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[ottozing]

what is the exact difference between the older early production guhong v1s (the ones that had black screws) and the newer guhong v1s? is their a difference in plastic? if so, what type of plastic was used?

im trying to track one down on ebay or craigslist or something.

BUMP

 

[Yuxuibbs]

BUMP

For me it turns much better and smoother. From what I've heard the plastic is softer. I'm not selling mine unless I'm crazy if I don't accept the offer.

 

[iCube4fun]

Thank you! Cheap and free shipping, perfect!
Have you ordered from there?(the cubicle.us.com)
Is it a reliable place if I don't have paypal?

 

[Hunter]

Stickerless Dayan Question

I find it hard for me to tell apart white and yellow during a speed solve, so all my cubes have the yellow replaced with black.

Would there be any way to easily change the yellow to black on the stickerless Zhanchi/GuHong? Some sort of dye or paint without affecting the pieces?

Also, I really like the look of the stickerless cubes, and could I some how tint the plastic on my normal Zhanchi so the blue side has a slight hue of blue along with the bright blue stickers?

( http://www.ritdye.com/ )

 

[PandaCuber]

Stickerless Dayan Question

I find it hard for me to tell apart white and yellow during a speed solve, so all my cubes have the yellow replaced with black.

Would there be any way to easily change the yellow to black on the stickerless Zhanchi/GuHong? Some sort of dye or paint without affecting the pieces?

Also, I really like the look of the stickerless cubes, and could I some how tint the plastic on my normal Zhanchi so the blue side has a slight hue of blue along with the bright blue stickers?

( http://www.ritdye.com/ )

I guess you could get a dayan stickerless. Take out the white pieces(because you can separate a corner in 3 different pieces) and replace those from a normal black dayan cube that you dont use anymore, but without the stickers.

 

[Solve]

Is there a tutorial to help you orient corners at the beginning of a solve? Similar to EO tutorials for ZZ method.

 

[mDiPalma]

Is there a tutorial to help you orient corners at the beginning of a solve? Similar to EO tutorials for ZZ method.

http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/2x2_guimond.html

see the first part of that tutorial

 

[maxyso]

Thank you! Cheap and free shipping, perfect!
Have you ordered from there?(the cubicle.us.com)
Is it a reliable place if I don't have paypal?

yes! ive been ordering there since they were less popular. they have good shipping and processing and costumer service is fast too. the only time i had slow processing is when you order their custom mods because they make them on order. other wise almost perfect and its thecubicle.us not .com

also a question of my own, why do people not recommend they x cube 4 often. why are the main cons beside price?

 

[unirox13]

also a question of my own, why do people not recommend they x cube 4 often. why are the main cons beside price?

It's tiny, people with larger hands had a tough time controlling it. If and when it does pop, it EXPLODES! pieces pretty much everywhere and from every part of the cube. I personally liked it because of the size. I have tiny hands and I found it to be a perfect fit. Had it not been so likely to spontaneously combust I'd probably still be using it as my main.


Are there any site's that sell colored Zhanchi's in DIY kits?

 

[mdolszak]

It's tiny, people with larger hands had a tough time controlling it. If and when it does pop, it EXPLODES! pieces pretty much everywhere and from every part of the cube. I personally liked it because of the size. I have tiny hands and I found it to be a perfect fit. Had it not been so likely to spontaneously combust I'd probably still be using it as my main.


Are there any site's that sell colored Zhanchi's in DIY kits?

Lightake.com

They have free shipping to anywhere in the world, and free tracking with orders over $15.

 

[Solve]

http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/2x2_guimond.html

see the first part of that tutorial

It doesn't seem like it, but it is hard to tell because it is a two by two in the description:

Does it prohibit certain face turns like EO does?

The other thing is that when the algorithms are completed, the corner pieces aren't flipped so that the yellow and white faces are on the U and D faces. Is it supposed to be like that?

By the way, thank you so much for answering so many of my questions, I am new to this whole thing. I think I might start using ZZ too.

 

[mDiPalma]

It doesn't seem like it, but it is hard to tell because it is a two by two in the description:

Does it prohibit certain face turns like EO does?

The other thing is that when the algorithms are completed, the corner pieces aren't flipped so that the yellow and white faces are on the U and D faces. Is it supposed to be like that?

By the way, thank you so much for answering so many of my questions, I am new to this whole thing. I think I might start using ZZ too.

1) yes, only [U,D,R2,L2,F2,B2], i think.
2) i don't know what you mean. if the centers are off, use [M,S,E] to get them in the right spots. if you only want the corners oriented, do steps 1 and 2 of guimond. if you want the corners oriented and on the right layers (yellow on U and white on D, for example), do steps 1, 2, and 3. if you want all the corners solved with respect to each other, i advise using the cll method instead of guimond.
3) i'm not entirely certain that zz requires that corners be oriented first.

 

[SpacePanda15]

Do cubes received from amazon come lubricated?

Specifically the Shengshou 6x6. I'm already getting a mini-QJ 3x3 from there(to make a lego cube), and was wondering if i could also get a Shengshou 6x6 aswell.

 

[Michael Womack]

Do cubes received from amazon come lubricated?

Specifically the Shengshou 6x6. I'm already getting a mini-QJ 3x3 from there(to make a lego cube), and was wondering if i could also get a Shengshou 6x6 aswell.

Mostly not just depending in the brand and seller of the puzzle only 2 out of 8 puzzle I got from amazon came prelubed

 

[Solve]

Oh yeah, I know that, I was just wondering about CO.

to get them in the right spots. if you only want the corners oriented, do steps 1 and 2 of guimond. if you want the corners oriented and on the right layers (yellow on U and white on D, for example), do steps 1, 2, and 3. if you want all the corners solved with respect to each other, i advise using the cll method instead of guimond.[/COLOR]

It was my impression that guimond could be used on a three by three as a corners first method, and that the first three steps would orient, but not permute the corners. Something like this:

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except with white and yellow being the equivalent color. However, that's not what I'm getting. I was just wondering whether I was doing it wrong, or whether that I had the wrong idea about what guimond did. (My guess is the former.)

 

[mDiPalma]

Oh yeah, I know that, I was just wondering about CO.

here's a guimond example: B2 L' R B2 D U2 L' R2 D U R' F' U B' F' R' B' D' L D2

z' y2 B2 (step 1, put three oriented white/yellow on the bottom, have the Down-Back-Left corner be misoriented)
U' F2 R2 U' R' (step 2, perform one of the algs at http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/2x2_guimond.html)
x S (make it pretty, aligning centers and whatnot)

and you should have all corners oriented with respect to U and D

 

[Solve]

Okay, then I just was confused. I'll try it again.

 

[Cubetastic]

Zee or Zed?

 

[uberCuber]

Zee or Zed?

Yes

 

[Ninja Storm]

Zee or Zed?

US or the world?