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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #195 on: August 20, 2013, 03:26:22 pm »
My advice to beginner speedcubers:
Get a Dayan Zhanchi. That's right, bandwaggon. they may not be THE best for everyone, but they are pretty unbefrickinglievable as far as Rubik's cubes go. If you get super obsessed, explore the other options, like Type A, Shengshou Aurora, etc.
Bestspeedcube.com (I think) is the place I went to for advice, and I almost got a Shengshou Aurora. My Zhanchi is still being shipped to me, but it'll be here soon and I'll do a full breakdown review of it.

I modded my cube with a dangerous, but effective mod. I don't remember where it is, but I might find it. I do happen to get pops extremely often because of it (at least once for every 3 or 4 solves!) but you couldn't tell my STOREBOUGHT modded, sanded, lubed (with bike lube! Works like a charm! Favorite lube: White Lightning, Epic Ride) Rubik's cube with Cubsmith Vinyl stickers.... apart from legit speedcube. I used a mod that enables extraordinary corner cutting at the cost of having loose corners, although I've NEVER had a corner pop on me.

But the cube is almost entirely irrelevant compared to the method and amount of practice you choose!! Speedcubing takes a lot of work. I've put easily 200 hours in over the course of a month just practicing and practicing and practicing. I know ZZ, Roux, Classic Pochmann (That's right; I'm a blindsolver), Petrus, CFOP (a.k.a. Fridrich), Heise, and many variations and partial methods. I want to know them all and choose the best one for me and combine those I think are most efficient. I started OH solving recently, and Petrus seems to be very effective, but Roux is starting to become effective too, as I improve at it.
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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #196 on: August 20, 2013, 03:27:12 pm »
I got a DaYan GuHong II stickerless :3 It's pretty awesome.
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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #197 on: August 20, 2013, 05:36:49 pm »
My own original cube I did the Florian mod which enables slight corner cutting and also cut out the inside of the edge pieces to reduce friction. I still need to sand it and I'll probably take the Florian mod a bit further. I lubed it with motorbike chain lube and it's very smooth now. It also never pops. :D

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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #198 on: August 25, 2013, 02:24:32 pm »
What are 48 PEM and florian? I must know!
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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #199 on: August 25, 2013, 02:31:23 pm »
zanchi is goos but they are a news 3x3x3 better....
mes records personels :

2x2x2 : 2.18 secondes / 2x2x2 une main : 21.15 secondes / 2x2x2 yeux bandés : 47.59
3x3x3 : 5.97 secondes / 3x3x3 une main : 49.86 secondes
4x4x4 : 1.49 minutes / 4x4x4 une main : 6.50 minutes
5x5x5 : 4.10 minutes / 5x5x5 une main : 18.02 minutes
6x6x6 : 8.10 minutes
7x7x7 : 16.03 minutes
9x9x9 : 58.26 minutes

megaminx : 5.59 minutes / pyraminx : 7.91 secondes / square-one : 1.07 minutes

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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #200 on: August 25, 2013, 02:52:43 pm »
I did a lot of cross and F2L during my vacation, i need to time me again.....

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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #201 on: August 27, 2013, 08:31:18 am »
So yeah, i bumped my personal record down to 29.96 seconds. That was the only timed solve i managed to do below 30s so far....

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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #202 on: August 27, 2013, 08:58:04 am »
Sorry for my question if it is stupid, but what do you time your solvings with to get so much precision ?
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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #203 on: August 27, 2013, 09:50:40 am »
I use http://cubetimer.com/
The storage is local, though, but it is pretty helpful :D

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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #204 on: August 27, 2013, 01:55:23 pm »
I use an android app :3
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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #205 on: August 28, 2013, 01:04:16 pm »
Yeah I use my phone's stopwatch too.

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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #206 on: August 28, 2013, 05:15:09 pm »
you guys and your phones......i don't even have one :P

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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #207 on: August 29, 2013, 04:17:40 pm »
Then get one. :P
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Anyway I always give my results rounded to the nearest second because There's no way you can be more precise with self-timing. Maybe if someone starts and stop the stopwatch you can get a 1/10th second precision but not much more. :/

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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #208 on: August 29, 2013, 04:47:37 pm »
Streetwalker, it has been tested: the average human reaction time of clicking a mouse as soon as he  recognizes even the simplest change in environment, no matter how dramatic, is around 2.5 tenths of a second. So we're not accurate as people at all. Cubing allows uis to look ahead and know when to stop the timer before the cube is solved, and stop it immediately without delay.

I use my DS to time myself. My current record is 28.56 and I use Petrus. Anyone wanna duel on Ryanheise?
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Re: Rubik's Cube
« Reply #209 on: August 29, 2013, 04:48:39 pm »
what is ryanheise?

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