What was your first post?

I got bored, and started cutting some pieces from a regular Rubik's 3x3. The result was the item of which I will post a picture of. The individual "Cubies" WILL be filled in with epoxy paste or mighty putty or something, sanded smooth, and tiled/stickered (in a pattern which I have not yet decided). The closest shape I have found online for 3D shapes and puzzles is the Truncated Octahedron. Have a look at this photo, and decide what shape it is. Also, sorry that there is only 1 picture. I had several but they exceeded the limits for this site.
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I made a diamond cube from a 3x3, and this was after I cut the pieces, yet still had no clue what the shape was. I took the pic off after a while.
 
So I was first introduced to this forum when I was being a stupid YouTube whore and everyone pointed it out. I can't find my first post ("find posts by this user" only go back 300) but I know for sure I was prompted to join by the thread which I shall not name for fear of digging up past ****.

I think I've at least progressed since then and have earned maybe a tiny bit of the respect and dignity back that I lost back in in May 2009.

~Chris
 
02-08-2010 12:22 AM #1 Cubenovice

Cubenovice introduces himself
Hi there,

my name is Ralph, a Dutch guy living in Belgium, and I have just started cubing.
Note the lack of "speed" in the above sentence

Last month when shopping for toys for the kids I came across a 3x3x3 and just had to buy it.

Browsed a bit for tutorials on how to solve the thing and found the one by Jasmine Lee very well written and easy to understand.
Took me a few days to solve without peeking but I must admit that I do not have too much time to practice.

This layer by layer got me to a 10 of 12 average of 3:42
I know, I have a serious problem with turning speed… As I’ve read people can get sub 60 this way.

Keyhole for ML edges got me up to a 10 of 12 average of 3:07

Then I found Badmephisto’s video tutorials, what a GREAT resource!!!
Now doing F2L but must admit that I sometimes do the last pair the beginners way when I don’t spot it fast enough.

Now studying the 2 look PLL as explained by mr. BadM.
But when I am recording my solving times I do OLL still in beginners mode so I get a PLL where I only have to move edges.
But I already integrated an E permutation when I find I have two opposite corners after fixing my last layer cross.
Saves me the repeat of the beginners algo and sets me up for an edges only PLL.

This Friday’s time: 02:28.17 as 10 of 12 average with two bests of 2:00.

So this is where I am at after four weeks of cubing…
Still a long way to go to become sub 60 but my turning speed and cube understanding are getting better.

I am not going to bother you (at least for the time being) on how to become faster, there is still so much stuff to read and look at about this subject.

Other things that keep me busy;
- Wife, two daughters and one gold fish.
- A house that still needs finishing
- Kayaking, preferably on whitewater or in the surf. Using three boats: river runner, freestyle boat and surf-kayak.
- Kanoforum.nl
- Boatertalk.com
- K1-fans.com

Most likely my initial activity on this forum will be limited to just browsing for info.
But who knows, maybe one day I will be a speed cuber that can help other people out.

Cheers!
 
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showpost.php?p=110065&postcount=8

Looking bask at my older posts, i could actually notice improvments in my English :D



ChrisBird said:
So I was first introduced to this forum when I was being a stupid YouTube whore and everyone pointed it out. I can't find my first post ("find posts by this user" only go back 300) but I know for sure I was prompted to join by the thread which I shall not name for fear of digging up past ****.

I think I've at least progressed since then and have earned maybe a tiny bit of the respect and dignity back that I lost back in in May 2009.

~Chris
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what you could do is set the "find posts from" setting to "a year ago and older", and sort results by ascending order. you will find the oldest posts that you ever made.
 
janelle said:
Wow I've been too busy researching that I totally forgot to introduce myself xD Oh well. Hi. My names Janelle. I'm 15 years old. I don't really know what to say about myself. Well I can only solve a 3x3 4x4 and I use my 4x4 as a 2x2. My best time for the 3x3 is about 37 seconds. (Yes I know thats not very good, but I'm proud of it) My best time for the 4x4 is about 5-6 minutes. I can't remember the parity of that. My best time for the 2x2 is like 20 seconds (My 4x4 sucks really bad so it's hard to solve it and as 2x2) Well I'm currently learning the Fridrich method, but I'm having a hard time memorizing but I'm working on it. I've been currently researching DIY cubes (since I can't read the reviews on cube4you for some odd reason. Does anyone else have this problem?) and I think I almost know which one to get. :) Well thats pretty much it. Hello everyone :)
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Wow. It's been a little more than a year and I more than half my pbs :P Now my pb is 3x3-13.xy avg 22-24, 4x4- avg 2-2:30, 2x2- avg 6-9 haha :P Now I got a lot of cubes too.
 
When you do your search, sort by last posting date in ascending order.
The Rubik's Icecube is pretty straightforward too, all the pieces slide in except for the last one... hold the spot where the last cubie goes in the FRU position and slide it over the D and R slots, lift UP on the other side of the cubie and it should pop over the F slot.
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From 05-17-2008.
 
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It was like July 09 and I was complaining about how I didn't like Scott's 6x6 mod :P.

I made my first account (rubixcuber) December 2007 but I never made a post until that one.
 
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