Wondercito
Member
Hi everyone, I'm really new to cubing, but I'm a fast learner. After a few weeks working on Roux I made a time of 2:58 today, on my non-magnetic cube, which for me seems great, but I know it's incredibly slow by speed cubing standards. I have hopes to improve a lot from this point. I really like Roux because of the ergonomic feel. When I was a kid in the '80s (I'm old), I memorized the old-fashioned solution but it was nowhere near as easy and quick as the solutions these days.
Anyway thanks for having me and looking forward to learn more! For now I've been really focused on solid finger-trick technique, doing movements slowly to build muscle memory. I spend a lot of time just building pairs and blocks so I'll be able to see those patterns more quickly during F2B. And also working on tracking for FB, which is quite hard for me, for some reason.
My brother bought me a Gan which is coming next week, so I can compete online but I doubt anyone would match up at my slow level.
By the way, any suggestions on a good "beater" cube for travel... I've been comparing various MoYu and QiYi models, haven't decided if I want magnetic or not. It seems like a good idea to master without magnets first, which is what I've been doing. But maybe a light magnet feel... I was looking at the MoYu Weilong GTS3 LM (light magnetic), has anyone tried that one?
Another crazy idea I have is to get a miniature keychain-size speed-cube (probably MoYu) and put little dots, lines, circles etc. on each face using drops of glue. This way, I could maybe learn to solve it without looking, for example in the dark or when looking out the window of the bus...
One other thing, I wish there were a back-lit cube but I can't seem to find one anywhere. Apparently people have manually modified them to put LEDs inside. It seems like there would be a market for a fully backlit speedcube.
Anyway I'm excited to join this community and I have tons of respect for the discipline and effort that goes into cubing. I don't know if I will ever get below 1 minute, but hopefully so, given enough time.
Happy cubing...
--Jordan
Anyway thanks for having me and looking forward to learn more! For now I've been really focused on solid finger-trick technique, doing movements slowly to build muscle memory. I spend a lot of time just building pairs and blocks so I'll be able to see those patterns more quickly during F2B. And also working on tracking for FB, which is quite hard for me, for some reason.
My brother bought me a Gan which is coming next week, so I can compete online but I doubt anyone would match up at my slow level.
By the way, any suggestions on a good "beater" cube for travel... I've been comparing various MoYu and QiYi models, haven't decided if I want magnetic or not. It seems like a good idea to master without magnets first, which is what I've been doing. But maybe a light magnet feel... I was looking at the MoYu Weilong GTS3 LM (light magnetic), has anyone tried that one?
Another crazy idea I have is to get a miniature keychain-size speed-cube (probably MoYu) and put little dots, lines, circles etc. on each face using drops of glue. This way, I could maybe learn to solve it without looking, for example in the dark or when looking out the window of the bus...
One other thing, I wish there were a back-lit cube but I can't seem to find one anywhere. Apparently people have manually modified them to put LEDs inside. It seems like there would be a market for a fully backlit speedcube.
Anyway I'm excited to join this community and I have tons of respect for the discipline and effort that goes into cubing. I don't know if I will ever get below 1 minute, but hopefully so, given enough time.
Happy cubing...
--Jordan