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[DGCubes]

Question: How far do people usually travel for competitions? Is it worth it to travel, say, 100 miles, if you're a beginner and only know 3x3?

If you have competitions in your area, you might want to try one of those first before travelling far. If there aren't any that are super-close to you, I think it's definitely worth it to travel for one. It's one of the greatest and most motivating experiences you can have as a cuber.

 

[TDM]

I've been at some comps and some rounds are like "Combined 4x4 Finals" What does the combined mean?

This is when the first round has a qualification time required to complete the average (which you need to meet after 1-2 solves, depending on the event). It's called "combined" because there are two parts to the round - the first part where you need to qualify, and the second where you finish your average.

From the regulations,

9g) A Combined Round consists of two phases of attempts, where competitors advance to the second phase if they meet a designated cutoff during the first phase.

 

[Bailey Mitchell]

Hey guys, im a mid 20 average and know 4 look oll, what shall i learn next to improve,

thanks

 

[dnguyen2204]

How do I fix this? (The white side is sagging and considerably more loose than the other sides.)

Do I disassemble and reassemble it? (It's a Rubik's brand; I don't think it's meant to be disassembled.)

Or should I not try to fix it because looseness is good?

 

[Sue Doenim]

What kinds of edits do moderators make on posts?

 

[Duncan Bannon]

How do I fix this? (The white side is sagging and considerably more loose than the other sides.)

Do I disassemble and reassemble it? (It's a Rubik's brand; I don't think it's meant to be disassembled.)

Or should I not try to fix it because looseness is good?

Just tighten that side. I dont know how to do that on a Rubik’s brand. But Simply tighten that side a little.

 

[DGCubes]

What kinds of edits do moderators make on posts?

Sometimes they censor profanity or merge double posts.

 

[xyzzy]

Sometimes they censor profanity

I don't think I've ever seen this happen; the forum software itself allows a custom word filter that automatically replaces some words with asterisks.

 

[dnguyen2204]

How do you tension a rubik's brand cube? Is that even possible?

 

[JustAnotherGenericCuber]

How do you tension a rubik's brand cube? Is that even possible?

Pry off the center caps with a knife

 

[FastCubeMaster]

Sometimes they censor profanity or merge double posts.

Some of mine have been edited and I still have no idea why. It definitely wasn't from those two reasons.

 

[DGCubes]

I don't think I've ever seen this happen; the forum software itself allows a custom word filter that automatically replaces some words with asterisks.

I've definitely seen some recent posts where the automatic censorship hasn't caught profanity and it is later edited by a moderator.

EDIT: Like this one.

 

[ifoliver]

About 5 minutes ago I got 19.55 seconds on 3x3 from an easy OLL case and a PLL skip, but I usually average 30 seconds. Am I still technically sub-20?

 

[greentgoatgal]

About 5 minutes ago I got 19.55 seconds on 3x3 from an easy OLL case and a PLL skip, but I usually average 30 seconds. Am I still technically sub-20?

No. Sub 20 is when you average sub 20.

 

[LandonD2006]

im fairly new to cubing around 2 months and I need some help trying to learn squan and 5x5 if u could give me a link to a vid or website pls do.

 

[FireCuber]

@DGCubes has a good Square-1 tutorial and JRCuber has some good 5x5 walkthough solves.

 

[CornerCutter]

im fairly new to cubing around 2 months and I need some help trying to learn squan and 5x5 if u could give me a link to a vid or website pls do.

Yes like @FireCuber said. Legoboyz3 also has a good Squan video and make sure to learn Reduction for 5x5.

 

[SMKSL]

I'm just quickly wondering, How do you reverse the Cube in a Cube in a Cube Pattern?

 

[Sue Doenim]

Just do the same algorithm as you did to make the pattern, twice.

 

[Zerksies]

Does anyone have either a blank OLL/PLL sheet without algorithms or a file that we could write our own in. Seems like everyone uses there own