Recent content by phreaker

Ok... For the other cubes in my order... I'm cheaper at zcube. So I'll wait for them to stock it.

$36? Where'd you get that?!

Most stickerless cubes I get have a few little scratches at most. I'd consider that a problem. I'd talk to the people who sent it to you. That is supposed to be the best 7x7 on the market, and Yuxin cubes are usually very smooth and precise.

What is wrong with it? I'm considering getting a Hays 7M when they get to zcube.hk.

When I got the cube, it was stupid fast and uncontrollable for me, the thought of solving BLD on it was scary. Now, it is very controllable. A *hair* slow, which is not something I hear people say about 354s. So I'm happy where I am. I may throw a touch of DNM in it, or dignitas to speed it...

Gan 354M: Are others finding this cube slows down as it breaks in? I currently use yellow nuts at flush tensions, and Angstrom lubes in it.

How far away do you play in tournaments... for all I know we've played against each other. :)

My notes of last night: 2 successes in a row in one night at BLD. For me, that's a record. It is often hard for me to back to back solves because I haven't figured out the equivalent to roman rooms for audio, and I still use pure audio memo. Alas, I popped my new 6x6... Now I get to clean...

Honestly, normal solving and BLD have almost nothing to do with each other. Once you understand how the pieces move around the cube (beginners F2L), you can take on BLD. For me, it is all about being able to visualize what the pieces I care abut will do when I execute moves. And that's not...

Man... I can't imagine what will happen when/if you take up blind solving... you've got the right attitude. As far as hard cases go... I think the best advice I've seen: When you see you are about to create a hard case, make an extra move to avoid it. I've been trying to implement that, more...

Have you seen videos on intuitive F2L? I learned from RiDO's hunting story, 2 part video. Really, there's 3 cases total. Everything else is learning how to setup those cases. Try it out. :) There's no doubt algorithmic F2L is better for hard cases, but for easy cases, there's no reason to...

At the site they can't... but part of training without a timer in your face is just getting used to "If I look, there's no information." so it becomes habit not to look. Seeing the word "solve" doesn't tell me how my splits are doing ;).

My updates: BLD is moving along... slowly. Still need more practice, but my execution is there with M2/OP. Added edge flips recently, now I need to add corner twists, and then... I'll figure out the rest. :) Set my 4x4 PB recently on my Gan 460M. I can't say it is better than a Wuque M. I...

@OldTom A thought for you: There's an option in csTimer to disable the timer ticking in front of you on the screen. I found once I did that my "watching the timer" feelings started to go down. The other thing that helped me adjust to the timer: Deleting my times, especially during warm-up. I...

I'll admit... What comes to mind when one sees 3 identical cubes in front of them. (Yes, I'm going to stickermod them, but I'm waiting until I get the GTS3M in, to actually set them up properly.) 3/3 MBLD of course! But it is SO strange going from my Gan SUM to the Mf3RS2, for BLD. I'm not...