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[mafergut]

After a so so 4x4 Ao5 in the weekly comp I got a very nice Ao12 for the race to sub 1:30 graduation round. New PB Ao12 and Ao5:

Generated By csTimer on 2016-7-15
avg of 5: 1:18.25
avg of 12: 1:21.62

Time List:
1:22.95, 1:29.24, 1:23.87, 1:24.79, 1:18.50, 1:22.35, 1:15.97, (1:12.73), 1:23.42, 1:16.43, (1:32.62), 1:18.61

 

[muchacho]

Very nice times!

I've timed a Kilominx solve to see how bad it was, it was not good (5:17.083) but maybe enough to be this thread's record holder for now

@mafergut Have you received yours? (mine took 15 days from zcube) fancy a race?

 

[mafergut]

Very nice times!

I've timed a Kilominx solve to see how bad it was, it was not good (5:17.083) but maybe enought to be this thread's record holder for now

@mafergut Have you received yours? fancy a race?

Thanks! I have to admit that I got very few parities in the whole average so it was a bit lucky but I'll take it.
My SS Kilominx is close to arriving. Maybe Monday or Tuesday I'll have it.
It's strange that we were around 3:30 at Megaminx some weeks ago when we were racing. Is it more difficult to solve the Kilominx than the Megaminx? It does not seem logical to me. Can you find parities or some other oddities while solving it?

Of course I will race as soon as I get it. I was wanting to go back to Mega as well, as I have just solved once my new Aurora since I got it.

 

[muchacho]

No, it's very easy, I've seen a 23 seconds solve in youtube, but I have problems with colors and locks, and by not having solved a Megaminx in 4 months.

 

[mafergut]

No, it's very easy, I've seen a 23 seconds solve in youtube, but I have problems with colors and locks, and by not having solved a Megaminx in 4 months.

Has it been really so long since we raced to sub-5, then sub-4 and then sub-3:30? Oh, man! Time goes by so fast...
I really need to do some timed solves with the Aurora to see where I'm at right now. I hope I have not gone back to sup-5
Well, so you have some time in advance to practice with the kilominx. Just tell me what target you want to race to and I'll do my best

 

[muchacho]

I'm guessing half of Megaminx times would be fine but I don't know, maybe first a race to sub-2 and then maybe even 1:30.

3:23.067 now

edit:
...And first Megaminx solve in months: 6:55.270 :rolleyes:

 

[mafergut]

I'm guessing half of Megaminx times would be fine but I don't know, maybe first a race to sub-2 and then maybe even 1:30.

3:23.067 now

edit:
...And first Megaminx solve in months: 6:55.270 :rolleyes:

I just did a solve as well with my Aurora. Either I have not lost practice in all these months or the Aurora is so much better than the normal SS Mega, probably a bit of the two. I got a 3:26.80
Let's make it race to sub-2, thanks fine by me.

 

[earth2dan]

After a so so 4x4 Ao5 in the weekly comp I got a very nice Ao12 for the race to sub 1:30 graduation round. New PB Ao12 and Ao5

Nice! Speaking of 4x4, I've gone and eaten my own words. After setting it up and breaking it in, I have 100% switched to the new Yuxin 4x4 as my main now. It is better than all my other 4x4's, including the G4. It definitely needs to be lubed and tensioned, but once you get it set up right it's so very good. It's smooth, no middle layer catches at all, and it's so quiet compared to my other 4x4's. I was 0.18s off a PB single with it last night just casually solving while testing out a camera set up (I hope to start recording more solves). I'm probably going to buy a 2nd one.

In other news, I finally got around to swapping springs on my old SS mini 7x7. It took a few hours, and it took some tinkering to get the tensions right, but it definitely makes a huge difference. It's still not as good as the new AoFu GT, but I'm glad I did it. It makes a fine 2nd string 7x7 now. I recorded the whole thing with my new camera set up, maybe I'll time lapse it and post a video

 

[mafergut]

@earth2dan, now I'll have to buy one

 

[earth2dan]

@earth2dan, now I'll have to buy one

Hehe, sorry . Though, I would say only buy one if you're willing to put in some time setting it up. Out of the box it won't be any better than your G4, and it won't get there with just break in. This puzzle really needs to be lubed and tensioned (I had to tighten it quite a bit). If you buy one definitely get the stickerless, the colours are very nice.

