Older cubers discussions

[MarcelP]

I'm more curious really about your experience with colour neutrality: not so much directly about speed, but whether CN sessions have greater variance than white cross sessions, and if it's possible to ever be truly neutral. Just something I've wondered about - as the Ao50 was all cross colours, would you say the really fast solves (the sub-20's) were on a mixture of cross colours? What about the slower solves? Same question - would be interesting to know if, for example, the sup-30s were all red cross, or something like that, or if the sub-20's were all white/yellow, or a complete mixture.

Well, from the sub 20's there was only one other than white (18.95 R2 D F2 R2 L2 D' U2 B2 R2 L2 D R B L2 F D2 L2 U' R L2 B2 orange cross). But my fastest solves are 90% of the time a white or yellow cross. But I notice that low twenties are more and more occurring on other colors. Most sup 30 are CN solves. It's easy to make a mistake when not fully concentrating doing a CN solve. Single cross does not have this problem (well, not for me anyway). That being said, I had a rough set back a few weeks ago and I had many sup30 white crosses then.

I think being true CN is an option. But it takes more than a few months. Maybe years.. And even then some colors might still be dominant.

I think doing CN solves even if you are pure white solver will help your times. Just like solving with bad lightening helps your look ahead. In daylight it's much easier to do solves when you have trained in the bad lights. Same with training CN helps your white solves. How ever, if you train NO white crosses for a while, you will loose speed on white crosses as well.

 

[MarcelP]

Okay, I had to share this....

My entry for the weekly competition week 16:

3X3X3 Fewest moves : 33 // Woaaah!

Spoiler

Scramble B2 F2 D' R2 U2 B2 L2 D2 B2 U F2 R' B' D L' D2 L F' D' U'

Solution F' D U L D2 F R2 F' R' D R D R D2 R' D R R D R'D R D2 R' F D2 F'D' F D' F' D B'

F' D U L // Pseudo block 2 X 2 X 2
B' // Pre move for Pseudo fix
D2 F R2 F' // 2 x 2 x 3
R' D R // Set up 3rd pair
D R D2 R' D R // 3 and 4th pair
R D R' D R D2 R' // Sune
F D2 F' D' F D' F' D // Anti sune

 

[Username]

Okay, I had to share this....

My entry for the weekly competition week 16:

3X3X3 Fewest moves : 33 // Woaaah!

Spoiler

Scramble B2 F2 D' R2 U2 B2 L2 D2 B2 U F2 R' B' D L' D2 L F' D' U'

Solution F' D U L D2 F R2 F' R' D R D R D2 R' D R R D R'D R D2 R' F D2 F'D' F D' F' D B'

F' D U L // Pseudo block 2 X 2 X 2
B' // Pre move for Pseudo fix
D2 F R2 F' // 2 x 2 x 3
R' D R // Set up 3rd pair
D R D2 R' D R // 3 and 4th pair
R D R' D R D2 R' // Sune
F D2 F' D' F D' F' D // Anti sune

Nice! But there's an R R in the middle which could be shortened into R2, and make your solution one move shorter

 

[MarcelP]

OMG, that is the best new of today.. LOL.. Can you see what a noob I am on FMC. Makes the 32 move solve even more special. Thanks!

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Very well done Marcel!!

 

[MarcelP]

Also something I just had to share

Primairy color Zhanchi

[video=youtube_share;kPaaM6E7wOk]http://youtu.be/kPaaM6E7wOk[/video]

 

[Kattenvriendin]

*laughs* I KNEW it. Have fun with the cube alright!

 

[MarcelP]

u need to turn faster if you want to improve. ur turning it way too slow. at ur times u dont need looks ahead yet so turn faster. FASTER!!!

