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For wings I use 2R2 D' L' F (2L' U2 2L' U2 F2 2L' F2 2R U2 2R' U2 2L2) F' L D its also fast and easy to memorize. For Corner-Midges y swap UL and UR and the adjacent wings.

I used it - setup, alg, undo setup. :) Comms for centers were pretty hard for me - I was learning it few days, than I've made a break and suddenly I understood how to do them. I found + centers harder at the beginning but now I think they are easier. Today I've made 5bld attempt. I did +centers and during xcenters somone rang to the door, and when I was back I've mistaken.
 
I use Raul's alg for 4x4 wing parity. Rob's alg is nicer, but the other one has already stuck in my head so it will suffice, and it seems to work on 5x5 too.

My question was about midge/corner parity and how to fix that on 5x5. Having looked at answers and other resources I think what I will do is use my regular M2 parity fix D' L2 D M2 * D' L2 D and at the star insert F2 Rw2 F2 U2 r2 U2 F2 Rw2 F2 to do a double wing swap. Just a variation of what was posted above, I think.

I tried a 5BLD by writing down the memo and executing sighted. Man it takes forever!
 
UKC is getting close and there will be a few of the oldies in attendance!

  • Ben Coppin (bubbagrub)
  • Guy Plowman
  • Mark Adams (newtonbase)
  • Mark Rivers (mark49152)
  • Michael George (Logiqx)
  • Richard Leiser (RicardoRix)
  • Ian Pepper (SenorJuan)

It was nice to meet up with you guys over the weekend, chat and put some new faces against names. :)

@Ian: I'm sure you'll bounce back from your OH experience. I hope you enjoyed meeting everyone and watching the fast guys!
 
I've taken the liberty of creating age category results for the 3x3 first round:

90 Michael George 17.57 24.88 United Kingdom 21.73 27.44 25.48 42.46 17.57
92 Ben Coppin 19.79 25.41 United Kingdom 36.05 25.69 28.55 21.99 19.79 141
97 Mark Rivers 18.81 26.14 United Kingdom 18.81 29.78 24.26 29.04 25.11
115 Richard Leiser 27.34 32.81 United Kingdom 35.73 32.17 30.54 36.23 27.34
136 Mark Adams 30.91 41.56 United Kingdom 44.29 30.91 39.58 51.56 40.80
141 Guy Plowman 39.93 47.31 United Kingdom 1:00.29 47.55 49.62 39.93 44.75
Ian Pepper No result found.
 
I've taken the liberty of creating age category results for the 3x3 first round:

90 Michael George 17.57 24.88 United Kingdom 21.73 27.44 25.48 42.46 17.57
92 Ben Coppin 19.79 25.41 United Kingdom 36.05 25.69 28.55 21.99 19.79 141
97 Mark Rivers 18.81 26.14 United Kingdom 18.81 29.78 24.26 29.04 25.11
115 Richard Leiser 27.34 32.81 United Kingdom 35.73 32.17 30.54 36.23 27.34
136 Mark Adams 30.91 41.56 United Kingdom 44.29 30.91 39.58 51.56 40.80
141 Guy Plowman 39.93 47.31 United Kingdom 1:00.29 47.55 49.62 39.93 44.75
Ian Pepper No result found.
My worst comp average by 5 seconds - can we use PBs please? ;)
 
Thanks, Mike. I'll no doubt try again some time. After I've regained my composure. And read up on some 'stress management' books, sigh.
Overall, it was enjoyable, lots of nice people, and a relaxed atmosphere.
Adam Greenwood suggested I brush up on 2x2x2, 2H 3x3x3 and learn how to do 4x4x4 (properly). Then at least I could compete more, even if my times were rubbish.
And thanks to Comfy-hatted Tyler, I now have a Moyu Weisu 4x4x4 to play with. It's nice to use a proper one (KongShou claims on his shop site that it will be Awesome when broken in, ahem). Guess I won't be using my Revenge again!( it's so old it's actually a 'Master').
Yes, watched some darn good cubers, I would've liked to have seen Breandans ER, but he doesn't have long hair anymore, so I didn't recognise him. That's my excuse, anyway.
And I got a T-shirt, too. GJ, as the saying goes.
 
I had my first sub 20 tonight, wow! I don't even know if it was a skip or what. :) I'll be on a cubing high for a bit now!!
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