Older cubers discussions

[MeJoho]

@MarcelP Thanks a lot for the tips! And really nice to hear that you have improved so much!
I really don't now what to buy.
Ofcourse I'm not very skilled but I would love to make a good buy for my first speedcube.

I would like to have one which is stickerless and has pop prevention.
I would also like to buy it from cubezz.com because of the free shipping.
Those you listed are either not stickerless or has info about pop prevention.
What to pick. HELP

 

[kcl]

Hi, Marcel from Holland here

If you ever want to compete you should get a stickered cube. You would be good going with a Dayan Zhanchi or a Shengshou aurora.

 

[MeJoho]

Is it because the surface doesn't make your fingers slip with a stickered one when it goes really fast? I bought a Dayan V Zhanchi
stickerless, just to try out a speedcube because it was so cheap. I guess I can just buy a new one with stickers if I ever need.

 

[kcl]

Is it because the surface doesn't make your fingers slip with a stickered one when it goes really fast? I bought a Dayan V Zhanchi
stickerless, just to try out a speedcube because it was so cheap. I guess I can just buy a new one with stickers if I ever need.

Yeah, that's the cube I started on!

 

[cubizh]

Is it because the surface doesn't make your fingers slip with a stickered one when it goes really fast?

No, it is because the official competitions follow a set of regulations that currently do not permite stickerless cubes to be used. (Regulation 3h2)

For the complete list, see here: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

Also, since you are from Denmark, I suggest you attend the European Championships this year, which take place in Roskilde.
You can meet a lot of cubers, learn a lot of new things and see the action close to home.
More information here: http://competition.odderen.dk/Euro2014/

 

[MeJoho]

wow thanks a lot both of you.
Sadly I will have to pay more for crossing the bridge to Roskilde than
entering the actual event. hmmm
Maybe I can work it out somehow.

 

[MarcelP]

@MarcelP Thanks a lot for the tips! And really nice to hear that you have improved so much!
I really don't now what to buy.
Ofcourse I'm not very skilled but I would love to make a good buy for my first speedcube.

I would like to have one which is stickerless and has pop prevention.
I would also like to buy it from cubezz.com because of the free shipping.
Those you listed are either not stickerless or has info about pop prevention.
What to pick. HELP

Go for this one: http://cubezz.com/Buy-4420-YJ+YuLong+3x3x3+Stickerless+Magic+Cube+Colored.html If you really like it (most people loves these cubes) you can order in black or white later to have a competition legal one.

 

[MarcelP]

It took a while but finally I had a single PB..

Spoiler

13.30 R2 U L2 D' F2 U2 F2 U2 R2 D' F2 L R2 F' U R2 D B L' D U'

x2
L' D' L x F' R' U R' F R //Cross( I got to stop doing 8+ moves on cross)
D2 U' x L' U L //F2L 1
U' R' U' R //F2L 2
U' R U R' U R U' R' //F2L 3
x' U2 L' U L //F2L 4
U R U R' U' R' F R F' // OLL
x' R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R //PLL

52 moves 3.9 TPS

Cube: MoYu LiYing with standard stickers
[video=youtube_share;8evBMCCynp4]http://youtu.be/8evBMCCynp4[/video]

 

[mark49152]

Nice one Marcel!

 

[MarcelP]

Nice one Marcel!

Thanks! I tried to do it a few times more to maybe get a sub 10 (like you did on your PB solve). But you know what? I can't even get sub 14 LOL.. That was a perfect solve for me I guess.

 

[mark49152]

Thanks! I tried to do it a few times more to maybe get a sub 10 (like you did on your PB solve). But you know what? I can't even get sub 14 LOL.. That was a perfect solve for me I guess.

LOL... that's bizarre!

 

[MarcelP]

LOL... that's bizarre!

Yeah, even if you look at the video, I locked up with the PLL and had to touch the spacebar twice before the timer actually stopped. But all the things that went right where that my eyes where (unintentionally) looking at the pieces that I could slot immediatly. So there where no pauzes for finding 'what to do'. It clearly shows looking ahead is the best way to go (for me).

 

[sneaklyfox]

Nice job on new PB!! By how much did you beat your previous PB?

 

[MarcelP]

Nice job on new PB!! By how much did you beat your previous PB?

