Chris Mills#RubiksAmbassador #TutorialTuesday #sponsored All the algorithms I mentioned in this video can be found below. Finally got around to making this video, please give me any feedback you have. Skip to 7:10 for the start of the actual tutorial.
All edge orientation cases and algorithms: Dot - F R U R’ U’ S R U R’ U’ Fw’ Line - F R U R’ U’ F’ L shape - F U R U’ R’ F’
Solve front left corner with a combination of sune, anti-sune, U and U's.
All front right corner cases and algorithms: UFR - Solved URB - R’ U2 R’ D’ R U2 R’ D R2 ULB - U R’ U R U R’ U’ R’ D’ R U’ R’ D R2 FR - R U R' U R U2' R' U2 RF - U2 R U2' R' U' R U' R' RB - U R2 D R’ U2 R D’ R’ U2’ R’ U’ BR - U R’ U’ R’ D’ R U R’ D R2 U’ BL - R U’ L’ U R’ U’ L U LB - F’ Rw U R’ U’ Rw’ F R
Cases and algorithms to solve back two corners: Adjacent swap - U T-Perm U’ Adj swap and twist 1 - R’ F R U’ R’ U’ R U R’ F’ R U R’ U’ R’ F R F’ R Adj swap and twist 2 - U2 R’ F R U R’ U’ R’ F R2 U’ R’ U2 R Twist corners 1 - R' U' R U' R' U2 R2 U R' U R U2 R' Twist corners 2 - R U2 R' U' R U' R2 U2 R U R' U R
0:00 Introduction 0:35 The history of Rescramble 7:10 Cross 9:37 F2L 13:01 Full last layer example 17:13 All EO cases 19:17 All front right corner cases 22:28 All cases to solve back two corners 24:24 More EP examples 26:15 Outroduction
How to Rescramble a Rubiks Cube!Chris Mills2021-01-19 | #RubiksAmbassador #TutorialTuesday #sponsored All the algorithms I mentioned in this video can be found below. Finally got around to making this video, please give me any feedback you have. Skip to 7:10 for the start of the actual tutorial.
All edge orientation cases and algorithms: Dot - F R U R’ U’ S R U R’ U’ Fw’ Line - F R U R’ U’ F’ L shape - F U R U’ R’ F’
Solve front left corner with a combination of sune, anti-sune, U and U's.
All front right corner cases and algorithms: UFR - Solved URB - R’ U2 R’ D’ R U2 R’ D R2 ULB - U R’ U R U R’ U’ R’ D’ R U’ R’ D R2 FR - R U R' U R U2' R' U2 RF - U2 R U2' R' U' R U' R' RB - U R2 D R’ U2 R D’ R’ U2’ R’ U’ BR - U R’ U’ R’ D’ R U R’ D R2 U’ BL - R U’ L’ U R’ U’ L U LB - F’ Rw U R’ U’ Rw’ F R
Cases and algorithms to solve back two corners: Adjacent swap - U T-Perm U’ Adj swap and twist 1 - R’ F R U’ R’ U’ R U R’ F’ R U R’ U’ R’ F R F’ R Adj swap and twist 2 - U2 R’ F R U R’ U’ R’ F R2 U’ R’ U2 R Twist corners 1 - R' U' R U' R' U2 R2 U R' U R U2 R' Twist corners 2 - R U2 R' U' R U' R2 U2 R U R' U R
0:00 Introduction 0:35 The history of Rescramble 7:10 Cross 9:37 F2L 13:01 Full last layer example 17:13 All EO cases 19:17 All front right corner cases 22:28 All cases to solve back two corners 24:24 More EP examples 26:15 OutroductionBofan Zhang being iconic for 2 minutesChris Mills2024-10-18 | Bofan played a prominent part in my SSL vlog, so I thought I'd make him his own video since he is such a legend. FYI he beat me in almost all the races we did and most of the table tennis matches...
Sponsored by TheCubicle.com - Use code Mills for 5% off your order! thecubicle.com/discount/mills #teamcubicleI flew to China to compete against the Worlds BEST SpeedcubersChris Mills2024-10-11 | What a trip! And what a competition! It was an absolute pleasure to compete against the fastest guys in the world at the GAN Smartcubing Super League Season 3, honestly still can't believe I got to go. This is the most effort I've ever put into a video and I'm really proud with how it turned out. Please let me know your thoughts and share it around if you enjoyed!
