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sneaklyfox said:
Sorry I'm on here so infrequently nowadays. I like to catch up a bit. I'm not 40+ but will be there in 6 more years. :-P

Edit: Oh yah, I saw someone posted about this being "epic thread". Indeed it is.
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I am glad you stopped by :) I think it is time you post a new video (since almost every one did it last week), showing a nice Ao12.

For the people who do not know Sneaklyfox, she is very cool :) as shown here:
 
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MarcelP said:
I am glad you stopped by :) I think it is time you post a new video (since almost every one did it last week), showing a nice Ao12.

For the people who do not know Sneaklyfox, she is very cool :) as shown here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzrlf2yNXtU
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Awesome, I love the turning style! I had a good practice session tonight (for me). Ao5 was 35 and Ao12 37 at the end. I'm going to capture such a session on video sometime soon! (Translation - sometime)
 
I'm preparing and practicing to a competionion this weekend. I've back to CFOP because my times with it are better than with Roux. Although I want to do some big cubes solves. That's why Im back. I pracitce PLLs - most of them I can do sub2. And I practice yellow cross solving (I solve with white on bottom) and slow solving. And today I got my first ao5 sub 20. I'm very glad with that. Maybe I'll be sub20 ao100 one day.
 
h2f said:
I'm preparing and practicing to a competionion this weekend. I've back to CFOP because my times with it are better than with Roux. Although I want to do some big cubes solves. That's why Im back. I pracitce PLLs - most of them I can do sub2. And I practice yellow cross solving (I solve with white on bottom) and slow solving. And today I got my first ao5 sub 20. I'm very glad with that. Maybe I'll be sub20 ao100 one day.
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Back temporarily to CFOP just for the competition or giving up Roux?

sneaklyfox said:
Sorry I'm on here so infrequently nowadays. I like to catch up a bit. I'm not 40+ but will be there in 6 more years. :-P

Edit: Oh yah, I saw someone posted about this being "epic thread". Indeed it is.
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Seeing that last video on youtube, do you use Roux now?
 
muchacho said:
Back temporarily to CFOP just for the competition or giving up Roux?
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I like to solve big cubes and I solve them with yau or reduction. This means I never stoped solving with CFOP. But when I stucked under 25 seconds I get boring with that method. On the other hand I did want to get into FMC and I found Roux gives some features in it - for example doing blocks 2x2, 2x2x2 or 3x2x2. Also slice moves are very nice. That's why I learned it. When I want some rest from CFOP I do roux. But in last time I realized that with CFOP I am much closer to sub-20 than with Roux. And 2 months ago I've started practicing it regulary: blind cross, f2l, olls, plls, solving on yellow, metronom or slow solving. I stopped for a month and gave advantage to roux, but in last time I've noticed that CFOP become much easier for me. I think I'm gonna to practice both methods. :)

In roux my weakest point at the moment are cmlls: adding recognition I do them between 2-3 seconds and 10 seconds. I need to practice it. On the other hand I can do fb in maximum 9 moves and sb in maximum 20. Both in 10-13 seconds.

Edit: I've read my post and it looks like noone is going to understand what I mean except me. :)
 
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Logiqx said:
I ordered the Yuxin 5x5 last week and it is waiting for me at the sorting office. Bad traffic prevented me from picking it up tonight so it will have to wait until tomorrow. I wanted to play with it tonight!
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I picked up my Yuxin 5x5 on the way to work. Wow... it feels amazing!

It is incredibly smooth and effortless to turn; inner and outer layers. I can't wait to do some solves at lunchtime. :)

I think I will be retiring the AoChuang...
 
Hello. So my younger sister (by 5 years) is just learning to cube, I got her the bug. :) She can already do her Cross and F2L. I wanted to teach her an easy approach to LL, but could not find the way that made sense to me. Maybe it is out there, but I just decided to make my own.

The concept I wanted was minimal alg memorization, but use ones that she would continue using as she learned the rest of CFOP. In other words, you can do OLL and PLL with 2 algs each, but you just might have to repeat them more times. It seems more useful to me than learning beginner or some method you will have to throw away. But it still gives her the fun of solving it that much sooner.

These are probably pretty boring, but I want to share them anyway. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaLG1jrmQB0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c48NQvmMF48
 
h2f said:
Maybe I have a progress - I got second ao5 sub20 (19.21), ao12 (20.25) - so close, and ao100 22.9. :)
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Nice! That is good stuff. With Roux?

