Older cubers discussions

[mafergut]

I did my Mega Ao5 for this weekly comp and I didn't like the results that much, so I had to do another Ao12 after that

Generated By csTimer on 2016-3-18
avg of 12: 3:50.46

Time List:
3:47.72, 3:26.34, 3:45.19, 3:40.59, (3:23.73), (4:40.55), 3:45.84, 4:39.92, 3:48.57, 4:07.63, 3:44.44, 3:38.35

The 1st 5 solves make also PB Ao5 = 3:37.38.

The two solves around 4:40 I had some weird mistake that destroyed a pair when finishing S2L and had to redo part of the puzzle.

Next stop, sub 3:30. Then maybe learn proper LL algs.

 

[h2f]

Awsome Miguel.

 

[Selkie]

I decided not to bring my camcorder with me this weekend then this happens...

16.67 Ao12 - yay!

Awesome, well done :tu

I did my Mega Ao5 for this weekly comp and I didn't like the results that much, so I had to do another Ao12 after that

Generated By csTimer on 2016-3-18
avg of 12: 3:50.46

Time List:
3:47.72, 3:26.34, 3:45.19, 3:40.59, (3:23.73), (4:40.55), 3:45.84, 4:39.92, 3:48.57, 4:07.63, 3:44.44, 3:38.35

The 1st 5 solves make also PB Ao5 = 3:37.38.

The two solves around 4:40 I had some weird mistake that destroyed a pair when finishing S2L and had to redo part of the puzzle.

Next stop, sub 3:30. Then maybe learn proper LL algs.

Wow, very motivating, I must start the race!

 

[mafergut]

Thanks!

@Mike: Nice PLL parity alg. I will try it and maybe change to it.

 

[muchacho]

Not bad

3:37 is my PB single

 

[mark49152]

4BLD PB 8:28. Back on track. Got it on cam too...

 

[h2f]

Nice Mark, congrats! Me 7:37 off by few pcs but with 3 minutes execution. But last success was 8:39.

Todays ao50 in 4x4

Generated By csTimer on 2016-3-18
solves/total: 50/50

single
best: 1:06.15
worst: 1:38.54

mean of 3
current: 1:23.17 (σ = 10.78)
best: 1:12.70 (σ = 6.98)

avg of 5
current: 1:19.40 (σ = 4.35)
best: 1:14.05 (σ = 2.78)

avg of 12
current: 1:18.51 (σ = 4.66)
best: 1:16.02 (σ = 5.13)

avg of 50
current: 1:19.42 (σ = 5.88)
best: 1:19.42 (σ = 5.88)

Average: 1:19.42 (σ = 5.88)
Mean: 1:19.69

 

[Jason Green]

I used Andy Klise's site for CLLs and created a Google Doc with my own selections:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1778FJTiASovNoaX8wGQj8X_nC_Is6FlepuAm-0wjDvA/edit?usp=sharing

You can copy it and modify it to your liking. Each image has a hyperlink to the image generator page in case you want to change the orientation.

That's really cool, I did not know that php site existed to make images!

Here's the PLL parity algorithm I use. I like it because it only has one slice and is easy to execute on 6x6 as well.

Uw2 Rw2 U2 (Rw2 R'2) U2 Rw2 Uw2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5rjmBlLZHk

That's the one I use too. I do it like Crazy Bad Cuber showed where I grab the upper left 2x2x4 block and do not let go to do the Uw2 Rw2. Then grab the bottom right 2x2x4 block to move it back at the end.

I decided not to bring my camcorder with me this weekend then this happens...

16.67 Ao12 - yay!

Awesome!

 

[APdRF]

Here's the PLL parity algorithm I use. I like it because it only has one slice and is easy to execute on 6x6 as well.

Uw2 Rw2 U2 (Rw2 R'2) U2 Rw2 Uw2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5rjmBlLZHk

That's THE PARITY, best alg ever

 

[Selkie]

4BLD PB 8:28. Back on track. Got it on cam too...

Wow, look forward to seeing it if you upload it

Nice Mark, congrats! Me 7:37 off by few pcs but with 3 minutes execution. But last success was 8:39.

Todays ao50 in 4x4

Really nice ao5 and 12 there :tu

@4x4 Race

First sub 1:06 Ao12 ... 1:05.62. Sorry wasn't on film. My wife is out on a work girls night out and lighting in the study is awful when it is dark so cubing in the kitchen. Loving the strip light, going to fit one in the study this weekend

 

[Selkie]

What do you guys use as mains for MegaMinx? I have been trying to get an Ao5 with my MF8 one but the lockups are insane. It is 6 years old with little use

 

[newtonbase]

Here's the PLL parity algorithm I use. I like it because it only has one slice and is easy to execute on 6x6 as well.

Uw2 Rw2 U2 (Rw2 R'2) U2 Rw2 Uw2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5rjmBlLZHk

That's brilliant. Currently practicing in my head until I can get to a cube.

My 3 days of dedicated 2x2 practice is over and I'm comfortably back to my best but still very erratic. I still over and under turn.

Tomorrow (today?) is general practice but I've got a 40th birthday party to go to so may get nothing done and Sunday could be a write off depending on alcohol consumption levels. Life keeps getting in the way of cubing.

 

[Lid]

Not liking that PLL par alg, I prefer Rw2 F2 U2 r2 U2 F2 Rw2.

