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[MissZyxis]

What other non-wca events do you like the most?

Sorry for the late reply! I tend to get busy lol
Right now I've also been practicing FTO and 3x3x5! But I also just got a curvy copter, andromeda, and a crazy comet, which I hope to get some practice on.

Welcome to the forums! How long have you been cubing?

I initially started in... 2017 or so, but I took a long break in 2021 and picked it back up in 2023.

Every time I sneeze we have a new member here... guess I should sneeze more often.

Welcome to the forums, I love the name btw. Obligatory questions:

• Ever accidentally scrambled your soul while solving?
• Do you freestyle your solutions for non-WCA puzzles, or do you stick to set algs?
• Why do you think non-WCA puzzles don’t get as much attention?
• How do you balance fun vs. optimization when solving?
• That 33.25 PB is clean—how long did it take you to get there?
• Have you ever used a cube as a fidget toy during a serious conversation and instantly regretted it?
• Do you have a dream cube setup?
• Are there any puzzles you don’t like solving?
• What do you think makes a puzzle worth solving?
• How many cubes are too many cubes? (Or is that a trick question?)
• What kind of graphics are you thinking of making?
• Is speedsolving more about competition or creativity for you?
• What’s your go-to cube for relaxing solves?
• What puzzle would you recommend to someone just getting into non-WCA solving?
• If your Gan 13 could talk, what would it say after that 33.25 PB?
• Do you track progress for all your puzzles, or just certain ones?
• What tools do you use to design algorithms or visuals?
• What made you choose the Gan 13 over other 3x3s?
• If aliens invaded and demanded a non-WCA puzzle solve to spare humanity, which one are you handing over?
• What’s a puzzle you think everyone is sleeping on?
• Have you customized your cubes (tension, magnets, lube preferences)?
• Which puzzle is the physical embodiment of “you up?” at 2AM?
• Be honest—ever yeeted a cube across the room mid-solve?
• If Roux and CFOP got in a fistfight, who wins and why is it Roux with a sneaky M slice?
• What do you like most about using Roux over CFOP or ZZ?
• Are you planning to publish algs anywhere? (GitHub, Speedsolving forums, YouTube?)
• What’s your approach when tackling a puzzle you've never solved before?
• Do you do digital art, or is it more like diagrammatic/functional graphics?
• Ever thought about designing your own puzzle?
• If speedcubers had trading cards, what would your “special move” be?
• What got you into non-WCA puzzles in the first place?
• Do you have a favorite non-WCA puzzle of all time?
• How big is your collection right now?
• How do you practice for obscure puzzles like the 8-Petals?
• What's harder: solving the 8-Petals... or explaining it to your non-cuber friends?
• Am I annoying?

