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I actually overlooked the fact that I had my first sub 20 ao12 last night! 19.634. :)

@Chree sorry you lost your stuff, that sucks. I've said it before but I am intentionally not trying to keep that great of records. I'm kind of obsessive with stuff like that and if I did I would spend way too much time worrying about it. I lost several months on cstimer a while back and it still bugged me some. I've got a bunch on my phone now which I'll probably lose because I have no plans to back them up. But that's OK because I'm worried about where I get to in the end. :)
 
Jason Green said:
But that's OK because I'm worried about where I get to in the end. :)
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This is exactly what I keep telling myself. Helps me cope. ;-) Thanks, and congrats on the sub20!

In other other news, my Weilong GTS arrived yesterday.... and it's fairly amazing. My first new session, post-crash, was pretty good. First sub10 in at least a couple months. The whole Ao50 wasn't that great for me, so I didn't bother rolling.

1/5/12/50: 9.94, 11.88, 13.00, 14.67
 
Chree said:
Niklas by itself is an adjacent-swap alg. But if you slap that sucker in the middle of a normal Sune, it solves the diag case: R U R' U (L' U R U' L) U2 R'.

Funny, I was just talking to Barry about this case yesterday. I like the recognition angle of the mirror inverse: R' U2 (L U' R U L') U R' U R.
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That's nice. I suspect I'll end up learning some of the Sune cases for OH.

How often do you use COLL in your 2H solves? I'm liking the 6x increase in PLL skips when I use COLL! :)

Which cases do you ignore when solving 2H (even OH), preferring to use OCLL + PLL?
 
Logiqx said:
That's nice. I suspect I'll end up learning some of the Sune cases for OH.

How often do you use COLL in your 2H solves? I'm liking the 6x increase in PLL skips when I use COLL! :)

Which cases do you ignore when solving 2H (even OH), preferring to use OCLL + PLL?
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I use COLL for 100% of the time for T/U/L/Pi/H. For the longest time I was only 100% on OH and Big Cubes, but I unconsciously made the switch for 2H some time in the last 6 months. I don't think it's really that advantageous for 2H, but on OH and Big Cubes it always (ALWAYS) helps.

When I did ignore cases, I'd usually ignore L. My recognition was pretty bad and it's still probably my weakest set (not including Sune). I would also ignore some U's, particularly the Diag case and "top swap" (don't know what to call this case, it's the R' [Y Perm] R case). When I'd get those, I knew my "normal" alg would results in an adjacent swap PLL and would lookahead for the headlights.

Even though I just finished learning the S/AS COLLs last weekend, I don't think I'm going to use them, even for OH/Big Cubes. Instead, I'll still just use CP recognition to help predict what kind of PLL I'm going to get.

h2f said:
@Chree, nice results. I was wathiching your Hoya tricks last week. It's very usefull.
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Glad they helped :) I usually tell people to just ignore my 2nd video on 4x4... I don't think I use anything in that video anymore.

I also keep telling myself that I'm going to put together another video or 2 on everything I've learned since then, especially on cubes bigger than 5x5... but I just haven't found the time.
 
Chree said:
:) I usually tell people to just ignore my 2nd video on 4x4... I don't think I use anything in that video anymore.

I also keep telling myself that I'm going to put together another video or 2 on everything I've learned since then, especially on cubes bigger than 5x5... but I just haven't found the time.
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That would be good. I use Hoya on 6x6 and 5x5 and tricks on 6x6 would help me a lot.
 
Chree said:
Niklas by itself is an adjacent-swap alg. But if you slap that sucker in the middle of a normal Sune, it solves the diag case: R U R' U (L' U R U' L) U2 R'.
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Very nice! I shall start using that one. So far the only COLL alg I've been using is R' U' R L U2 R' U' R U2 L' for diagonal swap in L cases, as that also happens to be an alg I use for parity in BLD. I've been thinking about learning more of the COLLs for diagonal swap, so yours is perfect. Now I looked up the others and found F triple sexy F'. That one is definitely also going straight into active use.
 
Chree said:
In other other news, my Weilong GTS arrived yesterday.... and it's fairly amazing. ........ First sub10 in at least a couple months.
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I am expecting mine today or tomorrow. And after all these 'It is amazing' reactions I read, I am very very excited about this cube. Congrats on your sub 10.. That means you are in the big boy league.. (But you had a few allready eh?)

Edit, I had a nice first solve of the day:
1. 13.76 R F D2 U2 F L2 R2 B' U2 B2 R2 F' D L' F L' F2 D2 U' R

x2 // inspection
L' D2 L R' D U R' // XX-CROSS (7)
y' U R U' R' U R U R' //3RD (9)
y R' U' R U' y R U R' //4TH (9)
U' L' U' B U L U' L' B' L // OLL (10)
M2' U' M2' U' M' U2' M2' U2' M' U2 // PLL (10)

//45 MOVES IN 13.76 = 3.2 TPS
https://alg.cubing.net/?alg=x2_//_i..._F_L2_R2_B-_U2_B2_R2_F-_D_L-_F_L-_F2_D2_U-_R_

unfortunatly the timed session (ao50 was suP 20).. Bleh :) My times are getting worse.. I need to do something ;)
 
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Jason Green said:
Oh, I thought this was appropriate at the hotel for the Rubik's cube exhibit (even though spelling is off)...
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Friedrich is the correct spelling (Fridrich is no German and no English name) and I suspect Jessica is from that line of Germans but the 'e' has become lost somewhere.. Pretty funny picture :)
 
Dang. I was just perusing upcoming comps at the WCA site and there's one in Minneapolis this weekend. That's only a 7-8 hour drive for me, the closest comp I've ever seen to where I live. I wish I'd seen it sooner so I could have planned a weekend trip, it's too late now... I've never been to a competition :(

In other news, I finally got my big stickerless order. QiYi pyraminx/skewb/square-one, X-Man Tornado, GuoGuan YueXiao, Cyclone Boys G4 4x4, and a ridged Dayan Megaminx. I'll try to post an unboxing video tonight, though I've never done that before so I can't guarantee it won't suck :)
 
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@earth2dan

It's crazy how fast comps fill up these days. Very difficult to plan. I was browsing different comps in the states within a 6-7 hour drive range a few months ago and many of them had reached their limits fast. So when I saw the Boston comp was available I registered with ought knowing 100% that I could actually attend lol.

You're in Winipeg if I remember correctly right? How far is that from Calgary. There's a comp there without limit on May 28th.

Edit: I see now that it's at least 13 hour drive :/
 
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kbrune said:
@earth2dan
You're in Winipeg if I remember correctly right? How far is that from Calgary. There's a comp there without limit on May 28th.

Edit: I see know that it's at least 13 hour drive :/
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Yeah I saw that Calgary one too. Calgary is a good 13hrs of uninterrupted no construction driving, and we know how much that happens this time of year... Unfortunately all the Canadian comps are on Eastern or Western sides of the country, and here I am right smack in the middle :/

Nice job on that 3BLD. I have yet to get a successful 3BLD attempt, though I haven't really dedicated a lot of effort to it. I can do 2BLD ;)
 
kbrune said:
@earth2dan
Looks like you're gonna have to become the central Canadian delegate!
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EvilGnome6 said:
Older cubers actually have the means to sign a rental agreement for a venue. If you want some local competitions, pitch in and help organize some. ;)
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The only thing that really scares me about this is the time investment. Once my kids are a little older I'd certainly like to get more involved. Maybe when I'm a slightly older... older cuber ;)
 
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