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[muchacho]

Congrats, that's awesome!

 

[h2f]

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.

Awsome!

 

[mafergut]

Wow! That's great. Congratulations!

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[Lid]

Crushed my 6x6 a12 with a 4:23.31 --> 4:09.28, 4:11.04, 4:38.14, (4:50.88), 4:08.23, 4:26.70, 4:34.56, 4:25.58, 4:22.58, 4:28.04, (4:05.23), 4:28.97 (old was ~5:24 so a 1 minute shaved off.)

Also got another sub16 a12 on 3x3, 15.61 (my 2nd best I think).

Now I'll wait for more new cubes just had to get a stickerless 2x2 + the SS kilominx and the X-man megaminx

Too bad the the coverage on Euros is = to zero, even cubecomps is down

 

[Shaky Hands]

Now I'll wait for more new cubes just had to get a stickerless 2x2 + the SS kilominx and the X-man megaminx
Too bad the the coverage on Euros is = to zero, even cubecomps is down

Try http://wyniki.kostkarubika.org/ as a temporary fix, this is showing the latest event's results.

 

[muchacho]

A question for those with a Kilominx... Can it be tensioned? Some sides are much tighter than others.

Single: 2:03.792
Ao5: 2:38.244

 

[mafergut]

A question for those with a Kilominx... Can it be tensioned? Some sides are much tighter than others.

Single: 2:03.792
Ao5: 2:38.244

I have watched a review/unboxing, I think by "convinsa" where she removed the tiny center caps with a screwdriver and there were screw heads below them, so I assume the answer is yes.

Nice times already, David, with the Kilominx. You'll make me sweat hard to try and catch you when I receive mine.

First ever Ao5 with 6x6 and also 7x7 for the weekly comp. My arms hurt so much!!! Still very careful turning the Yuxin 6x6 because it locks and pops like crazy if I'm not careful. I turn the Aofu GT with much more confidence. Best times so far 8:25.xx with the 6x6 and 14:24.xx with the 7x7. Happy with the 14min on 7x7 after probably my 6th solve ever of a 7x7.

 

[muchacho]

Ah great thanks, I didn't think that were center caps

 

[mafergut]

Ah great thanks, I didn't think that were center caps

I didn't think of that either and I had heard in some other review that it could not be tensioned but then I watched that. Tell me if you can remove them

 

[muchacho]

Yeah, it was easy to remove them (with my nails), tensioned it a bit and single is now 1:43.234.

 

[mafergut]

Yeah, it was easy to remove them (with my nails), tensioned it a bit and single is now 1:43.234.

I received my SS Kilominx. I also had to loosen up a bit 2 or 3 centers and after that it turns fine but it's a pain to scramble with Mega scrambles as it moves around so much that it locks up a lot while scrambling. After 2-3 untimed solves to get the hang of it I have timed like 8-9 solves and I'm on my way to my 1st Ao12. Up to now, best Ao5 is:

Generated By csTimer on 2016-7-18
avg of 5: 1:59.29

Time List:
1:50.41, 2:08.28, (2:54.97), (1:46.74), 1:59.16

The 2:54 was a solve where I would insist on inserting the corners in the wrong orientation all the time to end up spoiling part of S2L during LL. The sub-2min are all quite easy LL (2-3 Niklas followed by just orienting 2-3 corners). When I have to orient 4-5 corners it ends up being a 2:30 or worse.

 

[CLL Smooth]

I received my SS Kilominx. I also had to loosen up a bit 2 or 3 centers and after that it turns fine but it's a pain to scramble with Mega scrambles as it moves around so much that it locks up a lot while scrambling. After 2-3 untimed solves to get the hang of it I have timed like 8-9 solves and I'm on my way to my 1st Ao12. Up to now, best Ao5 is:

Generated By csTimer on 2016-7-18
avg of 5: 1:59.29

Time List:
1:50.41, 2:08.28, (2:54.97), (1:46.74), 1:59.16

The 2:54 was a solve where I would insist on inserting the corners in the wrong orientation all the time to end up spoiling part of S2L during LL. The sub-2min are all quite easy LL (2-3 Niklas followed by just orienting 2-3 corners). When I have to orient 4-5 corners it ends up being a 2:30 or worse.

