[Member Intro] Hello

[anticorncob6]

Hello to all of you!
I'm a little bit into cubing. I know how to solve a 3x3 using the beginner's method, but I'm now learning the 2-part OLL step so I don't have to repeat the same algorithm unnecessarily. I might also learn 2-part PLL, but I doubt I will try to memorize 50+ algorithms required for the speed F2L.
I have 2x2 - 5x5 cubes and can solve them all, but I need an algorithm sheet for the 5x5. I cannot decide if I should get any cubes bigger than the 5x5. I've heard that even the best ones pop a lot.
My favorite sized cube is the 4x4, especially the shengshou. But I find it odd how they have white stickers on a white-colored cube.
I got a Rubik's cube back in 2008 (ish) and my dad told me "Once you mix it up, it will NEVER get back to its original state". It turned out that it was massively difficult to solve if you don't already know how to do it. I remember thinking about that thing my dad said, and I really wanted to prove him wrong, so I decided to look on the internet for a way to solve the cube. Everybody loved Dan Brown's tutorial, but I could not understand it nor could I understand any tutorial. Eventually I peeled the stickers and put them back on the right way. Of course it got mixed up again and I never got it back, until the cube got taken apart completely and I never saw it again. So my dad was right, until I finally learned to solve it from Tyson Mao.
I've read the rules for this site and they look strict, which makes me nervous.

 

[josh42732]

Welcome to the forums!!

A quick tip for you to get faster is to do a bunch of solves. Timed or untimed. Just get used to how the cube works, and you will naturally get faster at it.

I've read the rules for this site and they look strict, which makes me nervous.

The only thing I would say for you to do is just don't post a thread that hasn't already been made. Search it in the top search bar before doing anything. I honestly just reply to threads, and make new ones that haven't been made before, but don't sweat breaking any of the rules. It's not like they will come after you or anything. This is a relaxed and chill place so even if you do break the rules, we will be kind about it. In my almost 8 months of being on here, I have never seen anybody get kicked off of the forum. They just have all of those rules so that dumb people just don't come on here rampant.

But we are glad that you are on the forums!!! If you have any questions, don't be afraid one bit to ask. We would rather you know the answer to your question than for you to break any rule.

 

[anticorncob6]

Thank you for your response josh. And you really meant not to post a thread that has already been posted, right?

 

[Isaac Lai]

Thank you for your response josh. And you really meant not to post a thread that has already been posted, right?

It's more of an unspoken rule, because if new threads keep getting created it just gets annoying.

 

[NeilH]

I'm now learning the 2-part OLL step so I don't have to repeat the same algorithm unnecessarily. I might also learn 2-part PLL, but I doubt I will try to memorize 50+ algorithms required for the speed F2L.

2-Look OLL and 2-Look PLL are a must, and very easy to learn. As for F2L, you don't need to learn the 42 algorithms. Instead, it can be learned intuitively, and that is how most people do it. I suggest getting as fast as you can with beginner's and then learning F2L. If you look on the internet, there are great tutorials everywhere. This really helped me out:

http://ukcubestore.com/intuitive-f2l.html

Obviously, CFOP is not the only good method. You should also consider three other methods called: ZZ, Roux, and Petrus. Look at this:

https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/...ner-s-Guide-to-Choosing-a-Speedsolving-Method

Don't be scared to learn F2L or other tough things, it's not hard! Good luck, and have fun here!

 

[SixSidedCube]

In my opinion, it would be best to learn F2L ASAP, because the more solves you do with LBL/beginners, the harder it may become to swap to F2L. I know the transition from LBL - F2l for me was INCREDIBLY difficult. But when I got F2L down, I improved by about 10-15 seconds!