JChandlerKim
Member
The UCLA Department of Mathematics has a "Math Circle" for gifted young mathematicians and my wife and I thought our son might wish to be considered for the program. Part of the application is writing about any evidence of our son's propensity for such things, so I wrote about his cubing hobby. I tried to make it sound as impressive as possible, but maybe I went a bit overboard?
Chandler uses the full CFOP method on the 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube, which he solves in about 30 seconds. He has an insatiable appetite for new algorithms and new variations, and has memorized close to 100 of them. He seems to have a deep understanding of the mechanics of the cube, and is constantly trying to come up with his own algorithms or methods to carry out certain functions. He loves going to speedsolving competitions and conversing with usually much older competitors about systems and techniques.
His abilities in 3x3x3 cubing have carried over to other puzzles. He can solve the 2x2x2 blindfolded (using the Speffz letter scheme and the Old Pochmann method), and has also mastered the 4x4x4 (including fixing its parity errors) and the pyraminx.
His WCA Profile can be viewed at https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2017KIMJ03 and our family’s cubing videos are at https://www.youtube.com/mu6cube
His abilities in 3x3x3 cubing have carried over to other puzzles. He can solve the 2x2x2 blindfolded (using the Speffz letter scheme and the Old Pochmann method), and has also mastered the 4x4x4 (including fixing its parity errors) and the pyraminx.
His WCA Profile can be viewed at https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2017KIMJ03 and our family’s cubing videos are at https://www.youtube.com/mu6cube