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James Macdiarmid
New Zealand
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 ก.ย. 2015
Algs and stuff
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Diansheng FTO Unboxing + Review
มุมมอง 4.1Kหลายเดือนก่อน
This is a pretty nice puzzle, and imo a lot better than the Lanlan or even the rexTO. You should pick one up and give FTO a try if you haven't already! Link to the FTO discord server: discord.gg/hVSdFuCQDS Changing the colour scheme can be a bit of a pain. I didn't mention this in the review because I think after mass production the colour scheme will become fairly standardised, so being able t...
47/50 59:28 Multi-Blind OcR!
มุมมอง 2K2 หลายเดือนก่อน
Hard to put into words just how special this is. I've been competing for almost a decade now and although I've had my share of NRs, it often seemed like I'd never be able to achieve anything much at a continental or world level. Finally managing to break through and get an Oceanic record in my favourite event is just so so cathartic. Multi can be such a tough event sometimes, and after so many ...
![20.01 NR 3BLD Single [Former]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kCo6cCmRq0w/mqdefault.jpg)
20.01 NR 3BLD Single [Former]
มุมมอง 5172 หลายเดือนก่อน
Late upload (sorry Ram) Mixed feelings on this one haha. Happy to finally get NR again, but frustrating to get so close to sub 20 without getting it. Even more ridiculous that I beat this a few weeks later but *still* didn't get it (20.00, not on cam). Will get sub 20 soon anyway. Ty Ram for filming! Sponsored by Speedcube.co.nz! Use code MORECUBES at checkout for 5% off Shop www.speedcube.co.n...
Diansheng Gigaminx Unboxing, Solve, and Written Review
มุมมอง 803ปีที่แล้ว
About 2 weeks ago Diansheng sent me their new gigaminx. Here are my thoughts: The first thing I noticed was the size - this puzzle is significantly smaller than the Yuxin, with an edge length only about 2mm longer than that of the Yuhu. I was concerned about the size before getting my hands on the puzzle, because I felt that the Yuxin's inner layers were already quite small. However I think the...
![43/48 59:16 Multi-Blind NR [Former]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pFhpJcF6WlA/mqdefault.jpg)
43/48 59:16 Multi-Blind NR [Former]
มุมมอง 938ปีที่แล้ว
43/48 59:16, done at Auckland Mind Games 2023 Pretty happy with this! Had a few small mistakes here and there, but overall this is about what I'd expect to get at home on an attempt that felt like this (good recall and only one or two mistakes that I noticed). Really nice to chunk NR by 5 points again too - probs won't be able to continue doing that, but if I can it'll put me on 43 points, equa...
![21.22 NR 3BLD Single [Former]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jgSQbnPvLL4/mqdefault.jpg)
21.22 NR 3BLD Single [Former]
มุมมอง 700ปีที่แล้ว
Pleased to finally get the single haha, it's well overdue. This solve still looked pretty choppy though, loads of room for improvement. Sub 20 soon! Thanks Ram for filming! youtube.com/@RamThakkar Sponsored by Speedcube.co.nz! Shop www.speedcube.co.nz Instagram speedcube.co.nz TH-cam th-cam.com/channels/5KlIPhfmYGjyj6MTKtcUZQ.html
![39/45 58:50 Multi-Blind NR [Former]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jHKsr2WXUI8/mqdefault.jpg)
39/45 58:50 Multi-Blind NR [Former]
มุมมอง 574ปีที่แล้ว
39/45 58:50, done at New Zealand Nationals 2022 Not exactly a good result still, but we're at least getting into "not completely terrible" territory now. Also I was quite rusty heading into this comp ( having not practiced much since Tauranga) so was pleasantly surprised to even sub hour - let alone beat NR by a decent chunk. Hopefully I keep getting better at doing multi officially, and I star...
24.85 NR 3BLD Mean
มุมมอง 393ปีที่แล้ว
26.30, 24.47, 23.78 = 24.85 mean Actually really pleased with this, accuracy was garbage in warmup and I was averaging like 3 or 4 seconds slower, so not quite sure how this happened. Very silly that I don't have a better single by now though, have had 3 or 4 sub 22 fails at this point. Hopefully will get it at Mind Games or something. Thanks Elyas for providing the footage! Y'all should check ...
