Race to sub 5 (7x7)

[Georgeanderre]

Only 60 moves for the scrambles? I think 100 is better

100 is too long, i tested a few scrambles and these scramble the centres enough, the edges get a lil scrambled during centres, made them a little longer

 

[AvGalen]

100 is too long, i tested a few scrambles and these scramble the centres enough, the edges get a lil scrambled during centres, made them a little longer

I am not saying that you HAVE to do it the same as the WCA, but this is their recommendation and it is also how we have been doing it for the weekly competition for years: http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#scrambling and http://www.worldcubeassociation.org....htm?size=7&num=5&len=100&col=yobwrg&multi=on

I will use the scrambles you provided now anyway though, so I would appreciate it if you won't change them again for this week

 

[APdRF]

Ao5= 8:50.27 [SD= 49.85]

1- 8:46.52
2- (10:11.00) [Centers in 7'... :S ]
3- 9:16.04
4- 8:28.25
5- (7:41.18) [PB!!!--> Centers done in sub-5 ]

Two weeks ago I am not sub-10 and now I'm sub-9... Haha!

 

[Georgeanderre]

Round - 10 = 7:08.41

1 - 6:57.00
Comment: 6 move oll, messed up z perm but recovered and did the last move 1 handed to get a sub 7
2 - 7:21.37
Comment: 30 or so second pause on edges, should of been sub 7... should be "rolled"
3 - Explosion
Comment: Look below
4 -7:06.87
Comment: after filling it with silicone... i was shaking during this solve because it felt like it was going to explode... thankfully it didn't
5 - 6:13.12
Comment: WHAAAAAT!!!!! even i dont understand this one... but if good music makes you cube fast ill have Biffy on a lot more ... centres must of been really fast, still cant mindboggle this solve

My 7x7 is too loose at the moment so any more than about 3 solves and it starts to fall apart in my hands, need to make it adjustable some time...

scratch that last -.- it just exploded... just examined the core and its looser than my 3x3, its only just holding together the pieces, and i have no spare cores to make it adjustable
the best bit... it can actually do a U4... -.- time to retire this V cube and get a new one... + attempt to make an adjustable core out of this one

explosion was unfortunate... would of been sub 7 without it -.-

 

[AvGalen]

Put in loooooooooooooooooooots of sillicon spray, to the point where every piece is soaked in it on every side, then put it back together. This has worked for me, I don't know why thought but it feels sticky and tight after this process

 

[AvGalen]

(better to put this in a seperate post)

Round 10: 5:55.38 6:04.72 5:25.63 6:19.97 5:46.59 = 5:55.56

The 6:04 had an OLL that I messed up because of a small lock and then N-Perm
The 6:19.97 was just a completely unfocussed solve after that monser 5:25.63!

breakdown is roughly
3:10 minutes for centers
2:00 minutes for edge-pairing
0:45 seconds for 3x3x3

I am very happy that last weeks progress is continuing. Sub 5 always seemed impossible, but it has now come into the realm of "maybe someday"

 

[Mike Hughey]

Round 10
7:08.97
(7:29.44), 7:02.54, (6:47.84), 7:11.23, 7:13.15

Done entirely with AvG. I'm temporarily giving up on freeslice. I wanted to get faster in time for US Nationals, and at this point it's becoming obvious that I will still be faster with AvG than with freeslice, even if I practice nothing but freeslice between now and then. So I'm going back to AvG in the hope that I can be capable of sub-6:30 by then, so I can do an average there.

I think I've really gotten better at lookahead on AvG as a result of all my freeslice practice; this is a really really good average for me.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Round 10
7:08.97
(7:29.44), 7:02.54, (6:47.84), 7:11.23, 7:13.15

Done entirely with AvG. I'm temporarily giving up on freeslice. I wanted to get faster in time for US Nationals, and at this point it's becoming obvious that I will still be faster with AvG than with freeslice, even if I practice nothing but freeslice between now and then. So I'm going back to AvG in the hope that I can be capable of sub-6:30 by then, so I can do an average there.

I think I've really gotten better at lookahead on AvG as a result of all my freeslice practice; this is a really really good average for me.

