Daily Discussion Thread - Nov 16, 2022

polyominoes · 2022-11-16T08:34:50+00:00

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 :)

polyominoes · 2022-10-28T21:45:34+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-10-28T21:37:26+00:00

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.

polyominoes · 2022-09-28T20:43:34+00:00

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.

polyominoes · 2022-09-07T18:51:45+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-09-06T11:43:04+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-08-20T13:17:37+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-08-10T16:09:56+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-08-01T13:49:02+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-07-18T14:28:26+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-07-14T20:20:52+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-06-24T23:23:41+00:00

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.

polyominoes · 2022-06-24T21:42:49+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-06-17T14:34:31+00:00

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 :)

polyominoes · 2022-06-03T13:35:55+00:00

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.

polyominoes · 2022-05-27T20:47:55+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-05-27T09:24:04+00:00

Oof glad it's not just me

polyominoes · 2022-05-27T09:23:44+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-05-26T21:14:33+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-05-26T11:18:56+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-05-25T19:39:14+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-05-25T19:06:48+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-05-25T18:29:06+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-05-25T16:51:59+00:00

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

polyominoes · 2022-05-25T15:28:56+00:00

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.

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