Erik Akkersdijk - The Megaminx

[edwardtimliu]

they sell it for 100 bucks tho, i cant afford that!
ill just get a pvc for now

 

[MistArts]

I'm placing my money on Stefan And also Japan. They seem to have one specialist in every event. I bet they even have the world's fastest Skewb solver or something.

By the way, you spelled Erik's last name wrongly, twice.

Their best FMC solver isn't that great yet.

Which AsR is going to be broken at VA?
Hopefully sub-30?

Who's good enough to do sub-30?

Perhaps lucky scramble hopefully? Even if it's the hardest scramble ever, I'm confident that AsR would at least be tied.

Who's going to take the AsR?

I am!
i am going to become a naturalized tibetan citizen and take the AsR, along with all the NR's MWUHAHAHA!

but really, i am rooting for mistarts(no offense fanwuq)

Me too, actually. I want there to be some sort of competition and perhaps focus more to get something at least decent in OH and BLD. Then sometime after MistArts gets AsR, I'll take it. But if he DNFs, I'll gladly take it at VA.
I don't want to just barely beat 37 moves (current AsR and something around my current average (not best, best 3/5 was 33.), I hope to get at least sub35. It would be nice if we both sub-35.

I suck at OH and BLD... You can beat me in that.

 

[scottp45]

Anyone can beat him if they practice practice pratcice! That's what I believe for anything; anyone can do anything they can if they practice, practice, practice!. I found this with cubing, guitar, diablo (a type of yo-yo), school, and dance. I sucked at all of these when I started, now Im a hella lot better . Still gotta get betta at cubing, only been doing it for 3 months. And dance. Only one month >,<. and If you say dancing is retarted, in my class the guy to girl ratio is 9:1 DDD. Plus its fun.

PS: Respect Erik. He is the godly cuber .

 

[TMOY]

My guess at what will happen:
- Erik will retain his WR for the next few months without practicing;
- Someone (Laetitia ? Stefan ? Bence ? One of the Polish minxers ? I don't know, any one of them could do this) will get a very good run at some competition and break his WR;
- Erik will start practicing to get it back, and his new WR will be unbeatable again.

 

[Statical]

Maybe Yu Nakajima will break it? But i dont think thats possible for at least a short period as he has just gotten his new megaminx

 

[TMOY]

The fastest 3^3 solevers are not necessarily the fastest megaminx solvers, these are two different puzzles. I am convinced too that Yu will soon be able to do much better on megaminx that what his slow motion video seems to suggest, but I am waiting to see what he actually does before saying he will get that quickly to the WR level...

 

[Erik]

I don't get it. Nakajima can barely solve a megaminx and people are already speculating about breaking WR's?
Maybe it's just me but top cubers like Milan Baticz who also do megaminx didn't came any close so far, what does it make you think Nakajima will?
He's a good cuber no doubt, but already speculating about WR's....
And btw,
indeed I never practise minx.. maybe I should...

 

[Escher]

erik, i really hope that you USED to practice minx. otherwise im giving up.
:rolleyes:

 

[Erik]

yah I did a bit untill WC 2007

 

[Paris]

and now you suck only 1 sec to get a new WR in mean of 3 :|

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Too many Nakajima supporters >.< Nakaji is not the best at everthing! He may be really good at 3x3 and has improved very far in a short amount of time (1 3/4 years?) but I don't think he can take on ALL of the records. I mean, he did magic for a week for so and got sub-1, then just quit I guess. He can't keep up with all puzzles :3

P.S. - I think I repeated myself a few times in there xD

 

[MistArts]

Too many Nakajima supporters >.< Nakaji is not the best at everthing! He may be really good at 3x3 and has improved very far in a short amount of time (1 3/4 years?) but I don't think he can take on ALL of the records. I mean, he did magic for a week for so and got sub-1, then just quit I guess. He can't keep up with all puzzles :3

P.S. - I think I repeated myself a few times in there xD

I don't think he can win two WC's in a row.

 

[ROOT]

I think ive beaten stefan at megaminx right now, depends on if he can still get a sub 1:27 average. But my pb is still 1:08, which is a long ways from eriks pb. My guess would be chris brownlee if he gets the chance, if not him, i dont know of much more that can beat 1:01. Ill keep practising erik

 

[Hadley4000]

The think about Nakajima and why there is speculation, is he seems to get really good really fast at whatever he decides to practice. Got world class at BLD fairly quickly, was getting sub-20 averages on OH, sub-1 on Magic, sub minute with feet, sub-50 averages on 4x4, just got some sub-1:30 on 5x5. Since he said he is going to practice a lot, it seems that there is great potential for him to become a success at it quickly, as he has done so many times with other puzzles.

 

[MistArts]

The think about Nakajima and why there is speculation, is he seems to get really good really fast at whatever he decides to practice. Got world class at BLD fairly quickly, was getting sub-20 averages on OH, sub-1 on Magic, sub minute with feet, sub-50 averages on 4x4, just got some sub-1:30 on 5x5. Since he said he is going to practice a lot, it seems that there is great potential for him to become a success at it quickly, as he has done so many times with other puzzles.

He has a lot of "basic speed" but can he be good at FMC is the question...

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

There needs to be a cubing twitter where everyone can keep up with everyone elses times! That's a great idea! (well, duh, it's mine xD)

P.S. - I wonder if Nakaji is an "A" student?

 

[Harris Chan]

P.S. - I wonder if Nakaji is an "A" student?

Well it seems like he wants to be an Architect, which requires for him to be good in art, math and science....hmm all rounder.

The fact that he seems to be improving at new events at such fast pace may suggest that he's a fast learner (that, or there's the other side of it--that he only does the puzzles the whole time and not homework. But I don't think that's the case. He probably does speed-homeworking lol).

Perhaps he can answer this question himself too.

 

[waffle=ijm]

He probably does speed-homeworking lol

I wish I could do speed homeworking.

 

[Hadley4000]

P.S. - I wonder if Nakaji is an "A" student?

Well it seems like he wants to be an Architect, which requires for him to be good in art, math and science....hmm all rounder.

The fact that he seems to be improving at new events at such fast pace may suggest that he's a fast learner (that, or there's the other side of it--that he only does the puzzles the whole time and not homework. But I don't think that's the case. He probably does speed-homeworking lol).

Perhaps he can answer this question himself too.

I think I read somewhere here that he does 2 hours of practice a day.

 

[hawkmp4]

P.S. - I wonder if Nakaji is an "A" student?

Well it seems like he wants to be an Architect, which requires for him to be good in art, math and science....hmm all rounder.

Architecture requires minimal math/science. Architectural/Civil Engineer is much more intensive.
And... grades are not really a measure of intelligence. I have colleges all over me and my GPA is a WEIGHTED 3.5, i'm 75th percentile in my class. My ACT is 33 though. Don't get stuck on the idea that all intelligent people have straight A's and all people with straight A's are intelligent.

This may be stereotyping, but this is just what I have observed.
From the several Chinese/Japanese students and families I know, it seems that their culture values a good work ethic more than most Western cultures do. Is this correct?