SolveThatCube
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I'm pretty sure it was 14 months.
I'm pretty sure it was 14 months.
Iggy
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3x3 rankings are getting really fast. My 10.27 official single is now 999th in the world
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It's crazy how aiming for top 1000 is actually an optimistic goal. I've done at least 30,000 solves and have gotten 1 single at home faster than that.
TDM
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Oh, maybe whoever said that was wrong. Still, people probably get their first sub-10 Ao5 when they average 13ish (an estimate based on my times), so he almost certainly got a sub-10 Ao5 in less than a year.
scottishcuber
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Nope you're just weird. I got my first sub10 avg5 when i was averaging low11.
kcl
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Mine was when I was inconsistent 12-13 with a bit of luck. I think it was like 9 months.
TDM
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Oh... I have a sub-10 Mo3 and and almost sub-10 Ao5 and I'm sup-14. I must just be weird. I did get my first sub-10 single when I was averaging 17...
Fawn
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I got one not that long ago. But instead of a bit of luck, I got 3 PLL skips in a row.
I've been getting semi-serious about improving on regular 3x3. I was obsessed with Megaminx for a while, but it's been a long time since I've practiced. I also got into 3BLD for a while. But that kept me at a 15 second average, and I wanted something better. My global is like 12.5, which I'm pretty happy with. All of my best friends know how to solve the cube, and they kept poking fun at me because when I learned, I was extremely slow. I was never able to get a sub-1 Ao5 with beginner's.
kcl
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Believe it or not the best I ever got with dan brown was in the 1:30's. I wonder what I could do now..
IRNjuggle28
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I only just found out that Arnaud is the one who gave the sexy move its name. Is this common knowledge?
goodatthis
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Is there a name for U R U' R' instead of inverse sexy? Because that move is just as sexy as the sexy move, if not sexier. How about Yxes move? Pronounced Yix-ess
TDM
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I just call it inverse sexy. You could call it sexy' if you wanted to
Other random stuff: I've never talked to anyone who uses Petrus as their main method before, only CFOP and Roux... but apparently my new maths teacher uses Petrus.
goodatthis
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Haha at least your math teacher knows how to solve a cubeI just call it inverse sexy. You could call it sexy' if you wanted to
Other random stuff: I've never talked to anyone who uses Petrus as their main method before, only CFOP and Roux... but apparently my new maths teacher uses Petrus.
I solved my guidance counselors picture cube once, and I noticed that a 2x2x2 was already made and she said that someone else had tried to solve it once... Maybe they used Petrus? It's also possible that someone did a lousy job of scrambling, and there were just lots of blocks.E: I've gone to only 4 comps, and I've met method-users of every method in the big 4, one at each (CFOP, Petrus, ZZ, and Roux in order)
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TDM
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Maybe they tried to solve it, but didn't want to break the block and gave up?Haha at least your math teacher knows how to solve a cube
E: I've gone to only 4 comps, and I've met method-users of every method in the big 4.
I still haven't seen a ZZ user, unless I've forgotten someone... I don't think I've seen a Hoya user other than myself either. But then I have only been to two comps...
goodatthis
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Oh yes, I forgot about Hoya, one of my cubing buddies uses Hoya. And probably the only reason why I've met a ZZ user is because Phil Yu lives relatively close to me (a few hours maybe) What about people you've met that use other methods for other puzzles? I guess I'll put my mini list here.
skewb: Sarah's (all three)
Ranzha's
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3x3: CFOP
Roux
ZZ
petrus
4x4: Yau
Hoya
Redux
also a little fun fact, the roux user I met actually knows what triangular Francisco is lol. Not many people do
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Would it count if I said I USED TO use Petrus as my main method? Lars' site used to be the very first result when you googled "how to solve a rubik's cube". I imagine there are a lot of people that learned his method first before moving onto one of the other big 4.
TDM
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No, that would make it too easy
I remember looking at that site for half an hour and giving up because I couldn't blockbuild... I still can't :fp
goodatthis
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I know right, any sort of text tutorials on blockbuilding is just like- uh wutNo, that would make it too easy
I remember looking at that site for half an hour and giving up because I couldn't blockbuild... I still can't :fp
FMC actually really helped my blockbuilding ability, even doing it fast, you just learn to recognize certain cases and patterns.
TDM
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Yeah, Roux has been helping mine, but not with building 2x2x2 blocks, only "2D" blocks. I don't have the patience for FMC. I barely even have the patience for 3BLD, which isn't even five minutes...
goodatthis
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Lol some kid just tried arguing with me in the comments of one of Felik's WR videos (maybe it was someone else, idk) that the cube is solved completely with algorithms, after I told another person that the LL is a small portion of the solve. It just really insanely ticks me off when people pretend to know things about topics they clearly don't, or when they just make up information. like one time someone here tried telling me that orientation and permutation are not independent from each other... In a discussion on cube theory
/rant
E: and he wasn't talking about BLD.
/rant
E: and he wasn't talking about BLD.
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