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mars28

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Dec 30, 2019
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Hello everyone.
Long ago, I had some short episodes associated with cubing, in school I learned the LBL method. Later, other activities (studies, work, family) meant that I completely forgot about Rubik's cube. Three months ago I accidentally came across a Giiker 3x3 cube and thought "cool gadget, maybe I can play a little". So I bought it and... it sucked me in. I know that I will never be a speedcuber, I'm just too old (43 years old) and my fingers are not as flexible as they used to be. Memory is no longer the same. So I will rather do it for fun. For now, my times are around 1 minute. I have an ambitious plan to learn as many algorithms as possible, and go down to 30-40 seconds by summer. Unfortunately, the biggest problem is most often the recognition of what algorithm to use at a given moment, especially at the F2L stage.
Over the past month, I've also learned the beginner method for 2x2, 4x4, 5x5, megaminx and pyraminx. But from now I focus only on 3x3. We'll see how it goes.
Happy cubing for everyone.
mars28
 

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Spacey10

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Well, after these few months of solving 3x3 cube in my spare time, I was able to go down to 30-40 seconds. I also learned full OLL and PLL, finally. Still the biggest problem is finding the right algorithm quickly. Well, I'll keep practicing.
Happy cubing for everyone.
mars28
If you haven't already, try using jperm.net when the scramble is given, try doing it under the table, and start the timer without looking at the cube. When the timer starts, then start looking at the cube, so your recognizantion time is included, and stop the timer when you are done with the case
 
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