If you're looking for of a more play-by-play video of how this competition played out, check out STUCUBE's video here: youtube.com/watch?v=g0l_DJUEOi4
Shout-out to everyone who made this trip incredible, and a huge thank you to GAN Cube for flying me out there!
I am not sponsored by GAN Cube, however, they did pay for this trip. #gancube Sponsored by TheCubicle.com - Use code Mills for 5% off your order! thecubicle.com/discount/mills #teamcubicle Intro 0:00 Day 1 0:09 Day 2 3:06 Day 3 9:03 Day 4 18:17 Day 5 24:34 Outro 26:309.59 One-Handed PR Average [NZ Cubing Decathlon 2024]Chris Mills2024-09-28 | (13.58) 9.85 9.49 (9.14) 9.43 = 9.59 Average
Lowkey I think this is my best official result since 4.59... I knew sub-10 was possible, but I still didn't expect it to happen - let alone a 9.5 average?!? Pretty sure BPA was sub overall PB which is pretty funny. This average is also sub Feliks which is crazy.
As of 28/09/2024 this ranks: NR2 OcR2 WR25
Also yes I am now blonde. -the real slim shady
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F2 D2 R' B' R2 U D R2 F2 L F2 U2 B R2 D2 F' D2 B R2 F2
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Australian Nationals 2024 starts today! Just spent the last couple days traveling to get there, made this thumbnail during my layover in Sydney aha.
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Irish champs was brilliant, more videos to come!
Scramble: U R U2 F' U' R' U' R' U' F R Solution: z y' R2' F R2 U R' U'
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Even though I have four official singles sub 5.03, I haven't set any of those since I switched to representing New Zealand at the start of the year, so they don't count as national record. Both these low 5s were fullstep so I know its just a matter of time before I break 5.03 (as long as someone doesn't beat me to it!).
Both these solves had sub 5 potential but I made slight mistakes that cost me. Hopefully I'll get sub 5 again at my next comp: Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024 in Christchurch, May 18th-19th.
Shoutout to @ryt82288 for letting me use his footage.
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Sooo satisfying to finally beat my PR! 6.30 lasted for over a year and never really felt like a "good PR". This average still had a fair few mistakes but I'm extremely impressed with my last solve - the scramble was awful but I stayed composed and found something good. Also, just missing NZ NR Single (5.03) in the 2nd solve is a little annoying considering I had a lock up during OLL, still a very good solve though. This also ties James Alonso's UK NR of 6.17 which is funny.
This average gives me motivation for sub-6, I know I can do it - I just need to start practicing again haha.
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Scramble: U2 R2 F R2 B’ R2 B’ D2 F2 L’ U2 F D’ U B2 L2 D F D6.47 Rubik’s Cube Former NZ National Record Average [Cubing at the Cube 2024]Chris Mills2024-01-08 | (8.70) (5.72) 5.90 7.01 6.49 = 6.47 Average of 5 Stoked to have beaten an NZ NR at my first competition as a New Zealander, disappointed about the LL on the 4th solve though - could’ve been a 5 which may have lead to a PR average. Very funny that this is PR7 but still NR haha. Cubing at the Cube was a great comp, didn’t get any PRs though - so I now have a PR streak of 0 and NR streak of 1… Competition video coming soon!
Tassie Summer this weekend, get hyped.
Sponsored by TheCubicle.com - Use code Mills for 5% off your order! thecubicle.com/discount/millsMy LAST Chance to WIN the UK Rubiks CHAMPIONSHIP #shortsChris Mills2023-12-22 | Rubik's Ambassador: youtube.com/user/RubiksTV Sponsored by TheCubicle.com - Use code Mills for 5% off your order! thecubicle.com/discount/mills #rubikscube #rubiksambassador #teamcubicleMy LAST Chance to WIN the UK Rubiks CHAMPIONSHIPChris Mills2023-12-22 | What an amazing competition, and what an incredible experience. I put a lot of work in to both practicing for this competition and creating this video so please share it around if you enjoyed. It has been a life changing experience being a part of the UK Speedcubing community for over 9 years now, and you will all be sorely missed over the coming years.
