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[newtonbase]

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

They are 2 of my fastest solves. I still don't have a sub 2. Better start practicing for Manchester.

 

[Selkie]

My big cubesession during the Christmas holidays. I should be practicing againg because this was not so bad after long time without practice.
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Awesome long session there Marcel. I've always found breaks great at beating plateau

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.

Never, ever feel embarrased at feeling you are too slow. I remember being in the race to sub 30 5 years ago when I was averaging over a minute. If there are other reasons not to join like finding the time then understandable. It can feel a little odd competing with the younger solvers but you soon get used to it.

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As some of you are aware have been trying in vein to get a sub 14s Ao5 and sub 15s Ao12 on film. Still not got there but here is a video of a 14.28 Ao5 from yesterday I posted in the video section. Practice currently seems to involve lots of very fast and then lots of slow solves. Rinse and repeat

 

[h2f]

@Marcel - Nice times.

 

[h2f]

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.

I think replacement of the core is a good idea. It might work but you will know it when you try.

 

[mafergut]

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.

I agree with the part about learning. The race should be just the timed solves where you try check if your learning has made you progress. I have been just spamming timed solves for too long and I did'nt improve much. But one can do both

Regarding the screw, something similar happened to me (TheCubicle sent me a Guanlong with a missing spring) and I couldn't make them send me a replacement. In my next purchase I reminded them of that and they sent a spare spring for free but I had to make a second purchase and I have now a full set of moyu screws and springs I don't need. Not sure if the core is similar to those of Moyu, Dayan, etc. but you can always compare and try it out.

They are 2 of my fastest solves. I still don't have a sub 2. Better start practicing for Manchester.

At least you can go to competitions! I got a 1:57 the other day but most my solves are around or sup 2:30. I use Yau and I just can't get decent edge pairing either with 6-2 or 3-2-3 except when lucky and I have all sorts of problems with 3x3 algs on 4x4, including OLL recognition and execution issues and also failures detecting PLL parity in some PLL cases like G-perms, etc., so I do the G, realize that I have parity, do parity alg, do U-perm Not to talk about 5x5, where I can't even do centers in less than... an eternity

 

[newtonbase]

I know what you mean about recognition. At my 1st comp the judge politely informed me that I hadn't had parity just after I "solved" it.

 

[Logiqx]

My big cubesession during the Christmas holidays. I should be practicing againg because this was not so bad after long time without practice.
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Good to see you can still get some good times.

As some of you are aware have been trying in vein to get a sub 14s Ao5 and sub 15s Ao12 on film. Still not got there but here is a video of a 14.28 Ao5 from yesterday I posted in the video section. Practice currently seems to involve lots of very fast and then lots of slow solves. Rinse and repeat

Nice solves. What do you consider to be your global average nowadays?

 

[Rastinha]

I agree with the part about learning. The race should be just the timed solves where you try check if your learning has made you progress. I have been just spamming timed solves for too long and I did'nt improve much. But one can do both

Regarding the screw, something similar happened to me (TheCubicle sent me a Guanlong with a missing spring) and I couldn't make them send me a replacement. In my next purchase I reminded them of that and they sent a spare spring for free but I had to make a second purchase and I have now a full set of moyu screws and springs I don't need. Not sure if the core is similar to those of Moyu, Dayan, etc. but you can always compare and try it out.



At least you can go to competitions! I got a 1:57 the other day but most my solves are around or sup 2:30. I use Yau and I just can't get decent edge pairing either with 6-2 or 3-2-3 except when lucky and I have all sorts of problems with 3x3 algs on 4x4, including OLL recognition and execution issues and also failures detecting PLL parity in some PLL cases like G-perms, etc., so I do the G, realize that I have parity, do parity alg, do U-perm Not to talk about 5x5, where I can't even do centers in less than... an eternity

This, so much this. This is me haha. My PB is 2:30ish bit I've only been doing it for around a week ago I'm going ready on myself at this stage, haha. 3 mins is the cut off for 4x4 in our competitions so if I can get my averages and solves more consistently down that way then at least I can enter it!

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[newtonbase]

After the discussions today I came home determined to crack 2mins on 4x4. So far I've found time for 2 solves. Kids and cubing don't mix well.

Edit: Managed to squeeze in a quick session and thought I'd got my sub 2 but I missed parity. I would have had time to solve it. Nano Timer now shows my PB as DNF.

 

[Jason Green]

I got cables for the stackmat but am not having any luck. Here's a video of what I'm trying please let me know if anyone has any ideas.

https://youtu.be/APm8GpWAO5w

 

[MarcelP]

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.

