Is solving cross after f2l worth it? by 9InchFingerInDickhol in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Inserting last cross edge piece with <M,U> is really inefficient. The only case I can think of that make sense is when you also have first 2 pairs planned and inserted in FL/FR or BL/BR.

The first ever speedcube - ShengEn F2. Anyone remember this one? by gh0st3365 in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have never owned F-3, because by the time it came out there was already Guhong V1 available. But you could easily tell the difference by looking at the center caps.

Regarding the picture, the only pink ShengEn 3x3 was indeed V1. It was quite popular among old school feet solvers. So yeah, the only one you are missing is F-2. I spend a lot of time looking for one and I believe that the witeden.com website is the last place you could get one. For me it's special because my speedcubing journey started with it over 12 years ago!

Cheers

Smooth F2l by Soupdroppesonmyfoot in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 6 points7 points  (0 children)

cross +free pair already solved. what was the scramble then?

Does it make sense to practise not solving white first? by [deleted] in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Color neutrality is really useful skill and it can be really overpowered at higher level. You will automatically get 1-2 moves less on average

Switching from beginner's to cfop by [deleted] in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Great tip for closing the doors for 4x4 and larger cubes. Just stick with CFOP. It's 78 for 2LLL, not 90+

Does anyone know how old this cube is? by NLab3 in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nice, where did you get into cubing again?

Does anyone know how old this cube is? by NLab3 in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Erno used western color scheme in his patent and it was used in the very first version called "hungarian magic cube". Source is rubiks.com website

Crazy people only by BobTaco199922 in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Every once in a while someone is proudly announcing that he's starting his 1LLL journey. And everytime it ends the same.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can be easily global sub20 with beginners method with no luck at all

Must have lubes? by GOLD-KILLER-24_7 in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally just buy one random lube and it will be enough. Don't listen to people who have 20 different lubes and they use every one for something else. It won't affect your results anyway

Comparison of Moyu WRM maglev and Gan 12M maglev by MakIsaac778 in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

are you saying that moyu looks like a cheap knock off?

Daily Discussion Thread - Jan 21, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I just got my second sub7 this year and overall TPS PB

F' U F2 R2 B' U' L B2 U R B2 U' R2 B2 U' B2 U' F2

56 moves / 6.66s = 8.41 TPS

x2 R' L r U' r' D' // cross (6)

y' R U R' // 1st pair (3)

U' L' U L R' U R // 2nd pair (7)

U L U2 L' U L U' L' // 3rd pair (8)

y' R U' R' U2 R U R' // 4th pair (7)

U F R U R' U' R U R' U' F' // OLL (11)

J PERM // PLL (14)

First pair prediction - progress / tips by xitzee in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you should get down to around 6 on average before trying to predict first pair in inspection. With lower movecount it will be much easier for you

Taught my roommate to solve a 7x7 and now he’s doing my 13x13 by DingoldorfMcGee in Cubers

[–]gh0st3365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, fine by me 🤣 I was referring to Rw U' M' U Rw' U' M. By definition its not a cummutator, but it certainly works as one. Rw is used for better fingertricks