The Faces Behind the IDs

[pjk]

This a thread made to show a little but about every member. If you can reply here with information about you, in some format like this:
-Name
-Picture (if you have one)
-Age
-Background of cubing, how long you have been cubing, personal records, personal goals, etc.
-Occupation
-Other Cool Information About You

This way we will all get to know eachother better.

 

[Scott]

Name: Scott Bedard

Pictures: None

Videos: 2x2 - 3x3 - Magic - Master Magic - Skewb - Cup Stacking (bad).

Age: 15 (Born: 14/9/90)

Backround: My friend taught me a beginners method, and then after World Cube 2005 I got very serious about it.

Occupation: Part time ref for youth hockey.

Other: Skateboarding & Hockey

 

[dougreed]

Name: Douglas Raye Reed
Picture: See the Facebook link below.
Age: 18
Background: Learned to solve the F2L LBL during band class my Junior year of HS. I was inspired to learn the LL after meeting Jason Hildebrande by chance. Overall, I've been cubing for about 2 years, currently averaging in the 16-17s range.
Occupation: Student at the University of Texas at Austin.
Other: If you're a college or HS student in the US, add me on Facebook.

 

[MrMikey83]

-Name: Mike Steinbach
-Age: 23
-Background of cubing: A couple months of 'interrest' but I'm not good at it yet.
-Occupation: K-Mart for 4 years after high school. The store closed and I am taking a break and am on my lats semster of college.
-Other Cool info:

Hi, my name is Mike and I'm from Carbondale, IL.
PJK invited me to this forum. I had been a member of a yahoo cube group several months ago but classes, work, and other projects got in the way. Currently, I can work my way to two layers with the edges oriented correctly, but to get the last layer, I still need assistance as I have not memorized the algorythms.
I'm not looking to do competitions, but I would still like to be able to solve in a reasonable amount of time. I'm hoping this website will respark my interrest and help me learn more.
~Mike

 

[Richard]

-Name: Richard Meyer
-Picture: N/A
-Age: 16
-Background of cubing: Been going for around 2-3 serious weeks now, still working on the algorithms for the fridrich method. Best time 43.72 sec, Avg in the middle 50's
-Occupation: High School Student (junior)
-Other Cool Information About You: I start on varsity in both football and baseball. Football as a wide reciever, made it to the semi's this year and will have a VERY good chance to win state next year. In baseball i start in centerfield and bat number two in the lineup. We struggle in baseball though...

 

[Joël]

Name: Jo?l van Noort

Location: Leiden, the Netherlands.

Picture (if you have one): Many pictures can be found here

Age: 21 years old.

Background of cubing: I started cubing about 2 years and 4 months ago. I focus on 3x3 speedcubing, allthough I also like to train myself with different puzzle every once in a while. I have recently also been practicing BLD cubing, 5x5, and megaminx.

Occupation: I am a student. But I am also in the proces of becomming a taxi-driver! Have to learn some theory and do examns for that first, though.

Other Cool Information About You: My site

 

[pjk]

Name: Patrick Kelly
Location: Colorado, USA
Picture (if you have one): -
Age: 19
Background of cubing: Started cubing in early February of 2006. Currently (6 April, 2008) I average high 15/low 16 seconds using Fridrich.
Occupation: I am student right now at the Colorado School of Mines, majoring in Electrical Engineering with a minor in computer science.
Other Cool Information About You: I have been into graphics/web design for many years. I have been dealing sports cards throughout the net for many years as well. Please check out my webpage http://www.pjkcubed.com . I am a big fan of hockey, baseball, and football. Go Avalanche!

 

[pjk]

Where is everyones pics?

 

[Smoid]

Name: Mike Roberts

Picture: Only OLD ones so Blah!

Age: 14 turning 15 in June

Location: Kamloops (well Whitecroft near Sun Peaks, But noone knows about that and Kamloops is the town i am next to)

Background of cubing: I originally solved a mini rubiks cube (from one of those insert a dollar things) a long time ago from a book my dad has from the 80's. I never actually memorized how to do it and that cube sucked. I then got a good cube on Christmas and got serius about 2 weeks after that. I am now around 40-45 seconds. My PB being 28.xx seconds. I know PLL and hope to someday learn OLL, BLD,and OH (under 60). Also, I WANT A 2X2! it should have been here over a month ago! But NOOOO.

Occupation: Student in High School and I work as a busser at Sun Peaks Resort.

Other: Goto idaho open in july! I should be there. And if you live in Kamloops, Contact me!

 

[ZarqaMalik]

Zarqa Malik
-My myspace
-14 gonna be 15 on June 28th.
-I learned from a friend of mine last year..the method was awful..I first solved a cube on the last day of school last year(May 26..I think). I didn't become serious until this January and I hope to get the Fridrich method down by my 1yr. cubing anniversery
-HS(Freshman)
-I am in Debate and every other club that there is in my school....

 

[AbelBrata]

Name: Abel Brata

Age: 23

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Background of cubing:
Since June 2004.
First time was using Beginner's LBL method (Cross, FL, ML, COLL, EOLL, CPLL, EPLL).
Then memorize all OLL, after that PLL...and at about the same time learning F2L
Currently using Fridrich's (Cross+F2L+OLL+PLL).
Fastest time to solve a Rubik's Cube (non-lucky) is 16.55, AVG 23.02.
Current goal is... sub-20!

