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    [Help Thread] CubeSkills

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    Genetics / Natural Talent vs Hard Work / Practice

    Great discussion. Here are 3 books that I really enjoyed on this topic: Bounce by Matthew Syed The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell I enjoyed reading these books and would highly recommend them. The basic premise of these books is that you can become World class at...
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    Move Counts From TNoodle Scrambles

    Out of interest I generated 50,000 3x3 scrambles using TNoodle. The average scramble length was 19.33 moves. There were 3 scrambles of 14 moves, 34 of 15 moves, 216 of 16 moves, 1244 of 17 moves, 6250 of 18 moves, 19,199 of 19 moves, 20,038 of 20 moves, and 3016 of 21 moves. Here are the most...
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    Melbourne Autumn 2015

    Great! I've just entered. Thanks for organising this competition Tim.
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    [Member Intro] Rubik's Cube and Ping Pong

    Thanks! Good luck with your goal. Let me know how you progress.
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    [Member Intro] Rubik's Cube and Ping Pong

    I figured practice is the key :) Parenthood certainly does take up a lot of your time. I've got 2 sons and one of them shows a bit of interest in cubing but the other doesn't even want to touch them.
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    [Member Intro] Rubik's Cube and Ping Pong

    It can be hard to improve without a training partner in table tennis. If there's a club near you then joining that will help greatly. I guess it's the same with cubing. If you have more people around you doing it, it makes it more interesting, more fun, and more challenging.
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    [Member Intro] Rubik's Cube and Ping Pong

    Thanks for the encouragement!
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    [Member Intro] Rubik's Cube and Ping Pong

    I'm glad you've seen our table tennis videos. Hopefully I can get half as fast as you on the cube!
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    [Member Intro] Rubik's Cube and Ping Pong

    Thanks for the suggestion. I've actually bought some of those puzzles so I'll give them a try too!
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    [Member Intro] Rubik's Cube and Ping Pong

    Hi all, I first learnt to solve the Rubik's Cube in the 1980's. I was walking with my Dad when we saw a guy on the street solving the Rubik's cube. He was selling cubes along with a solution book called Mastering Rubik's Cube by Don Taylor. My Dad bought 2 cubes and a copy of the book. We...
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