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[MarcelP]

He's in the UK

Why do you think that? Look at the title of this topic

 

[sneaklyfox]

Why do you think that? Look at the title of this topic

Oops. He meant pipkiksass is in the UK. I thought pipkiksass was in the US and went to school in the UK. But 4-5 days to reach UK must be really good? Because I live in Canada and it takes that long.

 

[ThomasJE]

A QJ Pyraminx from DinoDirect.com took 9 days to reach me. I'm not sure if they do cubes anymore, but they're definitely worth a look.

Also, looking forward to seeing what this Weilong hype is all about...

 

[pipkiksass]

Nope, I'm in the UK, and my first cubicle order came in 5 days, including a US public holiday!

Can't imaging postage to Holland will take much longer, and Phil (asmallkitten) is a petty active forum member, if you DO have any problems.

 

[MarcelP]

Oops. He meant pipkiksass is in the UK. I thought pipkiksass was in the US and went to school in the UK. But 4-5 days to reach UK must be really good? Because I live in Canada and it takes that long.

Ahh that makes more sense..

Also, looking forward to seeing what this Weilong hype is all about...

Yeah, they are great You should definitely try one.

Nope, I'm in the UK, and my first cubicle order came in 5 days, including a US public holiday!

Can't imaging postage to Holland will take much longer, and Phil (asmallkitten) is a petty active forum member, if you DO have any problems.

Okay, I ordered a bunch of stickers,. We will see when it gets here.

 

[kcl]

Ahh that makes more sense..



Yeah, they are great You should definitely try one.



Okay, I ordered a bunch of stickers,. We will see when it gets here.

I'm definitely ordering from them since I gotta get me some fitted Weilong stickers

 

[sneaklyfox]

Ok this is weird... I just got a new PB Ao5 but... I got it on my 50mm Zhanchi?? I was taking it out to play with just for fun and laughs because it's so dinky small...

 

[ThomasJE]

Ok this is weird... I just got a new PB Ao5 but... I got it on my 50mm Zhanchi?? I was taking it out to play with just for fun and laughs because it's so dinky small...

Maybe it's better for fingertricks as it's smaller?

Also Marcel, how are you doing with 4x4?

 

[sneaklyfox]

Maybe it's better for fingertricks as it's smaller?

Maybe but I don't think so. To me it feels locky and icky-half-gummy-and-dry slow. I never really use it to time but keep it in my purse for going out because of the size.

 

[ThomasJE]

Maybe but I don't think so. To me it feels locky and icky-half-gummy-and-dry slow. I never really use it to time but keep it in my purse for going out because of the size.

What cube were you using immediately before? Sometimes if you use a slower turning cube or a higher order cube, it makes a sort of pseudo effect like making the cube feel faster, or the stickers appear larger.

 

[sneaklyfox]

What cube were you using immediately before? Sometimes if you use a slower turning cube or a higher order cube, it makes a sort of pseudo effect like making the cube feel faster, or the stickers appear larger.

Shuangren or Weilong I think. I forget which one.

 

[MarcelP]

Also Marcel, how are you doing with 4x4?

Not great. I still average around 3 minutes.. I just do not practice enough to gain some progress. The 5X5 however I did make some progress. I was averaging 18 minutes a while back. Now I am sub 8

 

[MarcelP]

I'm definitely ordering from them since I gotta get me some fitted Weilong stickers

Yeah, I got for Weilong, Fangshi and modded 4X4 stickers

 

[sneaklyfox]

Not great. I still average around 3 minutes.. I just do not practice enough to gain some progress. The 5X5 however I did make some progress. I was averaging 18 minutes a while back. Now I am sub 8

I think you're faster than me at 5x5. I think maybe it takes me 10 minutes to do 5x5? How many more algs do you need to memorize to do 5x5? I still have to look algs up for the end.

 

[kcl]

I think you're faster than me at 5x5. I think maybe it takes me 10 minutes to do 5x5? How many more algs do you need to memorize to do 5x5? I still have to look algs up for the end.

You can get away with only 1. But for parity I know like maybe 3.

 

[MarcelP]

I think you're faster than me at 5x5. I think maybe it takes me 10 minutes to do 5x5? How many more algs do you need to memorize to do 5x5? I still have to look algs up for the end.

The first competition where I will be doing 5x5 has a 4 minute cutt-off, so it will not be this year where I will have an official 5X5 time. I emailed the organiser to make the cutt-ff to 10 minutes. I doubt he will do that.

I only learned one alg. The r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2 to correct the tredge parity. All other cases can be done with 4X4 algs.

Yeah, I got for Weilong, Fangshi and modded 4X4 stickers

I already got an email saying it is shipped with a tracjing number.. Pretty amazing (for a sunday)

 

[YddEd]

You can get away with only 1. But for parity I know like maybe 3.

Can you tell me the (one) alg? I just got a SS 5x5.
btw this SS 5x5 is just as horrible as my SS 4x4 v5. Edges going on top of each other, centres twisting in place, centres going on top of edges...

 

[MarcelP]

Can you tell me the (one) alg? I just got a SS 5x5.
btw this SS 5x5 is just as horrible as my SS 4x4 v5. Edges going on top of each other, centres twisting in place, centres going on top of edges...

Really? My 4X4's and 5X5 from ShengShou are all flawless.. The one alg is: r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2

 

[ThomasJE]

The first competition where I will be doing 5x5 has a 4 minute cutt-off, so it will not be this year where I will have an official 5X5 time. I emailed the organiser to make the cutt-ff to 10 minutes. I doubt he will do that.

Is that soft or hard cut-off? If it's soft, then you can get an official single; just not an official average.

I only learned one alg. The r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2 to correct the tredge parity. All other cases can be done with 4X4 algs.

I thought you needed more for different edge cases.

 

[YddEd]

Really? My 4X4's and 5X5 from ShengShou are all flawless.. The one alg is: r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2

How did you tension your 5x5?