Older cubers discussions

[h2f]

Nice times! Is there any event you are not good at?

You are kind but Im not considering myslef as being good in many events. I need more practice. And you are much better than me in 2x2 and 3x3, so whos good?

FMC is 10 points when you take a part so it's worth to do a solve though it's long. Same big cubes. Year ago I've read the rules and when you take part in all events 2-5 including blinds and 2 cubes in multi it's 85 points.

 

[Rastinha]

G-perms is probably the only case where I learned more than 1 or 2 PLLs in the same day. In fact I learned the 4 of them at the same time as they are all related (Ga/Gb are the reverse of one another and the same for Gc/Gd... or something like that) and the two groups are front/back mirrors of one another. So, in one G the turns go clockwise then anticlockwise, in the other one the opposite, and the other two are the 1st ones but executed backwards. I just learned an easy mnemonic to know which one is which, until they were well stored in muscle memory.



I couldn't resist and had to try! First ever timed skewb solves (the 16.22 was a "top corners skip" followed by a U):

Generated By csTimer on 2016-1-12
avg of 5: 25.59

Time List:
1. (38.20) R B R B L U' B L'
2. 28.16 B' U B U' B L' R U' R
3. 25.43 B U R' L' U' R U' R B
4. (16.22) U R' B' R' U' B R U' L'
5. 23.18 U L' B U B' U R B U'

I did the same with g perms, but I have a little trouble remembering the exact directions to turn and which one is which. Just need to spend a bit more time on pll training to get them snappier and a bit more muscle memory going on.

All you folks who use csTimer on your computers, what do you do if you are cubing away from your computer? I use nano timer on Android because I'm often cubing away from my computer and want all my times readily available. Does csTimer sync somewhere?

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[Jason Green]

I did the same with g perms, but I have a little trouble remembering the exact directions to turn and which one is which. Just need to spend a bit more time on pll training to get them snappier and a bit more muscle memory going on.

All you folks who use csTimer on your computers, what do you do if you are cubing away from your computer? I use nano timer on Android because I'm often cubing away from my computer and want all my times readily available. Does csTimer sync somewhere?

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I use plusTimer on Android. It's buggy right now clearing and submitting sessions on some devices, but I like it so much I use it still. Also I think cstimer works on mobile but I never used it.

Related question after doing some practice with my stackmat timer. When practicing with a mat what do people do for inspection time and saving solve times? I was thinking I can just start my phone for inspection, but I don't know if I would feel like adjusting each solve time manually.

 

[mafergut]

You are kind but Im not considering myslef as being good in many events. I need more practice. And you are much better than me in 2x2 and 3x3, so whos good?

FMC is 10 points when you take a part so it's worth to do a solve though it's long. Same big cubes. Year ago I've read the rules and when you take part in all events 2-5 including blinds and 2 cubes in multi it's 85 points.

Well, I almost exclusively practise 2x2 and 3x3 so I better get some decent times at those but I don't know how to solve anything blind and I'm terribly bad at big cubes, etc. How long have you been cubing? I started learning CFOP in Aug 2013 so it's been almost 2 and a half years and I don't think I have much room for improvement at 3x3 already but that doesn't mean I won't keep trying. And, for that, this forum is truly an inspiration thanks to you all guys here.

 

[h2f]

Yeah, the forum and all guys in here are an ispiration. I'm in speedcubing almost as long as you - I've started in June 2013 but I've learnt 3x3 in 1999 and 4x4 in 2008.

 

[newtonbase]

My capacity to screw up in 2x2 knows no bounds. "Quick" AO12 before bed produced more 40+ solves than a day of 3x3. I got a PB sub 8 single early on then went rapidly downhill.

Any tips on practicing first face for Ortega?

 

[Rastinha]

Just got my 5x5 in the mail, what's the equivalent easy access but effective speed method for 5x5? I use cfop for 3x3 and yau for 4x4. I just scrambled it and solved it intuitively yau style up until the last 2 edges, and now I'll have to look up an algorithm to get past there.

On that note, can anyone tell me whether the images in this guide are front view or side view? Don't want to mess up the x/x' bit and mess up my almost reduced cube, haha

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[h2f]

Any tips on practicing first face for Ortega?

Try to predict wheter you got a layer, a bar or adjacent flip on the bottom leyer.

