4x4 General Discussion

[cubED5799]

4x4 is in my eyes one of the best events in the wca
this thread is for any discussion about 4x4
eg: hardware ,algs,methods,wr,pbs,ect.

 

[Filipe Teixeira]

4x4 is in my eyes one of the best events in the wca

 

[An Animating Cuber]

Me not even being sub 2:30 yet:

 

[SpedCube]

I average like 1:30, not great. want to get the MGC 4x4 at some point. I enjoy 4x4 quite a bit

 

[cubED5799]

I would recommend the yj mini if you have smaller hands, i main it

 

[cubED5799]

I average 1:45

 

[Isaiah Scott]

I average like 57 or 58 using the Angstrom MGC and Yau w/ 323 edge slices. Fun event.

 

[fdskljgrie]

I average around 1 min with yau, 1:15 min with redux, and 1:15 min with a lbl method I made. I main the RS 4x4, but I'm soon gonna get the Auso wrm. 4x4 is really fun. I like the concept of solving it directly instead of turning into a 3x3.

 

[OldSwiss]

4x4 is my favourite cube. Im not fast but surprisingly consistent.
In the Moment, almost all my solves are at 1:40 +/- 5 seconds.

On 3x3 the range is much bigger sometimes I have a good solve with 17, the next one I make a big mistake, combined with bad lookahead and end up with 40
On 4x4 I make much less mistakes or catch them up later in the solve. Even with all the parity cases, my times are always very close together.

My weakest phase are the first 3 edges, but then edge pairing is quite fast and f2l lookahead is much better than in 3x3.

I hope to get sub 1:30 average soon. I think I could save a couple of seconds if I learned double flicks for the parity algs

 

[SpedCube]

I average around 1:30, so not great. I also have a cheap budget 4x4, so ordered the MGC 4x4 yesterday. I think that'll help a bit, but I really gotta work on lookahead, specifically when pairing edges (I use yau).
Edit: 4x4 is one of my fav events, probably tied with 3x3

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

@JDAW6 In the poll, sub 30 meant sub 30 seconds, not minutes.

 

[JDAW6]

I thought it was 3x3 lol

 

[Celeritardum]

Does anyone know of any good 4x4 resources for yau?
algs for edge pairing, tips for lookahead and tps, opa or oll parity influencing, etc

 

[Cubingmadness123]

learn 3-2-3 if you don't know it yet

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

I was average 1:05 with the non-mag MeiLong. After using the MGC for not very long, I dropped my times to 50-55s and I average 48 now. Big cube hardware is important.

 

[abunickabhi]

Hoya is the best method according to me, but I am having trouble getting sub-35 with it officially yo!

 

[Artem Tabaliuk ( Артём )]

I was average 1:05 with the non-mag MeiLong. After using the MGC for not very long, I dropped my times to 50-55s and I average 48 now. Big cube hardware is important.

I can average the same on a MGC and a Rubik's. Strange

 

[abunickabhi]

I can average the same on a MGC and a Rubik's. Strange

Thats absurb, what is your TPS?

 

[Artem Tabaliuk ( Артём )]

Thats absurb, what is your TPS?

I dont even know, like 5-6 TPS on my MGC.

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

I dont even know, like 5-6 TPS on my MGC.

What do you average?