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I have a question around lubrication.... I've seen and heard of people mixing various lubes when lubing their cubes. Excuse my ignorant question or observation rather .... if you mix 2 different viscosity lubes eg, weight 1, and weight 3, you wouldn't get both of their properties but rather a somewhere in between viscosity when they mix ?
My preference is to put in a little thick lube and break it in thoroughly, then put in a little light lube on top. My theory is that the thick lube sticks to the pieces better than light lube, but I have no expertise or evidence to back that up. It just works well for me.
 
Finally got a 3 cube MBLD. Forgot to start the timer but well under 20 mins. Very happy with it. 4 cubes next.

I've been waiting for my wife to confirm that I'm free for Peterborough and she's only just done it but it's too late. I'm 14th on the waiting list. The warm glow of my MBLD succes had dissipated rapidly. I'm not certain for the World Championships either now for unrelated reasons.
 
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Looking at previous competition results it looks like there are often a fair number of no shows but Peterborough is a relatively small competition (max 80) with only 15 newbies. Possibly worth taking a punt and just turning up?

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Looking at previous competition results it looks like there are often a fair number of no shows but Peterborough is a relatively small competition (max 80) with only 15 newbies. Possibly worth taking a punt and just turning up?

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Normally Yes, but I think with the new system of prepayment the number of no shows will have reduced significantly. I'm too pissed off to think about it rationally at the moment. This would likely have been my last chance to qualify for MBLD for the World's.
 
I've been waiting for my wife to confirm that I'm free for Peterborough and she's only just done it but it's too late. I'm 14th on the waiting list. The warm glow of my MBLD succes had dissipated rapidly. I'm not certain for the World Championships either now for unrelated reasons.
If there was a "don't like" button.....
 
Finally got a 3 cube MBLD. Forgot to start the timer but well under 20 mins. Very happy with it. 4 cubes next.

Sorry to hear about the comp scheduling issues but... dude... you solved 3 cubes blindfolded! I knew it was coming from your recent reports but happy to see you get it out of the way.
 
Sorry to hear about the comp scheduling issues but... dude... you solved 3 cubes blindfolded! I knew it was coming from your recent reports but happy to see you get it out of the way.
Thanks. It was definitely coming soon. I just needed to avoid silly mistakes. That's at least 3 consecutive attempts with perfect recall. 4 or even 5 shouldn't be a big step up but then I'll start running out of lunch break. I'll try and break in a couple more rooms at the weekend.
 
Congratulations to @mafergut for joining the 1000 likes club.
And that's taking into account that I don't roam the forum that much lately but I'm still here. ;)

I'm halfway through an Ao1000 of 2x2 trying to decide what should be my main between the WeiPo and the YueHun and whether it's worth or not for me to try and learn CLL. Stuck since long ago at like 5.5 average with Varasano.

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And that's taking into account that I don't roam the forum that much lately but I'm still here. ;)

I'm halfway through an Ao1000 of 2x2 trying to decide what should be my main between the WeiPo and the YueHun and whether it's worth or not for me to try and learn CLL. Stuck since long ago at like 5.5 average with Varasano.

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I know I've said this all before but here it goes again. I found 2x2 much more fun to practice once I learned CLL. Algs aren't bad and you probably know many of them already. Finally, knowing the recognition helps in larger puzzles too.
 
@newtonbase : Grats on the 3 cubes man. I know I'm looking forward to learning MBLD once I've got some BLD success.

Update on general things:

Valk 3 M (custom): Works awesome! Now my main for every 3x3 event. First time I've had a cube do that. Usually my OH main is separate from my 2H.

BLD: My OP corner execution is getting much more solid, and I'd trust it for an attempt now, M2, I've got ~3 more algs I need to get down, and general practice to do, before I trust that I've got it, enough to move forwards. I want to have confidence in my ability to execute targets before trying to put it all together. From what I can tell.. getting the basics down really matters. And practicing shooting targets is something I can do with very small amounts of time.

Step by step... piece by piece... I will get there. :)
 
@newtonbase : Grats on the 3 cubes man. I know I'm looking forward to learning MBLD once I've got some BLD success.

Update on general things:

Valk 3 M (custom): Works awesome! Now my main for every 3x3 event. First time I've had a cube do that. Usually my OH main is separate from my 2H.

BLD: My OP corner execution is getting much more solid, and I'd trust it for an attempt now, M2, I've got ~3 more algs I need to get down, and general practice to do, before I trust that I've got it, enough to move forwards. I want to have confidence in my ability to execute targets before trying to put it all together. From what I can tell.. getting the basics down really matters. And practicing shooting targets is something I can do with very small amounts of time.

Step by step... piece by piece... I will get there. :)
Glad to see you are making progress. Is it the FU and BD algs you are finding most difficult? They are tricky.
 
Glad to see you are making progress. Is it the FU and BD algs you are finding most difficult? They are tricky.

I just got done really getting BD down, I can execute it almost mindlessly.. FU is next. After that, I have BU (which isn't THAT bad.) and parity.

Then I should be ready to go forward, realizing I have to double shoot twists and flps.
 
I know I've said this all before but here it goes again. I found 2x2 much more fun to practice once I learned CLL. Algs aren't bad and you probably know many of them already. Finally, knowing the recognition helps in larger puzzles too.

Thanks for the feedback. I have procrastinated for too long already on learning COLL for 3x3 and up because I'm afraid recognition would be too difficult to master. A pity 2x2 CLL algs don't all work well on 3x3. Maybe I should start with COLL instead?
 
Thanks for the feedback. I have procrastinated for too long already on learning COLL for 3x3 and up because I'm afraid recognition would be too difficult to master. A pity 2x2 CLL algs don't all work well on 3x3. Maybe I should start with COLL instead?
That's up to you. I actually learned a CMLL set first but then I never switched to Roux. The toughest thing about the recognition for me is being able to spot it from two different angles. I can do it but I usually still AUF first.
 
I just got done really getting BD down, I can execute it almost mindlessly.. FU is next. After that, I have BU (which isn't THAT bad.) and parity.

Then I should be ready to go forward, realizing I have to double shoot twists and flps.
Yes, BU isn't difficult so you are close. Once you are comfortable you can start learning some tricks. Mark's Advanced M2 thread is priceless. There are also some easy algs for twists and flips that we can show you if you don't already have a resource.
 
Yes, BU isn't difficult so you are close. Once you are comfortable you can start learning some tricks. Mark's Advanced M2 thread is priceless. There are also some easy algs for twists and flips that we can show you if you don't already have a resource.

I don't have a good resource on those, so I'll take what you have to offer, or I was going to have to figure it out from COLL ;)
 
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