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January 15th, 2005
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Tomas (Venecosurf) and I had a blast at pool training today. I had in mind to do a 125m No Fin video but we scrapped that because he couldn't spot me and film at the same time.
 Out came the Cube!  It's not very good quality, I know... and you can't actually see the cube (or me) that well. It was sort of an impromptu video. But, either way, it's a fun video. Enjoy  Cube solve + 50m no fin. http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg888r/Greg50mRubiks.wmv
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 GTFREE Atlanta Last edited by commonerg; January 15th, 2005 at 22:55. 
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New Discipline? Apnea Rubik's Cube
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January 15th, 2005
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I have heard of this category before. The best performance I heard of was solving 4 cubes underwater on one breath, which took 4 minutes.
I used to be able to solve it on average in 35 seconds -- that would make about 10 cubes in 6 minutes....
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January 15th, 2005
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Mike (Freedivinmike) gave me the idea. He mentioned a friend of his used to do the same... solving the cube underwater. It's a real crowd pleaser.
It's hard for me to relax while I am cubing and the bit of energy output really decreases my hold time. I have managed on several occasions to solve two while holding (takes around 4:00), where my statics usually fall between 6-7 minutes. I just use a basic layer by layer technique. No fancy speed cube stuff.
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GTFREE Atlanta Last edited by commonerg; January 15th, 2005 at 22:59.
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January 16th, 2005
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Thanks, I enjoyed watching that! Very creative
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January 16th, 2005
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Damn, I can't even solve a cube given all day, breathing normally.......
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January 16th, 2005
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Thanks for the credit for the idea Greg. I am in FreeFloats boat on being able to solve the darn thing. The only way I can do it is to pull it apart and put it back together and that still takes forever. Great vid and cool music!
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January 16th, 2005
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My compliments for the new dicipline.
How 'bout first doing the 50 meter dynamic and then solving the cube? Should be much more entertaining to see and probably better for your apnea skills. What was the song in the movie by the way? I think the voice sounded familier...
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January 16th, 2005
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Thanks for the idea. I actually ended up trying it a few different ways including doing the 50m dynamic first, doing 25-solve cube-25, and actually solving the cube while I was swimming. The latter was a lot of fun and looked great in the water, but I had trouble staying underwater even with my neck weight. As for doing the dynamic first, it was a bit harder for me to concentrate on the cube and I failed a few times after I misturned the cube and couldn't correct my mistake quickly enough.  I will continue to play around with this at practice, and maybe put up some more videos. As soon as I bring my weight belt to school, I think I will defiantly try to get a video, solving it while I swim. Quote:
 Also check out the Iron and Wine version. Quote:
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January 16th, 2005
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HEY!! whats up !! i was the guy filming it !! It was great, we have an awesome day at the pool....and i'm sorry for those fingers and final look at the cube....
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January 16th, 2005
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I was pretty amazed about how fast that 50 meters was going
But yes, the rubik's cube got some new attention today...
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January 16th, 2005
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Ahh yes... the 39 second 50. Quite a bit above my usual pace. I guess I wasn't as relaxed as usual. The old competitive swimmer in me coming out.
Let me know how the cube is coming. Maybe we can share tips.
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January 16th, 2005
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It does open up a whole new side of apnea .What about rubiks constant weight or No limits rubiks . I can imagine it now Loic going down to 180 or 190 doing multiple cubes . Hey what about straight jacket escape constant weight?
. Id like to see that 
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January 16th, 2005
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It would be kind of fun to take friendly challenges/bets on different, sort of silly, apnea activities. (With proper safety precautions.
 )For example... http://forums.deeperblue.net/showthread.php?t=57851 I'll brainstorm on that... Any ideas?
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