Hi, Marcel from Holland here

[MarcelP]

Hi Guys,

My name is Marcel, 42 years old. I have learned to solve the cube at age 11 - 12 or so. I had not touched a cube a maybe 15 - 20 years. A few weeks ago I solved a cube and found it very nice to see that I still knew how to do that. When I looked at youtube I found amazing stuff from you speedsolvers. I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I solved the cube in a layer by layer which could take up to 10 minutes.

So when I decided that I want to be much faster. I ordered a few cubes. The Dayan Zhianchi and Guhong. I looked at these video's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHBUk...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-xbcAMfWwM

And in one week I went from solving times of 10 minutes to below 2 minutes. In fact I have a video of a 1.30 solve:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjjq8...1&feature=plcp

My goal is to get below one minute. Right now I have not focussed on OLL and PLL. I just need to get the 2FL much quicker. I recon in a few weeks times must be a lot better.

Cheers!

[Dimeg]

'My goal is to get below one second.'


good luck!

[MarcelP]

Ooopes, not native english here.. I ment a minute..

[jonlin]

I looked at your video. I'm no expert, But you need to recognize your cases much quicker to get faster.

[god of rubic 2]

The more practise you get, the more rapidly you'll improve. Your times will go down until you are pretty quick.

[MarcelP]

I looked at your video. I'm no expert, But you need to recognize your cases much quicker to get faster.

Thanks Jonlin. This video I made was just after learning about building pairs. So after only a few hours doing all different cases. I really want to become quicker at the recognising. I quess but just practising weeks and weeks I will become faster. If anyone has tips on how to reconize faster I would be glad to hear them. It really is my biggest weakness at the moment.

[Cubenovice]

I see you have already found Badmephisto's yt channel. Make sure to check out his other video and website too.

Another good F2L video series (just for different perspective) is the RiDo Hunting Story
http://youtu.be/WB5apB2i_Do

[ellwd]

Welcome Marcel!
Good introduction. Nice to have some more of us "oldies" on here (I'm 39).
Hope you enjoy it here.

[sneaklyfox]

Welcome! I watched your video. Try to do your cross in 8 or less moves. Badmephisto has pretty good tips on how to do the cross. Practice doing it blindfolded. Start with just one or two edge pieces, then move to three, then four.

[MarcelP]

Welcome Marcel!
Good introduction. Nice to have some more of us "oldies" on here (I'm 39).
Hope you enjoy it here.

Yes, we oldies have to stick together.. LOL

I see you have already found Badmephisto's yt channel. Make sure to check out his other video and website too.

Another good F2L video series (just for different perspective) is the RiDo Hunting Story
http://youtu.be/WB5apB2i_Do

Thanks! I will definatly watch it.

Welcome! I watched your video. Try to do your cross in 8 or less moves. Badmephisto has pretty good tips on how to do the cross. Practice doing it blindfolded. Start with just one or two edge pieces, then move to three, then four.

Yes, I have not put any effort in doing the cross. I do it in 13 - 15 seconds. Waaaaay tooooo looooong. Thanks for the tip. I love his video's.