The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[Cyrus C.]

If, on the last turn of a solve (while moving your hands to stop the timer simultaneously), your cube pops and you stop the timer, it's still a DNF even though it's "solved", right? [/run-on sentence]

If it pops before you stop, it's DNF.
If it pops after you stop, you probably could say it was a solve.

 

[HavoCentral]

ive asked this before but did not get a response.

how long does a maru 4x4 take to break in?

my middle layers are not smooth at all.

the corner cutting is great and took my average down by about 15 sec, but turns no where near as smooth as my eastsheen.

once broken in will it turn as good as an eastsheen.

is there a mod to make all 6 screws adjustable on the maru?

and finally is the mf8 dayan better?

 

[Lorken]

What if a solve is an R2, L2 or U2 away from being finished when you stop the time, it does not fall under the +2 conditions, what happens then?

 

[RyanReese09]

What if a solve is an R2, L2 or U2 away from being finished when you stop the time, it does not fall under the +2 conditions, what happens then?

it's a half turn metric system so an R2 L2 or U2 would be considered a +2 penalty

 

[Godmil]

well is there a Personal Best thread? if no I'll make one and I'll be happy. If yes tell me the link

You see where you've written "have no idea what to write here", people tend to put their Personal Bests in there.

 

[y3k9]

What is tensioning?

 

[HavoCentral]

What is tensioning?

tensioning is adjusting the screws in a cube or similar puzzle to either tighten it or loosen it.
to the extent of my knowledge, only puzzles with a screw spring mechanism can be tensioned.
if i am wrong someone correct me.

 

[cincyaviation]

tensioning is adjusting the screws in a cube or similar puzzle to either tighten it or loosen it.
to the extent of my knowledge, only puzzles with a screw spring mechanism can be tensioned.
if i am wrong someone correct me.

ES and mini QJ 4x4s have no springs and can be tensioned.

 

[Cyrus C.]

Isn't using Niss(sp?) in FMC illegal?



If you weren't given the scramble, but just a scrambled cube, you wouldn't be able to come to a Niss solution.

Bump.

Also, how many people have learnt MGLS, and who?

 

[StachuK1992]

Bump.

Also, how many people have learnt MGLS, and who?

Another question: does one need to lean ELS in order to 'know' MGLS, allowing that he preorients edges somehow?

 

[Innocence]

Another question: does one need to lean ELS in order to 'know' MGLS, allowing that he preorients edges somehow?

IMHO, you would "know" MGLS. ELS is pretty intuitive and easy to learn, so I think it hardly counts toward anything, really.

 

[Cyrus C.]

Another question: does one need to lean ELS in order to 'know' MGLS, allowing that he preorients edges somehow?

Well, by definition, not really. In my opinion if you were to use it with Petrus or ZZ or something, you'd still be using MGLS though. The ELS isn't as important as CLS in my opinion. Also, if you were using ZZ or Petrus you probably could do ELS intuitively.

 

[CubeCraze]

When I turn the yellow side and white side of my 52mm alpha cube, it sounds springy. It's slower than the other sides even with same tension. Is it the cube or the spring? What can I do to stop it from making the springy sound?

 

[HavoCentral]

ES and mini QJ 4x4s have no springs and can be tensioned.

yeah true, but if you barly looses=n an eastsheen it becomes two loose and will easily fall apart, dont own a QJ but without springs to push out on the centers loosing the screws would make it too loose.

When I turn the yellow side and white side of my 52mm alpha cube, it sounds springy. It's slower than the other sides even with same tension. Is it the cube or the spring? What can I do to stop it from making the springy sound?

it is most likely the end of the spring scratching along the plasing in the center cap, unless one end of the spring is wider, like some springs are, try turning the spring around, also spraying some lube, or applying lubix inside where the spring is rubbing can help. if all else fails experiment with other tensionings. or get a Lingyun

 

[That70sShowDude]

Any chance that anyone knows who has the best PLL skip to competition ratio?

I've been to 3 comps and have 3 PLL skips (2 2h, 1 1h)
My first comp didn't have a PLL skip, so the last 2 comps had 3 skips. Pretty lucky.

 

[oprah62]

I know who has the worst...
Weston gets a lot of skips I know that.

 

[EricReese]

Can you clarify a bit for us on this question? Do forced skips count? I would assume you include those who use ZBLL which isn't luck. By the way you word that question, you are only talking about people who get "lucky"

 

[cuber952]

Chester got 4 LL skips on pyraminx at Minnesota Open 2010.

 

[RCTACameron]

Would you count an avg 100 if it isn't all in one session (like, over two different days)?

 

[KboyForeverB]

Would you count an avg 100 if it isn't all in one session (like, over two different days)?

if you don't do ANY solves in between, I would