Older cubers discussions

[h2f]

I have two unrelated questions which maybe this group will have useful views on:

1. I've only got about 10 OLLs left to learn, and I'm finding myself biasing in favour of algorithms that are very similar to ones I already know. This makes them very quick to learn, but sometimes leads to me confusing algorithms with each other. What do you guys prefer -- algorithms that are very distinctive, or ones that are easy to learn, making use of common triggers, etc.?
2. In solving 4x4 (using Yau), I often find myself with what I think of as a Z-perm for centres -- in other words, having solved the red, green, orange, blue centres, they end up in the order red, orange, green, blue, meaning I have to do two swaps (e.g., orange with red and then red with green) to get them in the right order. Anyone know if there's an easier way to deal with that?

Thanks!

1. I prefer them too though I sometimes mess them and it takes time to get used them without mistake.
2. I dont know it. Doing Hoya I had this problem very often so I started to say myself talking about 3rd color of my centers. For example if I solve blue-green and put green of right side I say myself "orange". I do it in preinspection.

Yesterday I was practicing OH just for fun and expecting nothing special - when I practice in night I'm too tired to have good lookahed or to be focused what I'm doing. I got this on cam. It's a part of the first ao12 sub40 36.26 - I had very consistent 12 solves: only the first was over 40 and the rest sub 40. Lots of pauses so it shows how Roux can be good in OH due to move efficency.

 

[JanW]

Woohoo I made my first round in the race to sub 20! I really did not expect to yet! Also got a new PB ao5 17.76 during that. Nice to have something worth sharing once in a while.

Nice, you are improving fast! If I'm not mistaken, you started cubing seriously less than a year go, right? How much time do you spend cubing/day on average?

 

[Jason Green]

Nice, you are improving fast! If I'm not mistaken, you started cubing seriously less than a year go, right? How much time do you spend cubing/day on average?

Thanks! Yeah almost a year of speed cubing. I had learned Petrus method several years ago and could solve in a couple minutes at best, but I think that was definitely a head start. Although I had to refresh on that when I got back into it, but went right to CFOP then.

I'm guessing I average 1.5 to 2 hours a day. Kind of hard to say, of course I have periods where I don't get much in like everyone I'm sure.

Edit: Plus I'm pretty focused still on 3x3 so far. Very little practice on anything else comparatively. Also I feel like my knowledge is very limited next to a lot of the guys here. I don't spend much time learning more I spend all I can get practicing.

 

[h2f]

@Jason Green You're on a good path to sub20. Awsome job! On cam?

 

[MarcelP]

Woohoo I made my first round in the race to sub 20! I really did not expect to yet! Also got a new PB ao5 17.76 during that. Nice to have something worth sharing once in a while.

Good job man! I think you are nice on path for a sub 16 average within one year from now.. I bet you will be one of the fastest oldies! Keep it up... (oh and... nothing besides 3x3 is really important anyway. LOL).

 

[mafergut]

Good job man! I think you are nice on path for a sub 16 average within one year from now.. I bet you will be one of the fastest oldies! Keep it up... (oh and... nothing besides 3x3 is really important anyway. LOL).

Well, I have to admit that @Jason Green progress is really impressive. I used to say that 3x3 was the only important event as well... until I stopped progressing. Then I changed my mind

 

[Jason Green]

@Jason Green You're on a good path to sub20. Awsome job! On cam?

Thank you! No, I don't film that much of my practice usually. Maybe I should film more, I'm just lazy I guess.

Good job man! I think you are nice on path for a sub 16 average within one year from now.. I bet you will be one of the fastest oldies! Keep it up... (oh and... nothing besides 3x3 is really important anyway. LOL).

Thank you! I kind of thought if I'm sub 20 solidly I might spend more time on other stuff. But now that you're putting these crazy ideas like 16 in my mind... [emoji12]

Well, I have to admit that @Jason Green progress is really impressive. I used to say that 3x3 was the only important event as well... until I stopped progressing. Then I changed my mind

Thanks! This reminds me of a Bruce Lee quote I like that I saw from another cuber I think. If it was on here sorry I forgot.
"There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them."

 

[earth2dan]

Woohoo I made my first round in the race to sub 20! I really did not expect to yet! Also got a new PB ao5 17.76 during that. Nice to have something worth sharing once in a while.

Right on! Nice work @Jason Green. You've come a long way in a really short period of time. You already beat my single PB, now you're going after my A05 PB!

 

[Chree]

Woohoo I made my first round in the race to sub 20! I really did not expect to yet! Also got a new PB ao5 17.76 during that. Nice to have something worth sharing once in a while.

Nice work, man!

 

[h2f]

I've started to record my sessions again. First sub30 on cam a moment ago. OH of course:

 

[muchacho]

Awesome. Have you tried the Weilong for OH?

 

[mafergut]

Oh my, you almost beat my CFOP OH PB single. To be honest I have not been anywhere close to sub-30 in a long time. Nice job!!! You're getting fast pretty quickly with Roux... 2H and OH.

 

[h2f]

Thank you.

Awesome. Have you tried the Weilong for OH?

Yes, I tried but decided to stay with my crappy aolong which has a nice M slice turn.

Oh my, you almost beat my CFOP OH PB single. To be honest I have not been anywhere close to sub-30 in a long time. Nice job!!! You're getting fast pretty quickly with Roux... 2H and OH.

In fact I've beaten. My pb is 27.xx but not on cam.

 

[earth2dan]

Ah yeah! 4:50.35 6x6 PB! With OLL parity I had a few close calls yesterday so I knew I was close to getting a sub 5. I am in love with this Yuxin 6x6

 

[Jason Green]

Ah yeah! 4:50.35 6x6 PB! With OLL parity I had a few close calls yesterday so I knew I was close to getting a sub 5. I am in love with this Yuxin 6x6

Oh quit! I still suck at 5x5 too much to buy a 6x6. It may happen when u buy GTS though.

 

[h2f]

Ah yeah! 4:50.35 6x6 PB! With OLL parity I had a few close calls yesterday so I knew I was close to getting a sub 5. I am in love with this Yuxin 6x6

Nice, congrats. I must try 6x6 again.

 

[mafergut]

Ah yeah! 4:50.35 6x6 PB! With OLL parity I had a few close calls yesterday so I knew I was close to getting a sub 5. I am in love with this Yuxin 6x6

And you haven't even put the Yuxin 5x5 springs on it yet. Wait until you have done that!!!

 

[Logiqx]

So close... 1:00.305 single for 4x4. I wasted time looking at the timer after OLL!

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[earth2dan]

And you haven't even put the Yuxin 5x5 springs on it yet. Wait until you have done that!!!

Oh? I didn't know this was a thing. It would have to make a significant difference, because I'm pretty happy with it as is. I tightened it a bit to help prevent those locks/pops and so far that seems to have done the trick.

So close... 1:00.305 single for 4x4. I wasted time looking at the timer after OLL!

Oh man, so close! I've kind of taken a break from 4x4. I got the new Yuxin 4x4 with the 6x6, but so far I'm not that impressed with it. It's really good, maybe even equally as good, but not better than AoSu or G4. At least not out of the box, and I haven't taken the time to set it up yet.

 

[MarcelP]

"There are no limits. There are only plateaus.

There is no spoon. LOL.. I am sorry.. I had a Matrix moment there..