Speed solving in the mirror

[Logiqx]

I don't know why but I decided to try a solve my 3x3x3 in the mirror this morning.

The rules: No looking directly at the cube at any time... not even during inspection. Only look at the cube in the mirror!

Inspection and F2L felt pretty weird with every movement being inverted. OLL and PLL probably aren't too bad because it's just case recognition and execution. I was lucky and had symetrical OLL + PLL cases so there was no ambiguity during the recognition.

I didn't time myself but how fast can you solve the cube in a mirror?

You may find it fun, frustrating or just plain stupid!

 

[AlexCube]

I tried this yesterday and the time was like 2 minutes. It was pretty hard to know what side to turn

 

[CriticalCubing]

1 min 43 sec. Damn pretty hard but once you know the trick in the mirror, the cube being laterally inversed, it is actually simple

 

[Logiqx]

1 min 43 sec. Damn pretty hard but once you know the trick in the mirror, the cube being laterally inversed, it is actually simple

That's almost 5 times your normal average. I'd say it's quite tricky as opposed to being simple.

 

[Logiqx]

Who can do sub minute?

 

[ChickenWrap]

I am sub 1 with this. I got 51.4!

 

[Rocky0701]

Wow, that is frustrating, i gave up after 2 minutes just to get the first layer, then realizing that my cross was done wrong. We could do other events in the mirror too

 

[ChickenWrap]

Wow, that is frustrating, i gave up after 2 minutes just to get the first layer, then realizing that my cross was done wrong. We could do other events in the mirror too

7x7 BLD mirror solve!

 

[jeff081692]

(51.99). I could probably get sub 30 if I spent a day getting used to it.

 

[kcl]

7x7 BLD mirror solve!

Memo would be hell..

Took 5 tries, 42.37

 

[Rocky0701]

7x7 BLD mirror solve!

Or not...

 

[cubemaste r]

try miror cube in the miror

 

[sneaklyfox]

1:05.31 first try
I'm sure I could get sub-1 if I wanted to. I wonder how fast I could get with practice.

 

[Logiqx]

I wonder how fast people might get with practice. I was going to ask if anyone could get sub-30 but I thought that might be a bit much to ask initially. That's why I asked for sub-60.

Trying to get 3x your normal average would probably take a fair bit of practice. Trying to get 2x would take a lot of practice (I'd imagine) but should be possible.

Probably not worth the time investment for a novelty game though!

 

[kcl]

I wonder how fast people might get with practice. I was going to ask if anyone could get sub-30 but I thought that might be a bit much to ask initially. That's why I asked for sub-60.

Trying to get 3x your normal average would probably take a fair bit of practice. Trying to get 2x would take a lot of practice (I'd imagine) but should be possible.

Probably not worth the time investment for a novelty game though!

I imagine sub 10 is possible.