Older cubers discussions

[Kattenvriendin]

It is the bulk rate button after you look in the cart, on dealextreme

http://dx.com/p/dayan-5-zhanchi-3x3x3-brain-teaser-magic-iq-cube-94722

Those.. they are 57m
put 6 in the cart
then you will be taken to the cart.

There is a button there "enable bulkrate prices" or enter BULKRATE in the coupon field, I think that works too


Now the cube is $10.93 a pop.
$1.70 is added for regisered mail
Total being $67.30

 

[Gordon]

Thanks for the hint. I've just ordered six of them... damn me, I cannot hold myself when buying cubes

Did you put regular colored stickers on the cubes? Or some special light or bright colors?

 

[Kattenvriendin]

I just put some stickers on that I had laying around still. I order most my cubes as DIY and good thing of that is that most of the time you get TWO stickersets

 

[MarcelP]

Or some special light or bright colors?

Since I use halfbright sets from Cubesmith on my cubes have I improved dramatically. On white cubes I use half bright set and on black cubes I use half bright with bright blue (so that there is a bigger contrast between the cube and the sicker). It's magical I tell you. When I do a solve on a regular cube now I do not get any sub 30 (most around 36 - 38 seconds).

 

[Gordon]

For my current main cube (black) I have a favorite color scheme (white - flourescent yellow / light blue - flourescent green / bright orange - flourescent pink), but I wonder how it will look on a non-black cube.
For example I think that flourescent yellow looks ugly on a yellow cube.

But because I also use other cubes regulary, different collors are not a big problem. At the moment my times are always in the same range (except for the 48er avg of 12 yesterday), even with other colors.

 

[MarcelP]

I did a Ao100 today. Man the first 50 where horrible.. Above 32 seconds I believe..

Then 51 to 58 where like this and things picked up again:

51. 26.45 R2 L2 D2 U B2 D' L2 U B2 R2 B2 R F2 R' B' D2 B2 R B' U' F' U'
52. 27.80 L2 D2 F2 R2 L2 U R2 U R2 U2 B2 R F' D2 B R2 D B2 R' D R2 U2
53. 34.65 B2 U F2 D2 R2 F2 D2 R2 B2 D U2 R' F' R2 F2 L U2 B D B F' U2
54. 31.28 R2 B2 D' F2 R2 D B2 F2 R2 U2 R' U2 F' D2 L D F' R' F D2
55. 24.95 U2 R2 B2 R2 L2 U R2 L2 F2 R2 D L' F' D' R' L F2 R' U R2 L'
56. 31.26 L2 B2 D B2 D2 F2 D2 L2 U' R2 U F' L2 U' L D' R' U2 R L' U
57. 26.46 U2 B2 D' U2 F2 L2 F2 R2 D' B2 U2 R L F' D R' D2 B U L U2
58. 24.47 D2 B2 L2 U2 B2 R2 D' U2 B2 U B2 L R2 U2 F' R2 D' L F' L' U2 B

If it had not been for those sub 25 solves or I would have quit to complete a full 100

So no PB's broken but since i have not been practicing speed at all I am quite happy.

 

[lcsbiffi]

I did a Ao100 today. Man the first 50 where horrible.. Above 32 seconds I believe..

Then 51 to 58 where like this and things picked up again:

51. 26.45 R2 L2 D2 U B2 D' L2 U B2 R2 B2 R F2 R' B' D2 B2 R B' U' F' U'
52. 27.80 L2 D2 F2 R2 L2 U R2 U R2 U2 B2 R F' D2 B R2 D B2 R' D R2 U2
53. 34.65 B2 U F2 D2 R2 F2 D2 R2 B2 D U2 R' F' R2 F2 L U2 B D B F' U2
54. 31.28 R2 B2 D' F2 R2 D B2 F2 R2 U2 R' U2 F' D2 L D F' R' F D2
55. 24.95 U2 R2 B2 R2 L2 U R2 L2 F2 R2 D L' F' D' R' L F2 R' U R2 L'
56. 31.26 L2 B2 D B2 D2 F2 D2 L2 U' R2 U F' L2 U' L D' R' U2 R L' U
57. 26.46 U2 B2 D' U2 F2 L2 F2 R2 D' B2 U2 R L F' D R' D2 B U L U2
58. 24.47 D2 B2 L2 U2 B2 R2 D' U2 B2 U B2 L R2 U2 F' R2 D' L F' L' U2 B

If it had not been for those sub 25 solves or I would have quit to complete a full 100

So no PB's broken but since i have not been practicing speed at all I am quite happy.

Nice times. Did you warm up beforehand or just started cold ?

 

[MarcelP]

Nice times. Did you warm up beforehand or just started cold ?

I always delete the first 5 solves or so.. So yeah, no cold start this one..

 

[lcsbiffi]

I always delete the first 5 solves or so.. So yeah, no cold start this one..

Oh, I see, but I guess the first and last solves are usually the most slow.

 

[MarcelP]

Today I only have like 15 minutes to practice. Did about 20 solves.. bad average around 33.. But I had a sub 20 solve that makes my whole week ok!

Scramble: D L2 U' F2 R2 U' B2 L2 U B2 R' F D2 U F' D R' L2 U F

Anyone care to reconstruct?

[video=youtube_share;Buaw_HIHQqY]http://youtu.be/Buaw_HIHQqY[/video]

 

[lcsbiffi]

Today I only have like 15 minutes to practice. Did about 20 solves.. bad average around 33.. But I had a sub 20 solve that makes my whole week ok!

Scramble: D L2 U' F2 R2 U' B2 L2 U B2 R' F D2 U F' D R' L2 U F

Anyone care to reconstruct?

[video=youtube_share;Buaw_HIHQqY]http://youtu.be/Buaw_HIHQqY[/video]

Nice solve, on my last ao100 the best time I got was a 19.71 lol btw, I managed to get the times from all my solves from that ao100 and posted them in my topic if you want to check them out

 

[MarcelP]

Yeah baby yeah:


Whooohoooo.. Watch out Ben, Watch out Lucas.. here I come... A sub 29 Ao50! and a sub 28 Ao12

 

[sneaklyfox]

Nice, Marcel!

 

[MarcelP]

Thanks! Something like this really makes my day.

 

[lcsbiffi]

Geez, guess I've got to practice more haha I have to keep my position as number 1 of the noob rank B) lol

 

[piece popper]

Well, it looks like you've acheived your goal, according to your signature.

 

[BenVdd]

damn you are getting so close. I have to do a long session soon!

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Wow well done!! Is this with the white stickerless?

 

[MarcelP]

Yep the video is with white stickerless. The Ao50 is the blue stickerless. Currently my favorite cube.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Hahaha I KNEW it!