openseas
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It is so sad that this company has been entitled to use the name "Rubik's" while it is them to hurt the cubing community.
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It is so sad that this company has been entitled to use the name "Rubik's" while it is them to hurt the cubing community.
pglewis
Veteran
... and claiming that people having been buying Ferraris under the mistaken impression they were buying a Ford since it has 4 tires and a steering wheel.
mark49152
Premium Member
Woohoo! First sub-5 on cam.
h2f
Premium Member
Nice @mark49152. Nice memo. Nice execution.
I think I'm gonna to work on my big blindes in November.
I think I'm gonna to work on my big blindes in November.
Shaky Hands
Premium Member
Brilliant stuff @mark49152. Happy for you mate.
pglewis
Veteran
Man, that execution seems so smooooth to me.
pglewis
Veteran
I made mention in the cube's thread but I'll repeat it here: the Yuxin Little Magic is my favorite surprise of the year. Bought it on a whim, the MF3RS2 was the purchase I was more interested in on that order. I've barely touched the MF3RS2 (which is fine, if a bit tight on tensions as shipped) but haven't put down the Yuxin since I got it.
Stickerless, blue and red are a lot darker than the current trend in shades-- even darker than the Valk's shades-- it hasn't caused me any recognition issues. The plastic feels less soft than my other stickerless cubes, leading to a "crisp" feel that I really like. Very light, fast, and stable right out of the box; I haven't so much as turned a screw or lubed. At the moment I feel like it's main-worthy and my GTS2Ms have been unchallenged since I got the first one. Weak magnets might make this thing really nice.
Stickerless, blue and red are a lot darker than the current trend in shades-- even darker than the Valk's shades-- it hasn't caused me any recognition issues. The plastic feels less soft than my other stickerless cubes, leading to a "crisp" feel that I really like. Very light, fast, and stable right out of the box; I haven't so much as turned a screw or lubed. At the moment I feel like it's main-worthy and my GTS2Ms have been unchallenged since I got the first one. Weak magnets might make this thing really nice.
NewbieCuber
Regular
It's turning out that you're correct. 8 of my last 10 timed solves have been sub-1 minute. I'm also using magnetic cubes now, mainly a magnetized MF3RS, and that extra stability seems to really help my speeds. I also notice that my white cross is solving much faster. The majority of time is now spent in F2L. Even with 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL I think I can get down to sub 45 seconds if I get faster with my F2L.
NewbieCuber
Regular
I just magnetized a Little Magic last night and have been solving with it all morning. It certainly has a different feel than the MF3RS, a bit dry even after adding lube. But it's super light, even with the addition of the magnets, and is very crisp.
At first I thought it felt really cheap and toy-like, but it is starting to grow on me.
I still like the smoothness of my magnetized MF3RS but it will be interesting to see how the Little Magic compares after it's broken in with a couple hundred solves.
I also want to get a couple MF3RS2's and magnetize one of them to see how they compare to the MF3RS.
pglewis
Veteran
It seemed like those last couple seconds to sub 1 min took me forever but then things accelerated. Multiple things started coming together and paying dividends at the same time.
Most of the easy time to shave is definitely in F2L. If something is way out of whack, say cross solutions are regularly taking 12+ seconds, then definitely address that directly. Otherwise, your other stages will naturally improve from the practice even though you'll have most of the focus on improving F2L and F2L lookahead. I'd pay close attention to your transition between the stages as well, pauses like to hide there even if the stages themselves are getting faster.
From recent personal experience I'd also say keep pounding full PLL and add a few obvious and fast OLL solutions to your arsenal. Sub 20 is quite doable with a 4LLL but eventually that well does dry up. I've been at about half of OLL with a trickle being added for a good part of this year and it's a challenge to break my 2-look OLL recognition habits at my stage. My F2L hasn't developed super fast so I've had a lot of solves to develop recognition that I now need to dump. For solves involving new algs-- even if my execution is relatively quick-- I can easily end up 10-15 seconds slower due to recognition and recall. There isn't nearly as much time to gain out of your last layer vs F2L, but there's tons of time to lose there. I'm currently wishing I'd been more aggressive about learning full OLL, I could be focusing on more advanced stuff.
In a couple days of practice it passes the litmus test for me so far: it basically does what I intend, fairly effortlessly, with few surprises. I have a corner-twist concern with it but haven't actually had one happen. So far no fatal flaws have surfaced and the feel suits my current fickle and ever-changing taste. It happened to be the one in my hands when I got a mid 18 a couple days ago, aided by a PLL skip... my second fastest solve to date. I may get superstitious now.
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Lid
Veteran
Ah finally, Monday, Monday.
