mark49152
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Nice job @newtonbase , you're getting closer!
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Jason Green
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Since I was a winner in JR Cubers 200k subscriber drawing, I think I'll get a decent 5x5. Is Wushuang M one of the best? Ideas?
h2f
Premium Member
I got it. I mean I got Wushuang (notM) and I put magnets yesterday. It moves nice but I cant compare it to other cubes like Yuxin because I dont have any.
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One Wheel
Member
Ostensibly. I prefer the Yuxin. There seems to be more of a gap between the pieces or rounding on the tiles on the Yuxin, which makes it easier to accidentally move the wrong number of layers on the Wushuang.
openseas
Member
Me, too. Yuxin is smoother than Wushuang (based on 1:1 comparison). With magnets, much better cube, at least based on feedbacks from more than ten top cubers (like Nahm, etc...)
SpartanSailor
Member
Got my first successful blind solve! I was usin OP/OP and even got it in video!! Remembered my memo Long enuff to copy it down along with the scramble.
Pretty stoked.
Pretty stoked.
Grats man!
SpartanSailor
Member
Thanks. I’m super glad I filmed it.... pretty cool to watch too.
SpartanSailor
Member
I don’t even know who made my 5x5. Probably MoYu?? I haven’t played much with my 5,6,7 sided cubes in awhile.
newtonbase
Premium Member
Congratulations. My first blind success is one of my top cubing moments. What was the time?
h2f
Premium Member
Congrats.
mark49152
Premium Member
Congrats @SpartanSailor .
SpartanSailor
Member
Just under 8 minutes. About 5 for memo and 3 to execute.
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JohnnyReggae
Member
I've been offline for a couple weeks. Went to visit the in-laws up the coast and the kids spent a lot of time fishing, and when we got back the wife had a very long list of stuff to do around the house. Haven't had much time for cubing but I did try throw in some practice here and there.
I did manage a few things though. I finally magnetised my QiYi WuHua 6x6 and what a difference that made. Not only breaking all my PB's with it, it also made me want to practice 6x6 more. It really does make a difference using a good cube. I spent a fair time doing 4, 5, and 6 while at the in-laws, and since being home I've only done 3 and 4.
My mini Valk arrived so I put magnets in it as well. Much better with magnets, but it really is just a novelty cube. My mini 50mm cubing classroom on the other hand is IMO a legit cube that you can speed solve on and I've gotten some really good times with it.
My stickerless QiYi WuShuang also arrived and it also got magnetised. At the moment I'm using it over my magnetised Moyu Bochuang.
Then last night when I was half asleep after a long day working in the sun having had a double shot of whiskey and a rather large glass of wine I decided to do a few 3x3 solves and as luck would have it I had my 2nd ever sub-10 solve. I really did have luck on my side with a last layer skip, my 3rd so far.
9.61 L D2 L' F2 R F2 R' F2 L' U2 B2 U L2 R' D' U B' U L'
z2 // inspection
D' R B' U F2 // cross 5
U2 L U' L' // f2l1 9
R' U' R U2 R' U R // f2l2 16
U2 L' U' L U2 L' U L // f2l3 24
R U' R' //f2l4 27
U2 // auf 28 LL skip
// = 9.61 @ 2.9tps
I did manage a few things though. I finally magnetised my QiYi WuHua 6x6 and what a difference that made. Not only breaking all my PB's with it, it also made me want to practice 6x6 more. It really does make a difference using a good cube. I spent a fair time doing 4, 5, and 6 while at the in-laws, and since being home I've only done 3 and 4.
My mini Valk arrived so I put magnets in it as well. Much better with magnets, but it really is just a novelty cube. My mini 50mm cubing classroom on the other hand is IMO a legit cube that you can speed solve on and I've gotten some really good times with it.
My stickerless QiYi WuShuang also arrived and it also got magnetised. At the moment I'm using it over my magnetised Moyu Bochuang.
Then last night when I was half asleep after a long day working in the sun having had a double shot of whiskey and a rather large glass of wine I decided to do a few 3x3 solves and as luck would have it I had my 2nd ever sub-10 solve. I really did have luck on my side with a last layer skip, my 3rd so far.