@Rastinha - they are from the top, so to execute them you have them in the front (x' move, 5 of them). I hope you know what I mean. But for last 2 edges it's enough to know how to make a last one tredge and how to do parity.

 

[newtonbase]

Pretty sure that's the U face.

Edit: as they say in these parts - ninja'd.

 

[mafergut]

I use plusTimer on Android. It's buggy right now clearing and submitting sessions on some devices, but I like it so much I use it still. Also I think cstimer works on mobile but I never used it.

Related question after doing some practice with my stackmat timer. When practicing with a mat what do people do for inspection time and saving solve times? I was thinking I can just start my phone for inspection, but I don't know if I would feel like adjusting each solve time manually.

If you have got a stackmat pro timer you can connect it to csTimer and other cube timers via the port for external display with an audio cable and it will automatically signal the start and stop to csTimer so you don't have to input the times and you can also use the inspection time feature from csTimer at the same time, I guess. But I have not tested it, as I don't have a Stackmat.

 

[MarcelP]

My big cubesession during the Christmas holidays. I should be practicing againg because this was not so bad after long time without practice.

 

[Jason Green]

If you have got a stackmat pro timer you can connect it to csTimer and other cube timers via the port for external display with an audio cable and it will automatically signal the start and stop to csTimer so you don't have to input the times and you can also use the inspection time feature from csTimer at the same time, I guess. But I have not tested it, as I don't have a Stackmat.

That would be awesome then, and it is a pro. I guess just audio to USB? I'll Google it.

 

[muchacho]

My big cubesession during the Christmas holidays. I should be practicing againg because this was not so bad after long time without practice.
View attachment 5807

All in one session? I've done like 2 sessions of more than 100 solves, and at the end of them my hands and my head were tired and my times sucked.

 

[mafergut]

That would be awesome then, and it is a pro. I guess just audio to USB? I'll Google it.

just a mini-jack male to male audio cable from timer to the microphone input in your PC. I'm waiting to have proof that it also works with the new Yuxin timer before I decide which one to buy, as here in spain the Stackmat Pro costs like 50 € (the pack with timer, gen3 mat and carrying bag) + shipping.

 

[newtonbase]

29.88s AO5 PB. First sub 30s.

 

[mafergut]

29.88s AO5 PB. First sub 30s.

Nice!!!! Keep the good job. Are you in the race to sub30 thread?

 

[newtonbase]

Nice!!!! Keep the good job. Are you in the race to sub30 thread?

I've joined it twice but not kept up as I can't often find time to do an undisturbed AO12. Also it was embarrassing being the slowest person there even though others were doing it OH or with new methods.

 

[mafergut]

I've joined it twice but not kept up as I can't often find time to do an undisturbed AO12. Also it was embarrassing being the slowest person there even though others were doing it OH or with new methods.

No need to feel embarrassed. I have been posting a lot in the main Accomplishments thread and my times are usually double the average times of all the teens that post there. Like 3x3 averages around 20 seconds when most people are around or below 10 seconds (or how about my 7 minute Megaminx times, compared with lots of people who are sub 1 minute on that same thread). I still can remember when I first got a sub minute, and a sub 40 and so on and, for me, it was an achievement. Don't let that those feelings of embarrasment stop you from participating, enjoying cubing or whatever. Or else only Feliks would keep on speedcubing )

EDIT: I have checked and your official 4x4 times are faster than most my solves at home

 

[muchacho]

Yeah, I was the slowest by far when I joined the race to sub-30, I started with more than 50 seconds and it took me more than 15 weeks to graduate, that doesn't matter, it helped me to push myself (but it won't help you much if the problem is that you don't have time to cube).

 

[RicardoRix]

I stopped racing in the sub-30 thread, because I knew I'd never achieve that goal, and still am not sub-30. I think I need to stop racing and start learning, like 1 look OLL, only problem is that I just learned BLD and got a new Sq-1 that I can't put down.

I have a question, I bought a thunderclap 3x3 over xmas, and it just exploded in my hands, seems like one of the screws has just broke \ sheared off.
Is it a good idea to try the pieces on a different core of one of the cubes I don't use much, or is it easy to get a different screw that would fit? I've tried emailing thecubicle.us but I can't see them sending out just a single replacement screw.