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Weekly Discussion Thread (4 Nov 2024) (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by thisisdee@lemmy.world to c/cubers@lemmy.world
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What's your current favorite cube/puzzle?

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[–] thisisdee@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

I finally got a PB Ao5 after what feels like years!

Generated By csTimer on 2024-11-08 (solving from 2024-11-08 17:34:16 to 2024-11-08 17:36:47)
avg of 5: 11.05

Time List:
1. (10.23)   F U R' F D' F' D' R2 B U2 R2 U L2 U2 F2 D' L2 F2 L2 U   @2024-11-08 17:34:16 
2.  10.42    D2 L2 B' R2 F2 D2 R2 F' D2 B' D' L' U' B2 L' D2 L2 B R'   @2024-11-08 17:34:41 
3. (15.21)   D' F B' U L F2 D F2 L F2 U2 L2 B2 D2 R' B2 L' D2 R2 B D2   @2024-11-08 17:35:33 
4.  10.92    D U2 L2 D' L2 F2 R2 U L2 F2 R' B2 D' R' F' R2 D L' R   @2024-11-08 17:36:01 
5.  11.80    F' L2 F L2 B R2 F D2 L2 U2 D R2 F' L F D2 B' F' U   @2024-11-08 17:36:47
[–] annorax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Congratulations!

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I got a single solve PB yesterday of 45 seconds 😀 and a sub-minute Ao5. Very happy about that. Also Pyraminx PB of 18 seconds. That was also a fun training session. Kept lowering my PB solve after solve until the 18 😅

Started cubing this summer at 37 years old. So much fun and addictive.

[–] thisisdee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's great to hear! We're about the same age, always happy to hear people our age cubing :) I've been cubing for...maybe 9 years now? Seems like when I go to comps, most of the kids weren't even born when I started haha

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks! Haha yeah, age is a funny thing sometimes...

What's your method by the way?

[–] thisisdee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

CFOP. How about you?

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same, CFOP. Still learning the algorithms though. I'm very far from learning all the OLLs, I mostly just quickly make a beginner's method yellow cross after F2L and then see which OLL I can do from there, but still haven't even learned all the cross OLLs. 😅

I have quite a few PLLs in my muscle memory now, but several left to learn. Getting there though, I need to practice more. I'm really not liking those pesky N and G perms. 😩

Also a lot of optimization left to do during F2L, to be honest. I barely plan anything, just search and find the pairs and insert them as I find them. Not very fast obviously.

But. I'm proud of what I've accomplished in a few months at least 😅

[–] thisisdee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven’t learned full OLL either, missing all the dot cases and some of the weird cases. I think I have full PLL but sometimes, if I don’t cube for a few weeks, I forget some and have to relearn haha

I can plan a cross but I cannot track the first pair. Just can’t wrap my mind around x-cross. So I’m just trying to get better at look ahead these days.

Yeah, definitely something to be proud of! I think as long as I keep improving, even in the littlest ways, I’d be happy

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah baby, let's keep at it! As long as we're having fun 😊