No more F2 Y perm
มุมมอง 1.6Kปีที่แล้ว
(D R D' R') (R' F' R) U (R' f R f') R' U' F R2 Thanks Brant for finding/sharing this! Other decent options include: R' U R U' x' U L' U L U2 R U' R' U R' U R2 U R2' U' R2 D R2' U' R2 U R2' D' R F2 R U r U2' R2' F R F' R U2' r'R' F2 or indeed, F2 R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F2 (I don't think it's a great option personally, but it's trivial to learn and if you have excellent TPS spam it...
37/46 1:00:00 Multi-Blind NR [Former]
มุมมอง 559ปีที่แล้ว
37/46 1:00:00, done at Koalafication Tauranga 2022 Another bittersweet multi result :P. Getting NR finally is great, but my comp performance still leaves a lot to be desired. It's definitely improving, with my sleep and memo being a lot better this comp than they have been in the past - however only beating NR by 1 point is frustrating, since I know I'm capable of a lot better, and this comp ha...
5:59.38 WB Gigaminx single [Former]
มุมมอง 1.8Kปีที่แล้ว
This is why black LL exists Sponsored by Speedcube.co.nz! Shop www.speedcube.co.nz Instagram speedcube.co.nz TH-cam th-cam.com/channels/5KlIPhfmYGjyj6MTKtcUZQ.html
YTNB speedrun
มุมมอง 485ปีที่แล้ว
Came to my attention that 3BLD mean YTNB was 24.76 by Tom (th-cam.com/video/ntCySckr1sk/w-d-xo.html). My global is somewhere around 24-25, so decided to film a bit of practice and beat it. Pretty scrappy solves (and video quality lol) but figured I'd upload anyway. Sponsored by Speedcube.co.nz! Shop www.speedcube.co.nz Instagram speedcube.co.nz TH-cam th-cam.com/channels/5KlIPhfm...
30 Ridiculously Good ZBLLs
มุมมอง 3.3Kปีที่แล้ว
Whenever I say opposite or adjacent when talking about recognition, I'm referring to colours, rather than positions. E.G. red/orange are opposites, and red/blue are adjacent. There are plenty more great ZBLLs, but these are the 30 that I think have the best combination of speed, difficulty, and ease of recognition. Beyond this, I'd recommend learning all of T, U, L and H 2GLL, then work your wa...
42/45 Multi PB [Former]
มุมมอง 604ปีที่แล้ว
42/45 59:27, done on the 17th of September Didn't practice multi for most of the first half of this year, but got back on the grind recently and I'm now pushing 49 cubes. I performed terribly at North Island Champs 2 weeks ago, so it was nice to PB here and remind myself I can still be good at this event. Hopefully 50 cubes soon! DNFs were 1 memo error, 1 recall error, and 1 exec error. Sponsor...
31/37 53:37 | Wellington Mind Games 2022 (WR38)
มุมมอง 6042 ปีที่แล้ว
31/37 53:37 | Wellington Mind Games 2022 (WR38)
You don't need good TPS to be sub 1 on mega
มุมมอง 2.6K2 ปีที่แล้ว
You don't need good TPS to be sub 1 on mega
Will you make a tutorial?
Nah. Der Der has one if you just want to learn. If you want to use 3style like I did then it's just learning comms from a sheet (and if you're learning 3style then I'd assume you know enough to not need a tutorial)
first cuber on youtube with a clean desk
Dude this is nuts
Nah
nice one!
