Older cubers discussions

[newtonbase]

Cubing causing marital issues for anyone else?

No. Marriage causes cubing issues.

@mark49152 I saw your 3BLD results and guessed you had gambled with corner comms? Best of luck tomorrow.

Good start for Oregon comp. Got pb 18.53 single and 20.13 average I think. Probably not good enough for round two but that's OK.

Well done.

 

[h2f]

@Jason Green Great! You're better than me now.

@mark49152 congrats of pbs and 4bld success.

 

[mark49152]

Thanks Mark and Grzegorz.

Nice improvement @Jason Green , best of luck tomorrow.

@mark49152 I saw your 3BLD results and guessed you had gambled with corner comms?

Fortune favours the brave eh . To be fair it was an off day and the comms weren't to blame. Second 3BLD was close, one wrong edge target and a decent time. The others were a mess. The 4BLD success was 5 mins slower than I average.

 

[newtonbase]

Fortune favours the brave eh

It's all Ollie's fault!

 

[newtonbase]

@mark49152 You did clock and so did some other unregistered competitors. Were you all press ganged?

 

[CLL Smooth]

"I got an official 2x2 pb single today."
"Yay! You're a winner Dad!"

 

[Jason Green]

"I got an official 2x2 pb single today."
"Yay! You're a winner Dad!"

Plus made it to second round in 3x3, OH, and 2x2. You did awesome!

 

[CLL Smooth]

Plus made it to second round in 3x3, OH, and 2x2. You did awesome!

I feel pretty good about all of that too. Congrats on your pbs as well. See you tomorrow.

 

[mark49152]

It's all Ollie's fault!

It's good advice and I'm glad I did it. Ultimately I want to get faster times and I guess I'll have to suck up a few failures on the way. However, I should have used OP to be safe on the last solve, to get to the next round.

@mark49152 You did clock and so did some other unregistered competitors. Were you all press ganged?

They needed 16 competitors to have 3 rounds so I volunteered. Adam taught me to solve in 2 minutes. I borrowed Andy's clock and did one practice solve. The official 1:58 was my second ever clock solve, just under the 2 minute time limit. So I learned to solve it, got an official result, then smashed my official PB in half, all in the space of 10 minutes .

 

[h2f]

It's good advice and I'm glad I did it. Ultimately I want to get faster times and I guess I'll have to suck up a few failures on the way. However, I should have used OP to be safe on the last solve, to get to the next round.

Thats the same situation I got in my last comp.

 

[mark49152]

Thats the same situation I got in my last comp.

At home I'm fairly comfortable with comms now, but I do still have to think harder during the solve. Under comp pressure that was much more difficult. I messed up easy setups/comms that I would have got right at home.

 

[newtonbase]

So I learned to solve it, got an official result, then smashed my official PB in half, all in the space of 10 minutes .

That's pretty cool.

If it's that easy maybe I should get one. I wouldn't need to waste practice time on it. What brand do people use?

 

[teacher77]

Also got a new PB today, 3x3 a5: 14.503 [(12.303), 14.609, (26.387), 16.363, 12.537]

The 12.303 was fullstep: U' R2 D2 F2 D' U2 F2 R2 U2 F2 R2 B' D' F D' L' F D' L F' R
x L F' R' Uw L R' // X

How does this work ? I don't get a cross after these moves. Maybe you meant x2 at the begining ?

 

[MarcelP]

Ok, I have had the GAN 356 Air for almost a week now and it is really a nice cube. I have had many 13's and 14's this week. The cube is very controllable causing my averages be quite good. The cube needs lube very often because the surface of the pieces are flat. Without ridges or ribbs. So there is a lot of contact. It gives it the smooth feeling. But it wears lube out very quick. I think I get my best times with this cube out all of my cubes. So I guess it is my main there fore. Having said that, I enjoy cubing the Gan 356 and Gan 356 S ( and V2) more. The Air is less forgiving. It is way more stable. But one good attribute of a cube mostly comes down with a negative point I guess. Oh and.. the Air is the most quiet cube I own.

Here an average of today:

Spoiler: times

13. 16.23 B2 U B2 U' F2 U' L2 F2 R2 B2 D' R' U' L2 F' U2 B' R2 U L'
14. 16.45 F' U' B2 D F2 R2 F2 L2 D B2 F2 U F' R B' F2 L' F2 L2 D
15. 20.05 F L B2 R D2 B D R U B U2 F L2 U2 B' L2 U2 F2 R2 U2
16. 17.17 B' L F R B2 L' U' D B U2 L2 D R2 B2 D2 R2 D B2 D
17. 15.85 B' D2 L2 B' R2 B' F2 D2 F D2 L2 U' L B' U L2 B L2 F U'
18. 18.33 L' U' L U D2 L2 B' D' F' U2 R U2 R' U2 D2 F2 D2 R D2 L2

 

[mark49152]

If it's that easy maybe I should get one. I wouldn't need to waste practice time on it. What brand do people use?

It's extremely easy to solve although obviously difficult to do it fast. No idea about brands. I don't intend to take up clock .

 

[Shaky Hands]

@newtonbase. Most people prefer the Rubik branded Clock. I have a spare.

 

[Lid]

How does this work ? I don't get a cross after these moves. Maybe you meant x2 at the begining ?

I bet you do the Uw move wrong. x L F' R' Uw L R' (click to see amimation).

@newtonbase. Most people prefer the Rubik branded Clock. I have a spare.

Both MoYu and QiYi has clocks coming, you might want to wait for those.

 

[newtonbase]

Both MoYu and QiYi has clocks coming, you might want to wait for those.

Will do. Ta.

 

[teacher77]

I bet you do the Uw move wrong. x L F' R' Uw L R' (click to see amimation).

Check your own animation : no cross.

 

[h2f]

Check your own animation : no cross.

There's cross on blue with two pairs ready to insert. I'll rearange it for you: https://alg.cubing.net/?setup=xU-_R...D-_L_F-_R&alg=x_L_F-_R-_Uw_L_R-&view=playback