastermorphix and the crazy fisher / yileng) and yeah, they can be fun to solve once but I get bored easily. Just one solve a month or so is enough for me I'm considering buying a curvy copter, though, as it seems to be an entirely different puzzle. I also have a Rex cube (the dino with centers and petals) and I enjoy solving it because it's different to a 3x3.

 

[newtonbase]

@muchacho, @h2f, I have some shapemods like those (mirror, mastermorphix and the crazy fisher / yileng) and yeah, they can be fun to solve once but I get bored easily. Just one solve a month or so is enough for me I'm considering buying a curvy copter, though, as it seems to be an entirely different puzzle. I also have a Rex cube (the dino with centers and petals) and I enjoy solving it because it's different to a 3x3.

I bought a curvy copter but haven't dared scramble it. It doesn't make sense.

 

[mafergut]

I bought a curvy copter but haven't dared scramble it. It doesn't make sense.

Well, you can always start just scrambling it with 180º turns, without making any "jumbling" moves.

Is it a Lan Lan or Meffert's? and does it turn well?