Merry Chris Mills and a Callum Goodyear everybody! More videos to come early next year. 2024 is gonna be a banger.
Thank you to: My sponsors, Rubik's and The Cubicle for their continued support. My parents for all their support and for driving me to competitions when I was younger. My friends for encouraging me to be the best I can be and being there when things don't go my way. Ari for helping perfect this thumbnail. Delphine Tran for the 3x3 finals footage (My GoPro died :/). The Murray/Crowell household for housing me at the time of editing this video. And a big final thank you to all of you who have watched my videos and supported me in my Speedcubing career, lots more to come in the future.
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Generated By csTimer on 2023-11-11 single: 5.423
Time List: 1. 5.423 L' B' L D' L2 D' R2 D' L2 R2 D' B2 R2 F L' D2 R U R2 D10.45 One-Handed Average [2nd at Rubik’s UK Championship 2023]Chris Mills2023-10-28 | (9.53) 9.56 10.57 (11.63) 11.22 = 10.45 (NR2, ER10, WR42) Wow, I was not expecting to beat 10.57 so quickly. I am extremely impressed that I managed to pull this off in UK champs finals, and even more impressed that I had sub-10 BPA after 3 solves… I’ve only ever got a sub-10 ao5 at home once, so I have no idea how I’ve nearly done it in comp already haha. All of these solves were very good and only had slight mistakes (bad u perm on 2nd, slight fumble during start on 5th). Also 2 of the counting times had ZB, so that is cool. Very nice scrambles = very nice times. After 2nd round, where Narcher got a 11.3 average, winning OH actually looked possible - but he got five 9s in the finals so I had no chance haha.
Rubik's Ambassador: Sponsored by TheCubicle.com - Use code Mills for 5% off your order! thecubicle.com/discount/mills #rubikscube #rubiksambassador #teamcubicleRubik’s Cube Solved in 5.77 Seconds! #rubikscubeChris Mills2023-10-02 | Really happy with my turning in F2L on this solve - super clean, shame about the slight mistakes during PLL though.Rubik’s Cube Solved in 5.43 Seconds! #shortsChris Mills2023-10-01 | Nice little fullstep single I got today.4 Second Solve in World Rubiks Cube Battle?!?Chris Mills2023-09-14 | The Brits vs the Dutch during Rubik's Nations Cup at the WCA World Championships 2023 in Korea. Team United Kingdom: @jasonharley5168 (7.12) + @georgescholey (9.70) + @ChrisMillsSpeedcuber (4.95) = 21.77 Team Netherlands: @mvcuber12 (6.12) + @antoniepaterakis7315 (7.69) + @twandullemond6800 (6.53) = 20.34 Always fun competing in the Rubik's Nations Cup - and even more fun when you get a 4 second solve! Shame we didn't win this match, but I'm still happy with our performance. (We beat Poland 2 in the first round and then lost this match in the second round.)
Stream footage courtesy of @kccu2014 and @WorldCubeAssociationOfficial - commentary by the wonderful Marc Dullemond and Michael Tripodi @treepoder.
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Extremely happy to break my old PR that I set in Feburary - when I averaged about 2 seconds slower then I average now... Absolutely crazy that my best possible average going into the last solve was 9.89 - considering my overall PB is 9.99 haha. Satisfied with both my OH PRs now - just need to do well at UKC too.
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Recon: U B2 U L2 D F2 L2 D' B L2 U L D' B' L B2 L' B2 L2 x' // inspection r U' R2' D // cross y' U L' U' L // 1st pair R U' R' // 2nd pair D' U' R' U' R D // 3rd & 4th pairs (Pseudo) U R' R U R' U' F U R U' R' F' R // OLL U x R2 F R F' R U2 r' U r U2 x' U2 // PLL - Ja cubedb.net/solve/9356
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Scramble: R' U2 R2 U2 R' U R U' R' U R' Solution: y L' U' L U' L' U2 L
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Next comp: Norwegian Champs this weekend!
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This one hurt.
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I was very nervous before my last solve, and knowing that I just lost NR and that I had a very good shot at immediately getting it back didn't help. This made me lock up a bit at the end of F2L which cost me NR. Also, I didn't use much inspection and if I spent a little longer I would've been able to plan much more since it was quite a good scramble. Anyway, this is the first time I've had a shot at sub-6 and it certainly won't be the last.
