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Post by rcn927 on Apr 5, 2010 22:04:36 GMT -5
Things that Dan DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT GETTING FASTER AT RUBIKS CUBES:
1.Do not use vaseline. Take the cube apart and spray all pieces with silicone for better lubrication
For the hardcore
2.Learn the Fridrich Method. It takes 88 algs, but it gets 30 seconds, and with practice, anywhere below, down to sub-10. youtube.com/badmephisto for tons of tutorials. 3.Get a DIY cube from speedcubeshop.com or cube4you.com. They're so much better than storeboughts. Do #2 before this one.
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Post by Ryan on Apr 5, 2010 22:05:17 GMT -5
#2 should be #1
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Post by rcn927 on Apr 6, 2010 18:46:29 GMT -5
Nobody who just wants to solve a cube should take that much time to learn 87 algs. Anybody with the time to use vaseline has the time to use silicone
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Post by Ryan on Apr 6, 2010 19:33:21 GMT -5
if you just want to learn to solve a cube you aren't worried about speed. The best thing to increase speed, is to decrease the amount of time spent in each stage of solving, which requires that your algorithms are indeed the best. I can solve an un-lubed cube faster than most people can solve a lubed cube, regardless of what type of lubrication. Also, silicon is more damaging to the plastic compound which requires that you clean and re-lube your cube more often to prevent your cube from aging, Vaseline is not as rough and is about the same quality of lubricant. Having used graphite, Vaseline, and silicon separately, I prefer Vaseline. Application is faster, dry time is faster, and as far as cube turning goes it is about 98% of the speed of silicon. Also Vaseline is cheaper for the amount of lubrication you get per $ and when you're a broke college student - every penny counts .
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Post by Camoon on Apr 6, 2010 20:32:41 GMT -5
Awesome tips. I don't like the way you said "Things Dan doesn't know about Rubik's Cubing" because that's just assumptions. His video is aimed at people who have never solved a cube before.
But yeah, awesome tips!
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Post by rcn927 on Apr 7, 2010 15:45:19 GMT -5
if you just want to learn to solve a cube you aren't worried about speed. The best thing to increase speed, is to decrease the amount of time spent in each stage of solving, which requires that your algorithms are indeed the best. I can solve an un-lubed cube faster than most people can solve a lubed cube, regardless of what type of lubrication. Also, silicon is more damaging to the plastic compound which requires that you clean and re-lube your cube more often to prevent your cube from aging, Vaseline is not as rough and is about the same quality of lubricant. Having used graphite, Vaseline, and silicon separately, I prefer Vaseline. Application is faster, dry time is faster, and as far as cube turning goes it is about 98% of the speed of silicon. Also Vaseline is cheaper for the amount of lubrication you get per $ and when you're a broke college student - every penny counts . Vaseline doesn't dry, that's the problem. Silicone doesn't age your cube, why do you think that? Silicone evaporates from the cube, how is it rough? If you're not in college, they're both household materials. It does not get 98 percent as good.
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Post by rcn927 on Apr 7, 2010 15:47:05 GMT -5
Awesome tips. I don't like the way you said "Things Dan doesn't know about Rubik's Cubing" because that's just assumptions. His video is aimed at people who have never solved a cube before. But yeah, awesome tips! He shows lubing a cube with vaseline in his video In his solves in live shows n such he uses his method I doubt he cared enough to order a cube from China and pay $20 shipping, but I don't know for sure (He at least got replacement stickers, probably from cubesmith)
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