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That's common on tubs as the tyre will compress the rim, ever so slightly making the spokes slacker. Higher the pressure, slacker the spokes. A clincher tyre is constantly wanting to 'pop off' the rim being that it's held on by the 'hooked' rim and the bead on the tyre. Not affecting the spokes.
I built Roxy's 3 lead 3 trail laced at the crosses and it's held up fine only needing a true after being mishandled in airports and polo. I also built a wheel for Rakan with a twist in the outside spokes of each group. Again with crosses and the single twist. I'm actually amazed at how true that wheel is after seeing it this past sunday!
I'm fairly sure I laced the second and last crossings as Alex said, the first one would be right on the hub. Maybe Roxy or Rakan/Zoe could post a pic?
I also remember when Alex was building his wheel mentioning the tension problem so when I built one I started with tension and then trued the wheel by loosening the spokes. Dunno if that's what helped or not though.