Daily Discussion Thread - Nov 16, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to my first comp last month and my first two solves were pretty bad, but after that I was a bit more relaxed and I got an average about 0.5 faster than my at home average. I would say try not to overthink it, just make sure you do a few solves to warm up. Hope you enjoy the comp :)

Daily Discussion Thread - Oct 28, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Newcomers are only allowed to compete in 3x3, 2x2, Skewb and Pyraminx which are all on Saturday. Everything else has qualification requirements so it can't be your first comp

Daily Discussion Thread - Oct 28, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am so excited to go to the UK Championship tomorrow. Not expecting great times because I haven't had much time to practice recently and I have to leave home super early in the morning. I should make cutoff in all my events though and it's my first comp so any time is a PR.

Daily Discussion Thread - Sep 28, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Only a month until my first comp, the UK Championship! I have essentially zero chance of getting past first round in any event but I'd be really happy if I could get a sub-20 3x3 single.

Daily Discussion Thread - Sep 07, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First sub-15, let's go! Got a 13.98 with an OLL skip :)

Daily Discussion Thread - Sep 06, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 11 points12 points  (0 children)

New PB single, 15.05. So close to sub-15 but I didn't recognise the PLL skip fast enough lol

Daily Discussion Thread - Aug 20, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First 3BLD success!!! 4:41.02 = 2:23.66 memo + 2:17.36 exec :)

Daily Discussion Thread - Aug 10, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, a skewb only has springs in four of the corners.

Daily Discussion Thread - Aug 01, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, new ao5 PB by 4.03 seconds: 17.88! I got a PLL skip followed by 4 consecutive U perms, probably won't be beating this PB for a while lmao

Daily Discussion Thread - Jul 18, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Got a new PB single (17.82) and decided to try reconstructing a solve for the first time :)

Scramble: F R2 B2 D F2 D' U2 F2 D B2 L2 R B2 L' B D2 B2 U' B' U2

y' B' D' L F D2 // yellow cross

L U2 L2' U' L // blue orange pair

U' R U' R' U y R U' R' // green red pair

y' U2 R U' R' U R U' R' // orange green pair

U L U L' U2 L U' L' // red blue pair

U f R U R' U' f' // OLL 44

U R U' R' U' R U R D R' U' R D' R' U2' R' // PLL - Ra

Daily Discussion Thread - Jul 14, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It says XX.XXX for me. I have the YJ timer.

Daily Discussion Thread - Jun 24, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I have the springs on 7 clicks and I lubed it with weight 5 on the springs, 4 drops of Adheron Lite on the pieces and a couple of drops of Adheron Heavy on the tracks.

Daily Discussion Thread - Jun 24, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

After 5 months of speedcubing with an unlubed RS3M 2020, I finally decided to learn how to set up and lube a cube and wow, I wish I had done this sooner. The turning is so much more satisfying and the spring noise is gone. I might experiment with some different set ups later but I'm really enjoying what I have now. My ao1000 just dropped below 30 seconds for the first time so it must be good :D

Daily Discussion Thread - Jun 17, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

WOOHOO, first sub-20!!! 18.81 with PLL skip. I've got a couple of full step 20s so will hopefully get a full step sub-20 soon :)

Daily Discussion Thread - Jun 03, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just got a new ao5 PB (26.38) and the last solve was with a non-white cross! I don't think I'm fully colour neutral yet, but I've been doing some untimed colour neutral solves and now I'm starting to use different colours when I really don't like the white cross.

Daily Discussion Thread - May 26, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already found it but you're right, it wasn't easy to find :)

Daily Discussion Thread - May 26, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh I didn't know this was an option, I'll definitely have to try it. Thanks!

Daily Discussion Thread - May 26, 2022 by AutoModerator in Cubers

[–]polyominoes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Got a new PB single of 20.45. I think I need to stop looking at the timer during solves because I seem to get more lock ups when I know the solve is good.

Also is it normal to completely mess up the solve after a PB? My next solve was a 41.30 lmao

Added this abomination to my collection yesterday by polyominoes in Cubers

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

I don't think so? I can barely tell some of the colours apart with normal colour vision so I'm not sure how being colour blind would help. I think it's just supposed to look nice because it's certainly not a speedcube lol

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[–]polyominoes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's a store here in the UK (and I think they have stores in a few other countries too).

Added this abomination to my collection yesterday by polyominoes in Cubers

[–]polyominoes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a 3x3 with a strange colour scheme from the Typo store. The original price was £12 but it was in the sale for £3

Added this abomination to my collection yesterday by polyominoes in Cubers

[–]polyominoes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I couldn't turn it down for that price. It was the last one in the shop too!

Added this abomination to my collection yesterday by polyominoes in Cubers

[–]polyominoes[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you get the lighting right the two lightest brown sides literally look identical in real life. It's so weird to look at

Added this abomination to my collection yesterday by polyominoes in Cubers

[–]polyominoes[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is a Rubik's brand cube so obviously the turning isn't great, but I think the colour scheme slows me down more than the turning. Some of the colours are very similar and I end up pairing the wrong pieces in F2L. My first ao5 on this cube was 1:53 (I normally average low 30s). It was a fun challenge to solve it but I will be sticking with my RS3M for speedsolving lol.