What do you guys use as mains for MegaMinx? I have been trying to get an Ao5 with my MF8 one but the lockups are insane. It is 6 years old with little use

I use an old Mefferts with tiles as main, but also currently breaking in a Dayan (no ridges) with mf8 tiles. And I think you should get something else than that not so good mf8

Here is picture of it, plus all my other mains. http://imgur.com/wK2Hqbs

 

[Selkie]

@Stefan

I had heard some old school megaminx's were great, seen a UK cuber sub 1 average on an unknown minx about 5 years ago. Any reason the megaminx is the only black puzzle? You seem to love stickerless but I have to confess after solving on a stickerless Cyclone Boys G4 for a day I have broke all PBs. Just cant seem to repeat that on 3x3 etc. I'll order a DaYan, as to be fair you are the fastest old man around, I'll take the advice

That's brilliant. Currently practicing in my head until I can get to a cube.

My 3 days of dedicated 2x2 practice is over and I'm comfortably back to my best but still very erratic. I still over and under turn.

Tomorrow (today?) is general practice but I've got a 40th birthday party to go to so may get nothing done and Sunday could be a write off depending on alcohol consumption levels. Life keeps getting in the way of cubing.

Yup thats always been my PLL parity alg though I execute it as r2R2' as I dont have the finger accuracy to execute the m slices. Really hope some drop out so I can make London

 

[Isaac Lai]

@Stefan

I had heard some old school megaminx's were great, seen a UK cuber sub 1 average on an unknown minx about 5 years ago. Any reason the megaminx is the only black puzzle? You seem to love stickerless but I have to confess after solving on a stickerless Cyclone Boys G4 for a day I have broke all PBs. Just cant seem to repeat that on 3x3 etc. I'll order a DaYan, as to be fair you are the fastest old man around, I'll take the advice

In terms of megaminx hardware, I think the old 'veteran' megaminxers like Simon Westlund and Balint Bodor use old and extremely broken in Mefferts minxes. However, because they aren't produced anymore (I think), newer minxers like Felipe Rueda, Juan Pablo Huanqui and Nicolas Naing use Dayans and modded Shengshous, which are better out of the box and get better with breaking in. But there are people who use theMf8 like Lucas Wesche and Henri Gerber (thecoolminxer).

That being said, most megaminxes need quite a bit of breaking in (or modding for the shengshou) before they become good.

 

[kbrune]

Finally getting mega under 6 minutes. Set my PB earlier today at 4:45.xx


number of times: 5/5
best time: 5:18.11
worst time: 6:18.36

current avg5: 5:49.25 (σ = 15.21)
best avg5: 5:49.25 (σ = 15.21)

session avg: 5:49.25 (σ = 15.21)
session mean: 5:48.84


I don't know if i'll ever be consistent. I've got my sequence down fairly good but I spend sooooo much time just looking for pieces. CO is a problem for me right now too. If It's a case I don't know I just do sune or anti sune and see what's next. some cases I've come to be able to set up. But other cases are a disaster. If I get down around 4 min i'll have to learn all the CO cases.


Just got a 4:39.43 right after posting this lol New PB!

 

[muchacho]

You'll improve your times faster just by doing solves, finding the pieces is probably where most of the time can be saved for now (at least it was for me), you don't need algs for CO for now... but I've learned the 2 cases that orient 5 corners, and I'll learn some more, they are not difficult.

 

[mark49152]

Nice Mark, congrats! Me 7:37 off by few pcs but with 3 minutes execution. But last success was 8:39

Memo for my 8:28 was 4:33 with 3:55 execution. At the moment, I think my accuracy depends on execution but my times depend on memo. Often I just struggle in the memo and have to go back over it, wasting 2-3 minutes. With 2 weeks left till comp, I'm not sure how to practise, except just do more solves.

Here's the PLL parity algorithm I use. I like it because it only has one slice and is easy to execute on 6x6 as well.

Uw2 Rw2 U2 (Rw2 R'2) U2 Rw2 Uw2

I've seen fast people use that in comp, and it looks impressive, but I can't get it to work well for me because of the regrips for Rw2. I use this one:-

r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 Uw2 U2

Slices with left, U turns with right. How do you do your setups for adjacent parity? I do (l' R') F' and start the slice with left hand but then have a short delay while I regrip to hold the R face.

 

[h2f]

At the moment, I think my accuracy depends on execution but my times depend on memo. Often I just struggle in the memo and have to go back over it, wasting 2-3 minutes.

Same me but I practicse comms on centers and I try to do them faster.

How do you do your setups for adjacent parity? I do (l' R') F' and start the slice with left hand but then have a short delay while I regrip to hold the R face.

I do R U R' U' seutp and when I do parity r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 Uw2 U2 I dont do last U2 but only U' R U R'.

 

[mark49152]

Same me but I practicse comms on centers and I try to do them faster.

I did 1-2 weeks practising centres only to learn better finger tricks and advanced U2 tricks, and it got my centres exec down to about 1:20-1:30 which is on target for 3:30 execution overall. Right now I think my focus should be memo and pauses. I think your memo is generally much faster than mine.

If I learn comms, I wonder if it should be for wings, since there are so many targets and it accounts for half of execution.

I do R U R' U' seutp and when I do parity r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 Uw2 U2 I dont do last U2 but only U' R U R'.

That's better, I will try that for a while. Thanks.