You should learn OCLL. That should help you out quite a bit. On a lot of cases I just use Sune combinations. Then you can use J/T/E perm to finish.

 

[mafergut]

You should learn OCLL. That should help you out quite a bit. On a lot of cases I just use Sune combinations. Then you can use J/T/E perm to finish.

I will have to take a look at that because with current method at times LL is half the solve of this little kilominx
By the way, PB single 1:29.92, but PB Ao12 is 2:08.08 and I still get sup 2:30.xx when LL is bad.
I also have problems at times to identify the corner orientation

 

[earth2dan]

All this talk about the SS Kilominx, I just had to go and order one

Now, here's a question for anyone else here who's amassing a sizable collection of puzzles. How and where do you store them all? I keep a dozen or so of my most used puzzles on each of my desks (one desk at home, one at the office). Then I have a shelf above my desk at home where I keep all the rest, but it's getting pretty full. It's also a pain to dig out a puzzle that's been buried because my puzzle shelf is 4-5 puzzles deep and stacked 5 or more puzzles high. It's mostly organized by brand/type, but puzzles like pyraminx just end up wherever they fit because I can't really stack them.

Also, do you guys keep the boxes? I don't, I usually take the puzzle out and toss the box.

 

[Jason Green]

So far I keep the boxes but I don't have a huge amount yet.

 

[newtonbase]

I pile my cubes up on a chest of drawers in the cellar but keep whatever I've been using recently on top of the piano in the lounge. My wife complains that they are taking over the house but the piano is hers and she never plays it so I prefer to ignore her.
Boxes go in the bin. I used to keep them but then couldn't remember why.

 

[muchacho]

In a drawer, most in their boxes (the drawer is full of other things that could scratch the stickers).

 

[Chree]

In a series of shoeboxes in my closet.

@mafergut Here are the PLLs I'm using on Kilominx so far. All 2 gen and pretty easy to memorize/execute. And if you don't like U2', you can mirror it pretty easy and turn everything into just U2 instead. Thanks to Walker Welch for the last one:

J-perm Case:
Alg: R2 U2' R2' U' R2 U2' R2'
Description: This is an EP alg from Megaminx.

T-Perm Case:
R2 U2' R2' U' (R2 U R2' U') R2 U2' R2'
Description: This is the "double" version of the above alg.

E-perm Case:
(R U2 R' U' R U' R) U' (R' U2 R U2 R' U R)
Description: Antisune, U', weird sune-like finish. Walker Welch found this on the Mega PLL site. I might prefer the inverse: (R' U' R U2' R' U2' R) U (R' U R' U R U2' R'). Mirror and mirror inverse are all also not bad.


Obv you could just continue to use normal PLLs, but I'm finding RUF algs on Kilo to be kinda cumbersome.

@CLL Smooth pointed out this OLL to me today as well. Pretty embarrassed I didn't figure it out, myself: F (R U R' U') F

 

[mark49152]

I keep my cubes in plastic crates. I used to flatten the boxes but now I have put the cubes back in them, for the main reason that I accumulated so many cubes I couldn't tell them apart, especially the 3x3s. It took a while to match up all the cubes and boxes.

 

[mafergut]

I keep all the boxes for now and have them all in a couple of drawers but I just have like 40-50. If numbers eventually start getting into the hundreds I will have to think about different options. I like to keep them in the boxes when possible to protect them a little bit better. I would hate to have them on shelves getting all dusty.

@Chree, thanks for the algs. I will try to use them but I will have to think of a good strategy to orient corners as well.