The "I quit / pause / return / change / etc." thread

[wasianrubiks]

I was around 35 when i took a month or so off from cubing in all... came back and after a day i had a sub 30 average... tht was a while back but even so... taking a small break helped by like 5 seconds

 

[aznanimedude]

No 2h for a weekish. Got stitches on my right arm so I guess now's a good time to learn/practice 1h lol

 

[mDiPalma]

i'm taking a break from zz for a week. i need to reset.

gonna cfop instead.

 

[F perm]

Switching to full CN.
Hope it helps in the long run!

 

[sneaklyfox]

Although it's not like I buy a lot of cubes, I did buy Guhong, Lunhui, and FIII in February. Then 50mm Zhanchi, SSv3 4x4, and WitTwo 2x2 in August? (I forget.) So I quit buying cubes for the rest of this year! I'm always tempted to get a 55mm Zhanchi. If I'm still crazy in love with cubes by January 2013, I'll think again. Who knows... the Dayan 6 might be out by then. But as I now have this in writing, it will help me resist the temptation.

 

[James Cavanauh]

Woah, nostalgia rush (coming back thread, anything I missed?)

Well, some of you may know me, I was a pretty active cuber around mid 2011 and would cube all the time. Then, after nationals, I started to move on to different things, and then I quit around mid October last year. As of two months ago, I moved to Cairo, Egypt, and be it lack of things to do here, I decided to start cubing again. Naturally, upon seeing my 23 second average, I was less than thrilled, but, I'm here to stay, for now. But I have a few questions:
1. Any big cubing innovations I missed out on, any cubes I have to get?
2. Are there ANY cubers, ANY AT ALL in the Cairo area? None at my school.
3. Any cubing news I missed?

Thanks, James.

P.S. it's nice to see you guys still here, I'm recognizing some names.

 

[tx789]

Well Shenshou cubes have taken over v cubes it seems.


they have 4x4-8x8 cubes

 

[waffle=ijm]

roux is finally considered fast and babies are a healthy part of any diet.

 

[BlueDevil]

babies are a healthy part of any diet.

They're the other other white meat.

 

[ducttapecuber]

they have 4x4-8x8 cubes

They also have a 2x2, 3x3, pyraminx, and are coming out with a 9x9

 

[zurrik]

I'm in the same state as yo OP.
Has fridrich gotten old? Is there a new replacement or that method (which I used, but also which I didn't love at all) is still the common?
Is out there a GOOD 4x4 cube? (when I got out of cubing there wasn't)

 

[ottozing]

Florian+Konsta modded ss 4x4 v3 is the way to go.

 

[ducttapecuber]

Has fridrich gotten old? Is there a new replacement or that method (which I used, but also which I didn't love at all) is still the common?
Is out there a GOOD 4x4 cube? (when I got out of cubing there wasn't)

Fridrich (CFOP) is still very popular, however roux is becoming very fast and popular. Try it if you don't like Fridrich
Shengshou v3 after modding (konsta+florian mod) is amazing

 

[uberCuber]

Has fridrich gotten old? Is there a new replacement or that method (which I used, but also which I didn't love at all) is still the common?

CFOP is still the most common, but there is a user here who is around as fast with Roux as Feliks is with CFOP (don't even know which is faster at this point).

Is out there a GOOD 4x4 cube?

Well, the 4x4 WR average is 30.81, that has to count for something, right?

 

[Escher]

CFOP is still the most common, but there is a user here who is around as fast with Roux as Feliks is with CFOP (don't even know which is faster at this point).

Feliks' avg100 is at least .4 of a second above Alex's now... And Roux is faster

 

[5BLD]

The "I quit/pause/return/change/etc" thread

His avg5 and avg12 are still a little faster; i think it's not that I'm faster but just more consistent

 

[CHJ]

His avg5 and avg12 are still a little faster; i think it's not that I'm faster but just more consistent

He is capable of faster singles and on the odd occasion a good Ao5 but your typical average is still sub WR, feliks will keep his single no doubt

 

[canadiancuber]

Its been a long time

Wow, its been a long time since ive been on the forums. i was pretty active here around 2010, but quit sometime after that. soooo... whatd i miss? what 3x3s are good now? i remember back then it was the haiyan memory or something. i wanna get faster at cubing, but my old cube locks up alot now. well im glad to be back

 

[WBCube]

what 3x3s are good now?

Dollar store cubes are the standard now, and superglue is the standard for lubricant

 

[ben1996123]

dayan.