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I'll just state "OTHER" as I was using a F2L beginner method and now I'm 100% focused on Heise since chatting about some FMC stuff.

Ah, then I think I have my answer. I think it's either "Heise" or trying to find information on "Human Thistlethwaite" (because I found some interesting posts on this from a search on the forum). MistArts: That example was pretty awesome!! Was that using the Heise method for the 3x3x3? Oh, I...

Heise? I searched the forum and couldn't find anyone that was using this and could comment on it over Petrus. I think that by looking at the Heise method it seems to be very interesting because it seems to almost solve the entire cube at the same time. When looking at his site it seems that...

Typically, does Petrus or Roux come out to be a FM solve? Is there another method that I should be looking into ... found a "ZB" method but I don't know if that's anything.

I posted some time ago that my best time was like 2:08 ... and now it's closer to 1:40 with the same simple F2L method I've been using. I have asked plenty of questions about different methods and while I like the "speedsolving"/"speedcubing" I find myself more attracted to the minimum amount of...

pjk: Thanks for the statistics and the perspective. I've never heard of "cancellations" and will need to search the forum a little to understand that more. My guess is that you are trying to align the cube so it's columns and rows match better for the next move. Personally, I think that sub-20...

I read someplace that out of the population of the United States only about 7000 people can solve a rubik's cube. I think it must mean consistently. Does anyone know of some other statistics? Like about how many people can solve a cube in under 1 minute, 30 seconds, 20 seconds .... ? Or how...

I see lots of conversation about "move count". If I {R R} is that counted as two? If you do a Sune (or another algor) do you count each move of the algor or the algor as a single move? I'm seeing that people are stating that they can do a solve in sub-20 seconds with sub-45 moves. This seems...

I'm new here too. I just learned how to solve the cube and am using an LBL method but also want to transfer to the Fridrich. I dropped my TRU cube and it broke on my floor. My new cubes are in customs right now and will hopefully arrive this week. So I'm without any cube right now. I think I'm...

LOL!!! That's fantastic!! I don't have to ruin a cube just to find out what someone else already knows. Thanks for the link. That was good!

I sanded with P220 then with P400. Each surface that rubs had a small amount of vasaline applied. I did not use steel wool in my process but did not think I needed to rebuff each surface to a glossy finish. I see people doing that finger test where they hold the cube my two columns and spin the...

This is of interest to me since I am a real beginner to this sport and would like some more overall insight to how some of this works. So the Fritrich method is more popular because the algors are strongly defined and some of the algors are faster than Petrus but with more moves ... mostly...

Looking at the logistics of the cube itself and the need to "spin" I would imagine that adding weight to only the corners would add performance. Has anyone else thought about this ... and mostly -> is this just a crazy idea? I was thinking like adding a mixture of epoxy and bearings (BBs) to my...

Not only did I lube it (vassaline (sp)) but opened the unit and did some sanding like I saw on a youtube video. The cube used to be like a brick and now it just locks up it's hard to get it going and the stickers look like it went through an explosion of some kind. All of my new cubes should...

OK. From my reading I believe that I'll try the smooth tiles.

Thanks for everyone's help. I just made my purchase from cubes4you and am getting a series of cubes just so I can put them together and have some fun. I think I ordered 7 in total with 5 additional core(a) for the build process. Because I just ordered I think what I read is that it's going to...

llamapuzzle: Thanks for the link! I was a little confused by some of the site information. I was looking forward to putting the cube together myself. Now that I understand what to look for I see that there is an "F" type cube. "http://cube4you.com/378_New-Type-White-3x3x3-DIY-Cube-(f).html" Do...

Yes, I realize that this is considered very slow ... but my first solve EVER was a few days ago and I think I'm using a F2L method. I'm sure it's very beginner because I didn't quite grasp the other beginner "how-to" tutorials that I found so I just mixed two together that I could memorize and...