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"No I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas! I--I had a flat tire! I didn't have enough money for cab fare! My tux didn't come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!!!"
 
mafergut said:
You would definitely benefit from a better 4x4 or else you will have to break in your SS with hundreds of solves and also lube it well and maybe even florian-mod it a bit. Not sure, never had a SS 4x4. I have a Moyu Aosu and it's just great out of the box but right now I would recommend a Yuxin 4x4. It's as good as the Aosu if not better and it's also much cheaper. The Cyclone Boys G4 is also good, I've heard, but it also requires some set up, while the Yuxin is near-perfect out of the box. Either for speedsolving or blindfold you will be glad you bought it.
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h2f said:
I have ss v5, I just did 1:18.xx without warmup and parity thing, with easy centers. I have it for 2 years, did around 1k or 2k solves - no more. Than bought Aosu - it's much better. SS lockups a little but it's not so bad. It need regulation and lube. But if you can buy something better I recommend it.
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EvilGnome6 said:
Hmmm. I have 3 AoSus and they were all crap out of the box. Maybe it was bad luck or everybody has had theirs for so long they have forgotten about the catchy/clicky center layers that take a few hundred solves to break in. That aside, it is much better than the ShengShou.

The YuXin is silky smooth out of the box but I don't think it stays as stable or holds a cube shape as well as the AoSu. In my mind that would be a hindrance with BLD.
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I've never lubed or adjusted my 4x4 and probably haven't done 100 solves on it, but it sounds like a different cube would be a bigger improvement. I buy from Amazon.com and on there the Yuxin and Moyu AoSu are similarly priced, but the Moyu ships from China and Yuxin ships from US, so I ordered a Yuxin and will receive it Monday.
 
But will you lube your new cube? If you didnt know - do 100-200 solves and clean it and lube new cube after that. It will go much better. If know it - forget what I wrote.

I just had 3rd 4bld in a row after total disaster last week and about 10 dnfs in last month. Times were not great (mo3 11:53), but in the last cube it could be sub-10, but couldnt remeber last wings pair and had to review memo. I've lost a lot of time but finally found it and finished. :)
 
h2f said:
But will you lube your new cube? If you didnt know - do 100-200 solves and clean it and lube new cube after that. It will go much better. If know it - forget what I wrote.

I just had 3rd 4bld in a row after total disaster last week and about 10 dnfs in last month. Times were not great (mo3 11:53), but in the last cube it could be sub-10, but couldnt remeber last wings pair and had to review memo. I've lost a lot of time but finally found it and finished. :)
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I just lubed my Shengshou 4x4 and it did make a big difference. I don't know why I hadn't lubed it before. It still locks up too much with my lack of precise turning, but the middle slice moves needed for 4Bld are a whole lot easier now. Good enough that I'll try some more 4BLD solves this weekend. I'd consider your 3 straight successes with 11:53 avg as great. I'm hoping for any success, then sub 20.
 
chtiger said:
Good enough that I'll try some more 4BLD solves this weekend.
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I hope you will be successful. :) I was sub-10 in the summer but few weeks ago I got terrible lockup in blind events - lots of dnfs, memory holes etc. But slowly I'm out of it - did a little practice, added many new rooms it looks, start solving slower, and like it works. I think I've overloaded my memory.
 
Logiqx said:
That's the plan. I'm registered but the other half doesn't know yet. lol
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LOL... (really loud).. Mike be carefull, cubing is less important than a healthy relation.. If you go.. Good luck!

moralsh said:
Marcel, just practice de 2look algorythms, and try some edge control to get an easier case, but don't cancel the event, it's fun :)
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There are 90 competitors. Normally 60 are allowed. Therefor the cutoff ate much harder. So anything over 1 minute at OH gets a DNF. I hate DNF's so I do not compete.
 
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Day 1 report. DNFed all 3 blind solves. First couple were ~2:30 so I was rushing. Second solve was almost there and spoiled by an annoying Y-perm fumble right at the end. Last solve I took my time but DNFed too at about 4:30. Bit disappointing as my comp PB remains at 4:21 and I know I can do much better.