In terms of losing NR, I knew it was coming and knew I had to improve my own by much more to have any shot of keeping away from James. But alas, I couldn't quite manage it. James has been gunning for this record for a long time and I'm so proud of him for finally achieving it. As much as it sucks to lose a record for the first time (I've held both 3x3 records without contention since 2019), I know I can take it back if I work hard enough.
Anyway, back to the grind, I'm competing again in 2 weeks in Michigan, USA.
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Would you all be interested in watching some more of my at home solves?
Generated By csTimer on 2023-03-21 avg of 5: 5.88
Time List: 1. 4.96 R' L' F2 B D R' L2 B' U' F B2 U2 D2 R2 B2 L2 F U2 F' R2 D2 2. 7.68 L' B' L2 B' U2 R2 F2 U2 B' F' L2 F' L F2 U' L B D' L' U' 3. 5.01 D2 R' F D2 F2 R' U B D R2 L F2 U2 F2 U2 L D2 B2 R 4. (4.67) D' L' U B' L2 F U B R' L2 B2 L2 F2 U2 D L2 D' R2 F2 U2 5. (7.81) L' R2 F2 U2 B' D2 U2 B' R2 B2 D2 F' R B2 U B2 D' L2 B' R' U'
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Thoughts on this style of video for longer event averages? (4 simultaneous and last solve on its own.)
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I'm very happy with these first two solves, the second one was actually 10.44 STPS which is my best in comp! They really show that I have good potential to get a sub-6 average this year - and maybe sooner rather than later? Quite pleased with how I handled my nerves after such a strong start, this average definitely could've been faster but I'm still happy to have walked away with another NR. Before this comp, I realised I'd never got an NR in the Winter before (out of 10 NRs!), so kinda cool to destroy that curse.
My weekends a fully booked with comps for the next 5 weeks haha.
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This competition, in Tasmania, Australia, was pretty eventful despite being such a small comp. Witnessing Jode's 3.88 was such an awesome experience and getting to know both Jode and Ari has been great (thanks Ari for the editing tips).
Next weekend I'm headed to Turning in Townsville 2023 (in Queensland, Australia) and the weekend after I'll be at Melbourne Summer 2023, my last competition before flying back home to the UK.
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cool solve, overall PB.
shoutout to Adrien and Michael Tripodi for being entertaining.
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Scramble: R U' F U2 F R2 U2 R' F R2 U2 Solution: x F' U R U' R2' F R2 U' R' U' 10 Moves - 9 TPS
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Thanks to @ElyasEyouNZ for his help with making the thumbnail.
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In terms of the solves themselves, most of them were pretty solid. However, the 3rd had a big pause in the middle and I missed an easy COLL which meant I got a G perm - that solve could've easily been the fastest one. Also, the start of the last solve was quite locky, but I made up for that by turning really fast throughout the rest of the solve.
This average is good, but still beatable. Sub 6 in 2023.
This competition, the Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022, was quite literally the best competition I've ever been to. I'm sure I'll talk a lot more about it in future posts/videos, but a massive shoutout to everyone on the organisation team for putting on the best competition ever. I was lucky to be chosen to be put on Team Kookaburra (the stream/media team), and I had the time of my life commentating alongside some amazing people. I will cherish these memories forever, and luckily, they are all caught on stream for me to watch back!
Final solve footage: Arisandra Soo Commentary from Feliks Zemdegs (happy birthday!) and Stuart Clark (Stewy) taken from the live stream.
Team Kookaburra for life.
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Time: 5.01 Scramble: D L2 B F D B' F R D2 L2 U B L' B D' R2 U R2
y z2 // inspection L U' D' R' U' R' F // cross L' U' L U' R' U' R // 1st pair y' U' R' U' R // 2nd pair U R U' R' U L' U' L // 3rd pair U' R U' R' U2 R U' R' // 4th pair / CLS U' x R2 F R F' R U2 Rw' U Rw U2 // PLL 45 STM, 8.98 STPS
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As of 21/11/2022 this currently ranks me: 28th in the World 8th in Europe 2nd in the UK (Only 0.09 slower than Eli Jay)
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As of 05/11/2022 this currently ranks me: 66th in the World 21st in Europe 5th in the UK (uk goated at OH apparently)