Tips, Tricks & Other

Dealing with Competition Nerves

Jason Harley

In this guide, I hope to show you some different ways of dealing with competition nerves. I recommend trying multiple techniques to find what works best for you. 'Good' Methods: Many of the following methods are based around distraction, so you're less focused on times and enjoy competing more. These are the...

Advanced Pyraminx Solving Techniques

Jason Harley

Hardware & Recommendations Like any event, when performing to the best of your ability it helps to be solving on a good quality puzzle, when using my original Shengshou pyraminx, it's so difficult to get any times below 5 seconds.   Now, I've upgraded to the X-Man Bell Magnetic Pyraminx, as it...

What to Expect at your First Competition

Jacob Chambers

If so, you probably haven't attended a competition yet and might not think you're the kind of person who would like going to these sorts of events and actually competing against others, whether it's because you think you would be too slow compared to other people or because you think you wouldn't...
How to get started with the Square-1 The Square-1 was designed by  Karel Hršel and  Vojtěch Kopský around the year 1990. Since then, it has grown in popularity and is now an official event in WCA competitions. Hardware, whats the best Square-1 currently on the market?                 ...
why would i need them? If you are a fan of speed cube and twisty puzzles, you might be excited to learn that you can now customise your experience! Don’t you just hate when your cube feels clunky or like its grinding as you’re trying to solve it? or would you like...