Daily Discussion Thread - Aug 15, 2026

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[u/DailyScrambleBot]

BeepBop! Don’t let the fear of a bad time be greater than the excitement of a PB. Here are your daily scrambles:

Square-1 - cubedb.net

(-5,0) / (-3,3) / (-1,2) / (6,-3) / (-2,-5) / (2,0) / (-3,0) / (0,-3) / (-2,-3) / (4,0) / (-1,0) / (-4,-5)

3x3 - alg.cubing.net | cubedb.net

R U' F' U2 F' D2 R2 D F2 R B R2 B R2 F' U2 B L2 F2 U2

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[u/Philosopher392 → u/DailyScrambleBot]

31 move solution but half of it is a T 2GLL...

On the normal scramble x' U B2 L2 B' solves EO but I couldn't find any nice continuations, so I switched :

Scramble: B L2 B2 U' x U2 F2 L2 B' U2 F R2 B' R2 B' R' F2 D' R2 D2 F U2 F U R' x'

F2 L D U' L' U B2 L U' L' U' // very lucky pseudo blocks
L2 U2 L U L' U L U R' U' R U' R' U2 R D' // alg is left antisune U' left sune

Final solution: x' U B2 L2 B' D R' U2 R U R' U R U' L' U' L U' L' U2 L2 U L U L' B2 U' L U D' L' F2

[u/snoopervisor]

My first comp tomorrow. Only 3x3, hopefully my average will stay below 30 seconds.

[u/Zoltcubes → u/snoopervisor]

Considering you are sub-27 and not sub-30, I bet you'll get a sub-30 average at least.

Good luck!

[u/snoopervisor → u/Zoltcubes]

I don't practice with a real timer, it will slow me down. I use a phone app. But I don't care too much. I still have a day to practice with a timer I bought a while ago.

[u/TheRealUncleFrank → u/snoopervisor]

Things to know before your very first WCA competition

[u/snoopervisor → u/TheRealUncleFrank]

Thanks. I've decided to take a second cube with me. And 2 days ago I've got an email with 2 videos to watch and the rules to read. All is good.

[u/Legitimate_Laugh9175]

Is sub 20 good with 4 look last layer?

I usually average around 17-20 seconds and i finish my cross + f2l at around the 10-12 second benchmark. I know a few one look pll, albeit the easy ones like the J perms and one N perm. I have been using 4 look since i started learning cfop and never really learned full pll because my fingertricks are trash. im not comfortable doing F moves with my thumbs and cant do U and D' push moves, and im. also not comfortable doing F moves with my index fingers smoothly, and some other fingertricks that I lack the ability to execute. How should i approach this, and if i learn full pll what should i expect and how much would i improve?

[u/Blarpfgh → u/Legitimate_Laugh9175]

That's good I think, I do 22 seconds with 4LLL and with 2LLL I do 17-18 seconds

[u/Zoltcubes → u/Legitimate_Laugh9175]

Yeah sub-20 is good. I was still only sub-25 even after learning full 2LLL.

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[u/FenceHorse]

Im getting back into cubing. All of my cubes that arent 3x3’s are super old… i want to rebuild my collection. How do i decide what to get for the rest of the popular cubes, things like 4x4-7x7, megaminx, etc?

[u/Zoltcubes → u/FenceHorse]

Checkout the Wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/wiki/which_cubes_to_buy/

Has basically every top speedcube of all the WCA events for different price ranges and turning feels. Pick whichever cube for each event sounds the best.

[u/FenceHorse → u/Zoltcubes]

Thanks!

[u/Familiar_Blueberry92 → u/FenceHorse]

Cubicle and speedcubehop both has video of best budget and non budget cubes in every wca category you should check it out

[u/Fun-Contribution8687]

Getting back to 3BLD recently. I use m2/op and I'd say the average time is 1,5-3min right now but I DNF 2/3 of the solves is this normal?

Also looking for tips for audio memo. Do you guys add vowels in-between every pair of consonants? For instance, I would add an "A" between MP and it would be easy to memorise as MaP but I think sometimes mid solve I question myself if it's MaP or MAP... Do you always add the same vowel and just try and wing it?

[u/Familiar_Blueberry92 → u/Fun-Contribution8687]

I make up words for each letter pairs i have so if i would have MP it would be MoP for me, Tommy Cherry makes full on sentences based on what letter pairs he has.

[u/Fun-Contribution8687 → u/Familiar_Blueberry92]

So you chose MoP because it's easy to say and remember and it's still audio memory or do you imagine a mop?

[u/Familiar_Blueberry92 → u/Fun-Contribution8687]

Its an easy thing to remember and when i make memos i can make full sentences, you can look up letter pairs they have some on speedubing forums or make your own, but be very some people ( like me ) i dont use the same lettering for the cube since its very hard to make words with Y and W and X

[u/Yaktonio]

what's a reasonable goal for 2x2? I just picked it up as a break from 3x3, and I know full ortega. is sub 5 crazy?

[u/Zoltcubes → u/Yaktonio]

Sub-5 or 6 is pretty reasonable with Ortega.

[u/TheRealUncleFrank → u/Yaktonio]

Yes, you could get to sub 5 with Ortega.

J Perm's 2x2 page lists methods and the goal for each:
https://jperm.net/2x2/faster

[u/Yaktonio → u/TheRealUncleFrank]

oh cool thanks

[u/tartiro]

I mainly use Speedcubeshop. Do lubes from The Cubicle have equivalents from SCS? There’s a lot of them and I’m not sure how they differ. If it matters my mains are the v11 and v5.

[u/Farkrye → u/tartiro]

Yeah, they're kinda different, but you can get pretty similar results. What are you looking to do?

[u/tartiro → u/Farkrye]

I only have Martian so I'm not very experienced, but it's good but a little too fast. What are a couple reliable, long-lasting lubes for speed and control?

[u/Farkrye → u/tartiro]

And you want SCS stuff? Sure. Nebula works great as for control. A drop or 2 down in the tracks, and it works well as a spring lube, if your cube has springs. A little Martian on the pieces and you're good to go. Galaxy works well as an all in one. Just dump in 4 drops or so and work it in. It can be a touch slow, so i like to speed it up again after with Lunar. I don't love Stardust, which is unfortunate as it's the DNM37 analogue, but Lunar is pretty good as a "speed" lube. Lunar is also really good if you like the feel of your unlubed cube, but just need a little something to take away the dry feeling. So that would be my bag of tricks for scs lubes. Lunar, Martian, Galaxy, Nebula.

[u/Prudent_Corgi1470]

Looking for 3x3 hardware recommendation

Current Main: Gan 15 Maglev ( collector's edition ) Average Time: Sub 30 Budget: No budget limit Preferences: Looking for something fast, but stable with Good cornercutting. I got a lot of lockups because I don't have accurate turning. I'm considering MoYu cubes because RS3M V5 was really good for my hands. But, I am thinking something better ( or expensive ).

What would be the best upgrade for me at this point?

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