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mafergut said:
EDIT: But first I had to do my weekly comp 4x4 scrambles... already loving my CB G4. Still catching a bit but it's so much better than either the Aosu or Guansu!!! And the stickerless shades are so nice as well. Now I wish I could have all my cubes in those shades. Got a PB single of 1:14, by the way :)
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Its a lovely puzzle isn't it? Mine had inner slice catching when I first got it but it stops after a while. I agree the stickerless shades of the CB G4 is awesome. Wish all stickerless were the same. Well, having said that the XMen Tornado is great shades too.

Have fun with your DaYan megaminx :)

@Lid , Stefan, I can feel a Gigaminx order coming on :D
 
My G4 hardly catches at all now and I agree that the colours are great. I have no recognition issues. I've been practicing the edge swap parity alg from waaaay up thread. I'm not a heavy user of finger tricks as my hands are terribly slow and stiff but this alg is so much faster for me when done right.
Uw2 Rw2 U2 r2 U2 Rw2 Uw2
Thank you to whoever pointed it out.
PS I haven't got permission to go to Ireland and I'm not pushing it as I'm saving points for an overnight stay at the UKs (and the Worlds next year if they are in Europe) .
 
newtonbase said:
PS I haven't got permission to go to Ireland and I'm not pushing it as I'm saving points for an overnight stay at the UKs (and the Worlds next year if they are in Europe) .
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It would be awsome to meet it they were in Gdańsk. I've heard there's a chance they are there in the venue where Polish Nationals were last year.
 
mafergut said:
EDIT: But first I had to do my weekly comp 4x4 scrambles... already loving my CB G4. Still catching a bit but it's so much better than either the Aosu or Guansu!!! And the stickerless shades are so nice as well. Now I wish I could have all my cubes in those shades. Got a PB single of 1:14, by the way :)
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Nice PB! How do you find the Red/Orange on that CB G4? I almost bought one recently but in the pictures I saw the Red/Orange looked a little too similar. I've always loved CB stickerless colours, but the G4 looks different from other CB cubes, like they went with a brighter colour scheme.
 
earth2dan said:
Nice PB! How do you find the Red/Orange on that CB G4? I almost bought one recently but in the pictures I saw the Red/Orange looked a little too similar. I've always loved CB stickerless colours, but the G4 looks different from other CB cubes, like they went with a brighter colour scheme.
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I used it in KC and it was easy to tell the colors apart.
 
earth2dan said:
Nice PB! How do you find the Red/Orange on that CB G4? I almost bought one recently but in the pictures I saw the Red/Orange looked a little too similar. I've always loved CB stickerless colours, but the G4 looks different from other CB cubes, like they went with a brighter colour scheme.
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I can distinguish orange and red well enough. The red is quite dark and the orange is clearly lighter so no problem with that at all. I would recommend you to try it.

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Jason Green said:
I used it in KC and it was easy to tell the colors apart.
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mafergut said:
I can distinguish orange and red well enough. The red is quite dark and the orange is clearly lighter so no problem with that at all. I would recommend you to try it.
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Well I'm sold. Thanks guys! :)

Also, my stickerless BoChuang 5x5 just arrived! First impression is the stickerless variant feels nicer than the stickered one (as usual). I'll need to break it in and see how I feel about these colours, but this just might be my new main 5x5.
 
earth2dan said:
Nice PB! How do you find the Red/Orange on that CB G4? I almost bought one recently but in the pictures I saw the Red/Orange looked a little too similar. I've always loved CB stickerless colours, but the G4 looks different from other CB cubes, like they went with a brighter colour scheme.
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I have no trouble with red/orange or any of the other colours. You really can't trust colours in photos.
 
I had a Yuxin on black which I replaced with a BoChuang on black, that got replaced with a BoChuang stickerless (Used at Exeter Open) but just like a few reports I have heard, 100+ solves in and yet another BoChuang slows right up, almost as if the plastic is very soft. Received the Yuxin stickerless the other day and whilst the red/orange are closer than the BoChuang I think it will become my main.

Only skewb to go as my mains at the moment:-
2x2: DaYan (Stickerless)
3x3: X-Men Tornado (Stickerless)
4x4: Cyclone Boys G4 (Stickerless)
5x5: MoYu BoChuang (Stickerless) or Yuxin (Stickerless)
6x6: AoShi (Stickerless)
7x7: AoSu GT (Stickerless)
Sq1: Qiyi (Stickerless)
Pyra: Qiyi (Stickerless)
Mega: DaYan Ridged (Stickerless)
Skewb: Lanlan on ... Black (This needs replacing) :D
 
Selkie said:
I had a Yuxin on black which I replaced with a BoChuang on black, that got replaced with a BoChuang stickerless (Used at Exeter Open) but just like a few reports I have heard, 100+ solves in and yet another BoChuang slows right up, almost as if the plastic is very soft. Received the Yuxin stickerless the other day and whilst the red/orange are closer than the BoChuang I think it will become my main.

Only skewb to go as my mains at the moment:-
2x2: DaYan (Stickerless)
3x3: X-Men Tornado (Stickerless)
4x4: Cyclone Boys G4 (Stickerless)
5x5: MoYu BoChuang (Stickerless) or Yuxin (Stickerless)
6x6: AoShi (Stickerless)
7x7: AoSu GT (Stickerless)
Sq1: Qiyi (Stickerless)
Pyra: Qiyi (Stickerless)
Skewb: Lanlan on ... Black (This needs replacing) :D
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I just ordered a bunch of stickerless puzzles. In fact, four of them are in your list ;). Though so far I don't really have any stickerless mains. It's a real close fight between my Yuxin 5x5 and stickered BoChuang at the moment, and I'll be adding the stickerless BoChuang to that fight now. I have noticed recently that my stickered BoChuang seems to be slowing down. I didn't know this was a thing, I thought maybe I messed it up by lubing it...
 
newtonbase said:
I've been practicing the edge swap parity alg from waaaay up thread. I'm not a heavy user of finger tricks as my hands are terribly slow and stiff but this alg is so much faster for me when done right.
Uw2 Rw2 U2 r2 U2 Rw2 Uw2
Thank you to whoever pointed it out.
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I'm converting to using this alg instead of r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 u2 - so many less moves on inner slices, so seems to make sense for it to be faster.

Selkie said:
And while I am on a spending spree, think a couple of new Rubik's T-Shirts :)

https://rubiks-uk.spreadshirt.co.uk/
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Some of these look awesome. Thanks for the tip.

earth2dan said:
Nice PB! How do you find the Red/Orange on that CB G4? I almost bought one recently but in the pictures I saw the Red/Orange looked a little too similar. I've always loved CB stickerless colours, but the G4 looks different from other CB cubes, like they went with a brighter colour scheme.
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I'm a big fan of the CB G4 stickerless and it's replaced the Aosu as my main. It did pop on my second solve of the last comp, but that's one of only 3 times in many many solves. I have had an occasional DNF after not spotting opposite-swap of red-orange in PLL parity, but have no problem with the edges. In fact, it encourages me to observe the permutation better to ensure I get it right.
 
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