Magnets Discussion and Help thread

[Graaaby]

ok that sucks are there any with no D moves, with wide? cause i cant do D at all but i got used to a wide turn in one case

 

[Skewb_Cube]

The standard T OLL doesn't have wide D moves. But it does have wide move.

 

[Graaaby]

ah i found a good one on jperm.net
r U R' U' r' F R F'

 

[Skewb_Cube]

ah i found a good one on jperm.net
r U R' U' r' F R F'

I think that one is the standard one. Many people use it, including me.

Edit: You should also post this kind of questions in it's own thread, there are threads to ask questions for 3x3 or other events.

This is one for 3x3: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/one-answer-3x3x3-question-thread.50209/

 

[Redcrosscfop]

R U R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 R U' R U' R'





jk don't actually do this.

 

[Bh13]

General piece of advice: try to get good at D moves. Even if you don't use any algs with them, they are still super useful for things like cross and certain F2L cases.

 

[qwr]

for a beginner, wide moves are probably easier to do than D moves. D moves usually use ring and middle finger while wide R moves are just gripping the middle layer which is pretty easy to understand and perform at a beginner level.

 

[Deleted member 51471]

If you want something without wide moves or D moves, R U R' U' L' U R U' R' L is probably best.

 

[Brayden_Speedcuber]

I would recommend learning how to do D and D' with your ring fingers, it's very helpful in lots of OLL cases. Also here are the two T cross case OLL's that I use/recommend:
Headlights Facing Inward (hold them in back): R2 D' R U2 R' D R U2 R
Headlights Facing Outward (hold them on left): Rw U R' U' Rw' F R F'

 

[Varun Ambadi]

Keep the two unoriented corners on the right and do R' F' r U R U' r' F

 

[qwr]

Even though all my 2x2s can forward corner cut effortlessly and reverse cut small angles just fine, I still get some catches now and then when I overshoot. I think it's from my sloppy turning but I wonder if getting a magnetized 2x2 will actually help my times. I only have one magnetic 2x2, the YJ yupo v2, but I don't like the magnetic feel and turning on it.

 

[Hazel]

I've heard that at the highest level of 2x2, magnets hurt more than they help, because they apparently sacrifice a bit of TPS for stability when TPS is really an important thing. I don't know how valid this claim is, though.

 

[qwr]

I've heard that at the highest level of 2x2, magnets hurt more than they help, because they apparently sacrifice a bit of TPS for stability when TPS is really an important thing. I don't know how valid this claim is, though.

Interesting... well I can tell you the official 2x2 record (which is so satisfying to watch) uses a magnetic chuwen.

I'm pretty much the furthest from a high level solver you can get. I just don't want to use magnetic cubes as a crutch for achieving accurate turning.

 

[jazzmaster]

What magnets that can fit in RS3M 2020?
I want to add it, cause factory one feel too weak.
There is 4x2 & 5x1 n35, n45, n50, n52 in my local rubik's shop.

Thanks

 

[Tabe]

What magnets that can fit in RS3M 2020?
I want to add it, cause factory one feel too weak.
There is 4x2 & 5x1 n35, n45, n50, n52 in my local rubik's shop.

Thanks

Buy 24 4x2 N35 magnets. Add them only to the edges. No glue needed. Just drop them in and they'll stick to the magnets already there.

 

[CFOP2020]

Im magnetizing a MF3RS2 when my magnets come and I got the Cubicle Strong Magnet kit. Did I make a mistake? I hear the magnets are really strong.

 

[TheSlykrCubr]

i think that it would be really cool if we could have a 3x3 that uses traditional corner edge magnetization, but we also use a ball bearing system, similar to older pyraminxes /skewb

So like a budget version of the valk elite magnets

 

[Jam88]

i think that it would be really cool if we could have a 3x3 that uses traditional corner edge magnetization, but we also use a ball bearing system, similar to older pyraminxes /skewb

So like a budget version of the valk elite magnets

It might be cool, but the turning seems like it would be really bad

 

[TheSlykrCubr]

It might be cool, but the turning seems like it would be really bad

no-one will know until it's tried

 

[cuber Q]

I'm completely obsessed by magnets in cubes. So i've been doing a lot of investigating recently. If you guys want to see the amazing results of 'core magnets'... (specifically the GAN 11 PRO M), i have shot the cube being turned in slowmotion (240fps) with a great camera. The SloMo shots are pretty amazing and really show the core magnets pulling and correcting the turns with over AND under turning (we are talking 20-25degrees correction here). The video is a general chat about the cube but the slowmo shots start at around the 2min mark) There are also so very close up shot of the core during turning. i think the magnetic core is a real gamechanger.

I'm going to try to 3d print a core to hold core magnets, and modify a different cube to have core magnets too (well try anyway). Basically I'd love to fit core magnets to all of my favourite cubes now. But the core itself will be pretty hard to 3d print i think - but i'm up for the challange. I've magnetised quite a few cubes now, becasue i love a cube to have very strong magnets, but i have to say the core magnets in the GAN 11 pro really make overly strong edge (regular) magnets pretty redundant. I'm pretty blown away by it tbh.