[Member Intro] 38 - dad - wannabe speedcuber

[dpcstout]

Hey all,

I'm Dave, from the UK, and 38 years old. Two years ago my kids got cubes from Santa Claus ... and I got stuck with "fixing" them. After getting bored of using online solvers to generate the solutions - I decided to learn the beginners method.

Some months ago, during the covid lockdown, I found some YouTube videos of speedcubing and it blew me away - so ordered a Moyu speed cube and set on my way to learn CFOP (4 look).

This week I ordered a Rubiks Connected - its amazing!

I wouldn't call myself a speed cube yet, but I'm here to earn the title - gotta get to a sub 20 average!

 

[BenChristman1]

Welcome! You might need to learn a little more than 4LLL to be sub-20, but good luck!

 

[dpcstout]

Ha, yup, I know that's true! I've pushed on to learn 16 of the 21 PLL algorithms. Now I'm trying to learn 2 side recognition so that I can start putting them into practice!

 

[BenChristman1]

Ha, yup, I know that's true! I've pushed on to learn 16 of the 21 PLL algorithms. Now I'm trying to learn 2 side recognition so that I can start putting them into practice!

Which ones haven’t you learned? Also, do you need any algorithm recommendations?

 

[dpcstout]

I'm following the algs from CubeSkills at the moment (but some from badmephisto too), I need to learn Nb, Ga, Gb, Gc, and Gd.

I think where im struggling now, is the recognition of patterns, to know what algs to apply

 

[RiceMan_]

Welcome!

 

[BenChristman1]

I'm following the algs from CubeSkills at the moment (but some from badmephisto too), I need to learn Nb, Ga, Gb, Gc, and Gd.

I think were im struggling now, is the recognition of patterns, to know what algs to apply

The main thing I look for is where blocks and headlights are in relations to each other. This is especially important for the G perms.

 

[cuber314159]

Welcome

 

[Zubin Park]

I would check out the link in my signature! It's a guide to people looking to hit some barriers, for CFOP.

 

[Cubing Forever]

I'm following the algs from CubeSkills at the moment (but some from badmephisto too), I need to learn Nb, Ga, Gb, Gc, and Gd.

I think where im struggling now, is the recognition of patterns, to know what algs to apply

Welcome.

Badmephisto's algs maybe easy to learn but the website is pretty outdated and some of the algs are not that good.
Cubeskills or jperm.net might be useful

Nb - R' (U R U' R') F' U' F (R U R') (F R' F' R) U' R
Ga - (R2 U R' U) (R' U' R U') R2 (U' D) (R' U R) D'
Gb - D (R' U' R) (U D') (R2 U R' U) (R U' R U') R2
Gc - R2 F2 (R U2 R U2) R' F (R U R' U') R' F R2
Gd - (R U R') (U' D) (R2 U' R U') (R' U R' U) R2 D'

Hope these help

Oops I forgot:

Nb: r' D' F r U' r' F' D r2 U r' U' r' F r F'

Learn this one for Nb. It's the best one.
If it is hard then learn the one above but I'd recommend this one as it flows nicely.

 

[ArbishAli]

Welcome!

 

[Nir1213]

Hey all,

I'm Dave, from the UK, and 38 years old. Two years ago my kids got cubes from Santa Claus ... and I got stuck with "fixing" them. After getting bored of using online solvers to generate the solutions - I decided to learn the beginners method.

Some months ago, during the covid lockdown, I found some YouTube videos of speedcubing and it blew me away - so ordered a Moyu speed cube and set on my way to learn CFOP (4 look).

This week I ordered a Rubiks Connected - its amazing!

I wouldn't call myself a speed cube yet, but I'm here to earn the title - gotta get to a sub 20 average!

welcome! Whats your avg right now?

 

[Garf]

Congrats. I'd suggest learn the G-Perms before the Nb-perm. They may seem intimidating, but they are easier than they look. Just break the steps down into easy memorization patterns. Also, just see where the 1x2 bar is. If it's on the right, you got Ga and Gb. If on the left, Gc and Gd for you. Good luck and good cubing!

 

[Deleted member 54663]

I wouldn't say wannabe speedcuber, you are a speedcuber. I have a 2 minute solver friend who calls himself a speedcuber, so you can too. Good luck, I would recommend brody the cuber's and jperm's advanced f2l tutorials.

 

[dudefaceguy]

Welcome from a fellow 38-year-old dad!

 

[abunickabhi]

Hello and welcome to the forum. Happy to help if you plan to explore bigBLD events anytime in the course of your speedcubing journey.

 

[dpcstout]

welcome! Whats your avg right now?

My Rubik's connected ao12 is 59.70, with pb of 37.2.

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

 

[MDoe8]

A little late reply, but welcome! I have a similar story, 35 year old dad that started because my son was given a 2x2 for Christmas. I got into that a bit but quickly graduated to a 3x3 and I have gotten down to a personal best of 13.0 and a pb AO12 of 16.6, though my overall average tends to be around 19-20. I use CFOP and 4LLL, with a couple PLL's sprinkled in.

It's definitely addicting! Also, once you learn beginners 4x4, you can basically solve any size cube with the same logic. I bought a 9x9 and solved it without any instructions using basically a glorified 4x4 method...it took me forever though.

 

[Garf]

Learn Yau. Opposite two centers. First three cross edges. 4 middle centers. Last cross piece. Last 8 centers. F2l, oll, pll. Simple.

J perm can help you with that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWOZHbDdOeo

 

[Jam88]

Welcome! J Perm is really useful and helped me a lot especially the challenges: he has a solving a 4x4 like a 2x2 and solving a 4x4 lbl. They seem the most relevant to what you want to do.
EDIT: (and the double moves one)