9.61 L D2 L' F2 R F2 R' F2 L' U2 B2 U L2 R' D' U B' U L'
z2 // inspection
D' R B' U F2 // cross 5
U2 L U' L' // f2l1 9
R' U' R U2 R' U R // f2l2 16
U2 L' U' L U2 L' U L // f2l3 24
R U' R' //f2l4 27
U2 // auf 28 LL skip
// = 9.61 @ 2.9tps
You could totally pass this off as a ZZ solve and no one would know…Then last night when I was half asleep after a long day working in the sun having had a double shot of whiskey and a rather large glass of wine I decided to do a few 3x3 solves and as luck would have it I had my 2nd ever sub-10 solve. I really did have luck on my side with a last layer skip, my 3rd so far.
9.61 L D2 L' F2 R F2 R' F2 L' U2 B2 U L2 R' D' U B' U L'
z2 // inspection
D' R B' U F2 // cross 5
U2 L U' L' // f2l1 9
R' U' R U2 R' U R // f2l2 16
U2 L' U' L U2 L' U L // f2l3 24
R U' R' //f2l4 27
U2 // auf 28 LL skip
// = 9.61 @ 2.9tps
pglewis
Member
Congrats @SpartanSailor, it's definitely a great feeling. Maybe I can vicariously use your victory to nudge me back into practicing; I still haven't done a full blind solve since my comp in Sept.
For me, 3x3 spamming with an OLL focus continues with the timer mostly off. I can confidently say I've completely ditched my 2-look OLL habits at this point. Recognition continues to slowly but steadily improve which should lead to a less chaotic time distribution. The Ls, small lightning, and awkwards continue to fight me but they'll get there.
An odd thing of note: I was doing a bunch of mindless solves while watching Netflix last night and on THREE different solves I unconsciously started on yellow cross. I'm reasonably dual-neutral, it's not completely weird to do a few on yellow here and there, but only if I frown after checking white first.
For me, 3x3 spamming with an OLL focus continues with the timer mostly off. I can confidently say I've completely ditched my 2-look OLL habits at this point. Recognition continues to slowly but steadily improve which should lead to a less chaotic time distribution. The Ls, small lightning, and awkwards continue to fight me but they'll get there.
An odd thing of note: I was doing a bunch of mindless solves while watching Netflix last night and on THREE different solves I unconsciously started on yellow cross. I'm reasonably dual-neutral, it's not completely weird to do a few on yellow here and there, but only if I frown after checking white first.
pglewis
Member
Also, faster than my official blind solve... though in my defense I had to track down a memo error that led to coming up with odd edges and even corners.
SpartanSailor
Member
I had even edges/corners and came up with a slick memo pretty easily. I’m not sure I could do it with the pressure of a comp, but I hope to find out this year sometime.
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SpartanSailor
Member
I used to be better at yellow, but have sort of trended to white only most of the time. I’ve also been stuck at the high 20s forever. I may need to figure out different or more specific/focused ways to practice.
Definitely good to be flexible with cross selection... I see good cross solutions on non-white a decent amount of the time, but would struggle with F2L recognition if using non-white/yellow. But when I do yellow, my brain just pairs the edges with the white corner piece anyway... so.... I’ll never be so fast that it really matters for me.
pglewis
Member
It helped a lot that I had been to a couple comps before even tackling blind, I was reasonably well-prepped and it still took everything I had to keep my focus and fight the adrenaline.
The biggest task at this point for both you and I for a long time is amassing an image pair list for memo. Sometimes I can conjure good images on the fly but sometimes it takes a while and there are well over 500 valid combinations to cover. If I had ready-to-go images for every letter pair that comes up then I don't have to pause and think between every pair and memo goes oh so fast. That doesn't happen overnight so I think it's good to get a jump on it.
And then of course there's badgering you about M2
. I'll wager you'd have it down in two days and besides the other benefits already given, as soon as you're comfortable with basic M2 you can start picking up improved techniques with it, piecemeal. When I started M2 I hated I/S targets; with just one neat advanced M2 trick that solves 2 edges at the same time I seek them out when breaking cycles now.
