We've all done it - you're scrambling your cube and you think "did I just twist that corner?"... although you're 90% sure you did, you carry on regardless, then you reach OLL (or last 4 corners) and whaddya know? You have an unsolveable case.
So personally, I know I should DNF the solve or...
Ever wondered how you compare to other cubers in your age bracket?
Following some discussion with other 'mature' cubers, I'm looking to gather statistics from the speedsolving.com community on global averages against age.
GLOBAL AVERAGE doesn't mean your PB single/Ao5/Ao12/Ao50 or even...
I've been meaning to learn full OLL for months. A long time ago, I printed Bob Burton's and Badmephisto's algs. Some of them I liked, for others I found algs in the Wiki, or from various other sources. I found myself carrying around various folded pieces of paper, some with algs crossed out...
Could be a short-lived thread. After a new member cited Justin 'DUI in a Lambo' Bieber as an inspiration for getting into cubing, I was wondering if there are any other celebrity cubers, and how fast they are? There's a page on the wiki for this, but it's sparse at best!
These are the...
Hi all, looking to tidy up my collection, and get rid of some of my lesser-used cubes. I'm UK based, and there's been a load of new UK members, so hopefully will get some response this time!
Please feel free to post any questions here or PM me. I can include photos if you need them, but the...
So I'm on a quest to learn full OLL by the end of the year and, to be honest, things aren't going too well. My first problem was not learning any new OLLs for about a month through laziness. That didn't help!
Anyhow, I was looking on the wiki for a good alg for OLL11:
and found r'...
I've recently been thinking about working on a set of algs for inserting the last F2L pair while orienting all LL edges, leaving a corners-only OLL. Kind of like winter variation, but orienting edges instead of corners. I believe there should be less cases than Winter variation, but this is...
Just to clarify, I know the common methods of doing this, I'm not asking for a tutorial or tips. I'm at the stage in my personal cubing development where I know my biggest weakness is failure to adequately plan the cross, to the extent that I can look ahead into F2L. I've read loads of really...
Hi all,
Would anyone be interested in buying any of the following cubes:
Guhong 2 (black)
Price: £20?
Description: Absolutely beautiful cube, lovingly 48pem'd, lubed and tensioned
Number of solves: c.5,000
Wearing: Cubesmith 1/2 brights + bright blue.
Bought: TheCubicle.us...
Hi all,
I'm trying to customise my session stats in CCT to show best Ao5, 12, 50 and 100 for the current session, rather than just session average.
I tried adding this:
"Best Ao12: $$ra(5, best)$$
Best Ao12: $$ra(12, best)$$
Best Ao12: $$ra(50, best)$$
Best Ao12: $$ra(100, best)$$"...
What follows is especially relevant to beginners, but I guess to anyone who feels like they're stuck at a certain barrier and just aren't progressing. My hope is that this post will help to quantify the effect of slow-turning practice, and encourage some of those who (like me) have stopped...
Lately I've noticed some growing animosity on the forums between users of different methods. This seems to rear it's ugly head most frequently in the new member intro or request for advice threads... "don't use CFOP, go straight for Roux, CFOP is boring and "anyone who uses CFOP is a...
Let's start with the important facts - I'm not very fast. I currently average between 23 and 26 seconds, having started cubing in December. I went straight into full CFOP.
So here's a little snapshot of my progress:
From start to sub 40 in a month. Sub 30 in another month. Now I'm sub...
Hi all, long time cuber, first time poster! ;-)
Apologies in advance for the long post. Feel free to stop reading here and just say hi!!!
Here goes... 12 years ago someone taught me cross-on-top F2l, and I taught myself LL. I could solve the cube in about a minute on a good day, best...