That’s a lot of triangles, congrats!🎉
This is really cool!!! #FTOforWCA
James has done a thing confirmed 👍
I now have a reason to get an fto. This is amazing to achieve🔥😤
You are officially not human
cool 👍 actually that is very cool maybe I will learn idk
It's pretty easy haha
how many comms are there for FTO? I don't have one yet but doesnt an FTO have similarities to skewb as in how the orbits work
Yeah it does. 280 comms
@@jamesmacdiarmid do you have a comm sheet yet? when I get an FTO i would like to try bld
Yeah it's private atm while I test a few options for some cases, but will post the link when it's done
Dang, thats crazy
Welp, rip my chances of ever getting this record, GG lol
Honestly this is still very beatable if someone were to take the event seriously. Sub 1 is possible 👍
Most people cant even solve an fto normally in that time 😂 you are insane bro
What is that color scheme
Made it as similar to 3x3 as possible so pieces go where I expect them to
ok thats a crazy jump from last wb im pretty sure wtf lmao
Well the previous WB was a 2:15 by me :P. But yeah it beats Enoch by a lot lol
Fun fact, this is the 100th user-submitted result to Cubing Contests 💯
BTW, do you have the scramble? I might want to try reconstructing haha
@@benpuzzles B' L' R D' L B' D' F' L' F R L' F L F' L' F L F' L F BL BR' B' D L' F I can recon quite easily if you'd like tho haha, since I know what comms I use
@@benpuzzles Went ahead and did it actually haha: {B, D} B' Ls' B, L' BR: B' R B, Rs' Rs, B' R B T R', L Rs' L' F: R' Ls R, L' B' R B, Rs Fs, Ls' B' Ls BR': Ls' B' Ls, Fs' (BL' U BL U)2 Rs' Us' Rs, U' (BL' F BL F)2 F BL' R': BR, R' L' R R: BR', R L R' R' L F': U, F' D' F
full 3 style for fto would be only 299 comms(109 for centers if you do a rotation for 2nd set, 110 for edges and 80 for corners). full floating also will have not too many comms. maybe even something like 5 style is feasibleish on fto, or 2e2e or 2c2c
Centres is only 90 cases. And yeah I was using 3style here haha (even floated my last edge alg :P )
WHATTTT this is one of the most unbelievable video i've ever watched how you do that, how you are so fast at this you are amazing (sorry for bad english, my main language is not english)
Your English is fine! This is actually very beatable, I'm sure someone who took the event seriously could get sub 1 eventually. It's just something very few people have ever tried before so WB was kinda easy haha
Nyooooooooooom 🏃💨
🏎️
How did you do that?🤯
Der Der has a tutorial if you want to learn a beginner method for it
@@jamesmacdiarmid bro you are so impressive
Dang🔥great job! I always like when you do a thing #FTOBLDforWCA #FTOforWCA
Nice job!! Finally a new FTO BLD WB, and sub 2 by quite a bit too!
FTO BLD WB OMG WTF??
World record for most abbreviations in a single comment
cracked
James: I don’t want to do big bld because big bld comms are funny Also James:
Guilty
FTO tracing is ezpz tho
based and theopilled
nice job bro!! well done
Thats insane
Wonderful.
What is this I can barely turn it
Skill issue
god what method u using
Bencisco
yes sir
So glad to finally have a good mass-produced FTO! They'll only get better from here!
💯
How long until FTO bld in blindfolded solvers weekly comp?
August
Hmmm maybe I should get into FTO now so I can be cool when it (hopefully) gets added to the list of WCA events ;)
Definitely! Plus, if you get into it now, you can be part of the reason it becomes official 😄
bro, Just do r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 Uw2
Doing that and then the N perm it produces is much slower than the alg in the vid
#FTOforWCA
This has to be wca event one day
Hopefully! #FTOforWCA
The dedication is insane! The fact that you spent 40 minutes memorizing 50 cubes, and remembering 47 of them! So awesome! I can’t fathom how hard that must have been. Congrats!
Thanks!
Are you gonna bring it to kapiti cubers? Also good vid
Yeah sure. And thanks!
Hey James, great video mate! I got mine coming in the mail sometimes soon, very excited to try it now after hearing your opinions. However, I don't use the standard colour scheme on my RexTO and was wondering how difficult you found it to swap shades on the Diansheng?
I didn't find it too bad, you can check the description for a link to a vid I made showing how I did it. If you don't have a screwdriver the right size like I did though it can apparently be quite tricky
@@jamesmacdiarmid Ah shoot, that's my bad, didn't think to look in there! I just so happen to have the same screw driver as the video, so I'll keep your guide in mind for when my FTO comes. Thanks a lot!
No worries!
man when i saw the cube in preorder for ONLY $17 i didnt even think it twice lmao, this is definitely worth delaying my order fir
#ftoforwca
After Tingman's video I am determined to buy one of these. Great vid.
Yeah super happy he made that vid, great timing
nice review James I'll probably get an fto next time I do a cube order
Cool, glad to hear it!
This looks kinda fun! I'm excited to get my hands on one.
It really is!
copping rn
he finally uploaded omg