Cube Gathering

Cube gathering in Mc Donald, One Utama...last saturday saturday(25/10/2008)..

Not many people went for the gathering.. I think it is because of the details were posted up late..so many people do not know about the details of the gathering..

People that went : Azraei, David Heng, 3 of my schoolmates and I ...

One of my schoolmates was sleepy so he slept at the gathering..

I tested David Heng's square-1 ...it is an interesting puzzle.. I will try to get one next time...maybe after SPM...

We also competed among ourselves..quite fun..

Azraei doing blindfold solve...pro... he got a 2-handed 10.xx seconds solve at the gathering..

After that, we had our lunch in Mc Donald...

My lunch..
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Just got the chinese diys from cube freak..

Got the chinese diys that were ordered from cube freak...got it last monday(20/10/2008)..she ordered it from http://www.cube4you.com/ .. and then sell to us...

The cubes that were ordered from cube freak... 6 are my friends's and 2 are mine.. I helped them to collect the cubes.. 7 old type A cubes and 1 type D cube

Chinese diy stickers... it is bad !! That is why I am getting Cubesmith stickers...

My type D cube...still in the pack..

There was a problem with my type D cube, I got the new type D screws and new type D core... the problem with the screws is that it automatic unscrews itself...the core is fine...

I decided to change switch my type A core with the type D to make a hybrid cube...type D pieces + type A core.. yellow one is the type A core while black one is the type D core..

Disassembled my type D cube to change the core..

I found out that my type D cube have 2 old type D screws and 4 new type D screws... the old type D screws are good while the new type D screws are bad..

Changed the core...

I used....

Blue Threadlocker...to solve the unscrewing problem..it helps to make the tip of the screw more thick so that it will not unscrew itself..

Applying...

Left the cube to dry for a day...the type D cube on the left, on a piece of paper..(the threadlocker takes at least a day to dry up)..

The next day, I started to assemble my old type A cube...

Arranging the pieces...

While assembling, I found out that the type A pieces can't fit into the type D core...so I decided to change to the Rubik's speedcube core... (black - type D core, dull yellow - Rubik's speedcube core)

My method of assembling the cube...

1st : Finish up the center pieces and caps...

2nd : Form a cross on the bottom(slot in 4 edges)

3rd : Finish the 1st layer(slot in 4 corners)

4th : Finish the 2nd layer(slot in 4 edges)

5th : Finish the last layer(slot in the remaining 4 edges and 4 corners)

Lastly : Put on the stickers..

There you have it... an assembled cube !! (My main one-handed cube, type A pieces + Rubik's speedcube core = hybrid cube)

Video : Assembling my hybrid cube - type A pieces + Rubik's speedcube core

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Free Cube T-Shirt In KLCC Toys R Us..

Toys R Us, KLCC. 3pm to 6pm from 2nd to 8th October 2008... Anyone who is able to solve a rubik's cube (3x3x3) in 1 minute 40 seconds will be rewarded a Cube T-Shirt...

I got this info from an indonesian cuber..thanks very much Edbert =)

4th October 2008... LRT was my transport...

From Taman Jaya LRT Station...

To KLCC LRT Station...

Reached Toys R Us, KLCC... around 2pm+
The notice.... *proof*The counter for solving the cube...
Got 1st on that day... 28 seconds... Yay! ^_^ Free Cube T-shirt..
Front of the t-shirt...

Back of the t-shirt...

Side of the t-shirt...
There was these Petronas Towers in Toys R Us, they were made of LEGO !! Good way of attracting people to buy their products =.="

The contestants of 4th October...only me and this guy... his time was around 1 min 40+ seconds if not mistaken..so he did not managed to get the t-shirt..but if not mistaken he came again few days later to get it.. but I was not there.. OMG... guard also start to get lazy and never do his duty...playing with the cube =.="
5th October... much more participants than the day before...

It was 2.50pm+ and there were already 4 contestants waiting...

Saint John Instituition Speedcuber... 32 seconds..

A very fast kid... but he looks very nervous during his solve, 33 seconds...

hmm...this guy wasn't that fast..

My schoolmate.... he is very good in one-handed cubing...if he uses fridrich method, he surely beat my one-handed speed... =)

Yoyo player...he is very good in yoyo...and he knows how to cube too ^_^

A singaporean guy, he is on vacation....

My classmate's brother... quite fast, he is using petrus f2l and beginner's last layer... I love his thumb trick... able to turn U turns very well with his thumb..

My other schoolmate... he also got the t-shirt...

Yoyo player too... quite fast...

I didn't go during 6th October... but Mazei went and got 16 seconds ^_^

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