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Re: My speed cubing page

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Post by mlukaszek »

gwynplaine wrote: post #15
_giorgio_ wrote: post #14

Where should a complete beginner start from? Please suggest videos or tutorials... Are the cubes all the same? https://www.amazon.it/s?k=rubik+cube

I recommend learning from J Perm. https://jperm.net/ - also on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@JPerm Interestingly, the official Rubik's cubes are very poor quality. I have a GAN speedcube and can recommend.

Came here to also recommend J Perm videos. His way of explaining the solve clicked with me, and it was easy enough for my 11yo daughter to pick it up super quickly!

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Post by davidelettieri »

loup-vaillant wrote: post #3

Speed cubing has advanced a lot in the last couple decades. The cubes have evolved like you wouldn’t believe, and the methods have been refined like crazy. World record average (5 solves, remove best and worst, do the arithmetic mean of the other 3) stands at 4.48 seconds. https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/records The system described here is basically standard CFOP: Cross, First 2 layers, Orient last laye…

Do you know any website where OLL and PLL algorithms are listed along with "setup" moves?

Re: My speed cubing page

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Post by tigerlily »

tigerlily wrote: post #21

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Oh dang, I can't believe I got downvotes for this?! I must've accidentally posted it just as I fell asleep last night. It's hard to describe the sensation other than my fingers involuntarily tap my phone's screen as I lose consciousness. Oh never mind!

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Post by xmprt »

noman-land wrote: post #8
alkonaut wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cubes have probably advanced quite a bit, and the advent of social media now means that the kids just copy each others tricks within minutes these days. My kid and his cubing friends went down towards a 10s average between the age 10 and 12, so in about two years of active cubing. But having the head of a 12yo kid (and amount of spare time) is almost cheating. You can learn anything in 2 years. I'm sure they could ha…

It's boggling to me that 10-12 year olds are doing 10s averages. That's so cool. For many years it was a dream of mine to get sub20. Never got there.

Always fun seeing kids at competitions doing these insanely fast solves with their tiny hands.

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Post by ilc »

noman-land wrote: post #47
ilc wrote: post #22

If you can solve the cube, I'd encourage you to learn 3BLD. Or, solving a 3x3 blindfolded. Solving the cube was cool... Memorizing the cube and solving it and taking off the blindfold to see a solved cube, is really damn cool. I remember my 1st attempt taking me 1/2 an hour to get a success, times have dropped, but it's been a while since I did it. I should fix that :)

I've been working on 3BLD on and off for a while and it's amazing how with just a little training the feat does not seem so unattainable anymore. The technique is fascinatingly simple. I've successfully solved just the edges blindfolded and was beyond proud of myself. I also learned that actively memorizing is extremely exhausting.

Work on the letter pairs. Have algorithms, do what works for you.

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Post by ilc »

mattbruv wrote: post #27
ilc wrote: post #22

If you can solve the cube, I'd encourage you to learn 3BLD. Or, solving a 3x3 blindfolded. Solving the cube was cool... Memorizing the cube and solving it and taking off the blindfold to see a solved cube, is really damn cool. I remember my 1st attempt taking me 1/2 an hour to get a success, times have dropped, but it's been a while since I did it. I should fix that :)

Any resources for learning Blindfolded 3x3? How long did it take you to learn it?

To first success? A month? Not sure.

The hard part is all up front. The first solve you do is the hardest, it took me 30m+.

I'd also recommend learning M2 over OP for edges. I used Noah's guide back when. M2 is so much faster, that unless you are going all the way to 3 style (which is a large jump) M2/OP is pretty optimal. If you've got more questions I'll try to scan every so often.

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