Well, I think you have a point there.. I have been doing fast turning all week and I am doing great. At first I could only turn fast at white crosses. Well, what do you know? It seems I can turn fast (and still look ahead) on color neutral solve too.. I had a 24.00 in Ao5 Weekly competition. And 25.79 Ao12 in race to sub 20. Here are the first 6 solves (my photo camera shuts down after filming just a few minutes.. LOL)

Spoiler

Rubik's cube
19-apr-2013 15:23:26 - 15:33:18

Mean: 25.88
Average: 25.79
Best time: 22.85
Median: 25.67
Worst time: 29.78
Standard deviation: 1.97

Best average of 5: 24.51
7-11 - 24.98 23.26 (22.85) 25.29 (25.35)

Best average of 12: 25.79
1-12 - 23.87 26.66 25.98 27.12 26.92 (29.78) 24.98 23.26 (22.85) 25.29 25.35 28.46

1. 23.87 B2 D2 L2 B2 D U2 B' R U' R' F' D B' U2 L' B' U'
2. 26.66 F U2 F R2 F' L2 B D2 U R2 U2 R U L' R U B R B2
3. 25.98 F L2 F D2 B' R2 B' D B D R2 U B2 U2 R F U' L
4. 27.12 D' L2 D L2 F2 D2 L2 D' U2 B2 F' D2 L' U' F2 L' D U B'
5. 26.92 B2 L2 U L2 R2 D L2 R2 D' B R' D' R' F D2 L D U' R D
6. 29.78 L' D2 R U2 F2 L' D2 L' U2 R' U L' R2 B' F2 U' R2 F U2 F'
7. 24.98 F' D R2 D' L D' R' U' F' L D' R2 B L2 B' D2 L2 D2 B2 D2
8. 23.26 U' D' B R L U' L' F2 L F U F U2 F L2 D2 F B2 D2
9. 22.85 L2 U2 F2 U B2 R2 U L B2 U' B L' D' L' U' R D2 F' R2
10. 25.29 L2 U R2 D' U' R2 L2 U2 R2 U' R B U B2 L D2 R2 F' U' L'
11. 25.35 B2 L2 D U2 B2 D2 B2 U' R2 B2 L2 F' U' L2 U' L' B R2 B2 R' D U'
12. 28.46 F2 D F2 L2 U' R2 L2 D' F2 U2 F2 L B' D' R D F2 L B' F' L2 U'

[video=youtube_share;IOhNt1W5dVU]http://youtu.be/IOhNt1W5dVU[/video]

 

[Schmidt]

(my photo camera shuts down after filming just a few minutes.. LOL)

Another reason to become faster

 

[Gordon]

Danm... I need a new camera which shuts down faster, or I will never be faster.

 

[MarcelP]

LOL, I might invest in a real digtal vide-camera someday..

Btw, there was a time when I could not film an Ao3 with the time being expired.. So I am improving allright..

 

[ThomasJE]

Couldn't you just use Movie Maker or something like that to stitch multiple videos together? Maybe stop and start recording every 4-5 solves to avoid running out during a solve?

 

[MarcelP]

Couldn't you just use Movie Maker or something like that to stitch multiple videos together? Maybe stop and start recording every 4-5 solves to avoid running out during a solve?

Hey Thomas! Long time no see in here

Yeah, but I don't want people to think I am
staging good solves or anything

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Avidemux does just what you need (joining vids), and it's free


(file - append - file - save - save video, and give it a name +.avi, done)

 

[ThomasJE]

Hey Thomas! Long time no see in here

Yeah, but I don't want people to think I am
staging good solves or anything

Any respectable forum member will not think that of you. We all trust you And anyway; Prisma keeps on showing the previous time until you start solving again.

And yeah; I've been lurking the forums more than anything recently.

Avidemux does just what you need (joining vids), and it's free


(file - append - file - save - save video, and give it a name +.avi, done)

Movie Maker is a lot more user friendly though; so that would be my first choice. I only use Avidemux for reconstructing solves (easier to go frame by frame).

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Moviemaker might be nice but it won't run on my system.

 

[Lchu613]

What system do you use? Linux?
The primary color is (I think) undyed plastic, could be higher quality stuff

 

[Kattenvriendin]

*nod* Mepis linux.

Primary is very smooth, it could very well be undyed indeed, mine is also fast as zoof. It is faster than my main which is VERY broken in!

 

[Lchu613]

I sometimes use Fedora LXDE

Currently my Zhanchi is about as fast as a snail and feels terrible. It was already slow, then I put some Maru in to try to get it faster. It's all gummy now...

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Ahhh how much Maru did you put in?