No, I took all day.. The first 100 where in one session. Then I took a break for lunch and did another 50 - 75 or so etc. I was home alone so I enjoyed it with doing nothing but cubing.

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.

I think you should continue the race to sub 30 thread. It is doable without 1 look OLL with target practice on other stuff. Become a cross expert, or look ahead ninja by practicing just that. For the Thunderclap, just replace the core and screws with one from an old cube.

@Marcel - Nice times.

Thanks

Good to see you can still get some good times.

Yeah, my thoughts aswell.

 

[Rastinha]

I've had a few sub 30 averages with 4 look LL, and have full pll now but haven't gotten my speed back down yet, so as Marcel says it's totally possible. If you get the execution of those algorithms fast, then work on f2l you'll get there. I always get my sub 30s when my f2l is good because my last layer times are pretty consistent.

I need to work on f2l next too

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[muchacho]

I got cables for the stackmat but am not having any luck. Here's a video of what I'm trying please let me know if anyone has any ideas.

https://youtu.be/APm8GpWAO5w

Have you tried using other browser? I read Chrome is not good for this, maybe you could try Firefox. Does it work with Prisma Puzzle Timer?

edit:
https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/...mer-released&p=1136226&viewfull=1#post1136226

 

[h2f]

Skewb is funny and easy. I've learnt Hperm and Zperm (setup and 3 sledges) and finished ao100 (17.25) with ao12 14.11, ao5 11.42 and single 4.99. I think one may be easily sub-15 on it with Sarah's intermediate.

 

[muchacho]

I hope one (hopefully me) can be (maybe not easily) sub-15 with beginners, I'm gonna try.

 

[Selkie]

Nice solves. What do you consider to be your global average nowadays?

Had my first sub 16 average of 100 just the other day but I think my global is probably closer to 16.1-16.2

At least you can go to competitions! I got a 1:57 the other day but most my solves are around or sup 2:30. I use Yau and I just can't get decent edge pairing either with 6-2 or 3-2-3 except when lucky and I have all sorts of problems with 3x3 algs on 4x4, including OLL recognition and execution issues and also failures detecting PLL parity in some PLL cases like G-perms, etc., so I do the G, realize that I have parity, do parity alg, do U-perm Not to talk about 5x5, where I can't even do centers in less than... an eternity

I suffered all of these problems on 4x4 in the early days and to be fair even now I will do PLL parity, PLL and then feel stupid when I realise I did not need the parity But the more you see valid PLL cases the easier it gets to recognise ones that need parity.

3 mins is the cut off for 4x4 in our competitions so if I can get my averages and solves more consistently down that way then at least I can enter it!

Oh wow, That's a nice cut off and great that the organisers can afford to offer those cut-offs, gives more people the opportunity of doing more solves in a comp environment. Unfortunately (or in reality fortunately) there are a lot of fast cubers in UK so cut off for 4x4 is 1:30 and 2:30 for 5x5.

Kids and cubing don't mix well.

Luckily mine are 12 and 13 so more interested in XBoxes/Tablets/Phones to interrupt cubing sessions and even at 7 when I started speed cubing never were a problem but I can see how it can make doing averages a bit problematic

Skewb is funny and easy. I've learnt Hperm and Zperm (setup and 3 sledges) and finished ao100 (17.25) with ao12 14.11, ao5 11.42 and single 4.99. I think one may be easily sub-15 on it with Sarah's intermediate.

I really need to learn skewb, last comp I attended it wasn't even an official event. To be fair I need to relearn Square-1 which I really enjoy. I have forgotton over 80% of all Sq1 algs which is disappointing when my fastest official average is sub 45 Think that one is on the agenda for the next few weeks ready for ACE 2016 in April

 

[Isaac Lai]

Luckily mine are 12 and 13 so more interested in XBoxes/Tablets/Phones

I wouldn't exactly see this as a good thing...

 

[Selkie]

I wouldn't exactly see this as a good thing...

Indeed not. Whilst they are more interested in technology we do limit its use and encourage other forms of interest. Trust me, I have been in IT for over 25 years, I prefer interests away from that

 

[muchacho]

I hope one (hopefully me) can be (maybe not easily) sub-15 with beginners, I'm gonna try.

Skewb best ao12: 18.067

Sub-15 can be done, sure I'll try.

 

[Logiqx]

Think that one is on the agenda for the next few weeks ready for ACE 2016 in April

That answers two questions...

1) Will we see you at a UK competition this year?
2) Does anyone know the next UK competition after Manchester?

Unfortunately I can't make the ACE (Exeter) since it clashes with the first windsurfing event of 2016. Doh!