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[natezach728]

Just a thought, you know what I bet would sell really well? FMC insertion stickers that stick and come off easily (repeatedly), and are pre numbered

This is gonna sound really retarded, but maybe small magnetic colored squares could help with that? XD

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

This is gonna sound really retarded, but maybe small magnetic colored squares could help with that? XD

I dont think cubes are magnetic...

 

[Michael Womack]

This is gonna sound really retarded, but maybe small magnetic colored squares could help with that? XD

I've played with plastic cubes an magnets and I've found out many many many times that magnets don't stick to plastic that well.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

I've played with plastic cubes an magnets and I've found out many many many times that magnets don't stick to plastic that well.

Unless you wait for the 'screw and spring in every piece' gans puzzle. What happened to that anyway?

 

[Michael Womack]

Unless you wait for the 'screw and spring in every piece' gans puzzle. What happened to that anyway?

Even then you're going to need a very very very strong magnet. Most ordinary magnets magnets that I've played with doesn't have a strong magnetic force to stick onto the centers of 3x3s with the screws in them.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Even then you're going to need a very very very strong magnet. Most ordinary magnets magnets that I've played with doesn't have a strong magnetic force to stick onto the centers of 3x3s with the screws in them.

yeah probably. That would be the only cube that could work at all with magnets.

 

[Wylie28]

isnt there enough room in edges and corners (2 piece like the weilong) to put some small ball bearings in?
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Even then you're going to need a very very very strong magnet. Most ordinary magnets magnets that I've played with doesn't have a strong magnetic force to stick onto the centers of 3x3s with the screws in them.

if this is case i guess this wouldnt work but its worth a try

 

[Michael Womack]

You should add http://thecubicle.us/mini-keychain-cube-p-3874.html to http://thecubicle.us/stickers_guide.php cause the normal ShengShou non-Florian 64mm set of stickers fits well on them.

 

[a cool guy]

Are the Nationals 2014 mats washing machine safe?

Good question... I'm not exactly sure, but from Googling the topic I'm getting the idea that it's much safer to hand wash it because there's a lot of things that could go wrong when machine washing. Here's a guide I found: http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Mousepad

Just a thought, you know what I bet would sell really well? FMC insertion stickers that stick and come off easily (repeatedly), and are pre numbered

Thanks for your suggestion. Not 100% familiar with the concept, I guess they help you backtrack with the FMC event so you can try different solutions? Do you have an example picture? I'll try to see if we can do it in the near future.

You should add http://thecubicle.us/mini-keychain-cube-p-3874.html to http://thecubicle.us/stickers_guide.php cause the normal ShengShou non-Florian 64mm set of stickers fits well on them.

Thanks for bringing it up -- I just checked and it appears that you are right! I've added the sticker recommendation to the list. Thanks again!

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Also, the YangCong YueYing from MoYu is now available! Feels like an improved version of the LiYing to me.

The logo is apparently an onion wearing sunglasses.

Link: http://thecubicle.us/yangcong-yueying-p-3991.html

 

[shadyb]

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Onion. LOL

 

[supercavitation]

Thanks for your suggestion. Not 100% familiar with the concept, I guess they help you backtrack with the FMC event so you can try different solutions? Do you have an example picture? I'll try to see if we can do it in the near future.

Basically, they help you keep track of which corners you need to swap by inserting commutators into your solution. So you either number them or letter them and you know that 1 has to go to where 2 is, 2 has to go where 3 is, and 3 has to go where 1 is, instead of having to track the specific corners. Ideally, you make them reusable so you don't have to buy large sheets of stickers and use up 3-5 of them every attempt.

 

[obelisk477]

Basically, they help you keep track of which corners you need to swap by inserting commutators into your solution. So you either number them or letter them and you know that 1 has to go to where 2 is, 2 has to go where 3 is, and 3 has to go where 1 is, instead of having to track the specific corners. Ideally, you make them reusable so you don't have to buy large sheets of stickers and use up 3-5 of them every attempt.

