WaffleCake
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- Feb 15, 2009
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At my school I'm generally regarded as somewhat of a whiz when it comes to math, riddles, puzzles and the like. So, when someone bet me I couldn't solve a rubik's cube, I was obligated to prove him wrong. I had a cube sitting around my house that I had never learned to solve, so it hadn't gotten much use. I picked it up and it broke apart on the first turn. So I went and bought one at a local toystore. That was exactly one week ago (Feb 7, 09). I hit up some good ol' Dan Brown wisdom, and solved my first cube. 2 days later I got a time of 1:42. Today, I got a 1:07.83 solve, and a 1:26.27 average of 5. I'm still using layer by layer. I tried out keyhole, but I didn't seem to be doing it any faster using that. Maybe I just wasn't used to it enough. I found myself thinking a lot, which I don't do with the regular beginner's method. I've looked at Petrus, but that's going to take a lot of practice before I'm getting good times with it. Same with the Fridrich. I know I'm going to have to learn one or both of these if I want to progress. So where should I start? Also, how is my progress? Can I expect my times to keep going down the way they have, or will I hit roadblocks?