Welcome to our monthly discussion thread!

Anything cubing related is welcome.

[WR] 4x4x4 15.71 single by Max Park

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=tuCM\_uLW1fw

Max hasn't posted the video yet.

Previous record 15.83.

Its average was 19.77, less than 0.4s from its WR. I guess it will be broken soon…

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[WR] 2x2x2 0.78 avg by Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=\_lD51aDtvdg

Another point of view: https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=ID18nvv9tbU

Previous record: 0.92 by Zayn Khanani

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[WR] FMC single 16 by Levi Gibson and Aedan Bryant (yes, it's a tie)

Levi's reconstruction: https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=zmDdW\_qCEwc

Aedan's solution: https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=epnEalnBCm0

It's also a tie with Sebastiano Tronto's 16 moves, back in 2019.

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[WR] skewb 1.52 avg by Carter Kucala

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=m-OLHOz\_l2c

Reconstruction : https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=y4ll7k0ineY

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I'm starting out with a cheap Mo Fang Ge brand cube but it's pretty stiff for my taste. I saw some videos about speedcubes and how you can adjust them and all that, thought it was neat. What are some good cubes out there? I would want to avoid any Chinese brand cubes if possible because cheap and Chinese probably means their workers aren't fairly compensated.

Edit: after much research, I don't think a non-chinese brand cube will be possible. So I guess recommend me whatever the best options are. From the $10-20 range would be a good price for me.

Fastest was 4:17. I'm trying to match it

Learned how to do it w/ video yesterday using jperm's 10 min tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ron6MN45LY

Edit: I'll post my cube tmr if someone reminds me.

[WR] 3x3x3 OH 8.09 avg by Sean Patrick Villanueva

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=ihV-FH0Bfcw

Previous avg by Max : 8.62.

\#rubikscube #speedcubing #Rouxvolution #333oh

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[WR] clock 2.31 single by Eryk Kasperek

http://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=KzqJv2VaQDE

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I wanted to try a stronger magnetic cube (main is currently Tengyun v1). QiYi M Pro has a ~10$ ballcore UV, so it went onto the cart. The turning feeling is really close to my tengyun, so I like it.

Master pyraminx isn’t too much of a hassle, pretty straightforward with pyraminx algs.

I haven’t scrambled the rua yet, but it’s very stiff.

Matt Bahner has (cheekily but impressively) beaten Grégoire Pfennig's 33x33 record by just one layer.

The puzzle itself is cool, but I actually found the explanations of the mechanism design and 3D printing techniques more interesting.

He seems to have used a linear mechanism, similar to Oskar's floating anchors approach, but without the floating anchors. My guess is that the ball shape eliminated most of the twisting forces on the pieces which necessitated the floating anchors in Oskar's design.

Flattening off small areas of the pieces to allow them to be printed in an orientation which doesn't require support bothered me a bit, but I can understand why he did it. Support material can be a pain in the ass.

I've had a 3x3x3 for a few years and so far, I solve it with the beginner method. I watched a J Perm video on the F2L approach and now I'm trying to learn to do that faster. At the moment, I'm still faster going one layer at a time.

If you also started with the beginner method and then learned to use F2L, how long did it take for you to get faster with F2L?

Like I said in another recent post, I'm not looking for a WR. I just want to be as fast as my kid at this point. She learned F2L from the start. :)

Welcome to our monthly discussion thread!

Anything cubing related is welcome.

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. :)

[WR] 5x5x5 32.52 single by Max Park

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=7YUlPB8FKi4

If he keeps this up, he'll be faster than me with the 3x3x3

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>"I always knew this was possible, but never expected it to actually happen..." again...

>This one was even more absurd than my last world record 9 months ago. 2 slices to U perm - 10 slice solution. Probably one of the most ridiculous scrambles to have ever been generated (thanks Dan).

>This scramble had the potential to destroy this event, potential to stand for at least a decade, perhaps longer...

>But no, I choked, and that's okay. I tried to 1look it but I wasn't mentally focused enough to do so. I knew the bottom layer would be solved after OBL but that's about it. My execution wasn't good, but I'm so relieved to have at least broken WR given the immense pressure of such an easy scramble.

>Eventually someone will break the sub-3 barrier and beyond, given the right circumstances. This just leaves the door open for more people to have a shot at WR.

>And of all people to be the first to have multiple sub-4s, I don't think anyone expected it to be me...

Previous record was 3.69 by Max Siauw

Previous record was 1.01, by Zayn Khanani. A huge step!

Explanation of inspection : https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=-7yYeTOZNQ0 (spoiler: that’s crazy)

[WR] 3BLD 12.00 single by Tommy Cherry

Tommy takes back the WR by 0.10s https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=gdHPag6z2NY

\~5s of memo, 7s execution. Have I already said that I’m impressed by cubers?

