A few questions

[Alex B71]

Hello, guys.

It's been a little while since i was using this site, i wish i remembered my login details, and have recently decided to get back into solving. The last time i was using the forums was when the Dayan Zhanchi was pretty much the rage (Not sure how long ago that was).

I just seek answers to a few questions and where better to find them than here.

My first question is, what is/are the leading 3x3x3? As i said i was a Zhanchi kind of guy but I've done a little research and can see theirs a lot more out there now. (I used to average sub-12 with a pb of 8.38 with CFOP and ZZ and prefer a smooth, "gliding" feel)

Secondly, I'm mainly returning because i want to maintain the ability to Blind solve, has their been any advancements in techniques over BH/3Style? Is M2/OP still a viable method? and is DarkMaskow still the predominant force within BLD?

And finally... What is the go to timer these days?

Thanks for any reply you may have and i look forward to further progressing alongside you all once again.

Alex.

 

[tx789]

The main 3x3s these days are Gans Air which is expensive moyu GTS2 the gts c1 is still good and the Valk. Magnetic cubes are a new thing that is very popular. Maslow still has the Multi we and that record is the 41/41 from 2013 and is likely to get broken at worlds since a handful of people are getting close.

So on hardware magnetic cubes are now a thing and the main companies to look at for 3x3s are moyu, Qiyi, and Gans. Yuxin has good big cubes but moyu and Qiyi have a complete 4-7 set too. Also the Qiyi square 1 was a giant jump.


For timers there is a stack at v4 and there is cstimer but I use prisma puzzle timer. 3 style is most the fast blders do.

Most BLDers are Kaijun Lin he has the world records for 3-5bld. Gianfranco Huanqui whose brother was the megaminx world records is good at 3bld. Look at the rankings to get an idea that who is fast since there are quite a few sub 30 3bld people.

 

[Alex B71]

Thankyou for the fast reply, tx.

I'm looking into the magnetic cubes now and it seems rather interesting, i'll have to get a couple and see what fits me.

In regards to timers, i remember using a version of cstimer but can not recall the name. Kqtimer... Gqtimer. It's a huge blur, i loved that timer but can't seem to find it. Has it gone offline or possibly been re-named?

It's very nice to hear the WCA are now holding official events for 4 and 5BLD, i'll be sure to catch up on the current rankings.

Once again, thanks for the reply, It's been very useful.

 

[JustAnotherGenericCuber]

Thankyou for the fast reply, tx.

I'm looking into the magnetic cubes now and it seems rather interesting, i'll have to get a couple and see what fits me.

In regards to timers, i remember using a version of cstimer but can not recall the name. Kqtimer... Gqtimer. It's a huge blur, i loved that timer but can't seem to find it. Has it gone offline or possibly been re-named?

It's very nice to hear the WCA are now holding official events for 4 and 5BLD, i'll be sure to catch up on the current rankings.

Once again, thanks for the reply, It's been very useful.

You're probably thinking of qqtimer.net

 

[TDM]

You're probably thinking of qqtimer.net

gqTimer did used to exist as well but it looks like it's gone down now.

 

[Gold Cuber]

1. Gans Cubes (Mainly UM), valk 3/m, Moyu Weilong GTS2/m
2. m2/op are still great and I use them
3. cstimer. definitely.