Recent content by Timmah

@Filipe Teixeira correct! The reason I did the boxes is because my brain finds it easier to do the moves looking at something the same shape as what I'm holding. I find it hard sometimes to convert the normal notation to movements ;)

So I got a rather strange looking cube delivered by a mysterious sender today. Should I scramble it or nah? :eek::p;)

So while learning ALGS, I've found my brain needs something more visual than just the list of moves as text (IE, R U R' U). I created a workbook in Excel with the cube shown as 9 cells, with arrows showing the direction of the turn. I just 'read' the cube shapes rather than the letters. Here...

@pTr So strongest is first two blocks and as I'm doing 2 look CMLL, its pretty good too. LSE is my slowest 'thinking' point. I didn't know there was different versions of LSE, but I'm using what I gather is the 'standard'. Arrow, left and right centers to the bottom, solve middle intuitively.

Ok So two weeks of Roux down, and I am getting faster. Gradually :D Quickest so far is a 39.8, on the 20th so 21 days in. And up till now 294 timed solves. In comparison, my fastest CFOP was 29.4 about 8 Months in, and up till now 1788 timed solves. The math would suggest I can beat my...

So it's a special day today! It's the 2-year anniversary of my first ever timed solve! 32 seconds with an ACTUAL Rubik's brand cube. 2 years on I've bought 2 speedcubes (recently bought a Gan) a chrome cube, and was given a chameleon for Christmas (haven't gotten around to solving it yet :D)...

Cheers @pTr ! So, best time so far is 1:06 (first few timed solves were averaging 1:40-2:00) But I haven't been trying to break record speeds, just getting certain steps correct. First two blocks are easy. CMLL getting better - Sune/AntiSune more difficult to spot compared to CFOP. I hadn't...

OK! So! I found a genuinely awesome video about the 3 cycle that actually explains it perfectly for those of us still kinda intermediate with cubing terms! Literally solved my issue with this step because he explains exactly what you need to look for and do. Genuinely recommend for anyone...

So I'm getting to what I THINK is the three cycle on Roux, but the solutions I've found don't seem to work. I've watched Jperms youtube video on them about 10 times and mine don't seem exactly the same? Or they only work half the time? Or they keep cycling around and around when I try them...

Ok it has been SOME TIME since my last update - being broken up with, selling a house, buying a car, buying a motorbike put a dent in my cubing time at the end of last year. I've still been solving, but very much plateued. My best mean of three using 2 look OLL/PLL CFOP is 44 ish seconds, and...

I think the principle of K.I.S.S. and Bruce Lee's quote "I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times." Say it all. Is it possible to be quick being method neutral? Yes with a lot of work. Is it likely to be better than...

It does feel great @Jennah :) I am using 2 look OLL/PLL yes. My biggest slow points are still F2L, specifically look ahead to next pair) and occasionally losing track of edges on cross :rolleyes:😄. My current goal is to bring my average down. If I could have it between 30-40 seconds that'd be...

So an amazing thing happened! I got a Sub 30 second time! slow for some people I know, but <30 was my next goal and am so happy to have made it!

So a little update! I'm getting much closer to sub 30 now, which is still my next target. I keep telling myself the next target is the last one I'll aim for, but we all know how that goes!! I'm still using a method somewhere in between beginner and CFOP, I don't remember ALG's easily so...

Sorry @Averageof12 I've just found out there isn't a recording of Feliks. I'm sad for real!! But in answer to your question, you could talk about: How there are a lot of different methods to solve a problem, and how we don't have to get stuck in someone else's method - there is always...