And a full sub-1 solve!

That’s highly probable! So much TPS…

Yes. I think that there will be a lot more of “16s” WR before there are a 15. 16 moves is less than 3% of solutions, 15 is about 0.2%.

Orange-white FB – 34stm

y' x2 //inspection
B U F' u' r M2 B' //FB 7
U' M B' R2 B U M //U' r' // SB 7/14
B U2 B' U' B U2 B' U' R' // CMLL 9/23
U2 M' U M U M2 U' B2 M B2 M2 // LSE 11/34

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Graham Siggins has tried a 300 mbld https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2160951313

288/300 in 11:03:44. I can’t imagine the exhaustion!

The video is really nice! Love the stop motion.

What I do is : insert corners first, then edges. Corners are easy. For edges, I do an insert “beginner”-style (URU’R’ U’ F’UF). (Since it can breaks the adjacent side, I pair the edge with the corner on a higher layer, that is doing 1 turn on the face). Just experiment with it, I’m sure it will “click” at some point ;)

Nice!

4x4x4 is the next logical step, but megaminx is actually easier: no new algorithm is needed (if you come from the “beginner method”). Figuring out all layers (except the last one) is pretty easy. Then I suggest you do some 3x3x3 algs to see what is affected. Anyway, that’s what I use too, no world record in sight either!

4x4x4 parity is the real hassle. I use commutators to remember it, and it’s pretty inefficient too :p

Where did you buy them?

It depends on what better means for you. What’s your goal?

You can either check CFOP or Roux methods. Both are top-level cubing. CFOP is more algorithm oriented and might be closer to what you know, Roux is more “intuitive” with fewer algorithms.

I’ve fucked up a pretty good scramble. I’ve got the wrong cmll and ended up doing a Y-perm. Still got a 21.17, but I could have gotten a PB…

D' F' U2 R2 B2 U B2 R2 D L2 U' B R' U2 L2 U B U F'

y' x' // inspection
B R B' // FB (3) 1.07
U2 R U r R U' r'// SB (7/10) 3.90
M' U R' U' R U' R' U2 R U' F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F' //CMLL (27/37) 9.36
M' U M U' M' U M U M' U2 M' U M2 U2 M U2 M //LSE (17/54) 6.84

yes

I always thought that top cubers were at another level. But Max is one higher.

2 new WR :

• 3x3x3OH avg from Max Park 8.62
• Square-1 single from Max Siauw 3.69

Thanks. Fixed it.

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The Polaris Cube looks very scary once scrambled. In order to solve the little pieces between the corner and the center, it’s as easy as RLR’L’ a couple of times, or do you use more advanced commutators?

I won a GAN251 M Pro on a giveaway. I should receive it this week. I can’t wait to see why a 2x2x2 cost 30€…

Well, there is a lot of magnets + customizations, but for someone who is just toying/fidgeting with cubes, I can fathom why you’d want to buy a cube so expensive if you don’t do competitions.

Anyway, it’s Christmas before time.

Yes. I introduced him to cubezz, and ziicube. But since he bought a lot, even with shipping (and now VAT), it’s cheaper than cubezz. I’ve resisted the urge to ask him to add some cube for me. But I regret it now :p

I tend to wait to have a decent video of WR, so I can post its url. Should I use live.worldcubeassociation.org instead and then add the video in the comment?

I couldn’t practice as much as I expected last week. But I’ve teached 2 other co-workers.

The first co-worker I had taught has made a ~10 cubes order.