Australian Games Expo Rubik's 3x3 Championship

[iSpinz]

lololol

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[richardzhang]

Wtf? they call it a championship

 

[iSpinz]

Wtf? they call it a championship

But it has 3x3!!!!

 

[richardzhang]

1)Will the rubiks cubes be lubricated or with they be brand new and right out of the box?
If you do not have your own cube to use in the competition we will provide you with a brand new cube, right out of the box.

Sigh

 

[Faz]

Dude, the ones out of the box will be good or bad. I averaged 20 seconds on mine when I first got it. You're better off buying one and breaking it in.

 

[Thomas09]

I have a storebought, but it has cubesmith tiles. Is that allowed. This is why we don't give responsibility to noobs.

 

[richardzhang]

But didnt he say that they will be genuine rubiks brands so the studio cubes?

 

[Zane_C]

1)Will the rubiks cubes be lubricated or with they be brand new and right out of the box?
If you do not have your own cube to use in the competition we will provide you with a brand new cube, right out of the box.

Sigh

I find rubik's brand cubes out of the box crap, you must break them in.

 

[TimMc]

See you there...
I hope to see some of you on the 24th. I'll be flying up on the 23rd to help out with the event.

Rubik's Cubes
The competition is endorsed by Crown and Andrews, and Seven Towns so it'd be tacky to show up with a cheap knockoff. It may also be perceived as putting others at a disadvantage when you come there with a knockoff and there's $1000 up for grabs.

Besides, making people use the genuine brand will likely make it anyone's game as to who places 1st, 2nd and 3rd. This may encourage people to participate! Although, more likely people living in the ACT or NSW.

The aim of the event is for people to: have fun, win prizes, promote Rubik's Cubes, and be entertained.

I'd highly recommend getting a storebought Rubik's Cube and breaking it in before the competition! You've still got a week to prepare.

If you've got some other Rubik's Cube that's endorsed by Seven Towns then I guess that would be ok (e.g. DIYs from rubiks). Just don't bring your Type A's etc

I wont be competing and have a storebought that's been broken in for 2 years.

Tim.

 

[TimMc]

Yeah i emailed them and they said you will have to be there before 11:30 so you can show the judges your cubes.

Yeah, this is basically just a quick check to see if it's a genuine Rubik's Cube but more to the point - it's to collect everyone's cubes for the first round.

Tim.

 

[qqwref]

If you do not have a Rubik's brand cube we will provide you with a new cube to use during the championship.

LMAO

 

[ErikJ]

everyone complains about buying knock off 6x6 and 7x7s while most people use knock off 3x3s as their main speedcube.

 

[richardzhang]

Hey tim can i use ur storebought?

 

[TimMc]

Hey tim can i use ur storebought?

Hey, sorry >.< Feliks asked me about an hour ago on MSN

Tim.

 

[mingamanga]

Well there's one competition I'm not winning >_>, it's a pity too cause I live about 10 minutes away from the venue, going anyway

 

[richardzhang]

Well there's one competition I'm not winning >_>, it's a pity too cause I live about 10 minutes away from the venue, going anyway

What do you average?

 

[mingamanga]

Eh, just did an average of 5, got 27.64, that's with my lubricated DIY so i'm not expecting to get under half a minute with the storebought i'm getting tomorrow, it's a pity i can't just use mine, half a minute with 3-look LL is bad enough >_>

EDIT: At the very least i'll be able to get to know some people, only been cubing for 3 months and i never thought anything would ever come up in canberra

 

[TimMc]

got 27.64, that's with my lubricated DIY

I just pulled my storebought apart to break it in quickly:
- sand about 1mm off the surface of each corner and edge
- sand about 1mm off around feet of the corners so that it's rounder
- sand a bit under each center piece
- wipe it clean
- assembly it
- spray some CRC808 onto the top of the middle layer by doing a quarter turn
- mix the cube and keep spraying, but don't use too much, just a drop
EDIT: Use fine sandpaper. Coarse stuff is bad...

Then you can try forcing it to cut corners. This can loosen the core up a bit, so don't do it too much... but it makes it easier to cut corners.

Tim.

 

[mingamanga]

Cheers for that, should make it a lot easier to break in within a week

EDIT: also my single unlucky record is 22.00

 

[richardzhang]

Heres how i think this competition is going too go down:

1st:Feliks 9s avg
2nd:Me 18 second avg
3rd:Thomas 20 seconds avg