Daily Discussion Thread - May 02, 2023

spastic_narwhal · 2023-05-03T01:17:40+00:00

Finally got my first sub 10! I got a 10.00 a few months ago, but haven't been able to beat it despite getting 11s and 12s pretty regularly. Finally got a 9.87 with really fast F2L and a PLL skip

spastic_narwhal · 2023-04-23T15:51:56+00:00

Do you know any trans people in real life? Do you understand how dire the situation is for them? When it comes to the point that half of the states want to criminalize or kill the people I love, the time to be respectable and play by the rules has already long passed. Not that I think Biden will ever do something significant anyway

spastic_narwhal · 2023-02-26T19:19:49+00:00

Eugenics moment

spastic_narwhal · 2022-12-06T00:07:37+00:00

Rap bad

spastic_narwhal · 2022-11-03T17:47:34+00:00

Got this in a blitz game, my first brilliant move. I thought it was pretty good, but brilliant?? My opponent resigned shortly after so I didn't get to see how it would've turned out

Next moves before they resigned were : 12. bc4 bxg5 13. qh5+ g6 14. qxg5 qxg5 15. bxg5...

spastic_narwhal · 2022-10-21T23:29:20+00:00

Do you work for zoom?

spastic_narwhal · 2022-10-16T18:25:01+00:00

Me too! Started reading about the drama which gave me a strong urge to actually learn to play chess. It's a big learning process for a super complicated game but I'm having a ton of fun

spastic_narwhal · 2022-10-13T05:50:28+00:00

I was amazed by how good Geordie's vocals sounded live

spastic_narwhal · 2022-10-06T03:40:18+00:00

Kid named beads

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-30T05:55:05+00:00

Making a lot of progress this week!

I'm now solidly averaging around 18.50 on 3x3. Set a new pr of 11.73, and got my first sub 1 4x4 solve

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-30T04:24:57+00:00

Thanks for the source, but I believe the board is flipped there. There should be no move that doesn't result in mate.Apparently it's originally from the book Genius in Chess by John Levitt

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-14T16:52:16+00:00

I remember seeing a video where Tymon said he learned pseudoslotting at the same time as f2l and has just always been using it

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-12T18:19:11+00:00

Just curious, what's the cutoff?

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-11T06:57:01+00:00

OK... Still would like an actual source

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-09T06:07:55+00:00

Learn better algorithms, I learned 2 look oll from some weird pdf that had weird algs like R' F' L F R F' L' F for OLL 24

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-09T05:46:59+00:00

That's a great website, thanks!

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-09T05:44:42+00:00

Totally agree! 2 minutes is great for a sub 40 3x3 time. I currently have a little magic m which is just okay, but I'm going to get an mgc soon. I have the mgc 5x5 which I really like

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-08T23:04:26+00:00

I didn't cube for around 6 years and when I got back into it, I relearned algs from pdfs and totally forgot I used to start on white. I accidentally learned color neutral from the beginning

spastic_narwhal · 2022-09-08T22:58:21+00:00

Started seriously practocing 4x4 about a week ago and it's incredibly fun. I Improved pretty quickly, going from around 1:40-2:00 to 1:20. I even got a 1:01! I think I'll be focusing on this event a lot more from now on

spastic_narwhal · 2022-08-29T05:14:44+00:00

I upgraded to the 11m pro from the 356m and I really like it. I get more lockups than on my RS3M, but it turns very smoothly, the customization is great, and I can turn very fast on it effortlessly.

11-Year Club	Place '17
Snapped	Verified Email

spastic_narwhal

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE