Recent content by Raffael

is there a better way to execute this than than starting with R2' U2' (right thumb on UR, right index on UDR, doing the U2' with left index & middle finger)?

(edit: ninja'd by escher, though i agree with him as well) i agree with everything above. some additional things which have always helped me (and i have held speeches in front of 600+ people in university): - try to imagine the people in front of you in really silly underwear, don't imagine...

oh, you are devilish, chris :) 16.96 (16.30) 17.09 16.41 (17.59) =16.82 really close to my avg100, so i'm quite pleased because i wasn't warmed up.

cct gave me this insane 3x3 scramble: (scramble with cross-colour on bottom) D2 R D2 U2 B F2 D F2 L2 D U2 R' B' U R2 B' D' B2 F' D2 L U F2 R edge-control rewarded me with a pll skip :) double x-cross: D' U2 R 3rd: U' R U R' 4th: L U' L' U L U L' edge-control: U L U L' d' R' U2 R B d' R'...

53.69004% -Super Geek hmm, i'm a bit surprised. there we're a lot of things missing. actually i started the test with comparing the english and the german version - they are different.

nice update. looks like you're hooked :)

took me a couple of years. Could you go into details here please? I understood it like this: You were able to solve the cube with some other method, then switched to Fridrich and all over sudden you were sub-20. So, my questions are: What method did you use before, for how long have you been...

Sorry, didn't know beforehand and it was over while i was making this thread. It was Galileo btw. yeah, this is the one. Didn't know it was a re-run, sorry.

Never ever has been hitting that space bar been so important before. Yeah, Grammar-Nazi has just made fun of the troll.

I'd bet it would either be Sébastien A. or Erik A.

There just was little film about a race between the Rubot and Björn Korbanka on a german tv-channel (Pro 7). It was nice. I'm going to update this post as soon as the stuff is online.

actually i'm looking for a job at the moment as well (i got an university degree in economics) and i mention the cubing at some point in my résumé/motivational writing.(something along these lines: ...speedcubing...blah...blah..blah...comes down to the point where expert practice in breaking...

nice 3x3 session today: best single: 10.66 avg5: 14.58 avg12: 15.48 (PB) avg50: 16.36 (PB) avg100: 16.79 (PB) sd=1.77

i'm 31. are you seroius? i always thought you were at least my age.

my solves could be interesting for some, because i'm using edge control on the 4th pair, some winter variation and some multislotting (WV for cases i know and recognise quick enough): 1) D' B2 F2 U' R2 U' F2 L2 R2 D' R2 B2 R2 B' L' F D' R' U' B D2 F' cross: R' F D'U'R' B2 (6) 1st: U R U R' U2...