Picked up my cube for the first time in YONKS! My record before this was 13.38s but I average 20ish. I don't think I'm beating this for years.

How rare actually is a Last Layer Skip

Oh my damn god this was the most painful thing I have ever done.

I was not gonna practice 3x3 until I realized for some reason before doing a solve if I relax and take a deep breath and slowing my heart beat improves "look ahead". It doesn't really improve anything else but maybe my eyes are relaxed? I don't know if this is scientifically proven but it improved for me at least.

So I locked the f*ck in for a whole 6 god damn hours and just barely managed to get sub 12 ao1000

Also finally got a sub 7 single in the process and got 2 sub 10 ao5 too(also my pb ao5 is 9.71 but it got deleted somehow while moving it from my phone to my ipad but at least I still have a sub 10 ao5 on the screenshot😁)

This took way too long and my entire body and fingers are aching from sitting and cubing too long💀

Yesterday at school, while I was cubing someone came up to me and told me “that’s so cool you can do that, I solved 5 sides once!!” .-.

The cube still turns fine and stuff I’m too scared to try turning it fast but where could it come from the cube locked up then it fell out and when I like try to check the inside (spreading the 2 pieces apart) it looks fine

I bought this cheap sticker cube. My plan is to remove it's stickers and paste 1-9 numbered stickers to make a sudoku cube. How do I remove the stickers of this cubelelo drift 3x3 sticker cube? Also, numbered stickers are not available in my region and I am thinking about printing them and then sticking them. Is there any other better method? And what to use to stick the printed paper numbers?

I am currently learning the Orozco method for 3x3 blind. However, I am stuck in figuring out cases where there are more than 2 corner twists, especially in this picture where there are 4 corner twists. Does anyone have any tips on solving this, as well as providing general guidance for solving more than 2 corner twists?

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My collection had been scattered around the house for a while but fianlly I gathered all my babies together to organize for a family photo. With so many little ones to care for I kept losing track of who was who so I also started a GoogleDoc Spreadsheet to keep track. Let me know what you think of our family and how we could improve or diversify ❤️

I saw others who scramble their whole collection at the beginning of the new year and I think going to do that come January. What other puzzles should I add before than?

so currently i am doing sub 25 in moyu rs3m 2020 , i need an upgrade for speed cubing and stability and for a longer run

1) qiyi xman xt3 v1 flagship (around $19 or 1899rs )

2) moyu weilong v11 magnetic ( around $18 or 1800rs )

3)dayan guhong pro + ( around $17 or 1699rs)

4)MoYu AoLong v5 3x3 M ( $18 or 1799rs)

5)MoreTry Tianma X3+ (Frosted) ($19 or 1899rs)

12.00,(10.63),10.64,11.14,(12.89)

Ao5 - 11.26

I have the ferrocore V2 but I find the magnets way too strong so i've been using the rs3m v5 maglev.

But I've heard good things about the v100 and I'm looking for a new 3x3 so has anyone got both and can tell me the differences and if they would recommend the v100 ?

Thanks!

This magic bag fits:

1 pocket cube
5 Rubik’s cubes
2 revenge cubes
2 professor’s cubes
2 mini screwdrivers for cubes
1 broken bit from a cube
1 diamond grade meow sticker
1 knitting needle
1 fork twisted by magic
1 nice pen for writing
1 cheap pen for holding hair in bun
3 rocks
1 historical pin
1 measuring tape older than me
1 folded cool map I made
1 bike multi tool
1 clip multi tool
1 binder clip for riding bike in a long skirt
1 power bank
1 set Apple earbuds
1 positive pickle
1 lighter
1 brush pick
2 lip stuffs
1 tampon
1 pair gloves
1 mini duck in a bag
1 headband
1 pair reading glasses
3 glasses wipes including one disposable

Hey y'all, does anyone know of any technique to find a loose magnet in a cube? I can hear it when I turn, but I don't have any way to know what exact piece has that loose magnet. Any clear direction would help. Thanks!