 

[Georgeanderre]

Put in loooooooooooooooooooots of sillicon spray, to the point where every piece is soaked in it on every side, then put it back together. This has worked for me, I don't know why thought but it feels sticky and tight after this process

did this yesterday, its just about solvable now, still does a U4 if i flick hard enough, ill just have to be more careful when moving that axis

 

[James Ludlow]

Put in loooooooooooooooooooots of sillicon spray, to the point where every piece is soaked in it on every side, then put it back together. This has worked for me, I don't know why thought but it feels sticky and tight after this process

I don't understand how it can get this loose.
I've had mine nearly three years and done hundreds of solves, possibly thousands. It is loose, but still has another three years in it, St least.

Try some REALLy high viscosity diff oil. I have 100k wt. Perhaps this is why mine hasn't gone so loose.

Only a tiny but St a time though, the first time I used it I put far to much in and went from sub7 to sup10.

 

[Georgeanderre]

I don't understand how it can get this loose.
I've had mine nearly three years and done hundreds of solves, possibly thousands. It is loose, but still has another three years in it, St least.

Try some REALLy high viscosity diff oil. I have 100k wt. Perhaps this is why mine hasn't gone so loose.

Only a tiny but St a time though, the first time I used it I put far to much in and went from sub7 to sup10.

blue green axis: fine
orange red axis: fine
white yellow axis: ridiculously loose, the centre pieces are almost wobbling off...
had mine 18 months, probably done 300~ solves but it has traveled almost 25,000 miles around the globe with me so its taken a beating, this probably has something to do with it...

video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpM_MTuxDg0
this after the first explosion... its exploded twice since this, and almost every solve i get what i call a layer pop, a whole line of centre pieces and the respective wing edges come out

 

[APdRF]

Hey guys, can you tell me how works the AvG edge pairing? I've been searching for the forum but I didn't find anything... :S

Thanks!

 

[Georgeanderre]

Here: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?1447-Arnaud-s-5x5x5-Edge-Pairing-method-Examples

or ask AvGalen himself =P : http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/member.php?136-AvGalen

i use freeslice, never tried AvG on anything

 

[APdRF]

Hey guys, can you tell me how works the AvG edge pairing? I've been searching for the forum but I didn't find anything... :S

Thanks!

 

[Georgeanderre]

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/s...to-sub-5-(7x7)&p=592396&viewfull=1#post592396

 

[AvGalen]

probably done 300~ solves but it has traveled almost 25,000 miles around the globe with me so its taken a beating, this probably has something to do with it...

Travelling is ruining my stickers, but I have travelled WAY more than probably anyone else last year and my V7 is getting better and better. Put cubes in a plastic bag, with a seal-option if possible and they will be mostly protected from damage to stickers and dirt

 

[Georgeanderre]

Travelling is ruining my stickers, but I have travelled WAY more than probably anyone else last year and my V7 is getting better and better. Put cubes in a plastic bag, with a seal-option if possible and they will be mostly protected from damage to stickers and dirt

I do bag it, and then sock it to cushion it slightly, my stickers are dieing slowly.... + i need to change the scheme because of my sight problems,

Other than that i think the screws are just stretched... if i try a triple layer cut half a centre will pop out

 

[APdRF]

Oh, sorry for my double post, I don't know what I'm doing... xD

And thanks for the links!

 

[James Ludlow]

blue green axis: fine
orange red axis: fine
white yellow axis: ridiculously loose, the centre pieces are almost wobbling off...
had mine 18 months, probably done 300~ solves but it has traveled almost 25,000 miles around the globe with me so its taken a beating, this probably has something to do with it...

video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpM_MTuxDg0
this after the first explosion... its exploded twice since this, and almost every solve i get what i call a layer pop, a whole line of centre pieces and the respective wing edges come out

I may be totally off the mark, but it sounds like a rivet has come loose on that side.

Try pushing in till you feel a click.

 

[Georgeanderre]

I may be totally off the mark, but it sounds like a rivet has come loose on that side.

Try pushing in till you feel a click.

ill try that later, but i think its probably the springs that have either broken, bent, stretched or came loose