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[phreaker]

Of course, it wasn't meant seriously!

There are some who might question their sanity at such moments .

 

[Shaky Hands]

Guildford Gang...

Hope you all get there safely if you're still travelling. Will see you in the morning. Hopefully I'll get there in time for Clock although I'm determined to get a fry-up first. Enjoy some beers if you meet up tonight, or the 49152 alternative of choice.

Cheers one 'n all.

 

[mark49152]

There are some who might question their sanity at such moments .

Exactly. 8 hours round trip driving. Others would probably question my sanity too. But it's not just for the puzzles, it's the excellent company, and those guys 100% understand

 

[newtonbase]

There has been a bit of confusion at home. Mrs Base was convinced that I was doing Saturday only so family plans have been made for Sunday. This means I'll miss out on food and beers tomorrow.
I'll miss 3x3 and my skewb debut will have to wait but I still get 5 events.

 

[Logiqx]

Doh. That's a shame.

It'll be good to see you tomorrow.

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[h2f]

I must say Valk 3 is amazing for me. I did ao 100 in the evening session. It looks like I used to color shades. Usually I have over20 averages in the night sessions but now I manged to get 19.49 with nice plenty of solves and 16.95 ao5.

 

[JanW]

Good luck to you all at the competition!

I got some new cubes today. Kung Fu 2x2 and 4x4 are both great! The 4x4 turns much better than my CB C4. But I should add that I don't know anything about how to set one up, nor have I broken the CB in properly (probably <100 solves), so this is just out of the box impressions. Especially the middle layers on the Kung Fu are much easier to turn.

2x2 is much faster than my LingPo, almost a bit too fast. I might consider playing around with some tensions. Not that I'd now anything about how to set up a 2x2 either.

While playing with it, I found a very nice PBL (actually PLL) alg:
R' U R' B2 R U' R' F2 R2

(Perform with bar towards you.)

For me this was faster to execute than the T-perm almost immediately after I discovered it.

The Valk sounds like an amazing cube! Maybe I'll just have to place yet another order soon.

 

[pglewis]

Thunderclap V1: Okay, now I don't know what my main actually is lol. My main Thunderclap is the Cubicle premium version. The pictures of the Thunderclap V2 didn't look like the same design as mine, so I ordered the V1. This is not it... however, I still really like it a lot right outta the box. Pretty much the same first-turn impressions as the reviews: super fast, maybe too much, noisy/clacky. So one more cube I like for variety, but now I still need a backup main.

The Cubicle says the premium is indeed based on the V1. The two feel like entirely different cubes but I may have finally convinced myself it's the same base cube with a close inspection. The off the shelf one seems to have more rounded edges around the cube but I believe that's mostly an illusion due to the fitted stickers on the custom one. The edges look smaller and thus sharper, so my brain accepts that they are. The plastic feels different and definitely sounds different but I can probably attribute that to the lube. The premium version is nowhere near as fast but the unlubed stock one is probably a tad too fast. Solves are very enjoyable on both, so I win no matter what.

 

[newtonbase]

I bought a case for my cubes. I'm not sure why, it was a bit of a whim. At least it gave my wife a laugh when she discovered me tearing lumps of foam out of it.

 

[JanW]

Finally a PB-single that beat my old LL-skip from several months back! Improved old pb by over 1.5 seconds.

17.24 U B2 R2 D L2 R2 D U2 L' U' B' R' U L' D' L' R F2

Last layer was Anti-sune and PLL skip. I tried to reconstruct immediately, but I have absolutely no idea what I did during F2L. I remember the cross, but can't even recall which F2L pair I solved first.

Cube was a stickerless Cong's Design MeiYing, which I got today. This is also a pretty nice cube, I must say.

 

[mark49152]

I bought a case for my cubes. I'm not sure why, it was a bit of a whim. At least it gave my wife a laugh when she discovered me tearing lumps of foam out of it.

That foam's a nightmare. I bought my case on the way to North London in April and tore the foam out in the hotel room. The bits went everywhere and got charged with static so they were impossible to brush off. There were foam fragments stuck up the walls and all over the furniture. And worst of all, it got in some of my cubes!

 

[newtonbase]

That foam's a nightmare. I bought my case on the way to North London in April and tore the foam out in the hotel room. The bits went everywhere and got charged with static so they were impossible to brush off. There were foam fragments stuck up the walls and all over the furniture. And worst of all, it got in some of my cubes!

I remember you telling me. Mine has ready cut columns that are only loosely connected so you can rip them out quite neatly. I still made a bit of a mess fitting my pyraminxs and realised too late that I should have made space for my timer but it's not too bad.

 

[Logiqx]

I have a feeling that I might be suffering from case envy this weekend.

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[megagoune]

I remember you telling me. Mine has ready cut columns that are only loosely connected so you can rip them out quite neatly. I still made a bit of a mess fitting my pyraminxs and realised too late that I should have made space for my timer but it's not too bad.

Can you post a picture? I'd like to see how it turned out.

 

[pglewis]

2x2 is much faster than my LingPo, almost a bit too fast. I might consider playing around with some tensions. Not that I'd now anything about how to set up a 2x2 either.

Is that the YueHun? I just got the same one yesterday and agree on the speed... though I'm unsure if it's "too fast", or if my others would feel "too slow" after using it a bunch . As my sig shows, I'm a real tortoise on 2x2 still but it's soooooo addictive.

 

[pglewis]

Also, all you folks at the UK comp are certainly familiar with "POIDH"?

 

[JanW]

Is that the YueHun? I just got the same one yesterday and agree on the speed... though I'm unsure if it's "too fast", or if my others would feel "too slow" after using it a bunch . As my sig shows, I'm a real tortoise on 2x2 still but it's soooooo addictive.

Yes, that should be the same cube. Cube names can be very confusing sometimes... I also have a YueHun/Kung Fu 3x3, but that one is nowhere near as good as the 2x2 or 4x4.

I agree 2x2 is kind of addictive. I haven't done any timed solves with the new one yet. I'll probably try to do an Ao100 soon.

 

[newtonbase]

Can you post a picture? I'd like to see how it turned out.

I still have a bit of space so might keep my accessories there. Or start doing megaminx.

 

[h2f]

Good luck for all at competitions.

 

[Logiqx]

It's Saturday! Today is a warmup for my main events (tomorrow) and a chance to catch up with people.