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I just finished uploading the video of my graduation round for the Race to Sub-25.
Please, feel free to go to my post there and have a very good laugh with my screaming, complaining... My camera nerves are so bad!!! Of course, comments for improvement are welcome but take into account that this video is me at my worst :)

EDIT: And, some minutes later, and without the pressure of the camera, I also graduated, on the same day, on the Race to Sub-20. Yahooo!
 
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Nice, it's actually not that bad for such a "terrible" average, if I were not seeing the times I would have thought it was a 25 seconds average :p

And congrats for the sub-20 graduation.

Unedited videos FTW!


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4x4 Ao5 PB: 2:45
4x4 Single PB: 2:07

Good enough for now. I've not tried Skewb, 2x2 and 3x3OH in days, I'll move to those now.
 
muchacho said:
Nice, it's actually not that bad for such a "terrible" average, if I were not seeing the times I would have thought it was a 25 seconds average :p
And congrats for the sub-20 graduation. Unedited videos FTW!

4x4 Ao5 PB: 2:45
4x4 Single PB: 2:07
Good enough for now. I've not tried Skewb, 2x2 and 3x3OH in days, I'll move to those now.
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Thanks. I was sure I would fail again (on the sub-20 race). Regarding the sub-25 video, you are right, it's not such a bad average but it's full of incidents, so it could and should have been much better. The last solve with the wrong sune was really laughable. I was so nervous I would have to undo moves because I had started with the wrong OLL, had awful lockups. In general, whenever I watch my own videos I am always a bit embarrased but I just wanted to share it with you all anyway. I'm no coward! :p It is very useful, though, as I see how much I still pause between F2L pairs, how little use of inspection time I make at times... Very revealing but, as I said, embarrasing at the same time.

Selkie said:
Congratulations, great stuff :)

BLD going well so far, OP corners nailed and just learning M2 setups now :)

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You know how to do things, man! A cube already stickered with the letter scheme, pen and paper and a cup of hot coffee! What else would anybody need to start practising BLD? By the way, 1st timed success with 2BLD OP. I had a 5:41.xx success and a 3:00.xx near success so I decided to try the WC scrambles. The result: two DNFs and a 7:10.xx success, because I wanted to do the 3rd one right so badly that I reviewed my memo 3 times and I was thinking for over a minute what to do with a twisted corner (I didn't remember that I had to shoot to two stickers on it to untwist it), but a success nonetheless!!!
 
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mafergut said:
I just finished uploading the video of my graduation round for the Race to Sub-25.
Please, feel free to go to my post there and have a very good laugh with my screaming, complaining... My camera nerves are so bad!!! Of course, comments for improvement are welcome but take into account that this video is me at my worst :)

EDIT: And, some minutes later, and without the pressure of the camera, I also graduated, on the same day, on the Race to Sub-20. Yahooo!
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That was funny, your reactions cracked me up a couple times. Good job though, especially graduating!
 
Jason Green said:
That was funny, your reactions cracked me up a couple times. Good job though, especially graduating!
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Thanks a lot, Jason. I did it for you guys, that's why I was speaking in English (I'm Spanish). Sorry about me clearing my throat here and there but I didn't want to touch the audio at all :) And don't forget I'm waiting for your advice. I have a long way to go to try and get at least close to Chris' times and I need your help.
 
Well, my Cubicle order arrived today. My CubeDepot order was supposed to arrive also, and indeed the tracking number still says USPS delivery should happen today, but I don't think so since it's 5:00 p.m. and the mailman has already been here. Monday most likely.

The Cubicle package contained a MoYu Pyraminx and a bunch of stickers. Not being a speedcuber, all I need is for the puzzle not to feel disgusting when I turn it, and not to fall apart while I use it. This Pyraminx looks like it will more than deliver. That's now two MoYu products I have including the TangLong 3x3, and I have to say I'm very pleased with both.

I have 1 set each of 2x2, 3x3, and (this was probably dumb) Pyraminx stickers. My plan with the cubic puzzles was to replace the yellow with a color somewhere between yellow and orange, and to replace the orange with a light purple. My feeling is that this will solve the white/yellow and orange/red problems at the same time, even in dim light. If I now have trouble telling the blue from the light purple, or from the green, then it's back to the drawing board ... or else I can just turn on more lights. :rolleyes:

Anyway, now to research Pyraminx solving techniques.
 
another Comp has gone by, a small comp in which I expected to fail at everything due to lack of practice and did a little better than that.

2x2: Horrible, just horrible, 9.98 average
3x3 First Round: second thing in the morning in a cold Venue 23.xx average, just couldn't move my fingers fast enough, lookahead was also nowhere to be seen
3x3 Second round: Cold fingers again, just did this after Multi&4BLD and was very, very cold
4x4, didn't make the 1:30 cut, bad, bad...
3x3OH: PB single on the first solve, a 35.xx, which ended in a 38.83 average, more close to my level but still beatable.
Pyra: The 12 solves I did yesterday and the 5 today are all my solves in the last half year or so, just don't care enough to practice
3x3BLD: Did a 1:39 in a super easy 6/8 scramble, did another 1:39 in a more normal solve and missed (again) the average after dnfing the last solve on an execution mistake after having to backtrack firstly 2 targets and then another 1, but very happy. Now I have sub 1:30 as my new target
3x3Multi: 4/5 with the DNF caused by an extra M2 in the middle of the solve, My new rooms start to pay off as memo was very, very solid. we had 1 hour for both multi and 4BLD and decided to play it safe.
4BLD: execution mistake on centers. was literally shaking the whole execution due to lack of heat in the room, which also carried off to the next event. Memo was again solid.

