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[~Phoenix Death~]

I just got a QJ 4x4. It locks up very much. It also pops frequently. First time a center piece fell off with a couple of other pieces, and i managed to fix it, but it has happened again, and i don't know how to place the center piece back.

Also, how can i stop the locking up and popping. I was told that QJ is a very decent cube.

How does a center FALL OFF? It's hooked onto the core. That's something I gotta see

From what I see, you're prolly handling the QJ too rough. Be kind to it, and it shall reward you. And break it in(do a lot of solves to loosen it up) alogn with lubing it if you want to bring it to its full potential.

I did a few solves with it, and it is much better. I haven't had a pop since, so hopefully it will stay that way.

Good

Why is Rama known to wear a tux?

 

[Sa967St]

What is niklas sune cll alg and for which case is it?

niklas + sune? R U' L' U R' U L U L' U L
it's this pi case:

another way of doing that case is antiniklas + antisune (y2 L' U R U' L U' R' U' R U' R')

 

[cmhardw]

What is niklas sune cll alg and for which case is it?

niklas + sune? R U' L' U R' U L U L' U L
it's this pi case:

another way of doing that case is antiniklas + antisune (y2 L' U R U' L U' R' U' R U' R')

Sarah, that's interesting I never thought to do that alg like that. I use the same alg, but I do the FB reflection:
R' U L U' R U' L' U' L U' L'

I've only tried your alg a few times, but I can't see how to work the triggers to make it really fast. Try the FB reflection and see what you think. I'll try your way and see if I can make it faster than my alg, but I like my alg for this case quite a bit.

Chris

 

[Sa967St]

niklas + sune? R U' L' U R' U L U L' U L
it's this pi case:

another way of doing that case is antiniklas + antisune (y2 L' U R U' L U' R' U' R U' R')

Sarah, that's interesting I never thought to do that alg like that. I use the same alg, but I do the FB reflection:
R' U L U' R U' L' U' L U' L'

I've only tried your alg a few times, but I can't see how to work the triggers to make it really fast. Try the FB reflection and see what you think. I'll try your way and see if I can make it faster than my alg, because I like my alg for this case quite a bit.
Chris

I never thought about using the FB reflection. The first half is pretty nice, but the L' U' L U' L' part at the end is a little awkward for me. I actually do that case with your alg from the back side: (y2) L' U R U' L U' R' U' R U' R'.

What do you do for sune + niklas?

 

[cmhardw]

I never thought about using the FB reflection. The first half is pretty nice, but the L' U' L U' L' part at the end is a little awkward for me. I actually do that case with your alg from the back side: (y2) L' U R U' L U' R' U' R U' R'.

What do you do for sune + niklas?

That's actually, by far, the fastest part of the alg for me

Try the 180 degree rotation of your alg, basically the RL reflection of the FB reflection.

L U' R' U L' U R U R' U R

For this case we're probably doing the first part the same, or at least something close. So do what you do for:
L U' R' U L' U

Now for R U R' U R start with a standard left hand grip and do R U R' exactly as normal. Now pull the next U with your ring finger at BRU (B sticker of BRU) then do the last R by literally hitting the U sticker of URB with your index finger just enough to turn the side. The whole movement can be done in 0.85 second when I get it right, or about 5.9 moves per second.

Chris

 

[amostay2004]

Hmm..I do R U' R' F R' F R U R' F R for that CLL which is the same as Sarah's..one of my faster CLLs I'd say.

anyway, if I use a Y perm for my last corner in 4bld, the U centre will be rotated. How do I fix that?

 

[Feryll]

Hmm..I do R U' R' F R' F R U R' F R for that CLL which is the same as Sarah's..one of my faster CLLs I'd say.

anyway, if I use a Y perm for my last corner in 4bld, the U centre will be rotated. How do I fix that?

I just solve centers first, edges then corners, so it won't be messed up. Or am I not getting what you're asking?

 

[amostay2004]

Hmm..I do R U' R' F R' F R U R' F R for that CLL which is the same as Sarah's..one of my faster CLLs I'd say.

anyway, if I use a Y perm for my last corner in 4bld, the U centre will be rotated. How do I fix that?

I just solve centers first, edges then corners, so it won't be messed up. Or am I not getting what you're asking?

