Reprobate
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I haven't tried Yau, but the reduction method is easy to learn if you know F2L...I learned from Lancetheblueknight's youtube videos: 4x4 tutorial
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I am considering buying some non-cube puzzles and was wondering what are considered the best/good brands and perhaps an estimate price of each of the these:
Pyraminx
megaminx
square-1
(recommendations of other puzzles?)
I was also thinking about magic/master magic or whatever but it seems like it is always "scrambled" the same way in some of the videos of seen, is this true? If so, seems kind of pointless, less of a puzzle and more like how fast can you fold and unfold a fancy piece of paper...
Pyraminx
megaminx
square-1
(recommendations of other puzzles?)
I was also thinking about magic/master magic or whatever but it seems like it is always "scrambled" the same way in some of the videos of seen, is this true? If so, seems kind of pointless, less of a puzzle and more like how fast can you fold and unfold a fancy piece of paper...
Jaycee
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Where can I find a 5x5 freeslice pairing tutorial in ENGLISH? I've found 5 in Spanish or German or something else. D:
JianhanC
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Experiment with it, it's impossible to tell this way. When it's too loose, tighten every side half a turn and try again. Trial and error. And for me when I'm solving a tight cube I think of it as breaking it in, so you can do that too.
Pyraminx: Mefferts tiled are said to be the best, I think they're around $15 iirc.
Megaminx: Mefferts are also considered to be the best, $28 for that one, but MF8s can be really good and they cost $11.
Square-1: MF8 Square-1s are considered the best, Cubetwist is an alternative but I don't hear much about it. MF8 costs about $10 on average maybe. Note that there are several types/plastic colours. Yes, Magic and Master Magic are all about linking the rings together as fast as possible.
JianhanC
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RobH0629 has some tutorials on that, and Chris Bird has some pretty good tips too. Sorry for double posting.
Reprobate
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Crazybadcuber did one as well...it's unlisted so you need to get to the advanced edge pairing from tutorial home: 5x5 tutorial
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I'm planning to resticker my F2 for my OH cube. Should I get stickers, Smooth tiles, or textured tiles?
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Jaycee
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Did I just break my Pyraminx?
cubernya
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Did I just break my Pyraminx?
Just pop it back on?
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emolover
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No just superglue it back on.
Jaycee
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If that worked I wouldn't have asked
*scoffs* off to find some superglue.
Yuxuibbs
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Did I just break my Pyraminx?
No, you just discovered how to tension your pyraminx when it's too loose.
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Jaycee
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But the tip won't go back on D: It looks like the plastic has been broken completely
cubernya
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Take a picture just the tip...it should literally just pop back on
Jaycee
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Yeah. It's broken. I popped off another tip just to check it out and now I can see some of the plastic is just plain broken off.
Jaycee
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Wait, nevermind. I just took a nail file (the closest thing I could find) and used it to bend the messed up plastic back into place. There's still some missing but it popped back on. Now there's another problem. Before this, I disassembled most of the Pyra, and now I need to screw that tip's set of center pieces back on. But I can't pry the tip back off to make the screw available. xD
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Why can you never only turn a center by exactly 90 degrees?
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For the same reason you cannot have one edge unoriented.
EDIT: Actually, you can! It requires that you take apart the cube though.
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