And my first sub15 avg12, no skips, nor any special LL algs used:
15.098, (12.198), 14.661, 15.952, 14.931, (17.753), 14.714, 14.625, 16.005, 13.541, 14.590, 15.188 = 14.931
Cube: Cubicle Valk3 M
And my first sub15 avg12, no skips, nor any special LL algs used:
15.098, (12.198), 14.661, 15.952, 14.931, (17.753), 14.714, 14.625, 16.005, 13.541, 14.590, 15.188 = 14.931
Cube: Cubicle Valk3 M
Average of 12: 14.931
1. 15.098 F2 R2 D' L2 B2 U2 L D' B R2 D2 L U2 B2 D2 B2 L U2 D2 R'
2. (12.198) F2 L B2 F2 L2 B2 L U2 F2 R B2 F R' U L2 D L' R' B2 D2
3. 14.661 L2 R2 F D2 F' R2 B2 F' R2 U2 L2 R' D' F2 U' L' F' L D2 U' B
4. 15.952 D B2 U L2 B2 U2 F2 U2 L2 B2 D R F U2 L D R2 B F2 R' U2
5. 14.931 U2 R2 F2 U L2 F2 D' U2 L2 U' F2 L' B F' R' U R' U2 L2 D U'
6. (17.753) R U' D2 B' R L2 F U B U2 R' B2 R' U2 F2 B2 U2 R' F2 B2
7. 14.714 L2 U' F' L B' R2 U B U2 F2 D2 L2 F L2 F2 U2 B2 U2
8. 14.625 L2 F2 L2 D F2 D2 B2 U L2 F2 D F' R U L2 F L D R2 U' L
9. 16.005 F' R B2 D' F L2 U2 F B2 R' F2 R B2 D2 F2 B2 R L2 F2
10. 13.541 R2 F' L2 U2 B' D2 R2 D2 R2 F D2 R U' F D L2 D2 B' L D2 R'
11. 14.590 F2 U' L2 R2 U' R2 D L2 F2 L2 U B' L F2 D R' U2 B2 U' B R2
12. 15.188 U' L2 F2 U B2 D2 F2 L2 U' R2 D2 R F' R U' B' D F2 L' R2 B2
1. 15.098 F2 R2 D' L2 B2 U2 L D' B R2 D2 L U2 B2 D2 B2 L U2 D2 R'
2. (12.198) F2 L B2 F2 L2 B2 L U2 F2 R B2 F R' U L2 D L' R' B2 D2
3. 14.661 L2 R2 F D2 F' R2 B2 F' R2 U2 L2 R' D' F2 U' L' F' L D2 U' B
4. 15.952 D B2 U L2 B2 U2 F2 U2 L2 B2 D R F U2 L D R2 B F2 R' U2
5. 14.931 U2 R2 F2 U L2 F2 D' U2 L2 U' F2 L' B F' R' U R' U2 L2 D U'
6. (17.753) R U' D2 B' R L2 F U B U2 R' B2 R' U2 F2 B2 U2 R' F2 B2
7. 14.714 L2 U' F' L B' R2 U B U2 F2 D2 L2 F L2 F2 U2 B2 U2
8. 14.625 L2 F2 L2 D F2 D2 B2 U L2 F2 D F' R U L2 F L D R2 U' L
9. 16.005 F' R B2 D' F L2 U2 F B2 R' F2 R B2 D2 F2 B2 R L2 F2
10. 13.541 R2 F' L2 U2 B' D2 R2 D2 R2 F D2 R U' F D L2 D2 B' L D2 R'
11. 14.590 F2 U' L2 R2 U' R2 D L2 F2 L2 U B' L F2 D R' U2 B2 U' B R2
12. 15.188 U' L2 F2 U B2 D2 F2 L2 U' R2 D2 R F' R U' B' D F2 L' R2 B2
NewbieCuber
Regular
>Regarding a magnetized Little Magic:
By the way, I used 4mm x 2mm N50 magnets and the Little Magic has a profound "Lock" as the layers align. It's noticeably more pronounced than my Magnetic Z cube (which is a magnetized MF3RS). So either the Magnetic Z uses less powerful magnets or the Little Magic has much thinner plastic. I like the more subtle feel of the Magnetic Z but quickly adapted to the much stronger magnetic force of the Little Magic.
By the way, I used 4mm x 2mm N50 magnets and the Little Magic has a profound "Lock" as the layers align. It's noticeably more pronounced than my Magnetic Z cube (which is a magnetized MF3RS). So either the Magnetic Z uses less powerful magnets or the Little Magic has much thinner plastic. I like the more subtle feel of the Magnetic Z but quickly adapted to the much stronger magnetic force of the Little Magic.
pglewis
Veteran
Yeah, I like the stock GTS2M but would go with weaker magnets if I magnetized one custom for myself. I'm enjoying the more even M slices on the non-magnetic Yuxin and wouldn't want to lose that too much. It's not so much the extra force for the slices per se, I can adjust to that with practice, it's just uneven when doing the M/U algs and I find it difficult to get into a clean rhythm. Weak magnets in the Little Magic might be perfect though, just enough to keep things aligned during regrips.
I definitely love that it's a cheap platform to experiment with... I may have found my top candidate for mbld cubes since I'd prefer magnets for the reassurance in blind but I'm set on shooting for a 6 cube attempt next year.
openseas
Veteran
Jason Green
Veteran
It did get the year wrong that I got serious, it says 2016 but it was actually 2015. It was an email interview so I double checked that I told him the right year.
newtonbase
Premium Member
You're famous! Older Cubers got a mention too but with zero context.It did get the year wrong that I got serious, it says 2016 but it was actually 2015. It was an email interview so I double checked that I told him the right year.
Jason Green
Veteran
There was more discussion in the interview of course but I guess editing you know.
newtonbase
Premium Member
A guy has popped up on Facebook who came 3rd in a competition in the Dominican Republic in 1982. I've invited him here. I do hope he comes. He had a newspaper clipping of the event.
pglewis
Veteran
Time to check in with my fellow new bld'ers... @Jason Green, I remember @One Wheel was picking up M2, and others I've temporarily forgotten. No news here, I'm risking letting things get a little rusty again and need to put aside some dedicated time this week to at least keep my progress. Soooo much sighted practice since I'm tinkering with multiple areas in my 3x3 solves. Gotta get my execution back up to snuff and do a few more 2 and 3 cube attempts soon.
One Wheel
Legend
I'm not sure how far I am from an actual success. I've done several writing down the memo and never done better than I think 3 edges off. I did one the other night that was a success, but only sort of. I figured out corners and edges, executed corners, and then retraced my edge memo. Then after executing my first edge target I peeked to make sure I'd used the right M-slice algorithm. Ended with a solved cube, which felt like progress, but it doesn't really count.
