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MarcelP said:
You should definitely buy one. They are real cheap. Like 8$ at Fasttech or Wallbuys. My main is a Weilong at the moment. I set a new Ao100 this week. It is pure awesomeness. The thing with Weilongs is that when tensions are too loose it will become uncontrolable fast. With tensions real tight, and a lot of lube it is really fast, controllable and no lockups. IMHO the best cube ever made...
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Are all your screws straight? I never got mine totally straight and I wonder if that's why my WL is a bit locky.
 
MarcelP said:
No, not really straight. Strange. None of my Weilongs are locky..
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This is what attracts me: occasionally (normally on a really good solve where I glance at the clock and see things are going well) I'll lock up REALLY badly on a LL alg. A few times I've been c.12 seconds after OLL, and ended up barely sub-20, where I should've had a 14/15 second solve, all because I panic and lock up. I'm always happy to have a sub-20 solve, but it's frustrating in cases like that which should've been so much better.

I'm past the stage of thinking a cube will make me faster, but I also acknowledge that my turning accuracy is pretty terrible, especially when I'm not 100% concentrating, or when I'm thinking about times. If a cube can help compensate for this a little then that's a good thing, right? ;-)
 
pipkiksass said:
This is what attracts me: occasionally (normally on a really good solve where I glance at the clock and see things are going well) I'll lock up REALLY badly on a LL alg. A few times I've been c.12 seconds after OLL, and ended up barely sub-20, where I should've had a 14/15 second solve, all because I panic and lock up. I'm always happy to have a sub-20 solve, but it's frustrating in cases like that which should've been so much better.

I'm past the stage of thinking a cube will make me faster, but I also acknowledge that my turning accuracy is pretty terrible, especially when I'm not 100% concentrating, or when I'm thinking about times. If a cube can help compensate for this a little then that's a good thing, right? ;-)
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Solution: Don't look at the timer. If you use qqtimer (which I do) for example, make timer updating to "off".
 
sneaklyfox said:
Solution: Don't look at the timer. If you use qqtimer (which I do) for example, make timer updating to "off".
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Yes, that is the best solution I think ;)

pipkiksass said:
This is what attracts me: occasionally (normally on a really good solve where I glance at the clock and see things are going well) I'll lock up REALLY badly on a LL alg. A few times I've been c.12 seconds after OLL, and ended up barely sub-20, where I should've had a 14/15 second solve, all because I panic and lock up. I'm always happy to have a sub-20 solve, but it's frustrating in cases like that which should've been so much better.

I'm past the stage of thinking a cube will make me faster, but I also acknowledge that my turning accuracy is pretty terrible, especially when I'm not 100% concentrating, or when I'm thinking about times. If a cube can help compensate for this a little then that's a good thing, right? ;-)
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Well, one of the best things about Weilong for me is that the last layer is very fluent. I think a Weilong will help you make you faster. ;) Just get one.
 
Just broke my Ao12 PB..! And I have not been solving 3 X 3 for speed at all for a few days.. These where the first 12 (and only) solves of today.

Rubik's cube
Jul 29, 2013 7:16:51 PM - 7:26:49 PM

Mean: 23.42
Average: 23.47
Best time: 20.09
Median: 23.25
Worst time: 26.20
Standard deviation: 1.86

Best average of 5: 22.29
8-12 - 22.56 (25.50) 21.85 22.46 (20.09)

Best average of 12: 23.47
1-12 - 24.59 23.93 25.76 (26.20) 21.39 22.15 24.53 22.56 25.50 21.85 22.46 (20.09)

1. 24.59 D U F2 L2 F2 U R2 D L2 F2 U2 R' L D' B D2 B D' F L2 F2 D'
2. 23.93 U2 B2 D R2 B2 U R2 F2 U B2 U R D2 B2 L2 F' D L2 B2 R B' L'
3. 25.76 R2 L2 F2 D B2 R2 L2 D2 L2 D' R2 F R' U2 F2 D L' D B L F U'
4. 26.20 B2 U' L2 U L2 B2 R2 U L2 U B' U' R2 F R F U2 F' D' F'
5. 21.39 R2 B2 U2 F2 L2 F2 D F2 L2 F2 D B' U B' F L U2 R F' D' R2 F
6. 22.15 B2 D2 B2 D' R2 F2 U L2 B2 U B' L' B L' B F' U' F2 L U2
7. 24.53 D F2 L2 F2 D R2 U2 F2 R2 B2 U F' L' B' D B2 U2 R F U2 B' U
8. 22.56 D L2 D' B2 R2 L2 D2 L2 U' R2 U' R F D' R2 D2 L D' R B D' U2
9. 25.50 B2 D2 U F2 D R2 F2 R2 U' B2 D L B D' F U2 R2 U' B U2 B2 U'
10. 21.85 R2 D2 F2 U2 F2 U' B2 L2 D2 R2 U F L B' U R2 F D R B2
11. 22.46 U' B2 F2 L2 U2 B2 D' R2 U' F2 D B' D2 R B2 F R B' F U' F' U'
12. 20.09 B2 L2 F2 L2 U B2 L2 D2 B2 U' F2 R D2 U' B U2 B L2 F L B' D'
 
