Kattenvriendin from The Netherlands

[Schmidt]

Bandaged c̶u̶b̶e̶s̶ cuber.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Can I be the WR holder in solving the cube bandaged? *grin*

 

[kcl]

Can I be the WR holder in solving the cube bandaged? *grin*

Nope thats mee lol I sliced my thumb open badly and had it bandaged for like two weeks. I got a few 12s and 13s . Then I smashed it with a hammer on accident...

 

[Lchu613]

These cubing puns make me feel like I've in a room WitTwo bears and I'm Dayan of blood loss!

What do you think about modding the SS4x4?
I really don't want to have to mod it, so I'm going to try to see how it is with just breaking in

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Nope thats mee lol I sliced my thumb open badly and had it bandaged for like two weeks. I got a few 12s and 13s . Then I smashed it with a hammer on accident...

OWIIEEEEEEE!!!! You win! You win! *starts flapping hands madly just imagining that pain*

These cubing puns make me feel like I've in a room WitTwo bears and I'm Dayan of blood loss!

What do you think about modding the SS4x4?
I really don't want to have to mod it, so I'm going to try to see how it is with just breaking in

If you really want to mod the SS go for it.

Just one tip: make sure you have a spare SS around if you happen to not like it. I finished modding and didn't like the feel after the Florian mod (the one where you see the adjustments), the Konsta would have been enough (the one against the locking).

I don't know if technique has something to do with gaining an advantage. Before I used to slice just the one inner layer with my ring finger and the rest stayed stationary, now I bring two layers down and one layer up which for me is faster to do. The one finger slice would lock the SS occasionally, I haven't tried the other technique on the unmodded SS yet.

Have you HAD locks at all yet while solving?

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Woooohooohoooo new PB!

I need to put bandaids on my fingers more often lol

2:00.35 L' Rw2 R' U2 D' L2 F2 B U' B L B2 Uw' Rw R' F L2 F' U' L Rw' F2 Fw2 D' F' R' Fw' Uw D L B2 U' Rw F' B L' U R' U2 D'

 

[mark49152]

Nice! My SS must need modding. I can't even do the 3x3 stage that fast! Just locks too much.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

I would suggest starting out with ONLY the mod that does the innards (Konsta if I am correct), and then trying the cube again see how you like it. That mod isn't too critical.

 

[jayefbe]

Nice! My SS must need modding. I can't even do the 3x3 stage that fast! Just locks too much.

I personally really like the Florian mod on the SS 4x4. The outer layers just lock up way too much otherwise. I forgot what an unmodded cube felt like, and ordered another one to re-mod or experiment with. I didn't realize my modded cube was that much faster/better, especially for the 3x3 stage. I'm in the process of doing the Florian mod to the new one as well.

 

[mark49152]

I have a new one that I bought to experiment with. Will try the mods one at a time. I was putting it off to see if I'd get used to the unmodded cube, or if it would break in.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

SUB FRACKING TWO!!

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO
1:57.08 R' B2 Rw' Fw2 U F2 Rw' F Fw' R' Fw' L F Fw2 B2 R2 F R2 U' Fw2 B' D' R Uw2 D' F Fw B' U2 Rw2 U2 L U' Uw B' D L2 Fw2 U2 Rw

 

[MarcelP]

Nice!! You are getting way to fast for me Congrats!

 

[Kattenvriendin]

And you are so much faster than I am on the 3x3, amazing

Thanks!!

I was elated when I hit that spacebar *grin*

 

[mark49152]

Nice time, well done!!

Do you know any alg to flip 3 edges? I'm thinking that OLL parity occurs 50% of the time and there's always 1 or 3 edges flipped. I know the alg to flip one, but if there was another alg to flip 3 then I could have a simple OCLL in those 50% of solves which is some compensation for having to do parity.

Also what do you guys do for PLL? If I don't immediately recognise the case I do A or E perm to solve the corners, but that does sometimes mean I hvae to do an EPLL as well as fix parity. Is there a better way?

 

[Kattenvriendin]

I just flip one and continue with the solve. They should be out there though

As for PLL I am the last person to ask lol I don't even know half of them lol

 

[MarcelP]

And you are so much faster than I am on the 3x3, amazing

I have been trying to tell you all a long, that you are actually faster than me. Only thing is, I know 21/21 PLL sub 3 and know 50/57 OLL (some not so fast). If you would knew this much you would be a lot faster than me. To be honoust, I think you will be sub 25 at minimum. This 4 X 4 solving proves my threory, since there are no algs (well not a lot)it all boils down to look ahead and turn speed. You are roughly 50% faster than me on 4 X 4.

Also what do you guys do for PLL? If I don't immediately recognise the case I do A or E perm to solve the corners, but that does sometimes mean I hvae to do an EPLL as well as fix parity. Is there a better way?

I do the exact same.. LOL.. I simply can not reconize if there is a parity in last layer (OLL or PLL), so I perform any OLL/PLL that I think that 'might work'. Than I see what is left over.. LOL

 

[Kattenvriendin]

True yeah.. knowing algorithms helps a lot.

I now know the adjacent edgeswap as well, which helped get me that PB.

 

[mark49152]

Yau is great fun now I have the hang of it. Will look for a 3-edge-flipping OLL parity alg - I like the idea of hitting two birds with one stone!

 

[jayefbe]

SUB FRACKING TWO!!

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO
1:57.08 R' B2 Rw' Fw2 U F2 Rw' F Fw' R' Fw' L F Fw2 B2 R2 F R2 U' Fw2 B' D' R Uw2 D' F Fw B' U2 Rw2 U2 L U' Uw B' D L2 Fw2 U2 Rw

Super congrats!

And even more important, are you a Battlestar Gallactica fan?!?!

 

[Lchu613]

*Battlestar Galactica

What that exactly though?