Quite happy overall, next one: end of february :)
 
mafergut said:
Thanks a lot, Jason. I did it for you guys, that's why I was speaking in English (I'm Spanish). Sorry about me clearing my throat here and there but I didn't want to touch the audio at all :) And don't forget I'm waiting for your advice. I have a long way to go to try and get at least close to Chris' times and I need your help.
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I thought you might be doing English special that time. :)

I got my package from the cubicle today also! I did the worst ever unboxing video I'll upload later.

Marcel, I love the new colors! I've only solved a few times and we left for dinner. The only issue I had is getting more bubbles this time. Does anyone have tricks for helping that? I used application tape like last time but just had more. I'll show that later too.
 
Jason Green said:
Here's the really bad unboxing video I made. Complete with bad audio and like a 50 second first solve (guess I'll blame the different colors) [emoji12]

https://youtu.be/hOkBwRcAXDk
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An unboxing video without a long and flashing intro (and outro), not sponsored, and opening the bag with care and with scissors instead of a big knife? What kind of sorcery is this? :p

I'm going to buy some thunderclaps as presents (they are nice and cheap enough) for some relatives, probably stickerless (hope colors don't bother them, but my brother is as colorblind as me).

That small cube looks too small, what's it's name?
 
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moralsh said:
another Comp has gone by, a small comp in which I expected to fail at everything due to lack of practice and did a little better than that. [...] Quite happy overall, next one: end of february :)
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Congrats on your good results. Sorry about the cold that didn't let you get better times at 3x3. You do a lot of events, you know? So I suppose you will be tired. Big BLD must be exhausting. I'm envious, as always :)

Jason Green said:
Here's the really bad unboxing video I made. Complete with bad audio and like a 50 second first solve (guess I'll blame the different colors) [emoji12]
https://youtu.be/hOkBwRcAXDk
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Nice video! That small 3x3 is so cute! :) By the way, if you plan on getting into OH first make a choice of which hand you are gonna use and also, from the very beginning, use the pinky and not the ring finger for R/R' (or L'/L if you choose your right hand). It will take a bit more to get used to but it will make you faster in the long run.
 
"If you plan on getting into OH, ... from the very beginning, use the pinky and not the ring finger for R/R' "
Don't automatically reject using your index finger for R' moves, it can be quite effective. And ring finger turning is worth trying. Using the pinky has the advantage of leaving the ring finger free to grip the cube, and the pinky is more dextrous. Ring fingers are longer, and stronger, which may be an advantage. Whichever way you choose, it's very difficult at first, all methods seem awkward.
 
Manchester so far
Pyraminx - no PB but I'd over achieved last time
OH - I've set the bar low for next time
3BLD - first solve felt solid and turned out rescrambled. 2nd solve missed by 2 flipped edges as I forgot to do them. This was a few mins after telling Mark that that's one of my most common errors.
2x2 - PBs 14.03s average and lucky 5.72s single
3x3 - PB average 36.18s
4x4 - PB single 2:15.20s missed soft cut
Only 5x5 to go
Currently judging Mark in multi.
 
muchacho said:
An unboxing video without a long and flashing intro (and outro), not sponsored, and opening the bag with care and with scissors instead of a big knife? What kind of sorcery is this?[emoji14]
I'm going to buy some thunderclaps as presents (they are nice and cheap enough) for some relatives, probably stickerless (hope colors don't bother them, but my brother is as colorblind as me).

That small cube looks too small, what's it's name?
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I was going to just open the bag by treating into it like I do most packages, but I didn't want to damage my stickers. :)

The cube is a ShengShou 3x3 Mini (46mm). I think it's too small to do much with.

Thanks for the advice on OH. It will probably be a while, I think next I'll probably work on 2x2 when I'm willing to give up some 3x3 practice. :)

Good job on the comp too BTW!
 
SenorJuan said:
"If you plan on getting into OH, ... from the very beginning, use the pinky and not the ring finger for R/R' "
Don't automatically reject using your index finger for R' moves, it can be quite effective. And ring finger turning is worth trying. Using the pinky has the advantage of leaving the ring finger free to grip the cube, and the pinky is more dextrous. Ring fingers are longer, and stronger, which may be an advantage. Whichever way you choose, it's very difficult at first, all methods seem awkward.
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Yeah, R' with index can also be used when the grip is favorable. I use it for a couple OLLs. Regarding pinky, the vast majority of fast guys use it as it is more dexterous, as you say and I changed to it soon after I started practicing OH. I use ring for wide Rs, though, as I don't have space to grip with more than one finger when I do r/r'. Anyway, it's also a matter of personal preference.

EDIT: To avoid double posting. I wanted to enter into as many events as possible in this week's WC so I tried 5x5 (I have a Cyclone Boys 5x5 that I have solved untimed maybe 2-3 times with just the help of the parity alg that is similar to the 4x4 one). So I decided to time a solve to see how long it would take. Well, I don't know how to do the centers, save for trial and error, I can more or less pair the edges by free-slicing but it takes ages, I was fumbling with the last two edges for minutes until I solved them or ended up with just one edge left with the middle piece flipped and then do the "parity" alg. 3x3 stage is, well, slow to say the least. Conclusion: my 1st timed solve was a bit over 20 minutes :p I need to do another 100 before I can enter the WC but, at this speed it can take over a year :(

EDIT2: Second solve 13:53.xx. Third solve 9:15.xx. I had never before shaved more than 10 minutes off my PB in one day :p
 
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