Did you start on a Rubik's brand?

Was your first cube a Rubik's brand?

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I had had a couple which I broke out of frustration before I got a rubik's brand, on which I got to sub 2-minute, then I got a GuHong v1, on which I acheived 45-second average, then I got the zhanchi mini which I still Use today.
 
Yeah, found a Rubik's brand sitting on a shelf that I'd bought a while ago, and found something on Youtube, and bam, figured it out. I have to admit I started on a Zhanchi too early, but oh well.
 
If we're talking JUST 3x3's:

I owned 6 Rubik's Brand cubes.

One destroyed by water.
One destroyed by sunlight.
One lost at a party.
One transformed into a supercube.

My very first cube is still in great condition with cubesmith stickers. I think it turns 8 years old this year.
And I bought another backup last summer. It still has original stickers.

I only started speedcubing last winter and have since acquired 3 zanchi's, 1 lunhui, and 2 fangshi's. My black Zanchi became my main once I got sub 25.
 
The first cube that I used and owned wasn't a Rubik's brand. The first cube that I speedcubed with was.
Then...
-I started using DSL instead of dial-up
-found the cubing side of YouTube
-discovered the DaYan GuHong
-bought a colored DaYan GuHong
-was able to do a U turn with one finger for the first time
-wanted to go to a competition
-realized that I couldn't use my GuHong
-bought Lubix and used it on my former main (a Rubik's storebought)
-used that Rubik's brand cube for a while.
 
Chree said:
If we're talking JUST 3x3's:

I owned 6 Rubik's Brand cubes.

One destroyed by water.
One destroyed by sunlight.
One lost at a party.
One transformed into a supercube.

My very first cube is still in great condition with cubesmith stickers. I think it turns 8 years old this year.
And I bought another backup last summer. It still has original stickers.

I only started speedcubing last winter and have since acquired 3 zanchi's, 1 lunhui, and 2 fangshi's. My black Zanchi became my main once I got sub 25.
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You've got a lot of cubes!
 
Stumbled upon a Rubiks brand in a hobby shop and decided it was time for something new. Learned to speedsolve on it, and picked up a few tricks to make it better, namely CRC and sanding. Once I got down to like a minuter or so, I bought my first Speedcube which was a Sheng Shou.
 
I started with a Dollar Store cube that my girlfriend bought me as a Valentine's Day joke this year. I got obsessed with learning how to solve it. It took me a few days to figure it out. Then after about 2 weeks it broke lol!! Then I saw Rubiks brand cube in Wal-Mart and bought it. I found out about speedcubing by accident and got more obsessed :-)

I got to sub 2 minutes (hahahaha) with it and got tired of popping it. I finally found the speedcubeshop.com and bought my PanShi from Cam and man what a difference! A few months later my best is 32.43 and doing everything I can to get to sub 20 by August.

After recording myself and watching it, I realized just how much I pause and will be working on that and look ahead. I already know all my oll and pll.

P.S. Any advise is GREATLY appreciated :-D
 
CubingIQ said:
I started with a Dollar Store cube that my girlfriend bought me as a Valentine's Day joke this year. I got obsessed with learning how to solve it. It took me a few days to figure it out. Then after about 2 weeks it broke lol!! Then I saw Rubiks brand cube in Wal-Mart and bought it. I found out about speedcubing by accident and got more obsessed :-)

I got to sub 2 minutes (hahahaha) with it and got tired of popping it. I finally found the speedcubeshop.com and bought my PanShi from Cam and man what a difference! A few months later my best is 32.43 and doing everything I can to get to sub 20 by August.

After recording myself and watching it, I realized just how much I pause and will be working on that and look ahead. I already know all my oll and pll.

P.S. Any advise is GREATLY appreciated :-D
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I started the exact same way, and my Official (timed) PB is almost the same. (But my girlfriend did not buy me my cube)
 
CubingIQ said:
After recording myself and watching it, I realized just how much I pause and will be working on that and look ahead. I already know all my oll and pll.

P.S. Any advise is GREATLY appreciated :-D
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Maybe just work on F2L more since you know all your OLL and PLL. (Like lookahead ;) )
I got to sub 25 with 2 look OLL and nearly all PLL (apart from E perm G perms and N perms) :P
 
Yes, here is my progression.

Rubik's Brand
Cube4you
Cube4you/Rubik's Hybrid
Alpha V
Guhong V1
Lingyun V1
Guhong/Lingyun Hybrid
Zhanchi
Lubix Lingyun
Previous Lingyun

And I have bought/gotten many cubes to try to replace it but none have been better. Moyu, Fangshi, C4, C5, Guhong V2, and soon to be Panshi.
 
My wife got me started

1. Rubik's Keychain (black)
2. Rubik's (black)
3. C4U (white)
4. F2 (white)
5. F2 (black)
6. Guhong 1 (black)
7. Zhanchi 57mm (black)
8. Lingyun 2 (white)
9. Zhanchi 55mm (red)
10. WeiLong (white)
 
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