Older cubers discussions

[MarcelP]

Is that soft or hard cut-off? If it's soft, then you can get an official single; just not an official average.



I thought you needed more for different edge cases.

It's a hard cut-off, so I will get a DNF. Bleh!

And no, with Dw (R F') U (R' F) Dw' and L2 Dw2 [(R F') U (R' F)] Dw2 can you solve all the cases. Some may take multiple steps. Only the last tredge parity needs r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2

How did you tension your 5x5?

I didn't. It was good out of the box, like all my ShengShous.

 

[Yellowsnow98]

Marcel, do you do 6x6 or 7x7?
Just curious

 

[ThomasJE]

I believe he has a 6x6, but doesn't solve it much.

 

[Yellowsnow98]

I believe he has a 6x6, but doesn't solve it much.

Oh right.
Kinda like me and 7x7.
Last 7x7 solve I did took 45 minutes lol.

 

[MarcelP]

Yeah, I have a 6X 6 and 7 X 7, Almost never solve them because it takes a whole evening LOL.

 

[Yellowsnow98]

Yeah, I have a 6X 6 and 7 X 7, Almost never solve them because it takes a whole evening LOL.

Same here.
I just did my first timed 7x7 solve.
It was 24:42.22.
instead I could have done 3 or 4 5x5 solves.
So...
ain't nobody got time for 7x7

 

[PeelingStickers]

It's a hard cut-off, so I will get a DNF. Bleh!

And no, with Dw (R F') U (R' F) Dw' and L2 Dw2 [(R F') U (R' F)] Dw2 can you solve all the cases. Some may take multiple steps. Only the last tredge parity needs r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2

isn't the last one just OLL parity (on 4x4)?

All you need for the others is the edge flipping alg which you also use on 4x4.

You can learn a couple new algs for L2E but these aren't really necessary. Even Feliks doesn't use all of them iirc.

 

[MarcelP]

isn't the last one just OLL parity (on 4x4)?

All you need for the others is the edge flipping alg which you also use on 4x4.

No, that's the alg for this one:

How do you solve this one with 4X4 algs? I really want to know so I can forget the r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2 alg.

 

[Gordon]

This alg also fixes this parity on the 4x4:



What alg do you use for this parity on the 4x4?


Edit: and the alg is not that bad, just long, but I think it's easy to remember.

 

[MarcelP]

This alg also fixes this parity on the 4x4:

View attachment 3098

What alg do you use for this parity on the 4x4?

I use this one on 4X4: Rw2 B2 Rw' U2 Rw' U2 x' U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw2 U2 (I also hate this one.. )

 

[MarcelP]

Ok, some new PB's today!!

I did an Ao100 and was not very doing great. Averaging high 25. Then at about the 80th solve I switched to my ShuangRen V2 and had nothing bu great times

Mo3 19.30

Best average of 5: 20.21
90-94 - 19.59 (17.57) 20.73 (21.14) 20.30

Best average of 12: 22.12
85-96 - 22.60 20.95 25.10 (30.42) 24.98 19.59 (17.57) 20.73 21.14 20.30 21.41 24.39

 

[kunparekh18]

So close to a sub-20 avg5. Keep it up :tu

 

[YddEd]

I have loads of events to practise and I'm switching to CN Roux, you're probably going to get faster than me again

 

[MarcelP]

I have loads of events to practise and I'm switching to CN Roux, you're probably going to get faster than me again

I doubt it.. Although CN Roux seems very very hard to master (so I have heard.. )

 

[sneaklyfox]

Awesome, Marcel! Sub-20 Ao5 GOGOGO.

 

[MarcelP]

Awesome, Marcel! Sub-20 Ao5 GOGOGO.

LOL. Thanks.

Also, I had my second Blindfold succes in about 200 solves. I don't know if BLD is really something for me Also, I failed on the first try leaving three unsolved corners (meaning I messed up one setup or undo set up move).

Scramble (weekly competition 37)

R2 D' B2 D2 F2 U B2 U' L2 F' L' F2 L F R U B' D' R

Scramble and solve with white on U and green on F:
Edges: UJ OW IH DA NG (Huge ooooow In Huis DA drogist in de Nacht)
Corners: DB CW JP UP (Database in de Centrale Werkplaats van Jaap is UP and running)

 

[ThomasJE]

Also, I had my second Blindfold succes in about 200 solves. I don't know if BLD is really something for me Also, I failed on the first try leaving three unsolved corners (meaning I messed up one setup or undo set up move).

Scramble (weekly competition 37)

R2 D' B2 D2 F2 U B2 U' L2 F' L' F2 L F R U B' D' R

Scramble and solve with white on U and green on F:
Edges: UJ OW IH DA NG (Huge ooooow In Huis DA drogist in de Nacht)
Corners: DB CW JP UP (Database in de Centrale Werkplaats van Jaap is UP and running)

And you thought not to post your video here?

Anyway, congrats on the success and new PB's! Have you got any videos of your PB's I could reconstruct?

 

[MarcelP]

And you thought not to post your video here?


Anyway, congrats on the success and new PB's! Have you got any videos of your PB's I could reconstruct?

LOL, I know most people are not interested in BLD and watching 5 minutes of BLD is very very boring

Unfortunately did I not film any of these fast solves. Thanks for the offer of reconstruction though.

 

[sneaklyfox]

So nice to get success. You've attempted 200 bld solves? I haven't even done a dozen. I've had 4 successes but that's because I take my time with memo. I'm much slower. What method do you use?

 

[MarcelP]

I use Old Pochman style for excecution and letter pairs for memo. I try to make words for the letter pairs to make a sentence that I can remember. I have had only two successes in 3 months. I do at least 12 solves per week. My memory is my weakest point. Sometimes I get lucky with a scramble like this one with one edge in place and no braking into new cycles. Then remembering the letterpairs seems doable.