I hate 6x6.

[Thom S.]

What about 3x3?

I said what I said.

 

[cubED5799]

No 4x4

 

[Bingus Ringus McDingus]

Tighten the cube until you can barely get any gap, then
practice
practice
practice
practice doing centers, scramble and do it again
practice doing edges, scramble and do it again
practice doing 3×3 solves on 6×6, scramble and do it again
practice algs (from whaever method you use) over and over
practice Last2Edges algs and both parity algs over and over

until your turning and control actually grow to become good enough to not have nearly so much trouble with pops and lockups anywhere near as often.
By that time you will orobably also be kich faster thanks tonall the different kinds of good practice ans solid time you invested with the cube in the journey to get to the Land of Progress

And make sure you're using a decent magnetic 6×6
I would recommend trying the YJ Yushi V2M 6×6, its less than $20
it has good anti-pop tech in the pieces, and its not a fast cube so it's easier to control

I already own an MGC but if the Yushi pops less I might save for it too.

 

[artless1der]

I already own an MGC but if the Yushi pops less I might save for it too.

the MGC is def a better cube overall, and faster, and surely YJ put all the good features of the Yushi into the mix when they designed the MGC 6

I have heard some people get better times on the Yushi precisely bcoz its not as fast and requires exerting a bit more control over the layers... and that comes naturally from spending lots of time with the 6×6

Personally I used to keep trying to loosen my MGC to get more speed but always end up tightening it even more than it was before I loosened it bcoz that adds stability

Since you already have an MGC 6, just try tightening it more and doing some drills like I mentioned, and if you get a lockup or pop then tjghten it a bit more (love the Moyu tool since you can eyeball pretty exact 1/6 turns) and slow down your turning

Drilling the L2E and parity algs helps especially aince they involve inner layers and not just outers in 3×3 algs

Also, fwiw, it took me a pretty long time to get my times down and a lot of that was practice centers practice edges practice algs to get much more familiar with handling the 6×6

 

[Bingus Ringus McDingus]

Theoretically, would an edge-center piece fit in the MGC? Cos my dad knocked over a few pieces when I had a full pop and I cant find that exact piece. If not I guess Ill just get spare parts from SCS.

 

[xyzzy]

Theoretically, would an edge-center piece fit in the MGC? Cos my dad knocked over a few pieces when I had a full pop and I cant find that exact piece.

An edge-centre piece from what, in place of what missing piece in your MGC 6? Your question isn't fully specified.

But the answer is "no" anyway. Pieces are almost never interchangeable across different models.

 

[SpeakCuba]

I also hate 6x6, and big cubes altogether. The trick I use to make solving them enjoyable is to do it blindfolded.

Same… I can tolerate 4x4 though. Nothing bigger.

 

[Bingus Ringus McDingus]

An edge-centre piece from what, in place of what missing piece in your MGC 6? Your question isn't fully specified.

But the answer is "no" anyway. Pieces are almost never interchangeable across different models.

From the Yushi V2, and its the centerpiece that is on the second layer out that isn't a corner center. I thought that since the Yushi is similar to the MGC it might fit, as they are both made by YJ.

 

[Running for cube]

We all have events we hate with a burning passion. For me that is OH and 2x2

 

[Caden Fisher]

We all have events we hate with a burning passion. For me that is OH and 2x2

2x2 is so addictive. Every month or two I start doing 2x2 again and do like a thousand solves and learn a few Clls, then I forget them a week later

 

[Caden Fisher]

My least favorite events are Pyra, 6x6, and 7x7. Everything else is great

 

[ruffleduck]

We all have events we hate with a burning passion.

For me, all of them. The only one that posed an interesting problem to me was 3x3 but I've come to too many dead ends in method development, leading me to despise it.

 

[An Animating Cuber]

We all have events we hate with a burning passion. For me that is OH and 2x2

I used to dislike OH a lot but after practicing it for a comp I kinda like it a lot now, maybe a Stockholm Syndrome kinda thing.

 

[xyzzy]

I thought that since the Yushi is similar to the MGC it might fit, as they are both made by YJ.

They may be similar, but you need the cuts to be compatible (tl;dr if they're not exactly the same, chances of compatibility go down a lot) for the pieces to be interchangeable. If I'm not mistaken, while the Yushi v2 and the MGC 6 are both 65 mm cubes, the MGC has very slightly thinner inner layers and very slightly wider outer layers.