 

[mafergut]

Hehe, sorry . Though, I would say only buy one if you're willing to put in some time setting it up. Out of the box it won't be any better than your G4, and it won't get there with just break in. This puzzle really needs to be lubed and tensioned (I had to tighten it quite a bit). If you buy one definitely get the stickerless, the colours are very nice.

To be honest I have not touched my G4, not lubed or tensioned it or anything and it is starting to feel a bit dry but it still turns so nicely that I fear setting it up and making it worse. Are the shades the same as for the 6x6? They are a bit better than on the 5x5 but I still have some problems with red-orange that I don't have with the G4.

 

[earth2dan]

To be honest I have not touched my G4, not lubed or tensioned it or anything and it is starting to feel a bit dry but it still turns so nicely that I fear setting it up and making it worse. Are the shades the same as for the 6x6? They are a bit better than on the 5x5 but I still have some problems with red-orange that I don't have with the G4.

Shades are exactly the same as the 6x6. In low light I have trouble with red/orange on the 6x6 as well, but it's not such a problem with the 4x4 for me. Maybe it's the bigger pieces?

 

[mafergut]

Shades are exactly the same as the 6x6. In low light I have trouble with red/orange on the 6x6 as well, but it's not such a problem with the 4x4 for me. Maybe it's the bigger pieces?

Makes sense that the bigger pieces account for better recognition but I still prefer the G4 shades. Anyway, maybe I will put a Yuxin 4x4 on my next order.

 

[Shaky Hands]

As an aside, I see Feliks has already set 2 new world records in 7x7.

Wow, and just now he's got another World Record in 5x5 (first sub-50s average with 53.08 48.25 52.00 45.52 47.71.) He's on an incredible run at the moment. 3 World Records in a single day.

 

[CLL Smooth]

I've received and solved the 2x2 Kilominx, it took me like twice the time I used to solve a Megaminx in, but it's almost 4 months since I stopped practicing that. It locked a lot and I would need to change some colors, but it's fun.

I played with it a few days last week and was avg sub-1 pretty quickly. I figure sub-50 won't take too much practice. I use the same S2L order as I do on mega and there are only 3 PLLs, although 2 are hard to distinguish.

 

[Chree]

Kilominx is fun! There's really not much to learn. You can do OCLL the exact same as regular Megaminx, and there's only 3 PLLs. After 4 days and 100 solves my session shows an average at just barely sub44. Then yesterday I did an Ao25 in one sitting and got a 40.64. Obv being Full OCLL helps, but whatever you're doing on Mega will work.

 

[Shaky Hands]

New 3x3 PB single 17.09 (was 17.80)

Can't suss out the reconstruction unfortunately. Finished with F Double-Sexy F' OLL and a PLL skip.

Scramble was B2 L2 B' L2 F D2 B2 U2 F2 L D2 L U' F' D U2 F L' U2 and I think my inspection/cross was (x2 y) D R U' B2 F R'.

 

[bubbagrub]

Ok, look at this wicket cross:

B2 F2 R2 D2 B U2 F D2 F U' L' D' L2 D2 U' F2 L' F U

Spoiler: My solution

B2 F2 R2 D2 B U2 F D2 F U' L' D' L2 D2 U' F2 L' F U

y2// inspection, I placed orange cross on right to fix with sexy move
R U R' U' R U R' // Cross with double sexy move (7)

Silly question: how did you know that double-sexy would have the effect of swapping those two edges?

 

[MarcelP]

Silly question: how did you know that double-sexy would have the effect of swapping those two edges?

Learned it in a video of xxoxia.

 

[JanW]

Finally, 3/3 mbld success! What a great feeling to open your eyes and see a line of solved cubes!

I've been doing 3 scrambles at a time from weekly comp mbld list. These were scrambles 19-21, so 7th attempt. In the first 6 attempts I had only 2 completely messed up cubes, then a lot with 1 or 2 minor errors, and of course some solved ones as well.

Didn't use a timer, just a glance at the watch before and after I started. About 27 minutes for the successful attempt.