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I read the diff oil thread and i want to buy one.
But i wondered what is the best lube for Aosu 4x4? And for Shengshou big cubes?
I currently use D39(A silicone spray that most Chinese cuber use) for all of my cubes and a little Maru lube before comps. I never tried any other lubes before.
 
FailCuber said:
You are not even sub 20. Yes I think it's a waste of time to be CN for you. In that time i would rather practice F2L
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That is your opinion. IMO being CN can only be done if you are CN from the start. CN isn't a waste of time for me because my F2L and look ahead are not affected by CN.
Why be fixed cross when you can be CN and be faster. Sure, a sub 10 white cross solver is way faster than me. But I think I could beat somebody who averages my speed(25 seconds) by a few milliseconds at least as I am CN.
 
PJKCuber said:
That is your opinion. IMO being CN can only be done if you are CN from the start. CN isn't a waste of time for me because my F2L and look ahead are not affected by CN.
Why be fixed cross when you can be CN and be faster. Sure, a sub 10 white cross solver is way faster than me. But I think I could beat somebody who averages my speed(25 seconds) by a few milliseconds at least as I am CN.
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CN will only improve you a couple tenths of a second at your speed with a lot of work. However, it is more fun to mix it up and become color CN.
 
Not to be mean or anything, but I don't know what the big deal is about color nuetral. Is it easier to solve the same cross every time or something? If u only do white cross and there is a 2 move Red Cross and 7 move white cross will u still do white cross? That's just weird. I didn't even LEARN about color neutrality until recently because when I learned to solve it never even OCCURED to me to solve the same cross every time. I just do one that has a few peices already done or with a really easy solution. I average about 1.5 secs on cross it's easy. If u aren't color nuetral, is it honestly HARD to not solve the same one? Is this because of knowing what color to make the LL or something? Because that is easy the color in the center everyone knows what the opposite colors on their cube are anyway. People who make beginner solutions shouldn't say "start with the white cross" that just gets people into bad habits it's honestly not hard to just solve one that looks easy.
Not to be mean to non- nuetral people or anything.

Please explain.
 
aguuugw said:
Not to be mean or anything, but I don't know what the big deal is about color nuetral. Is it easier to solve the same cross every time or something? If u only do white cross and there is a 2 move Red Cross and 7 move white cross will u still do white cross? That's just weird. I didn't even LEARN about color neutrality until recently because when I learned to solve it never even OCCURED to me to solve the same cross every time. I just do one that has a few peices already done or with a really easy solution. I average about 1.5 secs on cross it's easy. If u aren't color nuetral, is it honestly HARD to not solve the same one? Is this because of knowing what color to make the LL or something? Because that is easy the color in the center everyone knows what the opposite colors on their cube are anyway. People who make beginner solutions shouldn't say "start with the white cross" that just gets people into bad habits it's honestly not hard to just solve one that looks easy.
Not to be mean to non- nuetral people or anything.

Please explain.
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If you've never not been colour-neutral, of course you aren't going to understand. People get used to looking ahead and recognising not only F2L pieces, but also CxLL/PLL, with the same four colours. Changing from that is a challenge, as you often don't know which colours to look for, especially during F2L. The LL is generally much easier than F2L if you try a cross colour different to what you are used to, although it is still not very easy. Also, most people won't even look for red cross pieces during inspection if they are planning a white cross/x-cross and they aren't colour neutral, so they often won't notice it.
Try to see it from someone else's perspective.
 
aguuugw said:
Not to be mean or anything, but I don't know what the big deal is about color nuetral. Is it easier to solve the same cross every time or something? If u only do white cross and there is a 2 move Red Cross and 7 move white cross will u still do white cross? That's just weird. I didn't even LEARN about color neutrality until recently because when I learned to solve it never even OCCURED to me to solve the same cross every time. I just do one that has a few peices already done or with a really easy solution. I average about 1.5 secs on cross it's easy. If u aren't color nuetral, is it honestly HARD to not solve the same one? Is this because of knowing what color to make the LL or something? Because that is easy the color in the center everyone knows what the opposite colors on their cube are anyway. People who make beginner solutions shouldn't say "start with the white cross" that just gets people into bad habits it's honestly not hard to just solve one that looks easy.
Not to be mean to non- nuetral people or anything.

Please explain.
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Try exclusive white cross (or any fixed colour of your choice) on a megaminx and then try to switching to colour neutral. I'm colour neutral on 3x3 (and obviously not on mega).
 
PJKCuber said:
That is your opinion. IMO being CN can only be done if you are CN from the start. CN isn't a waste of time for me because my F2L and look ahead are not affected by CN.
Why be fixed cross when you can be CN and be faster. Sure, a sub 10 white cross solver is way faster than me. But I think I could beat somebody who averages my speed(25 seconds) by a few milliseconds at least as I am CN.
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Yeah it's my opinion. I never said CN makes your time worse, I said it's just a waste of time IMO. I think you can't beat someone that averages your speed because you didn't practice your F2L as much as that guy.
BTW I only practiced F2L for the last 2months and i improved 5 seconds.
 
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aguuugw said:
Not to be mean or anything, but I don't know what the big deal is about color nuetral. Is it easier to solve the same cross every time or something? If u only do white cross and there is a 2 move Red Cross and 7 move white cross will u still do white cross? That's just weird. I didn't even LEARN about color neutrality until recently because when I learned to solve it never even OCCURED to me to solve the same cross every time. I just do one that has a few peices already done or with a really easy solution. I average about 1.5 secs on cross it's easy. If u aren't color nuetral, is it honestly HARD to not solve the same one? Is this because of knowing what color to make the LL or something? Because that is easy the color in the center everyone knows what the opposite colors on their cube are anyway. People who make beginner solutions shouldn't say "start with the white cross" that just gets people into bad habits it's honestly not hard to just solve one that looks easy.
Not to be mean to non- nuetral people or anything.

Please explain.
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It would be like being right handed, then instantly switching to left handed. It would take a lot of effort, and you even if you were able to do it, you would probably never be as good as you were right handed.
 
yoinneroid said:
no if you are CN, then keep being CN, the point here is if you are already at decent speed without being CN, then don't waste your time relearning the f2l recognition with different cross colour
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Well, I average 25 seconds an I was CN ever since I started? How can I break sub 20 I use 4LLL?
 
PJKCuber said:
Well, I average 25 seconds an I was CN ever since I started? How can I break sub 20 I use 4LLL?
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I suggest watching cyoubx's video. Search 'cyoubx sub 20' on YouTube.

EDIT: I have questions.
Where can I find scrambles for a particular competition in the past?

How are +2s marked in the official results on the page?
 
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guysensei1 said:
Where can I find scrambles for a particular competition in the past?

How are +2s marked in the official results on the page?
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+2s arent shown on the wca site, neither are penalties for bad timer stops etc
I'm not sure about scrambles for competition, maybe try contacting the organisers ?
 
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