Made up for it with 4x4 PBs - 1:17 average, 1:10 single - and also 2x2 average PB 7.86.

Edit: and made it to 2nd round 2x2. My first time in 2nd round of anything!
 
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mark49152 said:
Day 1 report. DNFed all 3 blind solves. First couple were ~2:30 so I was rushing. Second solve was almost there and spoiled by an annoying Y-perm fumble right at the end. Last solve I took my time but DNFed too at about 4:30. Bit disappointing as my comp PB remains at 4:21 and I know I can do much better.

Made up for it with 4x4 PBs - 1:17 average, 1:10 single - and also 2x2 average PB 7.86.

Edit: and made it to 2nd round 2x2. My first time in 2nd round of anything!
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Congrats, I would be thrilled to get to a second round in something!
 
mark49152 said:
Cheers. Unfortunately I was back to my usual 2x2 form in round two. A counting 12 and a DNF where my cube disintegrated mid-solve...
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Sorry to hear that but those 4x4 times are great. I wish I was near those. I think that it was the thrill of getting to 2nd round that got you nervous or else you could have done much better. By the way, which 2x2 do you use? Not normal that a 2x2 disintegrates unless it's a Dayan Zanchi. I have one and I'm trying to break it in but it keeps popping all the time. At the same time I got a Cyclone Boys (stickerless) and it was great out of the box, so the CB is my main.

Talking about getting nervous, I can't go to a comp, I'm sure I'd DNF every time. I was trying to record my Ao12 video today 1 o 2 weeks late for Marcel's challenge and I have been completely unable to finish an Ao12 without messing up badly, forgetting to start the clock, dropping the cube, forgetting to start the camera (just when I had done a 15.xx), ... I will try again tomorrow.
 
Day 1 & 2 Report

Skewb: 16.21 Average 12.40 single Not enough to make it to the final but at least puts to rest my 40something average and 20something single

OH:Nervous, starting with a bad solve (53) then a good one (39) then a missed oportunity of an xcross because I messed up OLL, then PB and lastly average. Both PBs
2x2: didn't practice but almost got PB (missed it because I somehow forgot 1 PBL in the middle of a solve) 7.84 & 6.50 single
5x5: didn't make cutoff (3:00) 3:10 single at least
4x4: popped while OLL parity and had to start all over again, then 1:41 and 1:27 single, PB but not very happy with the solves
Pyra: move along, move along
3x3: More work for Marcel, I just bested your single by 0.01 and improved my average to 20.16. Too bad I had a counting 23, but very happy with low 19, 18 and 17, all of them full step.

Tomorrow Blind and some second rounds, Multi and bigBLD will have to wait for another comp, because Organizing gets me really tired.

Good luck tomorrow to everybody!
 
moralsh said:
Day 1 & 2 Report

Skewb: 16.21 Average 12.40 single Not enough to make it to the final but at least puts to rest my 40something average and 20something single

OH:Nervous, starting with a bad solve (53) then a good one (39) then a missed oportunity of an xcross because I messed up OLL, then PB and lastly average. Both PBs
2x2: didn't practice but almost got PB (missed it because I somehow forgot 1 PBL in the middle of a solve) 7.84 & 6.50 single
5x5: didn't make cutoff (3:00) 3:10 single at least
4x4: popped while OLL parity and had to start all over again, then 1:41 and 1:27 single, PB but not very happy with the solves
Pyra: move along, move along
3x3: More work for Marcel, I just bested your single by 0.01 and improved my average to 20.16. Too bad I had a counting 23, but very happy with low 19, 18 and 17, all of them full step.

Tomorrow Blind and some second rounds, Multi and bigBLD will have to wait for another comp, because Organizing gets me really tired.

Good luck tomorrow to everybody!
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Congrats on the 3x3 times.

I'll update the over 40s results for everyone next week.

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