[Member Intro] Back to cubing after 30 years

[WinPooh]

I recommend getting a variety of different puzzles too.

Yes, I like to solve 4x4x4, it is a good relaxation for me. I do it quite slow, in 5-7 min. Small 2x2x2 cube is one of the favorite toys for our 1.5 years old baby
Another puzzle for quiet meditation is octagonal prism. My wife gave it to me recently, and I spent some time before found it's similar to 3x3x3. As to larger cubes, they don't attract me at all for now.
I also have Moldavian pyramid (aka Pyraminx) made in mid 80s, Skewb (don't know exact algorithm yet, it just solves itself from time to time) and Cube-21 (never solved it for more than 10 years).
One day I plan to purchase Mirror-cube because of its craziness and Megaminx because it looks cool

 

[porkynator]

Nice coincidence: I know a programmer who works in moscow and plays go too. He is from Italy.
He is not a cuber though

 

[newtonbase]

Yes, I like to solve 4x4x4, it is a good relaxation for me. I do it quite slow, in 5-7 min. Small 2x2x2 cube is one of the favorite toys for our 1.5 years old baby
Another puzzle for quiet meditation is octagonal prism. My wife gave it to me recently, and I spent some time before found it's similar to 3x3x3. As to larger cubes, they don't attract me at all for now.
I also have Moldavian pyramid (aka Pyraminx) made in mid 80s, Skewb (don't know exact algorithm yet, it just solves itself from time to time) and Cube-21 (never solved it for more than 10 years).
One day I plan to purchase Mirror-cube because of its craziness and Megaminx because it looks cool

I've just got a Fisher Cube which is a nice challenge too.

 

[anders]

/---/. My hobbies (besides cubing) are Go, /---/

Nice to find another Go player here

 

[WinPooh]

I play Go since 2000, mostly on servers (however, I know the rules since 80s - from the same "Nauka i Zhizn' magazine). I'm a self-educated player, never had any sensei. After 15 years of playing my level is 2-3 kyu on KGS.

 

[WinPooh]

Learned Roux. Today is my first sub-minute result with this method: 58.87

 

[FJT97]

congrats!

 

[WinPooh]

First sub-30 PB: 27.39 (lucky).

 

[WinPooh]

Done with memorizing PLL-21.

 

[chris410]

The megaminx is fun, similar to a 3x3 except for the last 2 layers which only require 2 algorithms if I recall correctly.

Welcome back and enjoy!

 

[Ickathu]

Learned Roux. Today is my first sub-minute result with this method: 58.87

Roux is the best

Welcome back! 30 years is a long break.

 

[WinPooh]

First sub 25. I'm a bit less active in cubing last months...

 

[Berd]

First sub 25. I'm a bit less active in cubing last months...

http://content.foto.my.mail.ru/bk/vrm/70/h-142.jpg

GJ dude!

 

[GuRoux]

still with roux? congrats!

 

[cmhardw]

First sub 25. I'm a bit less active in cubing last months...

Congrats! That's a nice milestone to have passed

 

[WinPooh]

still with roux? congrats!

No, CFOP with 3-look LL. But this time was with PLL skip.
With Roux I just do untimed solves. My blockbuilding is still very weak...

 

[WinPooh]

Finally I did it! New PB is 20.50, which is better than first official WR = 22.95 (Min Thai, 1982).
Also updated other PB's by 2-4 sec. each.

 

[dboeren]

Good to meet you. I'm 43 years old and learning Roux. I've played with cube a few times before but this time I'm doing it more seriously. I'm still at around 60 seconds but making progress.

I play Go very poorly due to never really having time to play due to a 4 year old son and way too many other hobbies, but I still like it and occasionally pull out my copy of Kageyama's Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go to read a bit. I haven't written a chess engine since college, when I made a very weak one in Turbo Pascal my freshman year. Back then there weren't standards for pluggable engines yet, so it was actually just the whole chess program.