Older cubers discussions

[pglewis]

As for me, I'm smack in the middle of a busy spell with work followed by an interruption this coming week where life is all eclipse planning, all the time. I'll be heading down to TN and camping on a farm about a mile from the center-line hoping for good weather; I'd really like to experience totality.

I'll be doubling-up on practice after that in prep for comp next month. Despite the fact that I care most about normal 3x3 and this will by my first 3bld attempt... I'll probably be most nervous about Pyraminx because I'm awful and I never practice it. The only method I know is the same one I used as a kid: solve one side, solve a different side, maybe I'm done maybe I repeat that one more time.

 

[newtonbase]

There have been a few occasions thus far where I've needed focused sessions of sighted blind, myself.

This probably happens to us all. Sometimes you just need to go back and look at the basics.

 

[Jason Green]

Well I think at least the major kinks from moving to M2 are gone. Getting many more successes now and when I don't it's usually a memo wrong, which is where I was before. Had couple more 7 minutes and a 6:49. That video from Josh helped a ton with Q, and H and N too.

 

[newtonbase]

Well I think at least the major kinks from moving to M2 are gone. Getting many more successes now and when I don't it's usually a memo wrong, which is where I was before. Had couple more 7 minutes and a 6:49. That video from Josh helped a ton with Q, and H and N too.

The H and N setups are really nice. I learnt them from the start but unfortunately they don't work on 4x4. I use a similar alg to the Q setup to flip that piece so I have no excuse to not change to it other than inertia.

 

[mafergut]

Well I think at least the major kinks from moving to M2 are gone. Getting many more successes now and when I don't it's usually a memo wrong, which is where I was before. Had couple more 7 minutes and a 6:49. That video from Josh helped a ton with Q, and H and N too.

You have already beaten the best time I got when I learned M2 (7:26). At this pace you'll be close to 2-3min in no time

Getting more and more the hang of the intermediate skewb cases myself. Nice 8.1x Ao5 and 9.1x Ao12 PBs today.

 

[newtonbase]

If I were to be solving 3BLD in around a minute then what splits might I be looking at roughly?

 

[mark49152]

If I were to be solving 3BLD in around a minute then what splits might I be looking at roughly?

I'm around a minute and my splits are roughly 22/24/14.

 

[Jason Green]

Did a little 3x3 practice (blind has taken over lately) and got this nice PB. Try the scramble from the image, if you do white cross you'll very likely have the same solution it's so easy.

I'll just reconstruct since I keep forgetting to do them.
Inspection: X2
D F' R' F'
U' R U' R'
Y R U' R '
Y U2 R U R' R' U' R (written that way because I did not execute as R2')
U2 R U R'
U' G Perm

 

[oneshot]

I thought I'd take a minute to kinda introduce myself, as everyone here seems so friendly. I'm Brian, I'm 43, been kind of a serial hobbiest. But as I'm getting older, I'm becoming a minimalist. So I tried to find a hobby where there wasn't a lot of "stuff/equipment", and I thought cubing fit the bill. I'm a math/science type guy and found out about memory competitions and blind solving. I really thought I'd only do blind solving, but lately have learned the 4x4 and I'm learning Ortega for the 2x2. I've done two competitions, one where I DNF'd all three blind solves, and one where I got 7:16. I'm trying to get my 7 year old daughter to compete in 2x2, but she doesn't really like practicing. That's about it. I look forward to learning more and more, with a goal of going to nationals next year for MBLD.

 

[newtonbase]

I thought I'd take a minute to kinda introduce myself, as everyone here seems so friendly. I'm Brian, I'm 43, been kind of a serial hobbiest. But as I'm getting older, I'm becoming a minimalist. So I tried to find a hobby where there wasn't a lot of "stuff/equipment", and I thought cubing fit the bill. I'm a math/science type guy and found out about memory competitions and blind solving. I really thought I'd only do blind solving, but lately have learned the 4x4 and I'm learning Ortega for the 2x2. I've done two competitions, one where I DNF'd all three blind solves, and one where I got 7:16. I'm trying to get my 7 year old daughter to compete in 2x2, but she doesn't really like practicing. That's about it. I look forward to learning more and more, with a goal of going to nationals next year for MBLD.

