Random Cubing Discussion

[JustAnotherGenericCuber]

Noah Arthurs is signed up to go to WCCT Cupertino, his first comp since October 2016

 

[asacuber]

lol

 

[joshsailscga]

This will have been overlooked due to the 1:47, but congrats to Christopher Yen for joining the short short list of cubers who have beaten Faz in 3x3 finals, at WCCT-Fresno.

EDIT: Unrelated, Max Hilliard missed WR 3BLD mean by .01 at Mental Breakdown as well.

 

[Trexrush1]

I just got the X-Man wingy skewb and now every other skewb feels very pillowed. I cant shake off the feeling either. Its kind of annoying and very weird to solve on non-concave skewbs now.

 

[Daniel Lin]

Just found out today that f2 R D R' f2 R D' R D R2 is just the mirror of the inverse of r2' F r U' r U2' R' F R U2'. I thought they were separate algs xd

Also, rewriting T-perm + twist gives J-perm :O
r U' r U2' R' F R U2' r2' F
r U' R U2' r' F r U2' R'r' F

Mind blown

 

[purplecuber]

I just got my x-man skewb and I love it! anyone have lube tipe for it?

 

[cubeshepherd]

I just got my x-man skewb and I love it! anyone have lube tipe for it?

Based off of what I have experienced I would say to use a thicker lube, since (for me at least) if I use a runnier lube like the DNM-37 it seem to disipate really fast, and I find that I have to relube it every 25-45 solves. But if I use a thicker lube like the SCS galaxy/Traxxas 50k then that lasts much longer, and I do not have to lube my Wingy Skewb as often as I do with the DNM-37.

 

[1001010101001]

Should I put Gans lube or lubicle silk in a 354?

 

[Trexrush1]

I just got my x-man skewb and I love it! anyone have lube tipe for it?

I use Silk. Doesnt slow it down too much but adds a nice feeling as well

 

[auienrst]

Not sure if this is the best thread to ask, but:

Do you know a page like https://www.puzzlerank.com/puzzle-ratings ? The site is currently down, and Wayback Machine doesn't have that page archived

It was a list of a lot of puzzles (a lot), with difficulty ranking. There were classic twisty puzzles, crazy unicorn, eitan star, bermuda, geranium...
If anyone has made a back-up, or something equivalent, that would be great.

 

[1001010101001]

Hi

Spoiler

Well, that IS random...

 

[cubeshepherd]

Hi

Spoiler

Well, that IS random...

More like awkward, with a smidgen of random mixed in

 

[xyzzy]

Today's xkcd strip mentions magnetic Rubik's cubes in the title text. "Actually really cool" indeed!

 

[CLL Smooth]

It’s been at least 10000 solves since my last sub-10
Edit: I got that sub-10 last week

 

[joshsailscga]

So...I know this is mathematically possible but I've never actually seen it happen...
Ao12 is better than ao5 or mo3.

 

[AbsoRuud]

My times go up and down. One time I had such a bad patch, my Ao200 < Ao100 < Ao50 < Ao25 < Ao12 < Ao5.

So yeah. It happens.

 

[joshsailscga]

3-way podium tie. Has this ever happened before?

http://cubecomps.com/live.php?cid=3779&cat=3&rnd=3

 

[Daniel Lin]

What's the name of this puzzle (if it exists) ?

 

[Thom S.]

What's the name of this puzzle (if it exists) ?

View attachment 9808

This looks like a 3x3 fishered on 3 Axes, which would be an Axis Cube

 

[willtri4]

Looks like it would function like a Redi cube with centers