Yea, you got it. But I can't possibly retain my corner memo for that long so I solve corners first like I do in 3x3 bld

 

[Feryll]

Hmm..I do R U' R' F R' F R U R' F R for that CLL which is the same as Sarah's..one of my faster CLLs I'd say.

anyway, if I use a Y perm for my last corner in 4bld, the U centre will be rotated. How do I fix that?

I just solve centers first, edges then corners, so it won't be messed up. Or am I not getting what you're asking?

Yea, you got it. But I can't possibly retain my corner memo for that long so I solve corners first like I do in 3x3 bld

I would just put more effort into memorizing the corners so it would stay in your head long enough for all of the execution. But maybe that's just me. Do you do visual for corners or edges? Maybe that's why my visual corners stay with me for long enough. There is probably a decent alg out there for it. Let me look for it...

 

[riffz]

I've only tried your alg a few times, but I can't see how to work the triggers to make it really fast.

I execute it like

(R U' R' F) (R' F R U R' F R)

Only one regrip and it's one of my favourite CLLs.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Hmm..I do R U' R' F R' F R U R' F R for that CLL which is the same as Sarah's..one of my faster CLLs I'd say.

This is how I do it. The first 4 moves flow nicely, and the last 7 is one flick after another. I like this one.

 

[Senkoy]

Hi everyone! I've been lurking around here a lot and finally decided to make an account. Seems like an awesome community!

Anyway, this seems like a good place to ask any question.

I've read a lot of the first pages and i did find one of my questions, but it's old and i wonder if it the answer still hold true. It's in regards to the square 1. I'm looking to purchase one of these and I want to make sure to get a quality one. On the first page someone said that the DIY mf8 is bar none the best one. Does this still hold true? I'm not sure i can even put that thing together. Looks like it might be as hard to put together as to solve, haha. And i found this on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-layer-SUPER-S...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27b2b75ff9

It's reasonably priced and they swear it's good, but i once purchased a "speed cube" 3x3 from another seller there and it was garbage! Extremely cheap and every single turn there was a lock up. I haven't purchased another cube on ebay since, but i'm not sure where else to get it.

Also i'm looking at buying a pyraminx. These things are becoming an addiction, i see one that catches my eye and i want it, haha. I read on the wiki that the Meffert's second model is the best one. Can i buy that from someplace other than their site? They seem to be sold out of most of them. This is the only one that caught my eye.

http://sites.webec.com.hk/meffert2/index.cfm?fuseaction=detail&id=1339053&product=278

Not sure i like those florecent stickers (but i would prefer a white one though) but according to the description it seems they're coming out with a speed one. Should i wait for that? Also i've heard mixed reviews about the QJ pyraminx. Some say it's good, (and one of them also said it broke, which seems weird... maybe it broke in some way unrelated to it's quality, i dont know) others said that it becomes unscrewed. Im really looking for one that doesn't need any modifications. I'm not really into modding. At least not yet. At first I wasn't interested in speed solving and now here i am starting to learn F2L and beginning to practice doing the cross on the bottom, haha. But anyway, where is the best place to buy one? I heard cube4u but i also heard they have bad customer service so i don't know...

Well, that's it for now. Sorry for the long post! And thanks for any help.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Yes, the MF8 is the Square-1 to buy.

 

[ThatGuy]

doez people ZZ OH?

 

[miniGOINGS]

doez people ZZ OH?

Yup. ZZ is actually a pretty good method for OH. Not to bad movecount, <R, U, L> (or <R, U, D>) F2L and EO'd LL.

 

[TheCubeMaster5000]

how can someone post over 1 million posts a day?

On the home page it says top poster: masterofthebass

I'm kinda new here so humor me if this is a trivial question.

 

[miniGOINGS]

how can someone post over 1 million posts a day?

On the home page it says top poster: masterofthebass

I'm kinda new here so humor me if this is a trivial question.

I'll give you a hint: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showgroups.php

 

[RyanReese09]

hes a mod. he can do w/e he wnats

 

[miniGOINGS]

hes an admin. he can do w/e he wnats

Or that...

 

[Senkoy]

So this is the best one and place to get the square 1?

http://www.speedcubeshop.com/apps/webstore/products/show/1412670

And how about the pyraminx?