Previous was 13.69

 

[Schmidt]

My Weekly entry
2x2x2 http://youtu.be/0faQ8XRFZW4
3x3x3 http://youtu.be/5slP_jA2pJU
pyra http://youtu.be/jGR7tpKacYs
2-3-4 relay http://youtu.be/SVF8fmpEW6g
OH http://youtu.be/vAHQvVYlMvM

playlist? http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTXoXnFtINoAc_QHd3F5ZE4UyrwVyHtLU

 

[MarcelP]

My Weekly entry
2x2x2 http://youtu.be/0faQ8XRFZW4
3x3x3 http://youtu.be/5slP_jA2pJU
pyra http://youtu.be/jGR7tpKacYs
2-3-4 relay http://youtu.be/SVF8fmpEW6g
OH http://youtu.be/vAHQvVYlMvM

playlist? http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTXoXnFtINoAc_QHd3F5ZE4UyrwVyHtLU

Nice! I tried to interpreted your 3x3 solves. I think your cross is slower than mine. Your F2L little slower but OLL and PLL way faster than mine. Could you do a Ao25 or 50 cross +1 to see what you are doing there?

 

[Schmidt]

I will do it this weekend.

my guess is 8.50

 

[Schmidt]

solves/total: 50/50, Mean: 6.63       
best: 3.49 | worst: 12.90

                  current              best
mean of 3    6.36 (σ=0.95)    4.55 (σ=0.97)
avg of 5     6.17 (σ=0.11)    5.19 (σ=0.35)
avg of 12    7.37 (σ=1.30)    5.61 (σ=0.55)
avg of 50    6.53 (σ=1.24)    6.53 (σ=1.24)

this was done with a cross+1 cube

 

[MarcelP]

Ok, 6.63 is good but you could easily improve that Btw, I noticed you have very bad OH technique but still get great times. I suspect if you put some effort in better OH turning technique your times will be even better. I stopped OH after getting a sub 2 (minute) official solve. I am not that fond of OH. Maybe it is just because I totally suck at OH.

 

[Schmidt]

Cross+1,rest of F2L,LL

 P.1    P.2    P.3
1    37.57    9.41    19.87    8.29
2    20.44    7.63    6.93    5.88
3    21.38    6.05    9.28    6.06
4    29.22    6.10    15.80    7.32
5    23.21    8.57    8.24    6.40
6    23.86    7.09    9.70    7.07
7    22.62    6.98    10.01    5.63
8    21.70    7.17    7.31    7.22
9    23.15    9.38    7.30    6.47
10    18.32  4.09    8.61    5.63
11    20.55  5.27    10.76    4.53
12    25.92  6.01    13.02    6.89
13    24.63  5.52    11.16    7.94
14    20.77  7.78    7.62    5.37
15    26.62  10.71.    8.65    7.26
16    23.78  6.22    9.48    8.08
17    20.00  4.17    8.76    7.07
18    23.00  7.33    9.26    6.41
19    32.48  9.29    13.67    9.51
20    27.90  11.69    9.08    7.14
21    20.97  5.39    8.74    6.84
22    20.27  6.46    8.58    5.23
23    24.43  5.41    11.37    7.65
24    22.71  7.38    9.18    6.15
25    23.84  7.29    8.93    7.62
26    22.21  5.79    7.63    8.80
27    25.02  7.74    11.28    6.01
28    21.14  7.20    8.73    5.20
29    24.89  7.01    9.83    8.04
30    28.41  12.57    9.55    6.29
31    21.06  6.88    10.33    3.85
32    21.09  6.31    8.44    6.34
33    29.71  7.41    16.10    6.21
34    19.21  6.40    6.64    6.17
35    28.24  6.79    12.85    8.61
36    30.72  8.87    11.35    10.50
37    20.70  6.56    7.08    7.06
38    20.41  4.14    8.54    7.72
39    32.98  16.10    9.53    7.35
40    25.65   9.75    8.03    7.88
41    19.00   4.85    8.73    5.43
42    23.34   6.86    10.35    6.12
43    21.30   5.65    9.47    6.17
44    33.39   6.40    11.17    15.82
45    24.45   6.93    8.62    8.90
46    24.02   6.82    9.84    7.37
47    21.50   7.17    9.18    5.15
48    22.30   6.11    8.16    8.03
49    19.14   6.08    8.15    4.91
50    21.89   7.15    8.22    6.53
solve: 50/50
mean: 24.02    7.24    9.78    7.00