Hey y’all - anyone still here? :)

I do cubing just for fun - no world records here, eh? These are my three newest cubes:

  • 4x4x4 - I can’t remember which one exactly, but it’s a lot of fun to solve. Not magnetic

  • Megaminx - YJ YuHu V2 Megaminx Magnetic

  • 1x1x1 - 1x1 Speed Cube - Black

The megaminx is messing with my head but I will keep at it. Any tips would be appreciated.

That 1x1 man, I’m leaving saving that for last, eh. :)

  • NarusiteEnglish
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    7 months ago

    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?

    • perishthethought@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      People keep saying that but I’m still struggling to map the f2l move to the 12 sides of this thing. It seems important the order in which I solve each pair. Plus just having the 12 colors to deal with, and I’m red green color blind. I need to spend more time with it still.

      Speedcubeshop, online.

      • NarusiteEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        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 ;)