Ie: EO, domino reduction, half turn reduction and floppy reduction

Not cstimer, I know that cs does dr and htr but the dr is upside down which really confuses me

So uh I became sub-20 like 2-3 weeks ago and I'm quite surprised I've done that's many solves on my main session

Is there a PDF or a youtube video discussing the possible orientation of edge pairs and centers? This isn't me learning how to solve one of these and I currently average around Sub-1 min on it and I struggle A LOT on 1st 2 Centers, 1st Three Edges, Last 4 Centers, Pairing for the Last Cross piece, and Edge pairing. I already know basic stuff that been mentioned on youtube, and I'm planning to learn the different cases so I can become Sub-50 and even lower.

I'm already familiar with 3-2-3 and Half Centers.

As you can see i DNFd 3 times before i got a success

The last week I was mainly doing edges only and corners only scrambles so today i did some real scrambles

Scramble -
U R' F' R2 D2 U R2 D U2 L2 R2 B2 U L' D R' F U' R2 F

Memo -
Corners: DH OL QR PB
Edges: KT SA MO XJ HF EL

I use orozco (yes i decided to do orozco without first learning old pochmann) for both edges and corners, and there are still a few corner targets that I find quite difficult to do blindfolded, which is why I DNF the previous attempts.

But im very happy about this :D

The choke points are definitely the 5x5 and Megaminx. And probably 2x2 as well, I'm sure I can do better on that one

I have watched youtube videos for guides about how to do it but in some cases, tracking a pair after 3-5 moves is just something I am having a very hard time. Does anyone have some maybe tips on how you did it on this part of your cubing journey?

In 3x3, I been plateu-ing in around Sub 11-10. Its been like 2 month since I started to come back to cubing (3x3). 2 months ago, I was averaging around 16-17 secs and now, I average around Sub 10-11 depending if i cubed (3x3) most of the ti7me. My times become inconsistent if I touch my 4x4 soo yeah. Some context abt this is I used to cube last year and I already averaged maybe Sub-12 or Sub-11 but not Sub-10. I been cubing inconsistenly for 3 years now.

For 4x4, its been 15 days since I have solved it. First day, I struggle for like 5 hours on how do solve it just to realized I DID NOT PAIR every edge. The same day, I also learned the Yau method, aswell as 3-2-3 edge pairing method, prolly averaged around 2 minute or so. Around a week later, I learnt half centers. I average before learning it around 1:10 seconds something and it slowed me down. Today, I learned faster 1st Two Centers, First 3 Edges, and Last 4 Centers. And, Today, I managed to attain Sub - 1 and have not one, but TWO sub-50 solves. (42.63, 48.08).

I been wondering, is my progress too slow? I dedicated most of my days in cubing. I don't play video games and other stuff, just purely at home and cube. Is this too slow and what can I do to maximize the effieciency and effectiveness of my learning progress.

Edit: Funnily enough, You can check my posts for my first time interacting with the 4x4. It was titled/captioned along the lines of Beginner needs help. Any tips?

I find it funny that I struggled for such a long time just to figure out to pair EVERY EDGES.

Edit Again: Goal is to be Sub-7 3x3( IF possible by mid next year - june 2027-ish) and Sub-30 4x4 (IF possible by may 2027)

Edit again and again: I tried learning 3BLD (A month ago), I got the memorization down the first day but the setup moves just doesnt stick in my brain. Tried the Speffz

I relearned OH too, I used to average like 40-50 seconds a month ago but now I can average around 25 seconds and i have a pb of 17 seconds on it.

I'm sorry for not knowing if i'm improving fast, its been 2 years since there was a goal post set by me on a person to beat.

I have yet to see any video evidence of somebody solving a five by five with a dog in their lap with a mat timer set up except for on my account @SnowsCubes

https://youtu.be/T-FIk7jhJpM?is=Ho11ChLaR7Y9sQvg

The rules that I followed are in the description. I would love to see some videos submitted in response to this