WinPooh
Regular
Hello everyone!
I'm from Moscow, Russia. Currently I work in software development, and in my previous life aI was a physicist (MS degree in radiophysics). My hobbies besides cubing are Go, chess programming and playing guitar.
I learnt how to solve 3x3x3 in my childhood more than 30 years ago. My first cube was original Hungarian one from PolyToys. It was not very easy to buy such a cube in USSR in 1983
I used elementary methods from Soviet popular scientific magazines "Kvant" (edges, then corners) and "Nauka i Zhizn'" (layer-by-layer). Then there was a "small" break... This summer I bought DaYan II v2 GuHong and returned to my old hobby. My timed solves were about 2-3 min. After first month I reached a milestone, sub-60, both with beginners method and intuitive F2L.
Some days ago I switched to stickerless MoYu Weilong cube. Its colour scheme is a bit exotic for me, but I plan to become truly colour neutral.
And - yes! - last week I realized my childhood dream, and finally solved 4x4x4
I do not want to become a competitive-class speedcuber, so I do not set any sort of obligatory goals in my cubing. Just want to have fun: first learn basics of Fridrich method (F2L & PLL-21 are in progress, do not even think of OLL-57), after that maybe try Roux. Being a husband and a father of 2 children I haven't too much time for trainings. But if I see a sort of progress in my playing with cube, I probably will share my results in this thread.
For today:
PB: 45.17
Average of 5: 57.40
3 of 5: 54.88
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Tracking personal bests (avg 1/5/12/100):
22-Sep-2014 | 45.17 | 57.40 | ----- | ----- |
06-Oct-2014 | 34.90 | 43.29 | 45.45 | 50.39 |
13-Oct-2014 | 32.85 | 42.54 | 43.86 | 48.21 |
22-Oct-2014 | 32.85 | 41.26 | 42.53 | 47.20 |
23-Oct-2014 | 31.40 | 36.29 | 39.95 | 45.22 |
28-Oct-2014 | 27.39 | 36.29 | 39.76 | 43.49 |
14-Nov-2014 | 27.39 | 36.29 | 39.76 | 43.00 |
15-Nov-2014 | 27.39 | 35.67 | 39.76 | 43.00 |
29-Nov-2014 | 27.39 | 35.67 | 36.74 | 39.18 |
07-Dec-2014 | 26.47 | 35.67 | 36.74 | 39.18 |
14-Apr-2015 | 24.73 | 35.67 | 36.74 | 39.18 |
08-May-2015 | 24.45 | 30.49 | 34.39 | 37.80 |
21-July-2015 | 24.45 | 30.49 | 34.29 | 36.74 |
06-Aug-2015 | 20.50 | 28.55 | 30.65 | 34.74 |
I'm from Moscow, Russia. Currently I work in software development, and in my previous life aI was a physicist (MS degree in radiophysics). My hobbies besides cubing are Go, chess programming and playing guitar.
I learnt how to solve 3x3x3 in my childhood more than 30 years ago. My first cube was original Hungarian one from PolyToys. It was not very easy to buy such a cube in USSR in 1983
I used elementary methods from Soviet popular scientific magazines "Kvant" (edges, then corners) and "Nauka i Zhizn'" (layer-by-layer). Then there was a "small" break... This summer I bought DaYan II v2 GuHong and returned to my old hobby. My timed solves were about 2-3 min. After first month I reached a milestone, sub-60, both with beginners method and intuitive F2L.Some days ago I switched to stickerless MoYu Weilong cube. Its colour scheme is a bit exotic for me, but I plan to become truly colour neutral.
And - yes! - last week I realized my childhood dream, and finally solved 4x4x4
I do not want to become a competitive-class speedcuber, so I do not set any sort of obligatory goals in my cubing. Just want to have fun: first learn basics of Fridrich method (F2L & PLL-21 are in progress, do not even think of OLL-57), after that maybe try Roux. Being a husband and a father of 2 children I haven't too much time for trainings. But if I see a sort of progress in my playing with cube, I probably will share my results in this thread.
For today:
PB: 45.17
Average of 5: 57.40
3 of 5: 54.88
---
Tracking personal bests (avg 1/5/12/100):
22-Sep-2014 | 45.17 | 57.40 | ----- | ----- |
06-Oct-2014 | 34.90 | 43.29 | 45.45 | 50.39 |
13-Oct-2014 | 32.85 | 42.54 | 43.86 | 48.21 |
22-Oct-2014 | 32.85 | 41.26 | 42.53 | 47.20 |
23-Oct-2014 | 31.40 | 36.29 | 39.95 | 45.22 |
28-Oct-2014 | 27.39 | 36.29 | 39.76 | 43.49 |
14-Nov-2014 | 27.39 | 36.29 | 39.76 | 43.00 |
15-Nov-2014 | 27.39 | 35.67 | 39.76 | 43.00 |
29-Nov-2014 | 27.39 | 35.67 | 36.74 | 39.18 |
07-Dec-2014 | 26.47 | 35.67 | 36.74 | 39.18 |
14-Apr-2015 | 24.73 | 35.67 | 36.74 | 39.18 |
08-May-2015 | 24.45 | 30.49 | 34.39 | 37.80 |
21-July-2015 | 24.45 | 30.49 | 34.29 | 36.74 |
06-Aug-2015 | 20.50 | 28.55 | 30.65 | 34.74 |
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