cubers

Hi,

I share these two Scott Hunter's videos who are very instructives for cubers like me (Ao5 30 s.):

• Sub 12 example Solves
• Sub 15 example Solves

[WR] 3x3x3 OH 8.03 avg by Nicholas Archer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZQ-u-YRM98

Previous avg by Sean Patrick Villanueva: 8.09.

First time Roux beating Roux ?

#rubikscube #speedcubing #Rouxvolution #333oh

@cubers

For cubers like me (30 s. Ao5), this solve of Shawn Boucké from SpeedCubeReview channel is a brilliant demonstration of how efficiency is important and as speed should not be confused with haste.

Don't stress about trying to become sub-30 on the Rubik's cube. Just be efficient and Turn slowly

Another insane video of him:

The Slowest 8 Second Solve Ever

I discovered Shawn Boucké few days ago in his Roux method tutorial and he is a very good pedagogue.
Also, he has a very nice turning style.

As any cuber knows, a typical 3x3x3 shouldn't be able to turn corners in place, but now mine is loose enough to do so almost easily.

Yes I twisted it back properly, and yes the cube still works as intended, but it's starting to fall apart. Guess I'm due for a new cube soon...

I've just discovered WCA statistics. There's a lot of information and it's very interesting.

But I understand what "Smallest difference between a single and an average" means.
Xuanyi Geng has the first place with 5.28 single and 5.29 Ao5 at the Kunshan Open 2024.

How can it be interpreted?
It means the cuber was very very constant/regular?

(see here)

[Roux WR] 3x3x3 3.95 single using #roux by Alexey Tsvetkov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpqxV-bOT3M

Roux WR, WR19, ER4. More than 20 sub-4 already…

Reconstruction: https://alg.cubing.net/?alg=y_x_%2F%2Finspection%0AU_R-_U-_B2_Rw-_%2F%2F_FB%0ARw_U_Rw-_%2F%2F_SB_first_block%0AU_R-_U-_R_U2_R-_U-_R_%2F%2F_SB%0AU_R-_D_R_U-_R_U-_R-_U_R-_D-_R_%2F%2FCMLL%0AM-_U_M-_U-_M_U-_M-_U2_M-_U_M_%2F%2FLSR&setup=R-_F-_L-_F-_L2_F_R_B_U_L-_B2_U2_F2_L2_D-_F2_R2_U2

#rubikscube #speedcubing #Rouxvolution

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[WR] square-1 4.69 average by Sameer Aggarwal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsbZnfrMI68

Previous avg 4.91 by Dylan Baumbach, 2024/09/21

Previous WR by Sameer (6.06) was in december of 2021! He started to learn OBLP by the end ofk 2021, and that was harder than he planned. But hard work has finally paid!

#rubikscube #speedcubing #square1

@cubers

Personally, I dunno about the whole idea of insisting there's a 'default' way to look at and hold a cube, the same techniques can work from any side color, as long as you keep it consistent and keep your mind on track.

Then again, I'm also a cube turner, but I'll be reorienting the entire cube while turning one of the sides at the same time.

I dunno, I'm no expert yet, but I'm learning as I play around with it.

Hi everybody,
Actually, I use CFOP 3-look LL and I don't want to learn all OLL (I don't really like algorithms).
For continued progress, I think about 2 things:

• Continue with CFOP and work on x-crosses
  or
• Learn ZZ method where F2L become clear and smooth and of course, only OLL-cross that I already know.

What do you think about it?

[WR] megaminx 26.60 average by Leandro Martín López

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew0wmzVNYfM

Previous avg 26.84 by LML, sep 01, 2023

#rubikscube #speedcubing #megaminx

@cubers

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a good New Years/break.

This one surely isn't gonna be a speed cube of any sort, not only is it tiny but it's also very tight and rather tough. Which is actually convenient if it's also meant to double as a usable die to be rolled on a table.

This time I changed the dots around to conform to the US Casino official dice dot pattern. Not much changed except which side 3 and 4 are on, plus the slant direction on 2 and 3.

My choice of starting point was White=1, Blue=2, and let everything else fall into place based on official standards.

White=1, Blue=2, Orange=3, Red=4, Green=5, Yellow=6

The slight change in the dots doesn't really change previous dot patterns I've already found with my previous prototype, except the 5/5/5 pattern swaps one of the 5 sides, but the same set of moves still yields the 5/5/5 pattern.

I've been using intuitive F2L but would like to be more efficient. I've watched a few example solves but I'm finding it hard to learn just by watching solves. So if anyone has a good F2L solutions/resource they're able to share, I'd really appreciate it!

Hello 👋

Une sympathique cubeuse (@[email protected]) demande sur Mastodon des techniques pour mémoriser les algos, sachant qu'elle se lance dans le 4-look LL.

Si certain⋅es veulent partager leurs méthodes et astuces ici, ça pourrait profiter à tous ! 😉

Apologies for the late post!

[WR] 3x3x3 4.05 average by Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeti5nRmZHA

Previous avg by Yiheng Wang: 4.09.

In August, he broke the ao5 world record with 4.25. It’s now one of its worst attempt.

"Funny" how he shakes his head when solving at 4.1s...

#rubikscube #speedcubing #333

@cubers

No picture today, just a question. Like, my brain doesn't work well when I gotta keep the center squares fixed in place, I'm almost always rotating the cube around.

Adding dice dots to it totally throws off the conventional algorithms, but in a good way. Often I'll use green or blue as my top side, but other times I'll use white or yellow as my top side. It just depends on the puzzle.

And yes I'm a wrist turner.

Previous post reference:

https://lemmy.world/post/22597387