[Help Thread] 4x4 Discussion and Help

[isaacthecuber]

Wow, I REALLY need to work on my pairing. Are there any advice ? tutorials?

PJK, my 4x4 locks up a lot too, and it's hard to grip, sometimes sides slide a bit if you execute an algorithm. I hate it.

The best tutorial I've seen in my opinion is actually Erik's 5x5 tutorial. At the beginning where he starts out with 4x4, that's how I edge pair.

 

[MistArts]

I'll join the race too(But I know I'll lose.). When I get a cube that doesn't lock up on the outer turns.

My breakdown is:

Centers:~24
Edges:~35
3x3:~55

 

[Harris Chan]

Once I get a new ES 4x4, I'll join In the meantime, I'll practice on the simulator.

 

[Z I P P O]

I'm terribly slow, mainly because of my edge pairing and not knowing all the parity algs by heart.

 

[hdskull]

I'm terribly slow, mainly because of my edge pairing and not knowing all the parity algs by heart.

There's only 2, one of which is really easy.

 

[Pedro]

hey, me too

Centers: 16.34 (2.29 SD)
Edges: 30.05 (2.60 SD)
3x3: 32.67 (4.48 SD)
Sum: 1:19.06

best time was 63.12 (my PB )
"dream time" is 56.32 (12.03 + 22.54 + 21.75)
worst time was 90.99
"nightmare time" is 101.71 (19.97, 37.97, 43.77)

well, looks like my 3x3 part is terrible...edges not good too...and centers could be a little faster

 

[hdskull]

Haha, Pedro, our 3x3 times are about the same on the 3x3(you're a little faster) and on the 4x4.

 

[Pedro]

Haha, Pedro, our 3x3 times are about the same on the 3x3(you're a little faster) and on the 4x4.

I'm not that bad on the 4x4...I actually did a 1:16.xx average some day...but I did just horribly past weekend at Minas Open

I mean, wtf?! 1:25 average?! 1:24 best single?! I even got a 1:4x!

at least I did well on the 5x5

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

hey, me too

Centers: 16.34 (2.29 SD)
Edges: 30.05 (2.60 SD)
3x3: 32.67 (4.48 SD)
Sum: 1:19.06

best time was 63.12 (my PB )
"dream time" is 56.32 (12.03 + 22.54 + 21.75)
worst time was 90.99
"nightmare time" is 101.71 (19.97, 37.97, 43.77)

well, looks like my 3x3 part is terrible...edges not good too...and centers could be a little faster

Your edges need the most work, in my opinion.

 

[hdskull]

Haha, Pedro, our 3x3 times are about the same on the 3x3(you're a little faster) and on the 4x4.

I'm not that bad on the 4x4...I actually did a 1:16.xx average some day...but I did just horribly past weekend at Minas Open

I mean, wtf?! 1:25 average?! 1:24 best single?! I even got a 1:4x!

at least I did well on the 5x5

I meant 3x3 on the 4x4, haha.

 

[Pedro]

Haha, Pedro, our 3x3 times are about the same on the 3x3(you're a little faster) and on the 4x4.

I'm not that bad on the 4x4...I actually did a 1:16.xx average some day...but I did just horribly past weekend at Minas Open

I mean, wtf?! 1:25 average?! 1:24 best single?! I even got a 1:4x!

at least I did well on the 5x5

I meant 3x3 on the 4x4, haha.

I understood

 

[hdskull]

I understood

Oh okay, haha.

 

[Pedro]

I guess I shouldn't have quoted your post...lol

 

[Stefan]

Ok... I finally lubed my Eastsheen 4x4. And I hate it. It's terrible. Though, I suspect I'll like it much better if I ever manage to assemble it. Gosh is this little bugger annoying.

 

[mrCage]

Ok... I finally lubed my Eastsheen 4x4. And I hate it. It's terrible. Though, I suspect I'll like it much better if I ever manage to assemble it. Gosh is this little bugger annoying.

It's annoying also in assembled state It's good only for slow cubing like patterns etc .... Or demonstration

- Per

 

[rachmaninovian]

eastsheens sucks i absolutely hate it.

 

[Harris Chan]

Eastsheen has gain some popularity once Nakajima starts endorsing it. Keisuke who is the record holder still uses Rubik though =)

 

[hdskull]

The first time I felt it, it felt good because it fits in the hands pretty good. My Rubik's is getting pretty loose now, so it's all good.

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

How do the people that use the E ring get edges on the E ring when they are in the D layer? For half of the cases I can find a way to rotate it so it will be finger tricky, but the other half I have to use D turns and its all ugly...

 

[isaacthecuber]

How do the people that use the E ring get edges on the E ring when they are in the D layer? For half of the cases I can find a way to rotate it so it will be finger tricky, but the other half I have to use D turns and its all ugly...

That's why I pair in the M-ring.