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G4 and Yuxin 5x5. STICKERLESS!
That's what I'm thinking. I'm not in a huge hurry. :)

Actually I'm not sure about stickerless either. Funny because the first several months I was speed cubing I used the new island stickerless from Amazon. They are ok, but I kind of like stickered. Although the G4 I used was stickerless and it was very nice.

Edit: Seems like every time I post I roll the page on Tapatalk. :)
 
I had a Yuxin on black which I replaced with a BoChuang on black,[...]

Only skewb to go as my mains at the moment:-
[...]Skewb: Lanlan on ... Black (This needs replacing) :D
Can't believe you haven't ordered a Qiyi skweb in stickerless already. It's great, even better than my Moyu, or so they say.

EDIT: By the way. 1st Mega Ao5 with the Dayan ridged, after just a couple other solves when I unboxed it. Got a 3:04.85 single, close to PB and I'm starting to think I might like the puzzle (my 1st impression had not been great). I got a screw shot to space the 1st time I scrambled it (center cover, screw, spring and washer went sky high on their own). It looks like sides are loosening and I'm afraid other screws might come off flying. Should I tighten all sides a bit? Other that that I got quite consistent times around 3:40 even though I still need to get used to the milky colours of stickerless. It also looks like, with all Dayan puzzles, it needs a lot of breaking in to get really good.

EDIT2: Sunday afternoon edit (to avoid double posting) This thread is so strangely silent that I'm afraid maybe a zombie apocalypse has hit the Earth and I haven't realized it yet. I hope you guys are all well and in competitions or in Hawaii sunbathing or something :) Just for you to know I tried my 1st solves at 7x7 (other than 2 untimed ones I did earlier this week), Got a best solve of 20:35.xx and then a 25min one why? I thought I could only improve at this stage but maybe I was tired as it was my 4th solve. In the end a DNF avg after a center piece pop in my 2nd solve and a screwup with flipping alg while finishing my last 2 edges in the 5th when I was at 19min anyway because I had already broken my centers when halfway through L2C and reconstructed them again, so it was going to be like a 22min but after so many fails I decided it was enough and DNFed it. Feel... So... Tired...
 
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@mafergut - Wow the thread has been quiet! Re screw/spring/cap popping, yes I even get this now and setting the screws tighter does resolve the issue but I do worry how much thread on the core is shredded each time it happens. I did a lot of untimed solves yesterday and have optimised my megaminx LL and learned 12/16 Corner OLLs and 4 EPLLs. Funily enough have also been solving on my non-ridged DaYan and really don't know which I prefer!

Gigaminx is here and what a lovely puzzle it is. First timed solve, only second overall which was 35:26.75. I have a meeting in London tomorrow with a total of 5 hours of train rides to and from. Think I'll take only the megaminx and gigaminx :D
 
@mafergut - Wow the thread has been quiet! Re screw/spring/cap popping, yes I even get this now and setting the screws tighter does resolve the issue but I do worry how much thread on the core is shredded each time it happens. I did a lot of untimed solves yesterday and have optimised my megaminx LL and learned 12/16 Corner OLLs and 4 EPLLs. Funily enough have also been solving on my non-ridged DaYan and really don't know which I prefer!

Gigaminx is here and what a lovely puzzle it is. First timed solve, only second overall which was 35:26.75. I have a meeting in London tomorrow with a total of 5 hours of train rides to and from. Think I'll take only the megaminx and gigaminx :D
Oh my! At long last, it looks like there's life out there after all :) A bit bulky to use on a train trip, don't you think? (I mean the Giga, of course). Regarding Mega LL I also have to learn something more advanced but the key is "when" :(

And with the Dayan screw pops I will try to tighten the sides as I feel they are a bit loose and before they go flying. I'm also concerned with core damage. And regarding ridges I was thinking about that as well, ridges give me more traction but they disturb my turning a bit as they protrude from the surface of the puzzle so much. Don't tell me I'll have to buy also a non-ridged one because, I tell you, I will end up modding my SS :p
 
@mafergut - Wow the thread has been quiet! Re screw/spring/cap popping, yes I even get this now and setting the screws tighter does resolve the issue but I do worry how much thread on the core is shredded each time it happens. I did a lot of untimed solves yesterday and have optimised my megaminx LL and learned 12/16 Corner OLLs and 4 EPLLs. Funily enough have also been solving on my non-ridged DaYan and really don't know which I prefer!

Gigaminx is here and what a lovely puzzle it is. First timed solve, only second overall which was 35:26.75. I have a meeting in London tomorrow with a total of 5 hours of train rides to and from. Think I'll take only the megaminx and gigaminx :D
It has been quiet. I made that comment once several months ago, but thought I would not mention it this time as I am quite sure it will pick back up it's torrid pace on its own! :)

Cube club at the elementary starts this afternoon. Excited to see how that goes!!
 
