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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

Update on my modded Rubik's Cube Dice Studies

Since there is apparently no algorithm out there (that I know of) that incorporates dice dot patterns on a Rubik’s Cube, I’ve been on my own to study the interesting patterns that I’ve discovered.

Your cube does not necessarily need the dots to accomplish these patterns, but it’s definitely fun playing with my modded cube!

If you have any suggestions or additions, or happen to spot any errors or even possible duplicates, by all means please let me know.

Previous post references:

https://lemmy.world/post/22558418

https://lemmy.world/post/21009190

https://lemmy.world/post/21879626

Since there is apparently no algorithm out there (that I know of) that incorporates dice dot patterns on a Rubik's Cube, I've been on my own to study the interesting patterns that I've discovered.

Your cube does not necessarily need the dots to accomplish these patterns, but it's definitely fun playing with my modded cube!

If you have any suggestions, or happen to spot any errors, by all means please let me know, and happy Cubesgiving!

Edit: The two left columns are all proper dice, where all dot patterns 1 through 6 are there, and opposing side dots add up to 7. The right column is what I call 5/5/5 patterns, or the Trypophobic sequence of patterns.

Previous post references:

https://lemmy.world/post/21009190

https://lemmy.world/post/21879626

Apologies for the late post!

Mine has worn in enough to start jamming up, but I've mitigated that by pressure washing it at our water park almost every day. That helps a lot, but I've been reluctant to actually lubricate it, not like I want oil on my hands every time I tinker with it..

Advice very welcome, as the puzzle you see above, I can solve it blind and single handed, but the thing keeps jamming up..

Update: I figured out where the main wear and tear is coming from. I used a cloth wipe to clean all the crevices of plastic dust. Then I noticed circular grooves worn into pretty much every piece internally.

Turns out, it was caused by plastic burrs from the clips on the covers of the center pieces. If I had realized that to begin with, I would have flattened those out and cleaned them up when I first had it disassembled.

Anyways, now it's already pretty well worn in, no reason to bother now. Still, if I knew in advance, I would have trimmed, smoothed out, and lubricated those manufactured plastic burrs before even using it much.

Based on my modified Rubik's Cube/Die.

Yes obviously it's not a proper die as far as the dot pattern goes, but it's fun figuring out patterns like this.

Reference post..

https://lemmy.world/post/21009190

What's your current favorite cube/puzzle?

I don't like time my solves. I only like to solve.
So, I practice every day and I feel when I was fast or not. And about once a month, I time few solves to see if the new things I learned are effective or those I try to improve have an impact. And…

Every time I break a personal record! Single and less often an average.
It is very satisfying and it means I am progressing.

This morning, no warm up, my first solve was under my best Ao5. Which is a good sign, I think.

Voilà. I just wanted to share my experience as an average cuber :)

Keep learning.