EDIT: never mind, I just read:

h2f said:
I'm preparing and practicing to a competionion this weekend. I've back to CFOP because my times with it are better than with Roux. Although I want to do some big cubes solves. That's why Im back. I pracitce PLLs - most of them I can do sub2. And I practice yellow cross solving (I solve with white on bottom) and slow solving. And today I got my first ao5 sub 20. I'm very glad with that. Maybe I'll be sub20 ao100 one day.
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Jason Green said:
I had a good practice session tonight (for me). Ao5 was 35 and Ao12 37 at the end
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Nice progress. Going from sup 40 to sub 38. I wouldn't mind dropping a second or two ;)

h2f said:
Edit: I've read my post and it looks like noone is going to understand what I mean except me. :)
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Yeah LOL.. I think most people here understand. FB first block, SB second block.. And maybe some people know L6E that it means last 6 edges, the Roux equivalent of CFOP Last Layer.
 
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Jason Green said:
Hello. So my younger sister (by 5 years) is just learning to cube, I got her the bug. :) She can already do her Cross and F2L. I wanted to teach her an easy approach to LL, but could not find the way that made sense to me. Maybe it is out there, but I just decided to make my own.

The concept I wanted was minimal alg memorization, but use ones that she would continue using as she learned the rest of CFOP. In other words, you can do OLL and PLL with 2 algs each, but you just might have to repeat them more times. It seems more useful to me than learning beginner or some method you will have to throw away. But it still gives her the fun of solving it that much sooner.

These are probably pretty boring, but I want to share them anyway. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaLG1jrmQB0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c48NQvmMF48
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The videos are good, it looks easy enough... maybe it would be a good moment to also try Roux in case she likes it more. With Deedub's videos there are only 2 algs to learn, and then the next step is using just 9.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLajHGvYF36nSsL1r_DqrpDY07TnJwqEpn
 
MarcelP said:
I know some people hate the Gans 356 and some love it. I have three of them and it has been my main for a month now. I am truely convinced about this cube. It is very forgiving, fast and controllable and it has the perfect size.
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I ordered a Gans 356 at the same time as the Yuxin 5x5 and did a monster session in front of the TV last night... 200 timed solves.

The cube is very nice and near the end of the session, I got my first sub-17 Ao5 and without the benefit of any skips... (15.42), 18.03, 15.99, (21.49), 16.97 = 16.90

This Ao5 included my first counting 15... 15.998. The session as a whole wasn't anything special (only just sub-20 Ao50) as I was tired and the lighting in my lounge is not great but I was on fire for a few minutes. hehe!
 
Logiqx said:
I ordered a Gans 356 at the same time as the Yuxin 5x5 and did a monster session in front of the TV last night... 200 timed solves.
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I misread that at first and thought you had done 200 5x5 solves :).

I like the feel of the 356 but find it hard to control, especially when trying to turn slower. I was actually considering gumming up my AoLong or finding a slower cube, after our recent slow turning discussion.
 
mark49152 said:
I misread that at first and thought you had done 200 5x5 solves :).

I like the feel of the 356 but find it hard to control, especially when trying to turn slower. I was actually considering gumming up my AoLong or finding a slower cube, after our recent slow turning discussion.
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Fangshi with lot's of lube is great for that.

I will start today with you to force some progress by doing hard core slow turning sessions. Mike's (Logiqx) way of turning is something I want to acchieve, but then slight faster.

Btw, I did an Ao12 of scrambles. I do not know how to get 25 length scrambles. So mine where 20 and I had 8.74.

Logiqx said:
I ordered a Gans 356 at the same time as the Yuxin 5x5 and did a monster session in front of the TV last night... 200 timed solves.

The cube is very nice and near the end of the session, I got my first sub-17 Ao5 and without the benefit of any skips... (15.42), 18.03, 15.99, (21.49), 16.97 = 16.90

This Ao5 included my first counting 15... 15.998. The session as a whole wasn't anything special (only just sub-20 Ao50) as I was tired and the lighting in my lounge is not great but I was on fire for a few minutes. hehe!
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Hang in there. It will take much more than 200 solves to get the required taste of Gans356 :) It is still my main by far from any other cube I have. In fact I orderd just another one.. (I like placing cubes in places where I can use them without taking cubes with me..)
 
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