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Over a decade after xb27 revealed a similar puzzle (but kept the mechanism secret), someone has replicated the feat.

[WR2] 3x3x3OH 8.64 avg by Sean Patrick Villanueva

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=b28k6kQqSNk

Finally sub-9 for Sean! Viva la #Rouxvolution!

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[CR] 3x3x3 3.47 single by Yiheng Wang

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=O1sc1Y2moT8

Yiheng Wang ties Yusheng Du's WR. Alternate angle: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C27ickXJ3pm/?igsh=MXhwemI5NGhtZ2ZwYg%3D%3D

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[WR] 6x6x6 1:06.46 mean by Seung-Hyuk Nahm

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=pI1sgmJfrU4

A world record on n×n×n not by Mak Park !

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[WR] 7x7x7 1:41.78 mean by Max Park

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=ljPR4IJpJes

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Hi all! I mentioned in the last weekly that I think it might be good for us to move to monthly threads. This one was created manually but I've adjusted the auto-scheduler to post on the first of every month starting in March.

My hope is by giving the threads a longer lifetime, they'll get more engagement rather than mostly no posts and the occasional couple of comments.

Let me know if you have any feedback!

Silly video style aside, it's impressive how many of Tony Fisher's records Matt Bahner has managed to break using only 3D printing.

I've recently bought a Tornado V2 and a WRM V9. I've had the Tornado for a couple of months and treated myself to the WRM V9 just after Christmas.

After watching videos about both cubes everyone raves about the Tornado and it's adjustment system. Did you know its the cube Max Park uses? Yes, yes I heard it a bunch already.

So I got it and the first disappointment was finding one of the corner magnets was missing out of the box. Like I spent £35 on a fucking cube and it's missing a magnet!

Upon closer inspection the magnet was in the corner piece, I could hear it rattling around. So I had to take the corner to bits and refit the magnet. These things are held in place by a TINY bit of plastic.

It was fine for a few days, then I could feel the cube was a little wonky and sure enough the magnet has popped out again, so it's time to take the corner apart, again.

This time I tried to bend the tiny bit of plastic a little to make the hold better, and SNAP, it's broken off.

Wtf?

I got a dab of superglue and glued the magnet in place.

Put it back together and did a couple solves and it still feels wonky. Wtf? The magnet has popped out again, I guess I didn't wait long enough for the glue to set.

Take it apart and find it's actually the magnet in the other side of the piece that's dislodged and stuck to my glued magnet. So I glue THAT magnet in place too.

A week or so later I decided to make my own lube following a YouTube tutorial. 1 part hair conditioner and 2 parts Vegetable Glycerin I have left over from making my own vape juice.

I went to take an edge out of the Tornado to lube it and it just crumbled in my fingers as I pull it out.

Wtf?

That lead me to another frantic glue session, I was about to go to work and wanted to take my cube with me, and putting these pieces together is hard work, I broke the fixings that hold it and had to glue it instead.

So now I have a badly glued edge piece on my shiny expensive maglev cube.

Now I've got the WRM V9. Cube head says it's adjustment system is dogshit and it's a travesty that you can't adjust the magnets.

But I just don't agree. How often do you honestly adjust a cube, once or twice? Who cares that you need a screwdriver to do this? The magnets on my Tornado seem to adjust themselves so the fact that they're adjustable is moot anyway.

But the build quality on a Moyu cube just seems to be way better. The magnets are still where they should be and I haven't broken an edge piece just taking it out for a lubing.

The cube itself just feels more solid. It doesn't feel like the plastic is cheap and it will shatter if I drop it from waist height like the Tornado does.

And that's why the WRM is my new main, and the Tornado has become the cube that lives in my leather jacket pocket for when I'm out and about.

When it comes to turning and whatnot they feel pretty similar if you turn the magnet adjustment up to full on the Tornado, so there's not much difference in performance, but the WRM just feels like a better quality cube.

So yeah, I wanna hear about how quickly my cubes will break on YouTube reviews. I don't wanna be dropping cash on a cube that will be broken out of the box.

I was wondering earlier today what were the first cubes to achieve some milestones, such as the Guhong with torpedoes and such. After a quick search, it appears to me that the first cube to implement MagLev as the default was the MoYu Weilong WR M 2021, but I couldn't find any authoritative source on that, so I'm just left wondering.

Is anyone aware of any earlier cubes that implemented this technology?

Also, what is your earliest bought speedcube? It's pretty crazy to compare my Zhanchi to a WRM V9 in 2024, especially with remembering how stickered cubes were the norm back then.

Previous record: 2.61 from Tommy Cherry

Happy New Year everyone!

Does anyone have any cubing related New Year’s resolution?

Also got another WR with 35.94 avg during the same round: https://live.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/3988/rounds/55462