Basically this. If you understand how pure corner commutators work at all, it should make sense. It's hard to visually track 3 random corners in the middle of a partially solved cube, so cubers are allowed extra stickers for the official event, that they then number, so that the numbers stand out when going back over the solution. You just apply them on top of the sticker that needs to be swapped to a different sticker, and so on. You only need 1 2 and 3 (since the commutators basically only ever swap 3 corners), so the way I would imagine you guys doing it would be printing off labeled stickers that say 1, 2 and 3, maybe 3 rows of that for one sticker sheet at a total of 9 stickers. These would be smaller stickers preferably (42mm?) so that you could still see the color of the sticker that you put the numbered sticker on for normal 50-57 mm standard sized cubes.

Alternatively, you could do these like you do the custom logos, and make them transparent so that just the numbers would be visible

The biggest problem as to whether you could do it or not would be how re-usable the stickers are, since they would be taken on and off many times for FMC solves, probably twice or so per attempt. i would imagine it's easier to do this with the transparent material? but who knows

 

[AirbusCube]

How long will order 44370 be on preparing for shipment?

 

[Dong]

Any idea when unstickered Gans III 57mm will come back in stock?

 

[SpeedCubeReview]

I just sent a facebook message (Shawn Boucke)I don't know what gets through first to customer service and I don't want to post my issue everywhere. Just a heads up.

 

[ender9994]

Just ordered 2 11x11's....And now for the horrible wait until they arrive in a few days. Super excited!

-Doug

 

[Coolster01]

Just ordered 2 11x11's....And now for the horrible wait until they arrive in a few days. Super excited!

-Doug

Woah. :O

 

[a cool guy]

Basically this. If you understand how pure corner commutators work at all, it should make sense. It's hard to visually track 3 random corners in the middle of a partially solved cube, so cubers are allowed extra stickers for the official event, that they then number, so that the numbers stand out when going back over the solution. You just apply them on top of the sticker that needs to be swapped to a different sticker, and so on. You only need 1 2 and 3 (since the commutators basically only ever swap 3 corners), so the way I would imagine you guys doing it would be printing off labeled stickers that say 1, 2 and 3, maybe 3 rows of that for one sticker sheet at a total of 9 stickers. These would be smaller stickers preferably (42mm?) so that you could still see the color of the sticker that you put the numbered sticker on for normal 50-57 mm standard sized cubes.

Alternatively, you could do these like you do the custom logos, and make them transparent so that just the numbers would be visible

The biggest problem as to whether you could do it or not would be how re-usable the stickers are, since they would be taken on and off many times for FMC solves, probably twice or so per attempt. i would imagine it's easier to do this with the transparent material? but who knows

Thanks for explaining! Re-useable stickers would probably be the main challenge here, since the stickers we use have permanent adhesive that can't be used more than once. Maybe as a temporary solution, you could just use some hand-labeled scotch tape with a little bit of overhang for easy removal? Or is that how some people do it already?

How long will order 44370 be on preparing for shipment?

It just shipped out about 2 days ago, probably shortly after the message was posted. Thank you again for your order, and hope it arrives soon

Any idea when unstickered Gans III 57mm will come back in stock?

It's not expected to come back in stock, unfortunately :\ Gans only offered a few unstickered cubes and they stopped offering them a few months ago.

I just sent a facebook message (Shawn Boucke)I don't know what gets through first to customer service and I don't want to post my issue everywhere. Just a heads up.

Responded!

Just ordered 2 11x11's....And now for the horrible wait until they arrive in a few days. Super excited!

-Doug

Thanks for your new order, we'll be sure to ship the order as soon as possible! And don't worry, your order qualified for the expedited shipping, so it should be arriving quickly

 

[obelisk477]

Thanks for explaining! Re-useable stickers would probably be the main challenge here, since the stickers we use have permanent adhesive that can't be used more than once. Maybe as a temporary solution, you could just use some hand-labeled scotch tape with a little bit of overhang for easy removal? Or is that how some people do it already?

I mean yeah, more or less thats what people or doing, or with extra 3x3 or 4x4 stickers. I would just be willing to pay a few extra dollars for something nicer and more reusable, so I thought I'd suggest it. Oh well, thanks for giving it some thought!

 

[ender9994]

Thanks for your new order, we'll be sure to ship the order as soon as possible! And don't worry, your order qualified for the expedited shipping, so it should be arriving quickly

Awesome, thanks. I guess you can ignore that email I sent you asking if I had mis-clicked on something because the order said standard shipping