Woohoo ... Great to hear news directly from the mouth of the greek oracles ;-) But if "soon" is "any" time in 2006 and not early 2006 there is still quite some time before their cube(s) become available. Cool to hear again that i will become a video star. Let's hope im less nervous doing that shooting than i am at competitions :D
Oh, and about Olympicube no 5. Will there not be a conflict with the copyright of the original Udo Krell design. Or has that issue already been sorted out legally?? Cheers! -Per > --- In [email protected], KOSTAS VERDES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > First of all let me introduce my self. > My name is Konstantinos Verdes from Greece. > I am 30 years old and my profession is surveying engineering. > > I am the son of Panayiotis Verdes who is the inventor of the Olympicube range, > or better the NxNxN Cube. > My father profession, also, is surveying engineering and for 2+1/2 years the cube-puzzle designs and construction. > > For about 2 years i TRY to read your discussions about speedcubing. > I must tell that it was very difficult for me to "catch" you at the beginning. > You see i only Knew how to solve the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube and that back to late 80's. > Now i can solve any size (2x2x2, 3x3x3, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 6x6x6) but not in the sense of speedcubing. > As you can imagine when my father told me about his invention i begun to search over the internet and then i found your really interesting and hardcore discussion group. > I must admit that you are all fantastic and i really enjoy trying to follow your mind. > > I think that i want to write sooooo much but I will try to answer as good as my poor English allows me, some subjects that this topic brings. > > Koen writes: > > "Looking at Olympic Cubes' site and messages on > Twisty it won't take very long anymore for the 6x6x6 > to be available for the public.Personally I'm very >excited about trying it out. > > Does anybody has an idea about how it's going to be >released? Will we be able to order it off the Olympic > Cubes site? > > Also will the upcoming tournaments have 6x6x6 events? >What will the > > top times be like for the 6x6x6 after say 2 months > of release?" > > > > You are right Koen. The OlympiCube No6a will be available for the public soon-during the 2006. > You will be able to order it through our web-site which by the way will change completely during the next 5-6 months. You will also be able to find it in many stores, that i cannot tell it yet. > I don't know yet if the OlympiCube No6a will be include in yours events but i am sure that in the future we will also organize same events-open to any kind of cube i.e Rubik's-Mefferts-Eastsheen- Olympicubes and let the athletes decide. > As far for the time i cannot tell much. I solve the OlympiCube No6a in about 15-20 minutes using beginners techniques. > I am sure that all of you laughing with that time. > Also i don't Know which cube will be better for speedcubing the No6a or the No6b because we haven't constructed the last one YET. > > Game of Death wrote: > > I'd imagine there's a further problem which is that > the cube is probably less stable and > > more likely to break up/lock up at speed. The pieces > will be smaller and even if the > > overlap problem is solved an increase in the number > of slices means the cube is more likely to jam. > > > Chris wrote: > > There is another practical problem. If the cube is > expensive, and > > replacement parts are not available, what happens if > by speedcubing > > you break it? > > You would need to make replacement parts if the > internals are as > > delicate as they sound, and if those are expensive > you have a whole > > other issue. > > > > The OlympiCube No 6a is very stable. Much more than all the Known cubes of any size. I know that you are crazy and the meaning of stability to you maybe is different than the other common people, but if i think the other cubes that i have in hands then the surprise directly when you open the box of the OlympiCube No6a will be huge. > As far as it depends the replacing parts we will discuss it when the time comes and we will sure find a solution. But I assure you that the internals are not fragile-delicates and i don't think that you will easily break a piece. The pops also don't happen while i speedscrambling the cube. > I must also want to tell in public that i already talked -off the record-with two Champions "Frank Morris" and "Per Kristen Fredlund" > and we will invite them to video-test the OlympiCube No5, the OlympiCube No6a and the OlympiCube No7 during 2006. > The price of these products will be quite reasonable and approachable for such monsters but i can't tell it yet. > > The OlympiCube invention is patented in Greece and patented pending in 21 countries+European Union, that is the the three quarters of the "Known" world. We follow successfully all the necessary legal steps and we will also start the trademark procedure during the next month. > I may show you our logo soon. > > Finally i would like to invite anyone who thinks that is able to write solutions ( for beginners, for intermediate and for experts) for the 5x5x5, 6x6x6 and the 7x7x7 for our webpage and for our packages-manuals to e-mail me in [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Of course we will pay him/them for the services and their names will appear in the website-manuals. > Please feel free to ask-answer me anything either in public, either in private. > > Thanks > Konstantinos > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Jigsaw puzzle game Free puzzle inlay games Educational game and puzzle Word puzzle game Kid puzzle game Puzzle games > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "speedsolvingrubikscube" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! 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