After adding a Gan 562 M to my collection, I also nabbed an Aofu WRM M 7×7 used alongside several other high-quality puzzles. I knew my 5×5 record was in reach but my times were really nothing particularly good. The expensive Gan cube just wasn’t giving me the edge I needed. So, with my wife out of town and my shoulder slowly recovering from surgery, I did a few 7×7 solves. My first one was 16:16.92 – literally one second slower than my record! After a few botched efforts with edge pairing going repeatedly awry, I busted out a 14:21 – breaking my record by two full minutes!
So, naturally, the question was: could I break two records in one day? The 5×5 record has stood for three-and-a-half years after all and a sub-four-minute time always seemed out of reach. Well, after a record-setting 4:03.70, I shattered the record with a 3:48.81! Sub-four and two records in one day. These new puzzles are just unreal compared to what things were like when I started. I’m quite satisfied with both and while that 7×7 could probably get better, I’m never in a rush on puzzles that take so long. Now to edit and update my cubing-records page!
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