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mark49152 said:
Nice - what was your PB before?
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23.9X So it's quite a difference.. I am quite pleased. I am doing nothing but BLD and OH training lately and I was worrying that my times would drop. It seems I need to do less 3 X 3 speedsolves to get faster. LOL

sneaklyfox said:
Nice, Marcel! Wait 'til you're warmed up now.
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Well I did a few more. I had one extraordinaory solve but fell right back in bad times (26 - 29)
20. 17.71 D' B2 U' R2 D R2 D B2 U' B2 D R U2 B2 U B R F U R' U2
 
mark49152 said:
How is the BLD going?
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Quite good. I never had a success though. But I have had quite a few successes without the memo part. Instead of memo I write down my solution and then solve blind. It was hard to master setup moves and undo set up moves. Now I will start to focus on what memo method to use. BLD is a lot of fun so far.
 
MarcelP said:
Quite good. I never had a success though. But I have had quite a few successes without the memo part. Instead of memo I write down my solution and then solve blind. It was hard to master setup moves and undo set up moves. Now I will start to focus on what memo method to use. BLD is a lot of fun so far.
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I did a few like that too. I think I didn't want to spend all that brain power memorizing something when I wasn't sure I could execute correctly. First get used to the execution part with setups and undo setups and then move to the memorization... that was my thinking as well. But I'm really not into BLD. If you practice, I'm sure you'll be much better than I am. I think I've had 4 successes so far but it takes me a long time. I've never timed myself but I think my first time was something like 15 minutes more or less haha. My memory is horrible. The only exception comes to memorizing music but I forget everything else.
 
My train ride to work is 1.5 hour. About a month ago it took me about the whole ride to solve one cube with my eyes open. Now I do about one every 10 minutes. It is that thinking about set ups en undo set ups takes less and less time.. I really want to be able to do BLD so that I can join BLD on a WCA comp. So next step is memo. And my memory is also terrible.. Right now memorizing 3 egdes takes me one minute... LOL If anyone has a hint to where I can read the best memo menthod for stupid people like me.. please tell me.
 
MarcelP said:
My train ride to work is 1.5 hour. About a month ago it took me about the whole ride to solve one cube with my eyes open. Now I do about one every 10 minutes. It is that thinking about set ups en undo set ups takes less and less time.. I really want to be able to do BLD so that I can join BLD on a WCA comp. So next step is memo. And my memory is also terrible.. Right now memorizing 3 egdes takes me one minute... LOL If anyone has a hint to where I can read the best memo menthod for stupid people like me.. please tell me.
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There are different methods for memo like roman rooms, journey method, letter pairs, visual, audio... I think the easiest for me is letter pairs so that's what I use and I just make up a word for it. The common system for lettering each sticker is called Speffz. I actually use my own system although I haven't done much memo and I'm always dreaming about a better method for personal use. (Like I said, I have bad memory with the exception of music so I always thought if I could transform each sticker to its own tone or something along those lines I could memorize a sequence of notes better than letters or numbers.) If you like images, you can recall an image also using the same letter pair idea. The good thing about doing it in pairs is that you can very easily tell whether you have parity or not.
 
sneaklyfox said:
There are different methods for memo like roman rooms, journey method, letter pairs, visual, audio... I think the easiest for me is letter pairs so that's what I use and I just make up a word for it. The common system for lettering each sticker is called Speffz. I actually use my own system although I haven't done much memo and I'm always dreaming about a better method for personal use. (Like I said, I have bad memory with the exception of music so I always thought if I could transform each sticker to its own tone or something along those lines I could memorize a sequence of notes better than letters or numbers.) If you like images, you can recall an image also using the same letter pair idea. The good thing about doing it in pairs is that you can very easily tell whether you have parity or not.
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Awesome.. I just tried corners only on the FMC scramble from the weekly 31 (B2 U' F2 D F2 U B2 F2 D U' F2 L F R' D' B' U2 L' B D' R') MQ IP TL SP Whhooohoo.. Super easy to remember and all corners where solved.. The first P (in IP) was breaking a new cycle..

Another question Melody, didn't we reply in a topic from HKNow store about a new puzzle Gan III or something? I can't seem to find it..
 
MarcelP said:
Awesome.. I just tried corners only on the FMC scramble from the weekly 31 (B2 U' F2 D F2 U B2 F2 D U' F2 L F R' D' B' U2 L' B D' R') MQ IP TL SP Whhooohoo.. Super easy to remember and all corners where solved.. The first P (in IP) was breaking a new cycle..

Another question Melody, didn't we reply in a topic from HKNow store about a new puzzle Gan III or something? I can't seem to find it..
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I don't remember all that I said in the Gans III thread. I just know I made a joke comment about the octopus core.
 
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