Older cubers discussions

[JanW]

I looked through all my old sessions to add PBs to signature. Even charged up my old phone to find my old 3bld pb.

I remembered the pb single I got with my first complete LL skip wrong. Thought it was 17.8x, but turns out it was 18.8x. So the 19.08 I got a couple of days ago with my second ever LL skip wasn't that bad after all. I'm a bit surprised I haven't seen any faster times. I've done several sub-20 full step solves. Sub-18 with PLL skip should not be too far fetched.

 

[SenorJuan]

@teacher77:
You might try cross-on-left if cross-on-bottom isn't to your taste.
Good use of the empty slot in the second slot solve.
Third slot - as said, d2 moves I would avoid, just do R' U' R U2 R' U R....that leaves the 4th slot at BL, solved with lots of L,U moves, but it does make it hard to force the edge orientation with the sledgehammer, which I assume was intentional?

 

[mafergut]

Like 5 days in a row without barely touching a cube. I'm busy on vacation and helping my son breed some pokemon which, I don't know if you have the experience, takes a lot of time

Today I received the 2nd package for my unboxing video. Just one (and the most interesting) to go. I hope it arrives tomorrow so that I can record the video during the weekend.

 

[muchacho]

Looking great. Sorry to be ride but given the thread title, mind if I inquire how young you are?

No worries ..... 46 turning 47 next Sunday .... I was going to say that I still feel like a spring chicken, however my sore knees and back and the fact that bruises take forever to heal are tell-tale to my age creeping up on me

I still haven't said how young I am... just 4 decades here.

 

[mafergut]

I still haven't said how young I am... just 4 decades here.

I just realized that's true. You are on the younger side of this forum
Also, to @JohnnyReggae, you are quite fast to be my age!!!! Almost on par with Chris @Selkie, who is also 46... so I'm the slow 46er here? Even, I'm not becoming 47 until next year.

 

[JohnnyReggae]

you are quite fast to be my age!!!! Almost on par with Chris @Selkie, who is also 46... so I'm the slow 46er here?

Thanks ... loads of practice ... but as predicted yesterday, today I have not done as well. Perhaps I jinxed myself ... 70 timed solves with an average of 19.14, best single 14.81 ... quite a drop from yesterday ... But ... It's all good ... no practice is wasted

 

[phreaker]

Got an X-Man Galaxy megaminx, and got my 1st few full solves. Still REALLY slow, but, going through the learning process.

 

[JohnnyReggae]

Got an X-Man Galaxy megaminx, and got my 1st few full solves. Still REALLY slow, but, going through the learning process.

I would love to spend more time with Megaminx, still using a beginners method really to solve it and I end up spamming sune and anti-sune to do CO and then 1 alg and it's mirror to do EP. @Selkie is showing us how it's done lately I need to find some more tutorials on S2L.

 

[Selkie]

No worries ..... 46 turning 47 next Sunday .... I was going to say that I still feel like a spring chicken, however my sore knees and back and the fact that bruises take forever to heal are tell-tale to my age creeping up on me

Very similar age, I turn 47 in November

Like 5 days in a row without barely touching a cube. I'm busy on vacation and helping my son breed some pokemon which, I don't know if you have the experience, takes a lot of time

Today I received the 2nd package for my unboxing video. Just one (and the most interesting) to go. I hope it arrives tomorrow so that I can record the video during the weekend.

Haha we have been on leave this last week and next week too and I know only too well the lure of Pokemon. Both ours play it and we even took them to a spacial open evening at the local zoo specially held for Pokemon hunting. How sad hehe

I just realized that's true. You are on the younger side of this forum
Also, to @JohnnyReggae, you are quite fast to be my age!!!! Almost on par with Chris @Selkie, who is also 46... so I'm the slow 46er here? Even, I'm not becoming 47 until next year.

Sometimes I feel hands are now getting slower but still determined for global sub 15

I would love to spend more time with Megaminx, still using a beginners method really to solve it and I end up spamming sune and anti-sune to do CO and then 1 alg and it's mirror to do EP. @Selkie is showing us how it's done lately I need to find some more tutorials on S2L.

Megaminx is great fun but I am biased. Think I should be able to attain sub 2 overall. Dping at least an average of 12 each day

 

[h2f]

Good alg in Ortega for PBL when bar is on the bottom front and back? I've made an ao100 and finally reached sub7. I've decided to practice a little bit 2x2 before next comp.

 

[mafergut]

Good alg in Ortega for PBL when bar is on the bottom front and back? I've made an ao100 and finally reached sub7. I've decided to practice a little bit 2x2 before next comp.

Not sure what you mean by that. You mean algs for both bottom bar on front and on back (and with what CP on top then)?

 

[h2f]

Not sure what you mean by that. You mean algs for both bottom bar on front and on back (and with what CP on top then)?

I mean PBL with bar on bottom:
- with bar in bottom front;
- with bar in bottom back.

I do rotate cube to bar on top/front but it's inefficient. I remember someone posted it in this thread but I dont remeber who it was. Others PBLs are fine for me and I can deal with them.

 

[muchacho]

I use this for both bars in front:
R2 U' B2 U2 R2 U' R2

And this for both bars in back:
R2 U' R2' U2' y R2 U' R2'

I just adjust U layer before doing them (if I can get the bottom bar in front or back).

 

[h2f]

I use this for both bars in front:
R2 U' B2 U2 R2 U' R2

And this for both bars in back:
R2 U' R2' U2' y R2 U' R2'

I just adjust U layer before doing them (if I can get the bottom bar in front or back).

I use them to. But i'm looking for alg when you got only bar on bottom and on top there's diagonal swap. I should mention it.

 

[muchacho]

This for bar on back?
R U' F U2 F' U R'

 

[h2f]

This for bar on back?
R U' F U2 F' U R'

Good!

 

[muchacho]

Maybe R U R U' B2 U R' U' R' for bar on front?

 

[h2f]

Maybe R U R U' B2 U R' U' R' for bar on front?

This one is really nicer to me.

 

[mafergut]

For bar on bottom (front) with diagonal swap on top I just do L D' L F2 L' D L'

By the way, new unboxing video, even longer and dizziness inducing than the last one.

 

[Selkie]

@mafergut . Nice unboxing Miguel. Interesting that the X-Man Galaxy was not as good out of the box for you as me but I dont have the SS to compare to


Also first ever sub 2:00 Megaminx solve. 1:58.70