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kclejeune said:
Ouch.. WeiSu is going to drop your times by a ton. Your technique is definitely good enough for sub 1:30.
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Thanks for believing in me. It looks like it'll take awhile for my cubes to arrive from Wallbuys since the Weisu isn't even in stock right now so while I'm waiting I'll see if I can get down to 1:40 on crap cube. Shouldn't be too bad, right? I haven't even done 200 solves with Yau yet. Will see what happens in another few hundred solves maybe.

MarcelP said:
I did an Ao20 with Hoya and got 2.42. I am pretty happy with that. I had a few singles faster than my offical single. I think I will stick with Hoya!
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Cool that you're going to stick with Hoya. It is good for easy starts if non-cross centers are almost done. But have you tried CN Yau? You're CN on 3x3 anyway.
 
sneaklyfox said:
Cool that you're going to stick with Hoya. It is good for easy starts if non-cross centers are almost done. But have you tried CN Yau? You're CN on 3x3 anyway.
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Well, CN on a 4 X 4 is harder because on making cross edges you will have know which color goes where. I don't think I will be fast at that ;)

Here is Hoya solve of today:
[video=youtube_share;67menZtPBtg]http://youtu.be/67menZtPBtg[/video]
 
sneaklyfox said:
I never really learned my colour scheme like some people do. In my solves, after I put my white center on the left, I'm still repeating "BOGR BOGR" in my head...
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I could never recall my colour scheme quickly enough by BOGR order, even after weeks of practice. What clicked for me was thinking of green as the "front" colour, orange as "right", etc. As soon as I tried that, I immediately became able to recall the colour scheme, even when green is not at the front.
 
Nice Hoya solve, Marcel!

kclejeune said:
I do that too hahaha.. except I do audio with GRBO. I should use both now. But something is clicking, I've gotten some sub 1 solves today!
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Haha that's funny. Yes, I use audio too. BOGR sounds like "bogger". You're right... I should think of GRBO too. I'm more familiar with what's after blue but not as good with red after green. But it's coming. I think after awhile more of saying it in my head I'll know it ok. Sub-1 solves, very nice! The faster I get on 4x4 the more agonizingly slow and locky my cube is to me.
 
sneaklyfox said:
Nice Hoya solve, Marcel!



Haha that's funny. Yes, I use audio too. BOGR sounds like "bogger". You're right... I should think of GRBO too. I'm more familiar with what's after blue but not as good with red after green. But it's coming. I think after awhile more of saying it in my head I'll know it ok. Sub-1 solves, very nice! The faster I get on 4x4 the more agonizingly slow and locky my cube is to me.
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Yep, I'm the opposite! I'm good with what's after green. It's easy since cross is always on left. My issue is that on 3x3 I just instinctively can tell where pairs go relative to whichever colors. It's just automatic.. You will love your WeiSu. Definitely.
 
kclejeune said:
Yep, I'm the opposite! I'm good with what's after green. It's easy since cross is always on left. My issue is that on 3x3 I just instinctively can tell where pairs go relative to whichever colors. It's just automatic.. You will love your WeiSu. Definitely.
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Maybe I should just switch to saying something different each new day. So tomorrow maybe I should do GRBO. Maybe RBOG or OGRB another day. I know some people say to know your colour scheme inside and out for 3x3 (maybe for cross planning) but I never needed to do that. But maybe that also made it easier for me to switch to W/Y neutral. Agh... now the wait for my Weisu is also agonizing. It will be funny if my first solve on a Weisu beats my PB.

kclejeune: Whoa... I just noticed your post count is very high for how long you've been a member here. I thought I posted a lot but not compared to you.
 
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mark49152 said:
Marcel, did you tension or lube your Weisu, or just break it in as it came in the box?
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Mark, empty your inbox please..

I did not tension the Weisu. It is maybe too tight, but I get no pops.. That is very important for me ;)

Also.... I crushed my 3X3 Ao100 PB (with almost a second) Ao12 with a tiny bit, and Ao5 PB (with more than half a second).. Anyone care to guess which cube?

Mean: 23.62
Average: 23.61
Best time: 15.54
Median: 24.01
Worst time: 33.39
Standard deviation: 2.99

Best average of 5: 19.60
83-87 - (16.40) 17.90 19.23 21.68 (26.14)

Best average of 12: 21.67
47-58 - (16.96) (25.95) 19.53 23.92 23.93 24.96 19.54 24.40 19.43 18.95 20.07 21.93
 
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Hmmm... Zhanchi?

My Weisu is becoming a bit smoother and less catchy, but still feels terminally slow. It's as if the plastic has a higher coefficient of friction than most cubes, but I'm reluctant to lube it in case what it needs is more breaking in rather than lube.

As you know from PM, I'm struggling with my CX3 and think it needs modding and/or glue to be any good. Actually I assembled a Lunhui on the same day and it was really refreshing to go back to Dayan and remember the great quality. The plastic is so much better and the cube feels so much more solid and smooth than any of the newer cubes, despite their unpoppability and great turning. The CX3 feels like a cheap piece of junk by comparison!
 
Just checked my PB:

Average: 19.38 PB
Standard Deviation: 0.40
Best Time: 18.33
Worst Time: 22.03
Individual Times:
1. (18.33) U' B' D' L R' F2 L' D2 B2 F U2 L2 D2 U' B R F2 L2 U R B' L B F U
2. 19.96 L2 R2 D' U' L2 B' R D R' F2 L2 D U2 F' R F L2 F2 U' B L2 D' F U' B2
3. 18.71 L R2 U B' F D2 B2 D' U2 R' U' L2 B' D' U2 R' F' L B2 F L2 D U' B2 D'
4. 19.47 U' L D U' L2 F' U B2 L' R2 F2 U F R B2 F2 R' B' L R2 B' F2 L2 D B2
5. (22.03) U' F' L R' D L' R' F R2 B2 F2 L R2 D' L2 U2 L R2 U R F R2 D U F
 
ThomasJE said:
Gans III V2?
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Nope..

mark49152 said:
Hmmm... Zhanchi?
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nope


mark49152 said:
As you know from PM, I'm struggling with my CX3 and think it needs modding and/or glue to be any good. Actually I assembled a Lunhui on the same day and it was really refreshing to go back to Dayan and remember the great quality. The plastic is so much better and the cube feels so much more solid and smooth than any of the newer cubes, despite their unpoppability and great turning. The CX3 feels like a cheap piece of junk by comparison!
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No, the CX3 needs a few hundred solves to loose that grinding. After 500 solves or so is it so smooth.. Trust me, hang in there. It will put all Dayans to shame ;)

Schmidt said:
Just checked my PB:

Average: 19.38 PB
Standard Deviation: 0.40
Best Time: 18.33
Worst Time: 22.03
Individual Times:
1. (18.33) U' B' D' L R' F2 L' D2 B2 F U2 L2 D2 U' B R F2 L2 U R B' L B F U
2. 19.96 L2 R2 D' U' L2 B' R D R' F2 L2 D U2 F' R F L2 F2 U' B L2 D' F U' B2
3. 18.71 L R2 U B' F D2 B2 D' U2 R' U' L2 B' D' U2 R' F' L B2 F L2 D U' B2 D'
4. 19.47 U' L D U' L2 F' U B2 L' R2 F2 U F R B2 F2 R' B' L R2 B' F2 L2 D B2
5. (22.03) U' F' L R' D L' R' F R2 B2 F2 L R2 D' L2 U2 L R2 U R F R2 D U F
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LOL, you are still safe.. ;)

I used my new YJ ChiLong. That is the perfect cube for me.
 
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