Older cubers discussions

[lcsbiffi]

Do pink stickers contrast better with red stickers?

 

[MarcelP]

Do pink stickers contrast better with red stickers?

I don't know if that is the case. That would be handy if lights where fading. But so far I have used it only with pure daylight. And it seems that I find pairs easier when there are pink stickers. When I go back to orange stickers I notice that I need to search longer..

 

[YddEd]

About the T / J perm in Roux: It depends on the case! If 2 unoriented pieces are opp. each other in the top layer do a J to get them adj. If adj. already do a T. This is just personal opinion as I think there is less work in the adj. cases.

Its the same with Y. UB and UL swaps places, so use it to your advantage.

With headlights on left: T=UL and UR swap
J=UF and UR swap

I'm probably not going to use the Y perm and T perm that much anymore, learning CMLL
I like the opposite unoriented case because I seem to do do R U R' U' M' U R U' r' (alg I use) faster than M' U M U2 M' U M (alg I use).

 

[sneaklyfox]

I'm probably not going to use the Y perm and T perm that much anymore, learning CMLL
I like the opposite unoriented case because I seem to do do R U R' U' M' U R U' r' (alg I use) faster than M' U M U2 M' U M (alg I use).

For opposite unoriented, if you like R U R' U' M' U R U' r', you should do r' U R' U' M U R U' R' for adjacent case as it's similar. (I execute M as r' R.)

 

[MarcelP]

okay,

Today I did two Ao50's. One with my main (White ShuangRen) and one with my previous main MoYu HuangYing. It seems I am faster on the HuangYing..

ShuangRen:

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Mean: 26.79
Average: 26.74
Best time: 19.51
Median: 26.74
Worst time: 36.47
Standard deviation: 3.03

Best average of 5: 24.50
34-38 - 22.35 25.41 (32.58) (19.51) 25.75

Best average of 12: 24.81
32-43 - 24.32 26.82 22.35 25.41 (32.58) (19.51) 25.75 24.28 23.79 25.64 26.93 22.82

HuangYing:

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Mean: 25.68
Average: 25.66
Best time: 21.36
Median: 25.38
Worst time: 30.83
Standard deviation: 2.25

Best average of 5: 23.48
33-37 - 23.48 (28.51) 22.28 (21.56) 24.68

Best average of 12: 24.07
32-43 - 26.31 23.48 (28.51) 22.28 21.56 24.68 26.92 24.99 24.67 22.32 (21.36) 23.48

Tomorrow I will add Ao50 with white MoYu Weilong and maybe 54.6 mm ShuangRen.. or maybe I wait for my stickers to arrive for that one

 

[YddEd]

For opposite unoriented, if you like R U R' U' M' U R U' r', you should do r' U R' U' M U R U' R' for adjacent case as it's similar. (I execute M as r' R.)

I think I should be fine with my algorithm. I can execute it well, probably because of my fingertricks though. (Also, I'm not sure if I'm reading the notation wrong or if the alg is just wrong :/ )
I execute M putting my ring finger on the FD sticker and pushing to DB. I think most people push from DB to BU (if that's right) but I find it awkward to do. Some others also use their right index finger. I do that when my ring finger is in a weird position.

okay,

Today I did two Ao50's. One with my main (White ShuangRen) and one with my previous main MoYu HuangYing. It seems I am faster on the HuangYing..

ShuangRen:

Spoiler

Mean: 26.79
Average: 26.74
Best time: 19.51
Median: 26.74
Worst time: 36.47
Standard deviation: 3.03

Best average of 5: 24.50
34-38 - 22.35 25.41 (32.58) (19.51) 25.75

Best average of 12: 24.81
32-43 - 24.32 26.82 22.35 25.41 (32.58) (19.51) 25.75 24.28 23.79 25.64 26.93 22.82

HuangYing:

Spoiler

Mean: 25.68
Average: 25.66
Best time: 21.36
Median: 25.38
Worst time: 30.83
Standard deviation: 2.25