1. Yes, conveniently it was scrambled to begin with so no worries there.
2. I used to follow algs in the past, but I have made a goal to only learn algs after I make my own and/or solve it independently once. No spoilers!
3. Same reason underwater kick-boxing isn't as popular as football I assume.
4. I think optimization is always fun! I've been known to use sorting algorithms when I really might not need to. The laborious process of learning optimization... might be another story, however. I did 3LCMLL for WAY too long.
5. I decided I was tired of averaging a 1'10" in about november 24 or so and decided to switch to 1.75-Look CMLL. Currently I'm hoping to get to 20", and I feel that's a limit for 3x3 as I vary my time too much to be consistently competitive level.
6. Not really that I can think of, I don't tend to solve while speaking
7. No dream setup yet, I can't quite pin down what I like in a cube yet.
8. Skewb Ultimate. It's laborious. It's confusing. And it's deceptively samey.
9. As long as it's not a shape/stickermod of another puzzle, I think it's worth it. I prefer a doctrinaire puzzle, such as Jing's Pyraminx. But Other puzzles I enjoy can't be doctrinaire, such as the curvy copter. So maybe it really depends on the uniqueness of the mechanism and it's representations of it's symmetries and geometry.
10. Great question! as long as I don't feel like a turtle in the great garbage patch of plastic I'm happy.
11. Attached is a net of the redi cube I made. I've been brainstorming algs for it, and might make similar ones for 335 and Curvy Copter
12. Creativity! I often end up taking a less efficient solution just cause I think it'll be a creative option
13. Right now, probably my redi cube. It's easy, it's flicky.
14. Something like the Moyan line, to introduce hidden pieces. Even though it is a shapemod, I think it's a neat experience and plays off information most solvers already know. But if they want a challenge... Curvy Copter.
15. U U U did it! (I make too many U U U moves, that sarcastic piece of plastic-)
16. I try to! Right now I have a CStimer session for all of them, but I might make a spreadsheet.
17. I took a photo and used GIMP to trace it and then arranged it however I needed. For making algorithms, I've just been using brute force so far.
18. At the time it was the newest gan, and it was a big upgrade over my old non-magnetic gan. I thought, wow! so many magnets! Now, if I could I might have swapped for the gan 12 having heard it's better than the 13.
19. Andromeda Cube, that'll keep em busy for a while. No not the solving, they have super computers. I meant the assembly after it pops.
20. I decided to try the largely popular non-wca options first, but I might say puppet cube speedsolving would be interesting to see.
21. I might try putting magnets in my curvy copter, and I've really only used DNM. I have silk, but I only like it in my squan.
22. My Squan is constantly begging me to learn to get sub 3 minutes.
23. Can't say I have.
24. Cfop tries to make a flurry of blows, but unfortunately roux in it's wisdom had both arms up in defense. Then Roux goes in with the Steel M slice while cfop isn't looking. Solving wise, I just think roux is more fun. Cfop feels like seek-and-peck typing, while roux feels like a bunch of swishy movements.
25. Roux really only has like, 48 algorithms. Which is really nice! I can memorize things but... I also work a lot and have a handful of other hobbies to memorize stuff for.
26. Probably just here, maybe github later on.
27. Blockbuilding ideally, if I can't get that to work, I might try cage method.
28. I'd say more digital art! I'm not great at it, but I can largely get the job done. I do like pixel art, so I tend to try and make everything pixel perfect when I can.
29. I would love to at some point, I think I'd take inspiration from astrolabicons or squan. I'd love to make a siamese cube with more of a rails mechanism so the pieces really can swap places!
30. "Clover Cubify" - Target puzzle gains clover cube cuts. Scramble it.
31. I'd say it was watching people make shapemods on youtube and I saw how varied of shapes you could make and how that affects the solve. I think it's no fun to impose limits on the geometry of the world.
32. That I own right now? when I started cubing I saw David Pitcher design the andromeda cube and I was fascinated. I'd say it's my favorite right now. I just wish it was scaled up to maybe 1.5x-2x standard 3x3 size.
33. 25 puzzles. I'd go through and name em all but it's a long list.
34. I've been trying different methods, I think what I've landed on right now is solve D face, pick an adjacent face and solve it's L and R edges. leaves you with just two corner/centers and their edges to permute.
35. Honestly? I think both non-cubers I've handed it to were able to grasp and solve it. It's really easy and presents its cuts in a way that is very intelligible
36. I wouldn't think so!

the guy is gonna be on the forums for 2 years when he finishes all the questions

Bruh, I put my pronouns in the first post

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Sorry for the late reply! I tend to get busy lol
Right now I've also been practicing FTO and 3x3x5! But I also just got a curvy copter, andromeda, and a crazy comet, which I hope to get some practice on.

I initially started in... 2017 or so, but I took a long break in 2021 and picked it back up in 2023.

