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I'm back after taking a ridiculously long break from cubing! But anyway... I have a 2005 Rubik's DIY. If you don't know, the Rubik's DIYs have those caps that always fall off. I've superglued the caps until now, but recently the cube screws in the center for some reason developed a...

I'm doing a project on the region Rhône-Alpes in France for a class. While I have read books about the region and done some basic research, I feel like I won't get a true sense of what the culture, etc is like in that region. For instance... I read that the city Lyon is well-known for...

So... I was doing my French homework when I ran across two words that I never heard before and the book doesn't even mention them. Sopalin and trombones. I tried everything to find what these words meant, but no luck. Any French people out there, do you know what these mean? Do any...

Everyone, I had to face many ridiculous requests from various venues and go through too much harassment from my fellow cubers. There doesn't seem to be enough demand or attention for the competition. I do not feel it is fair for me to go through months of hard effort and work to organize the...

Title says it all. But anyway, the requirement of having at least a delegate present at a competition can be rather difficult to satisfy. In my case, I'm questioning right now whether I should keep going with the Indiana Fall Cubing Classic because I can't get a delegate. And... I'm at...

Hello all, I had to describe a picture in French using 10-15 sentences in both passe compose and imparfait. I want to know if my sentences are grammatically correct. 1. Elle avait les levres rouges. She had red lips. 2. Elle avait les dents blaches. She had white teeth. 3. Elle...

Hello all, I've been given a French assignment (third year) to write a short fable in French. I'd like to confirm some stuff like grammar, vocabulary, etc with the French experts here. Here is the fable that I quickly wrote up (written in very simple English first and then very simple...

Hello all, I just learned Subjunctive mood in French couple days ago in French 3. Now, I was given an exercise that I am supposed to do, I've been trying for past 2 days and I still can't figure it out (I am horrible with languages). Here are the directions (I have no idea how to insert...

Hello all, I'm a fridrich user who has memorized 90% of PLL and 60% of OLL algorithms. But I'm getting tired of these, and I already know 3/4 of COLL algorithms. So I was thinking... should I change methods? I'm really questioning whether I should finish learning fridrich completely...

So... I was trying out the Type D cubies (except edges) + A core + Storebought edges the other day... I found out that the cube was great except that the cubies kept "catching" while I was solving the cube, making me twist harder and thus make the cube pop a lot more. And I hate it when my...

Hello all, Yes, I know this has been only 2 days after the Indiana Winter Open. But I'm (seriously) thinking about organizing ANOTHER Indiana Open on either May or September. Keep in mind that this is NOT definite and I'm only in the stage of consideration (In other words, I do not have...

Hello all, After using PVC stickers sold at rubiks.com for awhile, I'm getting tired of them. I looked into some stickers and stuff, and I noticed there were tiles also. What are some differences between tiles and stickers? Do tiles last longer/shorter? I'm assuming that tiles are...

Hello all, I've been looking for an Old Type A core for awhile... Cube4you doesn't have them stocked, and charges quite a bit. Are there any other places to buy OLD type A cores from? I need them for my new type D that locks up too much...

Just organized a school cube club -- but somehow the attendance is very low -- only couple other students besides me. Many I tried to "recruit" resist, saying that they are not interested. How did you guys get interested in cubing? Any suggestions in terms of how I should get people...

Hello all, I use fridrich method and I was wondering what I should do as my next step. Here's what I do right now: F2L -- cross on bottom and then get rest of F2L -- 10-15 seconds?? 3 look LL -- solve a cross on top, OLL, and then PLL -- 8-15 seconds?? My average time seems to be...

Hello all, I have a 2005 or 2006 (can't remember which) mold of Rubik's DIY and a 2008 Cubefans DIY type D (black). For some obscure reason I sanded down both of them... Both of them still locks quite a bit, and I was wondering what I should do. If I loosen the screws on my Rubik's, it...

Hi all, I'm trying to organize an Indiana Open on December 13 or 20, 2008. It will be near Indiana University. Any people interested in coming? I just need a mere approximation to report to WCA.

Hi everybody, I ordered a 2x2 from cubefans site, and I got it yesterday. I was never really serious about speedcubing 2x2 until now, and I noticed that the 2x2 won't be as flexible as DIY 3x3 cubes in terms of turning -- (I think people call it cutting corners or something???) Does...

Hi everybody, I ordered a 3x3x3 (d) from Cubefans.com couple of weeks ago and I just got it today. The problem is, the cube came defective. The yellow side screw will NOT tighten, and it keeps loosening itself when I don't even touch it. Does anyone know how I can get a refund for this...

Hi everybody, I've been trying to learn Blindfold solving, and I did read couple online tutorials (One from cubefreak.net for example). The problem is, I have no idea what the tutorials are talking about and I haven't been able to learn anything so far. How should I start off?