Best average of 5: 23.48
33-37 - 23.48 (28.51) 22.28 (21.56) 24.68

Best average of 12: 24.07
32-43 - 26.31 23.48 (28.51) 22.28 21.56 24.68 26.92 24.99 24.67 22.32 (21.36) 23.48

Tomorrow I will add Ao50 with white MoYu Weilong and maybe 54.6 mm ShuangRen.. or maybe I wait for my stickers to arrive for that one

imho as long as the cube is good and you have a easy scramble, your time is good. If you have a good cube with a hard scramble, your time should be worse than usual. Don't know for sure though, might be wrong.
I should stop doing 4x4 and do more 3x3...

 

[sneaklyfox]

I think I should be fine with my algorithm. I can execute it well, probably because of my fingertricks though. (Also, I'm not sure if I'm reading the notation wrong or if the alg is just wrong :/ )
I execute M putting my ring finger on the FD sticker and pushing to DB. I think most people push from DB to BU (if that's right) but I find it awkward to do. Some others also use their right index finger. I do that when my ring finger is in a weird position.

Hmm... nope, I just checked the algorithm and it works fine. r' U R' U' M U R U' R' The adjacent edges should be in UF and UR.
I definitely can't put ring finger on FD and push to DB comfortably. I can do DB to BU with left ring. Or pull from BU to UF with either index. Sometimes I even did right thumb UF to FD but that's supposed to be slow...

 

[Username]

Hmm... nope, I just checked the algorithm and it works fine. r U R' U' M U R U' R' The adjacent edges should be in UF and UR.
I definitely can't put ring finger on FD and push to DB comfortably. I can do DB to BU with left ring. Or pull from BU to UF with either index. Sometimes I even did right thumb UF to FD but that's supposed to be slow...

Fixed, it was incorrect

 

[sneaklyfox]

Fixed, it was incorrect

Haha... I guess I was misreading it! Sorry and thanks.

 

[YddEd]

Hmm... nope, I just checked the algorithm and it works fine. r U R' U' M U R U' R' The adjacent edges should be in UF and UR.
I definitely can't put ring finger on FD and push to DB comfortably. I can do DB to BU with left ring. Or pull from BU to UF with either index. Sometimes I even did right thumb UF to FD but that's supposed to be slow...

Well since it was fixed, I think it's good. I'll use it for a few solves.
Left ring finger FD to DB for me is kind of a push flick type thing. I find it faster to do in algs like M U2 M2' U2 M2' so you don't have to rotate.

 

[MarcelP]

Today I did an Ao50 with my white Weilong. man, that cube is pure magic. I had 4 sub 20 solves. That is great achievement for me. The 17.65 was an OLL skip.

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Mean: 25.92
Average: 25.94
Best time: 17.65
Median: 26.92
Worst time: 33.01
Standard deviation: 3.28

Best average of 5: 23.93
45-49 - 24.84 24.30 (26.50) (19.89) 22.64

Best average of 12: 24.69
19-30 - 19.56 18.88 28.15 28.04 27.72 21.70 23.22 27.78 26.08 (28.22) (17.65) 25.72

 

[Schmidt]

We should do that TTW ao50 soon

 

[MarcelP]

We should do that TTW ao50 soon

I registered.. Never heard of this TTW before..

 

[Schmidt]

I would say that an ao50 takes about an hour for us old timers. Do you have time tonight?

 

[MarcelP]

I don't think so. Sunday evening at 19:00 UCT? maybe we could do a smaller average. Ao12 or Ao25?

 

[Schmidt]

Ok. We could do an ao12 to start with and then see from there.

 

[kcl]

You know, if Feliks were to compete to the day he dies, I wonder if the times would make a parabola..?

 

[Schmidt]

Is 19 UCT 20 Dutch/Danish time?

 

[MarcelP]

19:00 GMT

 

[Schmidt]

Gmt= London = west from here = 19 there = 20 here?