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Yeah, pretty much. It’s different symptoms as my overall health changes, I’m better overall than I was. I’m ok, it’s just not fun. <3
"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
Yeah I say Like too! XD
Sounds like a action packed wip!
Thanks! 💗
Don’t apologize! <3 If people don’t tag you, you aren’t expected to reply unless you feel like it, and even if you do get tagged people here will rarely hold it against you, they’ll just think you’re busy <3
That’s so cool! I currently average about 30 seconds on 3 by 3, and about 20 on 2 by 2 because I haven’t been practicing it. My best ever time on 3 by 3 was like 17 or 18 seconds, but that’s back when I practiced a lot. I use intuitive f2l, with a couple alg, two look oll, and mostly 2 look pll. I know a couple more pll’s than just the two look ones. Are you using beginners method or two look cfop?
"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
XD lol
Thanks! Ooh cool! Yeah it’s hard to have a playlist for each character 😅 Several of the songs are in every character playlist that I have XD Just like it fits all of them 😅
Right yeah 😅🤣 They’re just characterly songs. What are your favorite artists?
Yeah, I like it a lot! Have you heard the Leshan Buddha song from the Abominable movie? It’s one of my favorites. Also I just found this cover of Clocks by a quartet called Eklipse that’s really good.
Lol, you just start thinking about your WIP… yeah, that makes sense XD
It’s about a girl who’s dying from cancer. I haven’t gotten very far with it yet but I’m hoping to finish it by the end of the year for an anthology. 😉
"Be careful, for writing books is endless, and much study wears you out." Eccl. 12:12
Wow! Even 30 seconds is amazing! I think I do two look cfop, but I have not done it in years… I should totally re-learn it though, its really fun!
"Would you kindly...?"
Thanks! You should, it’s a great hobby!
"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
@mineralizedwritings Ah, ok.
I get it, it’s never fun being sick.
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
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I couldn’t help but notice you guys talking about cubing! Me and Min chatted about it a little while back. I’m about the same in terms of average and personal best: 30 and 17, though one time I got 12, but that was on a specific scramble a friend wanted me to do, so it doesn’t really count. I haven’t been practicing for a while though, so my average has been shifting to around 32-34 whenever I get back into it😤
He is perfect in Justice, yet He is perfect in Mercy, even when we fail Him. For this, He is good.
Ikr it kinda feels awful when you realize how much you’ve regressed 😭🤣 at my best I was averaging 24 seconds, with the very rare 19 every now and then. Idk what happened after I stopped and went back to like 35. I practiced and got it down to 29ish. It’s super weird, I was using pretty basic cfop two look (with the addition of a couple extra plls) back then; I use more algs for f2l these days, I think I have better cross too, but I’m still slower! I think somehow my lookahead dropped off a lot when I stopped practicing 🙄😠
Not to mention I totally forgot ortega for 2 by 2, except like one pbl and sune 😂
Do you do pyra or scewb?
"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
32-34 is still pretty good! Like I said before, my best is 1:19. Not crazy good, but OK 😀 I didn’t have a speed cube though… just a normal one that might have added a few seconds. Now I really want to start cubing again now 🙂
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It’s so true. It’s a principle that applies to everything I suppose, but it feels like a particular struggle with cubing. I need to start getting into algs for f2l, and my cross is ok, but my lookahead sucks, except for very occasional moments in the middle of a solve.
I do solve pyra and skewb, but neither really intrigue me. The corner pieces of pyra aren’t even actual pieces, they just rotate, so the only puzzle is the edge pieces, it’s fun to cycle them really fast though, same with the skewb. What about pentaminx? What I want to start learning is the square-1, or maybe the online 4d cube.
You should totally get back into it! To improve from your current best, you don’t need to worry about a speed cube, just a cube that’s not Rubik’s or dollar store brand. It just needs to turn without jamming every half a second, then after that, you can begin working on your time. I’m assuming your using beginners method, so I would recommend trying to implement two look cfop like me and min, but only in bite sized principles. I think the best first step is f2l, then start doing your cross upside down, then move on from there to whatever other principles from there, probably oll, but it’s up to you.
He is perfect in Justice, yet He is perfect in Mercy, even when we fail Him. For this, He is good.
Yeah I don’t use quite algorithms, more of f2l tricks, like I’m trying to use more wide moves to avoid rotation, and I also use a really short alg to back insert when it isn’t aligned for a normal insert. It’s a usper smoothe one I really like but it has a m move which hinders lookahead -_-
Anyways, I’m still going to use it because it’s fun lol. I’ve wanted to do sq-1 before too! I love that some of them have a black face, it looks so cool. I’d imagine with the pyra corners you are talking about there would be a lot of luck involved in their orientation at the end, it looks time consuming to flip the corners to me.
Lol I’ve never heard of a 4d cube, sound really scary 🤯
"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
Yeah, I think tricks are funner anyway, especially when you can intuitively tell what’s going on. Do you know many patterns?
Yeah, it’s basically the annoyance of having to flip them individually, doesn’t seem to hinder the best cubers though, the record being .75 seconds!
Yep, there’s been the famous 4d cube online for a while actually. There was actually a recent project that made a physical analogue. It looks very confusing though, and the 4d structure is only present in it’s graph mapping, but it’s still facinating that they were able to make it work. I could share a link to a video on it if you want, I think they basically started with a 2*2*1*1, and worked upwards. I’m not sure if I’ll ever try that version though, even though graphically speaking, it’s the same puzzle, I think I would prefer the digital visualization.
He is perfect in Justice, yet He is perfect in Mercy, even when we fail Him. For this, He is good.
@thearcaneaxiom I’d love to see a video about the 4d cube!
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
Awesome! Here it is!
h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTc-rG-nunA (delete the space after the h)
He is perfect in Justice, yet He is perfect in Mercy, even when we fail Him. For this, He is good.
@freedomwriter
Hi girl!!!! *hugs* I hope you are doing FANTABULOUS!!! 💕💕💕
I’m doing alright…just moved my sis into college 2 hours away this weekend, so trying to deal with that, but I’m doing better today; church really helped me this morning <3
I haven’t started school yet, but I will…Wednesday, I think?? XXD I’m probably looking forward to ASL the most 😉
So sorry I missed this! I wouldn’t say I’m doing fantabulous, XD but I’m doing pretty good. 😊
Oh, yeah. Older siblings moving out is hard. When my brother moved out, I did not do well. But it gets better. I’m glad church helped!
Oh, ASL sounds so fun!! I should try to learn some off YouTube or something, lol. Just because I’m graduated doesn’t mean I’m done learning. I hope you enjoy it!
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