Occupation: Computer Programmer

Besides speedcubing, I also like to draw... especially pencil drawing.
Check out my homepage and don't forget to drop a line on my guestbook
http://abel-ls.8k.com

 

[BashTheFash]

-Name: Clayne Hawley
-Picture: check out my Myspace.
-Age: 16
-Background of cubing, how long you have been cubing, personal records, personal goals, etc.: since late 8th til now (10th). off and on, after the first six months or so, I started going in spurts, I have actually stopped for a long while until now, and I hope to pick up again and finish those PLLs...pb is like 27 or 22 or something I'll have to check...plan on finishing Pll's and learning OLL's and being sub-20. that'll be the day...
-Occupationgetting a job REAL soon, I promise...
-Other Cool Information About YouLove for punk rock and DIY. If anyone wants to talk to me on the subject whether it be music, lifestyle, politics(not if I don't have to, though), etc. then go ahead, I know my stuff. Play bass guitar in a local band called the Corrosive. I can't think of anything else besides the OCCASIONAL video game. mmm, yes.

 

[krnballerzzz]

-Name: Andrew Kang
-Picture: Don't have one. But a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzpRqg6gIto
-Age: 10/11/1989. Currently 16.
-Background of cubing, how long you have been cubing, personal records, personal goals, etc: Started cubing on 10/01/2005. Currently ranked 8th (single solve) and 11th (avg) on speedcubing.com. PB: 3x3: 11.55 3x3avg: 17.57
-Goals: Hold a world record in the 3x3 speedsolve section.
-Occupation: Student
-Other Cool Information About You: I play the cello. I like to play stepmania (currently can do 14 step songs and above). I like to Aim/Yahoo messanger (Krnballerzzz).

 

[burntbizzkit]

Name: Chris Hunt
Birthday: 10-26-1984
Occupation: Student / Photographer
Website: http://www.strangepuzzle.com

Cubing Experience:
I got my first cube on December 25, 2003. I began with a simple corners first method and got my average to just under a minute. About 4 months after I got the cube, I moved to Fridrich and had the entire method memorized and my first sub-20 average by August, 2005. I know it took me a while, but I took my time ! I cube a few times each day with my average around 17-18 seconds.

Other Info:
I love photography and spend more time with that than cubing

 

[FrankMorris]

Name: Frank Morris
Birthday: 8/25/81
Occupation: Manager
Website: www.idahocubers.com

 

[Harris Chan]

Name: Harris Chan

Age:13 turning 14 in July

Background of cubing: I started around Halloween of last year (2005), but didn't discover the speedcubing method until around a couple of weeks/month later. I still have to finish getting all those OLL into my brain (I'm too lazy to!), and practise my cross+first pair. I sub 20 in 91 days (the avg was for the Sunday Contest). My best avg is 13.55, but I'm getting around 14-16, or even 17 on a bad day (like now...). Somehow my cubes are worst after I bring it to school reguarly...MUST ADJUST THE TENSION ON THE CENTER PIECE! anyway, my goal is to not freak out when in competition and cubing under pressure...and get a decent avg on video.

Occupation: I guess you people called it "Junior High School" (8th grade)

 

[deKeijzer]

Name: Erwin de Keijzer
Age: 17
picture...
Been cubing for about a month now, and starting to average under 1.5 minutes which I`m proud of
My ultimate goal is to go sub-20 (2 month school break coming up..)
Biggest accomplishment so far: a 58.00 second solve
Second biggest accomplishment: I made a webpage that translates moves into pictures!
R' L F' B U' D

 

[MasterofRubix]

-Name: Lance Bui
-Age: 15
-I started cubing last november and have been cubing ever since. I cube mostly in class where its most quiet and became the center of attention in no time. I aimed sub-1min before the end of the school year and ended with a personal record of 25.48 sec. I'm now practicing 4x4 and learning OLL algs to reach sub-20 before the next school year starts.
-Ever since reaching sub-1min with the rubiks cube ive been trying anything to improve my hands dexterity. So I play a little of piano and I'm learning how to play guitar on my own. Also I recently got interested in pen spinning.

 

[Cetron]

-Name: Choo Zheng Hao
-Age: 18 soon
-Background: Started, um about 2 years ago. Never made a concious decision to be a speedcuber, but it just happened anyway. Probably why it took 2 years. Finished learning full Fridrich method after a year, and I now average 21 secs. I love the Ryan Heise cube simulator.
-Occupation: Student
-Other Cool Info: I juggle, working on 5 balls and contact now, it's my other obsession other than cubing. Used to be an avid penspinner, but I've kind of taken a break from that for now. Now and then I like to take out my yoyo and get obsessed with it again. Love Maths and Physics.

 

[annon]

-Name: Kevin
-Age: 16
-Picture: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/ann.../England104.jpg
-Background: I first solved a 3x3 maybe mid-February. It took about a month. After that, I learned both the Fridrich and the Petrus method (using the wonders of the interweb), then decided to use Petrus for F2L and Fridrich for OLL/PLL, all over summer vacation. I started speedcubing after sub-60ing about a month ago.
-Occupation: Student/Selling people stuff at GameStop.
-Other Cool Info: I'm best at math and physics as far as academic subjects go. I play clarinet, and in the last couple of years I've gotten really good at it, because apparently I have an incredible musical talent. Also, I'm sorry if I come off as extremely talkative, but I have no one else to talk to about this.