Older cubers discussions

[One Wheel]

I'm looking for some help on my letter pair list. It's been a more difficult process then I thought! I have about 460 ish done but I'm struggling to find images for the last 40 or so. Here they are.

ID IH IN IR JN LA LF LR LW
NR NS OM PJ RL RN TF TL
UD UE UF UG UJ UL UM UV
VH VN WC WJ WR
YC YE YF YG YH YM YN YP
YR YS YT YW

ID Idaho
IN Indiana
JN June or Djinn
LA Los Angeles or Louisiana
OM Organic Matter
UD UnDefeated
UP Underwriters Laboratories
YT YouTube
YW YelloW

 

[mark49152]

LF - leaf
NS - nose
VH - Van Halen
IH - incredible hulk
UF - uncle Fester

 

[newtonbase]

ID Idaho
IN Indiana
JN June or Djinn
LA Los Angeles or Louisiana
OM Organic Matter
UD UnDefeated
UP Underwriters Laboratories
YT YouTube
YW YelloW

How do you visualize places?

LF - leaf
IH - incredible hulk

I use superheroes as my single letters in parity cases. I regret it now as I only get to use one per solve on average and they are such good images. It's too late to change unfortunately.

 

[One Wheel]

How do you visualize places?

Typically a map. You could imagine traveling there, but I think of that on a map too. For those examples I would probably use the shapes of the states: an axe, a rectangle with the bottom torn off, and a boot. It's also easy to think of where they are in relation to you, at least for me. Louisiana is basically due south of me, but I think of it as a little East, Indiana is East and a little south, and Idaho is West.

 

[SenorJuan]

IH - Indian Head Penny; IN - Indian; IR -Iranian/Iraqi; JN - junebug; OM - Old Man; PJ - Pyjama/pajama; UG - Ugg Boots; UV - Ultraviolet lamp; VN - Van Morrison; WC - Water Closet ('restroom'); YN - wine; YF - wife; YT - White(y)

 

[newtonbase]

IH - Indian Head Penny; IN - Indian; IR -Iranian/Iraqi; JN - junebug; OM - Old Man; PJ - Pyjama/pajama; UG - Ugg Boots; UV - Ultraviolet lamp; VN - Van Morrison; WC - Water Closet ('restroom'); YN - wine; YF - wife; YT - White(y)

I like OM - Old Man. I'll use it.

 

[newtonbase]

Typically a map. You could imagine traveling there, but I think of that on a map too. For those examples I would probably use the shapes of the states: an axe, a rectangle with the bottom torn off, and a boot. It's also easy to think of where they are in relation to you, at least for me. Louisiana is basically due south of me, but I think of it as a little East, Indiana is East and a little south, and Idaho is West.

That does sound usable. I find places difficult if I don't already have an image of them but you clearly do.

 

[Selkie]

@Shaky Hands - Nice to hear you are enjoying the WuQue as much as I. Using it in Birmingham this weekend?

@phreaker - Even if you are learning 4x4. I would definitely purchase the WuQue if you are using the Aosu and budget allows but be aware it is nearer the size of the Aosu than the Aosu mini.

@mark49152 - Given the addition of another event I presume you are all cleared for Brum this weekend mate?

Loving all the talk of letter pairs. I am gradually building my list but given the advice I have learnt that very vivid images stick better, a fair chunk of the ones I have come up with so far are not to be repeated on a family friendly forum

Doing some 2x2 practice and this average out of nowhere! (FYI did an ao100 the other day and overall sub 6.5s)

Average of 5: 3.89
1. (1.98) F2 U2 R2 F' U' R F' R U'
2. (5.40) R U F' R2 U' R' F2 R' U'
3. 5.23 U' F R' F2 U2 R' U' F' R'
4. 3.05 R U R' U2 R' F2 R F2 U'
5. 3.40 U2 R2 F' R' F' U2 R2 U' F'

The 1.98 is a PB and reconstructed that as:-
x2 - inspection
RUR'U' RUR' - Bottom face
top face skip, PBL skip
U' - AUF

I rarely get 3.x solves and I think I have less than 5 sub 5s ao5's so I will probably never beat this fluke average.

 

[mark49152]

I like OM - Old Man. I'll use it.

Yeah that's a good one.

Regarding visualisation, that's ultimately the key. LA is a good example. Obviously the city is the first thing to spring to mind, and maybe other objects can be combined into a scene in LA. That doesn't work well if you're using rooms of your house for multi or big BLD though, or if other places come up in the same memo. I try to avoid using places for letter pairs.