I'm still (slightly) more alive than a zombie. I hit 15.000 timed 3x3 solves (I'll post a graph) and decided to take a rest from it and then try (again, we'll see if I succeed this time) to do less timed solves and more untimed, also my black Dayan Megaminx have not arrived yet so I've taken 4x4 to do that event and the 2-4 relay on the WC.

The Guansu 4x4 is nice, I have a new ao12 PB, 2:36, it was 2:39 from almost 3 months ago. edit: also 2:02 single
 
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What can I say, I was starting to miss you guys! @Jason Green: already wanting to know how the 1st day of the cube club goes!!! @muchacho: David, nice milestone 15K solves. I have long stopped counting them but I had more than 12K on record around oct-2014 so it must be... a lot by now :) Also a sign that I do way too many timed solves and too few untimed ones. The Guansu is nice indeed but I find it a bit rigid (too hard plastic) and it does not corner cut that much. I'm starting to break my G4 in and I don't think I'm looking back :)

Also, I'm thinking about a new order. Right now I just have the Yuxin YuQiLin keyring 3x3 because it's so cute and turns so well for a 35mm cube :) also an Axis 3x3 (YJ) and... yes, I was thinking about a Lingao Clock, just because it's WCA even though I have said several times it's not a twisty puzzle and I don't care about it :) I was thinking about a couple 2x2s, a Wittwo Type C v1 and the new WeiPo but it is still on pre-order at thecubicle only. I'm discarding de QiYi Cavs after watching a couple reviews. I need also a 6x6 but that will have to wait until either the Aoshi is dirt cheap / on sale or new 6x6s come out and I also don't want the Aoshi in candy colors (hate them) and was thinking about stickerless for big cubes (yeah, I know, AoFu GT in black... mistake!!!!!). I was even thinking about a Yuxin 5x5 stickerless, even though I'm falling in love with my black/stickered Bochuang. And I also wanted some sort of ghost cube but I don't want to buy the Lim/FS 2x2 ghost because it's a ripoff of Virust Cube and I don't like the only mass produced 3x3 ghost (FangCun) that's affordable so it would have to be a Mefferts, which is quite expensive... See my dilemma? :p I really need help with my addiction... or help to finish my shopping cart :)
 
@mafergut I got my Aoshi for around 22 euros - it's quite cheap, brand new (only 3 solves) and I love it. Finally I start solving 6x6 but my times are around 7:30.

It costs between $33 and $39 + shipping wherever I have checked (lightake, zcube, thecubicle). And after watching all those terrible pops I think I'll pass for now :)
 
Round 248
23.41
22.43, 21.42, 24.44, 21.19, 24.58, (19.82), 27.08, 25.39, 21.75, 24.42, (27.83), 21.44

These comps helped me get sub-30. Haven't seen much improvement in several months, maybe this will help. I think I'll do some practice solves 1st next time.
side note: my daughter was born today!!!
Dug this up earlier. Don't know why I thought I'd have time to practice with a newborn.
This morning she sat on my lap through most of a 2x2 Ao100: 4.75
 
It costs between $33 and $39 + shipping wherever I have checked (lightake, zcube, thecubicle). And after watching all those terrible pops I think I'll pass for now :)
I haven't popped my Aoshi yet. I have a ShengShou 6x6 as well and there's no comparison, the Aoshi is immeasurably better. I've locked it up a couple times, but no pops. Granted I'm not very fast, I only just recently got my first sub-6. And I agree about those stickerless colours. I'd love a stickerless Aoshi, but those pink candy colours look awful to me. I have both a black and a stickerless AoFu GT (the bright red one) on the way... because evidently I hate money :(
 
You will be 3 very soon.
I hope so. :)

Cube club went really well... I think, it was pretty hectic. :) Today we just focused on the cross, so after a brief overview I spent the hour helping explain it to kids in small groups or one on one. I did take a moment to help one of the teachers so she could help kids better. The principal said afterwords the kids loved it so that's good. :)

I just did one sample solve at the start so the kids thought that was cool I think.
 
I hope so. :)

Cube club went really well... I think, it was pretty hectic. :) Today we just focused on the cross, so after a brief overview I spent the hour helping explain it to kids in small groups or one on one. I did take a moment to help one of the teachers so she could help kids better. The principal said afterwords the kids loved it so that's good. :)

I just did one sample solve at the start so the kids thought that was cool I think.
Very cool! I hope the program is a success.

I wish my kids were interested in cubing. They sometimes like to scramble puzzles for me, but they have zero interest in solving or learning to solve. We biked to the park the other day and I brought some cubes to practice; My girls were playing on the equipment while every other kid at the park gathered around me to play with cubes :P. One girl ran home and grabbed her Rubik's brand cube and insisted on showing me her method. I have a GuanLong with her name on it next time I see her at the park :)
 
Yeah, my son was probably the least interested one. I asked him after if he worked on his white cross and he said no. One of his classmates made it mostly on his own, so maybe that will interest him. He still said it was fun.

The four year old shows a little more interest but not quite able to teach him much yet. He was able to do R' D' R D a few times to put in a 2x2 corner the other day. :)
 
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