[Member Intro] Chess player now taking on the cube!

[beardedberserkr]

Hi all -
I'm Anthony and I'm a chess player from West Yorkshire, in England. I'm 41 years old, and believe it or not, I solved my first cube last month! Sure I've come across these things as a kid but as I've always played chess, they never interested me before. I'm autistic and I've always fiddled with stuff so recently I thought, why not get ones of these things and see if it's something I can fidget with in anxious situations. I firstly bought a classic Rubik's cube and solved it in around 5 minutes but after reading about cubing I realised that I needed a speed cube. I already have about 4 speed cubes and can now solve in around one minute. I know that's not very fast but it has been less than a month and I just use beginner method but with the direct cross. Any tips to get faster are welcome. I have been told that intuitive f2l is a good place to start, rather than learning all of the algorithms. I am used to memorising loads of stuff as I study chess openings and other chess stuff all the time and in chess you can be expected to recall things from memory that you haven't seen for years! Other things about me, I'm goth and I enjoy a lot of post punk music. Also are there any senior cubers here who go to UK events?

Hit me up on Instagram if you want to connect. I'm dansewithdeath on there! See you soon and happy cubing!

Anthony.

 

[Vinayak_009044]

Hi all -
I'm Anthony and I'm a chess player from West Yorkshire, in England. I'm 41 years old, and believe it or not, I solved my first cube last month! Sure I've come across these things as a kid but as I've always played chess, they never interested me before. I'm autistic and I've always fiddled with stuff so recently I thought, why not get ones of these things and see if it's something I can fidget with in anxious situations. I firstly bought a classic Rubik's cube and solved it in around 5 minutes but after reading about cubing I realised that I needed a speed cube. I already have about 4 speed cubes and can now solve in around one minute. I know that's not very fast but it has been less than a month and I just use beginner method but with the direct cross. Any tips to get faster are welcome. I have been told that intuitive f2l is a good place to start, rather than learning all of the algorithms. I am used to memorising loads of stuff as I study chess openings and other chess stuff all the time and in chess you can be expected to recall things from memory that you haven't seen for years! Other things about me, I'm goth and I enjoy a lot of post punk music. Also are there any senior cubers here who go to UK events?

Hit me up on Instagram if you want to connect. I'm dansewithdeath on there! See you soon and happy cubing!

Anthony.

Glad to hear that you are back in speedcubing! To get faster I recommend practicing more using the beginner's method FOR NOW so that you can understand better how particular moves affect different pieces. And after that, yeah you could go for the intuitive f2l. And the MOST IMPORTANT TIP for your whole cubing journey is...... Never lose hope if you are performing bad. All the best

 

[ruffleduck]

Hey, nice to see more chess players. Welcome.

 

[efattah]

Welcome beardedberskerkr. If you solve the cube with a pre-established method you'll find it takes a lot less brain power than chess; it would mostly be 'recognize the case, execute the algorithm.' The exception is if you get into multi-slotting which requires extremely fast & advanced thinking. Or, if you start to develop your own methods, which in many ways is a lot more complicated than chess if you consider how advanced speed solving methods have become in the last 40 years.
I would also say that for both CFOP & Roux, the initial 15 second inspection and planning the initial 8-12 intuitive moves (visualizing the cube state in advance), requires far more brainpower than the rest of the solve.

 

[Gecko777]

Hi all -
I'm Anthony and I'm a chess player from West Yorkshire, in England. I'm 41 years old, and believe it or not, I solved my first cube last month! Sure I've come across these things as a kid but as I've always played chess, they never interested me before. I'm autistic and I've always fiddled with stuff so recently I thought, why not get ones of these things and see if it's something I can fidget with in anxious situations. I firstly bought a classic Rubik's cube and solved it in around 5 minutes but after reading about cubing I realised that I needed a speed cube. I already have about 4 speed cubes and can now solve in around one minute. I know that's not very fast but it has been less than a month and I just use beginner method but with the direct cross. Any tips to get faster are welcome. I have been told that intuitive f2l is a good place to start, rather than learning all of the algorithms. I am used to memorising loads of stuff as I study chess openings and other chess stuff all the time and in chess you can be expected to recall things from memory that you haven't seen for years! Other things about me, I'm goth and I enjoy a lot of post punk music. Also are there any senior cubers here who go to UK events?

Hit me up on Instagram if you want to connect. I'm dansewithdeath on there! See you soon and happy cubing!

Anthony.

hello, welcome! do you have any recommendations for chess openings to learn? I use mostly fried liver and I am trying to learn Sicilian defense.

 

[NmeCuber]

hello, welcome! do you have any recommendations for chess openings to learn? I use mostly fried liver and I am trying to learn Sicilian defense.

What is your chess.com username, mine is better_than_james

 

[Gecko777]

What is your chess.com username, mine is better_than_james

i think its either KILLERGECKO777 or GECKO777 or Gecko777 idk

 

[Dylan K]

If anyone wants to add me, https://www.chess.com/member/dylan_0k is my chess.com account. I would be happy to play any of you!

 

[JDAW6]

I am JDAW6_The_Cuber on there I am bad lol

 

[abunickabhi]

Hi there, I am a chess player as well.

I live on the lichess server, say hi to me.

 

[ProStar]

Welcome to the forums!

 

[beardedberserkr]

hello, welcome! do you have any recommendations for chess openings to learn? I use mostly fried liver and I am trying to learn Sicilian defense.

Hi Gecko, nice to meet you. That's a hard question to answer really as it depends entirely on your skill level and playing style. Are you a tactical player? I'd guess soz based on the kind of openings you're already playing.

 

[beardedberserkr]

Welcome beardedberskerkr. If you solve the cube with a pre-established method you'll find it takes a lot less brain power than chess; it would mostly be 'recognize the case, execute the algorithm.' The exception is if you get into multi-slotting which requires extremely fast & advanced thinking. Or, if you start to develop your own methods, which in many ways is a lot more complicated than chess if you consider how advanced speed solving methods have become in the last 40 years.
I would also say that for both CFOP & Roux, the initial 15 second inspection and planning the initial 8-12 intuitive moves (visualizing the cube state in advance), requires far more brainpower than the rest of the solve.

Speed solving is not more advanced than chess. You get 13 year old world champions in cubing, which you will never get in chess.