Hi Brian. You'll fit in perfectly here. Lots of us enjoy blind.

 

[mafergut]

Hi Brian / @oneshot and welcome to this forum. You will feel in perfect company here and I'm sure you will find very nice advice for BLD (not from me, though!).

Congrats @Jason Green! That's a great single. Don't make me go back to practising 3x3 to try and improve my 11.03!

Today I finally got down my running skewb Ao50 to below 10 seconds (9.93). Ao100 still 10.4x.

EDIT: 100 solves later... Make that 9.17 Ao50 and 9.64 Ao100!!! Also PB single 3.77, Ao5 6.34 and Ao12 7.58. Wanted to be sub-10 global but... it might well be sub-9. Cannot wait to try my new Wingy skewb

 

[Shaky Hands]

@oneshot - Welcome Brian. Good to have you here.

 

[Chree]

Been a while since I posted here, but I wanted to brag:

Got my first sub10 in comp this past weekend! Got a 9.33 in the first round of 3x3 at Northwest Champs.

Is there a stat for the oldest person to get their first sub10? I would like to open bidding at 32 years old

 

[muchacho]

I think Ron van Bruchem got a 9.55 (WR) at 40.

 

[Chree]

Ah, makes sense. Ron's a beast.

 

[Jason Green]

Been a while since I posted here, but I wanted to brag:

Got my first sub10 in comp this past weekend! Got a 9.33 in the first round of 3x3 at Northwest Champs.

Is there a stat for the oldest person to get their first sub10? I would like to open bidding at 32 years old

Congrats! I may be 45 before I get one. Or never.

 

[mafergut]

Congrats! I may be 45 before I get one. Or never.

At home you can get one sub-10 any day. You are already so close. In competition that's a completely different story as you have so little opportunities but if you continue progressing you certainly can get one eventually.

I don't think I'll ever get one, even at home (at a comp it would be really difficult as I haven't been to any yet and I'm not planning on going to one anytime soon).

 

[pipkiksass]

At home you can get one sub-10 any day. You are already so close. In competition that's a completely different story as you have so little opportunities but if you continue progressing you certainly can get one eventually.

I don't think I'll ever get one, even at home (at a comp it would be really difficult as I haven't been to any yet and I'm not planning on going to one anytime soon).

This!

Would love one day to go to a comp.

May get a sub 10 at home, but if a tree falls in the woods...

In other news, magnets for my WuQue arrived today, plan is to do the whole project tonight, but I'll believe that when I see it!!!

Edit: ok, turns out magnetising a 4x4 is surprisingly easy, despite requiring 96 magnets to be very precisely placed...

30 mins to disassemble, including dismantling edges and corners.

1hr 15 for placing and glueing magnets.

40 mins to reassemble. After trying the fiddly job of reassembling a 4x4 the traditional way, I remembered you can assemble a magnetic 4x4 as a void cube, so built the corner "blocks" and posted internals into gaps.

Fun!

 

[earth2dan]

Been a loooong time since I checked in. This thread never ceases to amaze me. What a great community

You all are progressing so much. I won't even try to comment individually so I'll just issue a global congrats to @everyone! on all the progress and PB's.

@Jason Green That Scramble!!! I gave it a go and obliterated my old PB of 12.9x with a 10.31. I'm afraid to count it because I may never beat it. I reconstructed and did almost the exact same solve as you. Only difference was I inserted the 2nd F2L pair from the back, and did my G Perm from the opposite side, because that alg just works better for me.

D F' R' F'
U' R U' R'
Y' L U' L'
Y' U2 R U R2' U' R
U2 R U R'
U G Perm (R2' F2 R U2 R U2' R' F R U R' U' R' F R2)

 

[mafergut]

Well, the WuQue M is starting to bring some PBs. New PB Ao5 1:07.01 (down from 1:07.30). PB Ao12 1:08.47 (down from 1:10.66 and first sub 1:10 Ao12).

Hi @earth2dan long time no see! Hope you are enjoying the summer (and everyone else in the northern hemisphere as well, of course).