DJHenjin
Member
Hello, I am new to this forum, just registered today. I am going to preface this with a little backstory of me. I first laid my hands on a Rubik's Brand store bought cube 12 years ago, Between then and now I always wanted a Cube that I could learn how to solve and get sub 20 times. This last month I became Very interested in speed cubing, And finally got a Rubik's brand Cube. I have been solving for about 2 weeks and a few days ago I took an Average of 5 solves, Best time 2:13.00 Average 2:30.00, About a week ago I ordered a couple of Dayan Zhanchi's from a couple of different sites, and the first one came in the mail on Monday, I took it out Tensioned it, and then proceeded to do a couple of test solves, then took another Average of 5 and was surprised to see a best time of 1:20.74 and an average of 1:41.00 Just by using a different cube. I use mostly Beginner method, modified with F2L as well, and intend to learn OLL and PLL in the 2 look style once i hit sub minute times.
anyway, Heres the story.
I get my Dayan Zhanchi in the mail, and I procede to tension and solve it a few times to get used to the feel of the cube, Then my friend picks me up to go over to his place to fix a computer. On our way to his place to fix the computer we had to stop in at Memory Express for some parts. I walk into the store doing R U R' U' and walk around the store a little more still doing it. After a few minutes, I put my cube away into my hoodie pocket, and a Store clerk walks up to me and hands me a Rubik's brand cube that has been customized with Intel stickers, and says "here, give this one a try" I procede to inspect the cube, and Im telling you, the solve was probably the most difficult solve I have done yet, because most of the stickers look soo similar, that they are easy to mistake for one another. I solved the cube, and it was really stiff, Like someone put Anti lube into the cube, Soo much so that my ~2 min times ended up being more like 5 minutes with this cube. Once the solve was done, I handed the cube back to the clerk, He looked at it and said, "cool, it's yours". I had just been given a free Rubik's Cube because I walked into the store playing with my brand new Zhanchi... Wow.
Ill take some pics of the cube later and post them so you can see what I mean about mistaking the stickers easily.
anyway that was a Bit long, I apologize for the run on sentences and probably very poor punctuation. Being a computer programmer kinda screws the pooch when it comes to punctuation when typing normally.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, I look forward to becoming a proper Speed Cuber within the community.
DJHenjin.
P.S. Anyone in the Edmonton Alberta area that wants too hook up for a Cube day?
anyway, Heres the story.
I get my Dayan Zhanchi in the mail, and I procede to tension and solve it a few times to get used to the feel of the cube, Then my friend picks me up to go over to his place to fix a computer. On our way to his place to fix the computer we had to stop in at Memory Express for some parts. I walk into the store doing R U R' U' and walk around the store a little more still doing it. After a few minutes, I put my cube away into my hoodie pocket, and a Store clerk walks up to me and hands me a Rubik's brand cube that has been customized with Intel stickers, and says "here, give this one a try" I procede to inspect the cube, and Im telling you, the solve was probably the most difficult solve I have done yet, because most of the stickers look soo similar, that they are easy to mistake for one another. I solved the cube, and it was really stiff, Like someone put Anti lube into the cube, Soo much so that my ~2 min times ended up being more like 5 minutes with this cube. Once the solve was done, I handed the cube back to the clerk, He looked at it and said, "cool, it's yours". I had just been given a free Rubik's Cube because I walked into the store playing with my brand new Zhanchi... Wow.
Ill take some pics of the cube later and post them so you can see what I mean about mistaking the stickers easily.
anyway that was a Bit long, I apologize for the run on sentences and probably very poor punctuation. Being a computer programmer kinda screws the pooch when it comes to punctuation when typing normally.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, I look forward to becoming a proper Speed Cuber within the community.
DJHenjin.
P.S. Anyone in the Edmonton Alberta area that wants too hook up for a Cube day?
He challenged me to get a sub 30 times and i managed to do it very easily (since i am a sub 15 cubers already) Pretty cool story you had 
(Sorry for my bad english too)
