The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[theace]

is the rubik's clock available on lightake?

Rubik's doesn't make clocks anymore, but they sell the knockoff on lightake.

Is it good?

CRC or Jig-a-Loo for MF8 Megaminx?

Sorry, my question was unanswered...

I would suggest shock oil, if you can get your hands on any.

Also, is there away I can tighten my 7x7, an oblique (I think thats what there called) pops out like 2 times a solve

where do I get shock oil? What exactly is it? The stuff they use in hydraulics?

 

[amostay2004]

Anyone from the UK happen to wanna order from V-CUBES? I'm gonna make a v5 order from there so we can share the shipping costs if we order together

 

[theace]

How is the F-II when it comes to popping? I lost my ghosthand today and am going to HAVE to get a new cube. Any recommendations?

 

[ariasamie]

What is the real name of badmephisto? or link to his WCA profile?

 

[vcuber13]

shock oil is for the shocks in rc cars, and you can get it at some hobby shops.

I dont believe he has been to a comp

 

[Tord]

What is the real name of badmephisto? or link to his WCA profile?

I believe it is Andrej Karpathy

 

[RyanReese09]

How is the F-II when it comes to popping? I lost my ghosthand today and am going to HAVE to get a new cube. Any recommendations?

Mine never pops. The FII is an extremely fast cube and I would recomend getting it.

 

[cuber952]

One of the center caps on my V- Cube 5 doesn't quite go in all the way making it a little higher than all the other pieces. Is this legal to use in a comp?

 

[vcuber13]

What is the real name of badmephisto? or link to his WCA profile?

I believe it is Andrej Karpathy

your right on this youtube channel it says his website is karpathy.ca or something

 

[ariasamie]

What is the real name of badmephisto? or link to his WCA profile?

I believe it is Andrej Karpathy

your right on this youtube channel it says his website is karpathy.ca or something

yes. and as he says in his tutorials, he is not interested in big cubes and blindfolded.
and his avg is really 16~17

 

[hawkmp4]

One of the center caps on my V- Cube 5 doesn't quite go in all the way making it a little higher than all the other pieces. Is this legal to use in a comp?

3j) Puzzles must be clean and must not have any markings, elevated pieces, damages, or other differences that distinguish one piece from a similar piece.

 

[cuber952]

Would you reccomend the yj or ghosthand 5x5?

 

[vcuber13]

vcube

 

[Zane_C]

With M2, I notice how shooting to UF and FU for instance can both be done with U2 M' U2 M'. When this is targeted at the sticker FU the peices become flipped. So is the best way just to flip the pieces at the end or do some people use different algs to solve the orientation as well. The same thing goes for DB and BD.

Thanks.

 

[vcuber13]

id say orienting while permuting, because if you wait till the end you may forget about it

Spoiler

If the buffer (DF) edge has to go to:

UB , do M2

BU , do F' D R' F D' M2 D F' R D' F

UF , do U2 M' U2 M'

FU , do F E R U R' E' R U' R' F' M2

DB , do M U2 M U2

BD , do M2 D R' U R' U' M' U R U' M R D'

 

[Daniel Wu]

I wait till the end because I was too lazy to learn algs. It's not that hard to remember which need to be flipped. There's only 4 edges in the M slice.

 

[Zane_C]

Appreciated, those algorithms will be very useful.

 

[Tim Major]

is the rubik's clock available on lightake?

Rubik's doesn't make clocks anymore, but they sell the knockoff on lightake.

Is it good?

Not in my opinion. I took it to a meetup, and they seemed to like it, but I guess my original is just so good, the KO doesn't feel as good. Though, I haven't done many solves with the KO, so maybe that's why :/

 

[cuber952]

One of the center caps on my V- Cube 5 doesn't quite go in all the way making it a little higher than all the other pieces. Is this legal to use in a comp?

3j) Puzzles must be clean and must not have any markings, elevated pieces, damages, or other differences that distinguish one piece from a similar piece.

I sanded the center cap down so it is now level with the rest of the pieces. It is now a lighter black color than the rest of the cube. Is it still illegal?

 

[oprah62]

What are venim scrambles? The program