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[TheNextFeliks]

What should the ideal LL splits be for someone aiming to be sub-15?

Total: 1.875-7.5-2.8125-2.8125
Or for ease: 2-7.5-2.75-2.75

 

[Yuxuibbs]

What should the ideal LL splits be for someone aiming to be sub-15?

for CFOP according to this it should be 1.8 for cross, 7.5 for F2L, 2.475 for OLL, and 3.225 for PLL or 9.3 for F2L + cross and 5.7 for LL

obviously for sub 15, you need to be slightly faster for all of those times listed.

 

[XANAFIED]

Does anybody else's Fangshi Shuang Ren feel kind of gummy and stringy? Mine is unlubed and not really tensioned to perfection yet, but I'm getting more lube this week and plan to make it as perfect as possible. I just want to know if it gets 'better' after being lubed.

Traxxas Differential Oil, 50kg weight is the lube I will be using. If you had a bad experience with this kind of lube and would like to recommend a different kind, please do.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Does anybody else's Fangshi Shuang Ren feel kind of gummy and stringy? Mine is unlubed and not really tensioned to perfection yet, but I'm getting more lube this week and plan to make it as perfect as possible. I just want to know if it gets 'better' after being lubed.

Traxxas Differential Oil, 50kg weight is the lube I will be using. If you had a bad experience with this kind of lube and would like to recommend a different kind, please do.

From what I've heard, you should only use that kind of lube on the core, not on the internal surfaces of the pieces or it will become too gummy. Some maru on the pieces is fine.

 

[SweetSolver]

What are the best algs for PBL in Ortega?

 

[TDM]

What are the best algs for PBL in Ortega?

Adjacent/Solved: T perm
Diagonal/Solved: R U' R' U' F2 U' R U R' D R2
A/A: R2' U' R2 [U2' y] R2 U' R2' - I usually execute the middle bit as U' D', all with my left hand.
A/O: This one I'm not really sure about; I use R U' L D2' L' U R, but others use R U' L U2 R' U (R' or L'). But I don't like any of these.
O/O: R2' F2 R2

 

[Username]

Adjacent/Solved: T perm
Diagonal/Solved: R U' R' U' F2 U' R U R' D R2
A/A: R2' U' R2 [U2' y] R2 U' R2' - I usually execute the middle bit as U' D', all with my left hand.
A/O: This one I'm not really sure about; I use R U' L D2' L' U R, but others use R U' L U2 R' U (R' or L'). But I don't like any of these.
O/O: R2' F2 R2

Adjacent/Solved: J-perm (if you can execute it correctly, it's insane)
Opposite/Solved: R U' R' U' F2 U' R U R' D R2
Solved/Opposite: R U' R' U' F2 U' R U R' D F2 R2
Adj/Adj: R2 U' R2' U2' F2 U' R2
Adj/Opp: R' U R' F2 R F' R
Opp/Opp: R2' F2 R2

 

[cube100]

Thank you I didn't know about this

 

[Yuxuibbs]

What are the best algs for PBL in Ortega?

I use:
adjacent swap: J perm that starts with R U R' F'
diagonal swap: standard Y perm (not the best, I think R U' R' U' F2 U' R U R' D R2 is better)
adjacent top adjacent bottom: pieces that need to be switched all on the back (so solved are on front) R2 U' B2 U2' R2' U' R2
adjacent top diagonal bottom: solved block on front R U' R F2' R' U R' (F2' is executed more like x' D2')
diagonal top diagonal bottom: R2 B2 R2'

 

[Michael Womack]

What are the best algs for PBL in Ortega?

http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/PBL there are some good ones for you to pick from.

 

[maxyso]

I haven't really done cubing since Dayan released the next cube after the Zhanchi. I see so many new cubes. Can someone tell me the really good 3x3s that have come since. That would awesome.

 

[Yuxuibbs]

I haven't really done cubing since Dayan released the next cube after the Zhanchi. I see so many new cubes. Can someone tell me the really good 3x3s that have come since. That would awesome.

Fangshi Shuangren, Moyu Huanying, and Moyu Weilong.
Don't really like the huanying but weilong and shuangren are really good.

 

[rj]

Fangshi Shuangren, Moyu Huanying, and Moyu Weilong.
Don't really like the huanying but weilong and shuangren are really good.

Huanying is fine, but LOUD! Weilong is better than Shuanreng at turning, ccing, and antipopping.

Zhanchi is still good enough.

 

[aceofspades98]

I haven't really done cubing since Dayan released the next cube after the Zhanchi. I see so many new cubes. Can someone tell me the really good 3x3s that have come since. That would awesome.

Also aurora

 

[slinky773]

What are the time barriers for 2x2 and 4x4?

 

[Michael Womack]

What are the time barriers for 2x2 and 4x4?

It really depends on the Method and what cube you useing.

 

[slinky773]

OK, let's say a witeden v1 for 2x2 and… I dunno, shengchou 4x4 v5. (hypothetical)

oh, and for methods lets say ortega and yau.

 

[TheOneOnTheLeft]

On Yoshinator's yau video he says sub-minute = sub-20, sub-40 = sub-10, and I'm no expert but I'd say for 2x2 sub-3 = sub-10 and something like sub-4 or sub-5 =sub-20.

 

[windhero]

On Yoshinator's yau video he says sub-minute = sub-20, sub-40 = sub-10, and I'm no expert but I'd say for 2x2 sub-3 = sub-10 and something like sub-4 or sub-5 =sub-20.

For 2x2 I'd say averaging around 5 seconds equals something like 20 seconds on 3x3. Each 5 seconds = 1 second going down from there so 15 = 4, 10 = 3 and anything lower is a case spesific scenario.

For 4x4 the 1minute barrier can definitely be seen as the 20second barrier. Sub 50 = Sub 15 or such.

 

[Wassili]

I'm sub-14 on 3x3 and I average 1:07 on 4x4