Same goes for things like NW = new. It's always the first to spring to mind when the letters come up, but it's hard to visualise consistently.

These are examples of why preparing and learning specific images pays off.

 

[mark49152]

@mark49152 - Given the addition of another event I presume you are all cleared for Brum this weekend mate?

Hey Chris, yes I have a pass, but only for the Saturday, and I will likely be there only for pyra and 5BLD as I have to go pick up my new car in the afternoon. I had to search nationwide for the spec I wanted and fortuitously there was one only 30 mins from the Birmingham venue

I'm doing pyra just to keep my comp PB streak going since doing 5BLD alone is likely to end it.

The whole plan is in doubt though as I've been sick this week and might not be better in time.

Hope to see all you oldies there

 

[Shaky Hands]

@Shaky Hands - Nice to hear you are enjoying the WuQue as much as I. Using it in Birmingham this weekend?

Yes I suspect so. It's not as if I ever had a 4x4 cube that brought me any luck in competitions.

Hey Chris, yes I have a pass, but only for the Saturday, and I will likely be there only for pyra and 5BLD as I have to go pick up my new car in the afternoon. I had to search nationwide for the spec I wanted and fortuitously there was one only 30 mins from the Birmingham venue

I'm doing pyra just to keep my comp PB streak going since doing 5BLD alone is likely to end it.

The whole plan is in doubt though as I've been sick this week and might not be better in time.

Hope to see all you oldies there

Look forward to seeing you there if you feel better in time.

I'll be joining you in Pyra for the same purpose. I've done about 15 minutes of Pyra practice for Birmingham after having registered for it at the last 2 comps but not knowing how to reliably solve it. By doing Pyra and 7x7 for the first time tomorrow I should be able to keep the PB streak alive.

6x6 is still my most likely new PB out of the events I've done before. Looking forward to that. If I get an unlucky pop, I'll have to wait to 2017!

Safe travels.

 

[kbrune]

Thanks everyone for all the letter pair ideas. I'm down to 14 now!

Should be easy enough to find fillers even if they only fit one of the 2 letters.

As far as parity goes. I currently have actions for each letter. What do you guys use? I saw that one of you said superheroes.

 

[mark49152]

As far as parity goes. I currently have actions for each letter. What do you guys use? I saw that one of you said superheroes.

I put an extra Z on the end and treat it as just another letter pair.

 

[One Wheel]

Thanks everyone for all the letter pair ideas. I'm down to 14 now!

Should be easy enough to find fillers even if they only fit one of the 2 letters.

As far as parity goes. I currently have actions for each letter. What do you guys use? I saw that one of you said superheroes.

It just occurred to me that for UD undead is a much better image than undefeated.

 

[kbrune]

@mark49152
So you just have more images. No special kind? And the image with a Z will indicate parity for you?

@One Wheel
So picturing the previous image as a zombie? I like the idea but Not sure how else you could visualize undead

 

[One Wheel]

[USER=35029]@One Wheel
So picturing the previous image as a zombie? I like the idea but Not sure how else you could visualize undead[/USER]

Precisely. It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to be vivid. er. . . Memorable.

 

[newtonbase]

I saw that one of you said superheroes.

Yes. They are vivid, easy to remember and there are plenty to choose from.
I really like the zombie idea but doubt I could change now. Maybe I should try as I'm changing other things at the moment.
Hope you are well enough to compete @mark49152. I'll be keeping my eye on Cubecomps. Rather annoyingly my wife is going to Birmingham tomorrow to collect a puppy for someone while I stay home and look after the kids.

 

[mark49152]

@mark49152
So you just have more images. No special kind? And the image with a Z will indicate parity for you?

Yes. So FZ = Faz, UZ = Uzi, etc. Ultimately it amounts to the same thing, a special image for the last odd target; I just have a different rule for how to get to an image.

 

[h2f]

Good luck at Brimingham!

It looks like the hot period in my job has ended now and I can push my mind in blindes. I'm also back to OH due to competition in my home time (I dont live there now but I work). Funny but I havent done CFOP OH for years and I'm over 40 now - I was expecting low 50 or around 1 minute. I also started to practice pyraminx - I've never done it earlier and my times are sub 13 ao100 after 200 solves. Funny.

 

[muchacho]

CFOP OH? You know Roux is better

24.159 OH PB Single (25.621 27-jul)

2434 17-dic-2016 10:07:19 00:24.159 U R2 B2 L2 F2 L2 U F2 D2 B2 R2 F' R U2 B' R2 D U' B F D2