Hello everyone,
I just joined this forum a few days ago and just wanted to check in. I'm 56 years old and live in Iowa. I wonder if there are any other older people on here?
I got my first cube in 1980 when they first came out. I bought every solution guide I could find in book stores (I think I had 8 to 10 of them) and taught myself to solve the cube. All the books I had showed how to solve it by doing the top first, the bottom second, and the middle layer last. They just had different ways to go about it. I ended up making my own solution by taking the easiest to remember maneuvers from all the books.
Back then, I was the second fastest in my city at about one and a half minutes. That's pretty slow by today's standards, huh? I stayed interested in cubing for about 10 years and then lost interest during the 1990s and 2000s. Earlier this year, I was on some web site that sold gadgets and toys and saw something called a DIY cube. After checking out what it was I thought it was pretty neat to assemble your own cube so I bought one and got interested all over again. I now have 5 different cubes.
I no longer had any of the solution books I used to have and even threw away the method I made up for myself. After 20 years, I had forgotten most of the maneuvers but it all started to come back after messing with it for a few days and doing some internet searches. It looks like most everyone solves by doing top, middle, and bottom last these days but I still use the 30 year old method of top, bottom, and middle last.
I really have no desire to do speed solving or competitions. Doing the cube in less than 2 minutes is fun and relaxing for me, but I enjoy reading this forum and watching YouTube videos of all you fast cubers out there.
Well, that's enough about me. I may not have much to add to the forum but I check in and read the new posts each day.
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I just joined this forum a few days ago and just wanted to check in. I'm 56 years old and live in Iowa. I wonder if there are any other older people on here?
I got my first cube in 1980 when they first came out. I bought every solution guide I could find in book stores (I think I had 8 to 10 of them) and taught myself to solve the cube. All the books I had showed how to solve it by doing the top first, the bottom second, and the middle layer last. They just had different ways to go about it. I ended up making my own solution by taking the easiest to remember maneuvers from all the books.
Back then, I was the second fastest in my city at about one and a half minutes. That's pretty slow by today's standards, huh? I stayed interested in cubing for about 10 years and then lost interest during the 1990s and 2000s. Earlier this year, I was on some web site that sold gadgets and toys and saw something called a DIY cube. After checking out what it was I thought it was pretty neat to assemble your own cube so I bought one and got interested all over again. I now have 5 different cubes.
I no longer had any of the solution books I used to have and even threw away the method I made up for myself. After 20 years, I had forgotten most of the maneuvers but it all started to come back after messing with it for a few days and doing some internet searches. It looks like most everyone solves by doing top, middle, and bottom last these days but I still use the 30 year old method of top, bottom, and middle last.
I really have no desire to do speed solving or competitions. Doing the cube in less than 2 minutes is fun and relaxing for me, but I enjoy reading this forum and watching YouTube videos of all you fast cubers out there.
Well, that's enough about me. I may not have much to add to the forum but I check in and read the new posts each day.
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