Older cubers discussions

[MarcelP]

Very similar age, I turn 47 in November

I will be 47 in December

 

[Jason Green]

I will be 47 in December

I will be 47 in September... 2021.

 

[MarcelP]

I will be 47 in September... 2021.

I feel so old... LOL

 

[muchacho]

I said I was not going to buy more cubes, but I didn't said anything about spheres... I would buy one of those, but seems a bit pricey for the "hours" I would spend playing with it.

 

[mark49152]

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

R' U R' F2 R F' R.

No cube with me to test I got that right!

Also R2 U' R2 U R2 U' R2 U R2.

 

[h2f]

R' U R' F2 R F' R.

This one is for bar top and diagonal bottom. For this I use: R' F R' F2 R U' R .

 

[Chree]

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

This does really interesting stuff on 3x3.

 

[mafergut]

I've done some solves with the 2x2 and the 4x4s and I really like the Kungfu Yuehun 2x2. I will try to do an Ao100 and compare with the Weipo but it is really nice, the more so if you take into account the price.

The 4x4s give me mixed feelings. The Kungfu Cangfeng is probably a bit too loose right now but properly set up and broken in it could be nice... if it was just 60mm instead of 62mm. I don't see me going back to bigger cubes. Size matters a lot to me, as bigger cubes mean clumsier turning. The Yuxin Blue looks like will need some work to break it in. Right now it's a bit sluggish and I have a problem with it that I'm not sure I've heard to anybody else. Just in one of the sides, if I try to do a double layer flick (like a Uw) only the inner layer moves and the outer one stays almost in place or moves just a tiny bit, causing a big misalignment of both layers. It's so strange...

I have not done any timed solves with the Galaxy yet but I'm really disappointed with the reverse corner cutting. Maybe the hype was so high that I was really expecting something spectacular and, for me, it's not any better (if not worse) than the SS Aurora.

EDIT: I just did a couple solves with the Galaxy and not only the times were terrible, I had a corner twist, something that had never happened to me with any other Megaminx.

 

[h2f]

EDIT: I just did a couple solves with the Galaxy and not only the times were terrible, I had a corner twist, something that had never happened to me with any other Megaminx.

I feel sorry to hear it because I was very pleased with Galaxy and said it's good puzzle. Tiwsts happen to me as well but it's up of my turning style because they happen on other puzzles like new Thunderclap.

 

[mafergut]

I feel sorry to hear it because I was very pleased with Galaxy and said it's good puzzle. Tiwsts happen to me as well but it's up of my turning style because they happen on other puzzles like new Thunderclap.

Don't worry about that. I'm sure the puzzle is great but I just can't make it work for me out of the box. Maybe I need to loosen it up a bit or just adapt my turning. Also being used to SS sticker shades is making my lookahead suffer. But probably, had I tried it before I wouldn't have bought it.

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[h2f]

I remeber I've loosed mine a little bit.

 

[muchacho]

I was again trying to get a sub-21 Mo100 and this time I got a DNF when I was close to get it, I make this exact mistake at least every 400 solves or so (setup M2 U2 M2 U' M2 U2 M2 U'), it's so embarrasing

Anyway, PB improved from 21.389 (from last week) to 21.221.

 

[h2f]

(setup M2 U2 M2 U' M2 U2 M2 U'),.

Just Hperm - one of the most popular PLLs due to it's so easy.

 

[muchacho]

It happens when I'm going to insert L/R edges and do it an M2 away from correct, maybe the rest of my solve is done at Alex Lau speed and that's why I can't see the mistake, maybe :rolleyes:

 

[MarcelP]

After almost no practice at all the last few weeks I squeezed in an Ao50. I had a very nice result with this full step 12.53:

alg.cubing
60 moves in 12.53 = 4.7 tps. Looking at the number of moves on my PLL I wish this was a PLL skip. Might have been a sub 10
Cube: Meiying

Spoiler: The average

Gegenereerd door csTimer op 2016-8-21
solves/totaal: 50/50

enkele
Beste: 12.53
Slechtste: 23.70

mean van 3
Actuele: 20.17 (σ = 3.08)
Beste: 15.98 (σ = 3.18)

avg of 5
Actuele: 20.25 (σ = 2.34)
Beste: 16.78 (σ = 1.53)

avg of 12
Actuele: 19.27 (σ = 1.88)
Beste: 18.27 (σ = 1.46)

avg of 50
Actuele: 18.90 (σ = 1.67)
Beste: 18.90 (σ = 1.67)

Gemiddelde: 18.90 (s = 1.67)
Mean: 18.88

 

[h2f]

@MarcelP very nice times!

 

[newtonbase]

My niece and my daughter thought it would be hilarious to scramble every puzzle they could get their hands on.

 

[Jason Green]

My niece and my daughter thought it would be hilarious to scramble every puzzle they could get their hands on. View attachment 6757

Too many things I couldn't solve there. If it happened to me is mainly just have a bunch of 3x3s.

 

[newtonbase]

Too many things I couldn't solve there. If it happened to me is mainly just have a bunch of 3x3s.

I can't solve them all either. I've never dared scramble the curvy copter or the Virust 2x2 ghost cube and there's a few like the Devil's Eyes that I'll need to look up again. They missed most of my 3x3s as they are in another room for secret 3BLD training.

 

[newtonbase]

Update: I told them that they won't be getting any ice lollies or sweets until they are all solved. My niece is working on the 3x3s and my daughter is trying to invent a method for skewb. I was lying but I like to keep them on their toes.