1. Yes, conveniently it was scrambled to begin with so no worries there.
2. I used to follow algs in the past, but I have made a goal to only learn algs after I make my own and/or solve it independently once. No spoilers!
3. Same reason underwater kick-boxing isn't as popular as football I assume.
4. I think optimization is always fun! I've been known to use sorting algorithms when I really might not need to. The laborious process of learning optimization... might be another story, however. I did 3LCMLL for WAY too long.
5. I decided I was tired of averaging a 1'10" in about november 24 or so and decided to switch to 1.75-Look CMLL. Currently I'm hoping to get to 20", and I feel that's a limit for 3x3 as I vary my time too much to be consistently competitive level.
6. Not really that I can think of, I don't tend to solve while speaking
7. No dream setup yet, I can't quite pin down what I like in a cube yet.
8. Skewb Ultimate. It's laborious. It's confusing. And it's deceptively samey.
9. As long as it's not a shape/stickermod of another puzzle, I think it's worth it. I prefer a doctrinaire puzzle, such as Jing's Pyraminx. But Other puzzles I enjoy can't be doctrinaire, such as the curvy copter. So maybe it really depends on the uniqueness of the mechanism and it's representations of it's symmetries and geometry.
10. Great question! as long as I don't feel like a turtle in the great garbage patch of plastic I'm happy.
11. Attached is a net of the redi cube I made. I've been brainstorming algs for it, and might make similar ones for 335 and Curvy Copter
12. Creativity! I often end up taking a less efficient solution just cause I think it'll be a creative option
13. Right now, probably my redi cube. It's easy, it's flicky.
14. Something like the Moyan line, to introduce hidden pieces. Even though it is a shapemod, I think it's a neat experience and plays off information most solvers already know. But if they want a challenge... Curvy Copter.
15. U U U did it! (I make too many U U U moves, that sarcastic piece of plastic-)
16. I try to! Right now I have a CStimer session for all of them, but I might make a spreadsheet.
17. I took a photo and used GIMP to trace it and then arranged it however I needed. For making algorithms, I've just been using brute force so far.
18. At the time it was the newest gan, and it was a big upgrade over my old non-magnetic gan. I thought, wow! so many magnets! Now, if I could I might have swapped for the gan 12 having heard it's better than the 13.
19. Andromeda Cube, that'll keep em busy for a while. No not the solving, they have super computers. I meant the assembly after it pops.
20. I decided to try the largely popular non-wca options first, but I might say puppet cube speedsolving would be interesting to see.
21. I might try putting magnets in my curvy copter, and I've really only used DNM. I have silk, but I only like it in my squan.
22. My Squan is constantly begging me to learn to get sub 3 minutes.
23. Can't say I have.
24. Cfop tries to make a flurry of blows, but unfortunately roux in it's wisdom had both arms up in defense. Then Roux goes in with the Steel M slice while cfop isn't looking. Solving wise, I just think roux is more fun. Cfop feels like seek-and-peck typing, while roux feels like a bunch of swishy movements.
25. Roux really only has like, 48 algorithms. Which is really nice! I can memorize things but... I also work a lot and have a handful of other hobbies to memorize stuff for.
26. Probably just here, maybe github later on.
27. Blockbuilding ideally, if I can't get that to work, I might try cage method.
28. I'd say more digital art! I'm not great at it, but I can largely get the job done. I do like pixel art, so I tend to try and make everything pixel perfect when I can.
29. I would love to at some point, I think I'd take inspiration from astrolabicons or squan. I'd love to make a siamese cube with more of a rails mechanism so the pieces really can swap places!
30. "Clover Cubify" - Target puzzle gains clover cube cuts. Scramble it.
31. I'd say it was watching people make shapemods on youtube and I saw how varied of shapes you could make and how that affects the solve. I think it's no fun to impose limits on the geometry of the world.
32. That I own right now? when I started cubing I saw David Pitcher design the andromeda cube and I was fascinated. I'd say it's my favorite right now. I just wish it was scaled up to maybe 1.5x-2x standard 3x3 size.
33. 25 puzzles. I'd go through and name em all but it's a long list.
34. I've been trying different methods, I think what I've landed on right now is solve D face, pick an adjacent face and solve it's L and R edges. leaves you with just two corner/centers and their edges to permute.
35. Honestly? I think both non-cubers I've handed it to were able to grasp and solve it. It's really easy and presents its cuts in a way that is very intelligible
36. I wouldn't think so!

Bruh, I put my pronouns in the first post

omg I am so sorry

 

[pTr]

Wow, you answered my questions. Online pronous are sometimes hard to get right, so I will almost always use they/them for everyone, and if the get pissy about it, I just stop talking to them.

 

[MissZyxis]

omg I am so sorry

All good, thanks for understanding!

Wow, you answered my questions. Online pronous are sometimes hard to get right, so I will almost always use they/them for everyone, and if the get pissy about it, I just stop talking to them.

Definitely, I understand and do the same until I know a particular user. I only noted it because I had mentioned it.

Nice to meet everybody!