Recent content by Thom S.

I think there is a certain statistical bias in most posts here. 1. There is a big language barrier between the english language and the languages spoken in china. This barrier does not exist in most european countries and most people in the USA already speak english by default. But many...

The return of the Quack?

Theoretically speaking, there are scrambles that look the same on 5 sides. For Example, start with a solved cube and flip the 4 Top Layer Edges. Take another cube, do a U Perm and then flip the 4 Top Layer Edges. If you deliberately don't look at the top side, those 2 scrambles look the same...

To my knowledge, the confusion only started a few years ago when JPerm parodied the disclaimer on the Wiki page of Sune. Which I believe was put there in place as to counter the popular incorrect pronounciation "Suun", as since then I have seen "ay" being used to describe the pronounciation of...

Exactly, Typo. Fixed it. Thank you for noticing.

For 2x2, it is typically advised to learn CLL after Ortega(CLL is sometimes/rarely called EG-0) and then go on to EG-1. What I can't tell you is if normal EG(Solved Bar at the Back) or LEG(Solved Bar at the Left) is better. That depends on which algs flow better with you. Some recommend EG-2...

That is indeed weird since I bought one close to release that came with a Lock Nut.

The Core on the Volt V2 can't strip as it comes with a Steel Nylock Nut from Factory. You don't hear as much about it anymore, maybe it's gotten better but they have been prone to breaking Edges.

It is the only 7-Slice Cubeshape and therefore the longest, yes. But, it reduces into both Shield-Kite and Shield-Cube, so you learn 2 or the more important cases with it. Hojestly I wouldn't call it the worst, since Bad Fists and some of the 5 and 6 Slicers are way slower and more annoying.

For one, learn the Adjacent Edge Parity Alg, you will need it. You likely are pairing all the edges at the start and then do one of two cases to get back into Cubeshape. This step can get heavily shorter with experience, so do a lot of solves, maybe even some Cubeshape only solves. Easy...

I'm doing the bribing.

Off-Topic, but I have Signatures disabled, judging by the Profile Posts, @JDAW6 Signature is just 20,000 random characters. Is this correct? If it is, did somebody report it already?

I think I insulted the entire world in 11 Words, actually.

The only comp wins that matter WITHIN the community are Worlds(and US/Europe Nationals for some) for most events. Competition wins are never used to determine who is the more capable cuber. As for Singles or Averages, you likely have multiple People memorised that held the 3x3 Single World...

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