[Member Intro] Hello from Arizona!

[Pelipper]

Howdy y’all! My name is Paul and I just started cubing a few months ago but I’m excited about learning more about it!
I just started picking up cfop methods off of YouTube videos recently ( I was using beginner methods from the booklets before that) and I’m trying to nail down F2L before I tackle the other steps(which seem a little intimidating tbh).

I have a couple cubes I picked up from amazon that work great but I’ve never tried a major speed brand before so I’m not sure what the differences are.
Other than 3x3, I’m interested in getting a 2x2 and a pyraminx! The pyraminx especially looks rad, but one thing at a time for now lol.
Hope to seeya around =)

 

[CornerCutter]

Hey, welcome to the forum!

That is great your starting to learn CFOP. You should check out Cubeskills.com! What cubes did you buy from Amazon? Yeah, you should look into getting a 2x2 and Pyraminx. They are both fun events and they are easy to learn too.

 

[Pelipper]

Thank you! And thanks for the tip,
the cubes I have from amazon are the
D fantix cyclone (I really like the sticker less look) and the
creativeline speedripper (which is definitely smoother to turn).
I have the budget for something from a specialty website but there’s so many to choose from lol

 

[CornerCutter]

Thank you! And thanks for the tip,
the cubes I have from amazon are the
D fantix cyclone (I really like the sticker less look) and the
creativeline speedripper (which is definitely smoother to turn).
I have the budget for something from a specialty website but there’s so many to choose from lol

Your welcome! Yeah, I'm sure you will find that there is a big difference between the ones you got and real speedcubes. How much were you looking at spending? Also what are you averaging now?

 

[rubik2005]

Welcome! I got my first Speed Cube from ebay, and at first I taught it was the best thing ever. Later on, I found out about speedcubeshop.comspeedcubeshop.com and thecubicle.us which are the most popular stores to get cubes from. There are a lot of really good budget cubes you can get (like the mf3rs2).

You will definitely improve your times here!

 

[Solvador Cubi]

Hi Pelipper,

When you're ready to start OLL and PLL and if you want to ease into it with 4LLL...

Here's the simplest way I know by using variations of only 9 algorithms to solve the 16 cases:
http://www.solvexio.cf/app/#/FIXLL_OnePage

3 algs for Corner OLL/PLL (a sune and 2 triggers, and variations/combinations of them).
then 6 algs for Edge OLL/PLL using memorable, fun and fast middle slice algs!


-= Solvador Cubi

 

[Pelipper]

Cornercutter- I wasn’t sure how big the difference would be but I can drop up to around 15-20 bucks on a cube at this point. I’m not crazy fast with my hands yet and I’m currently averaging a little over a minute with F2L/beginner endings but it’s dropping which is cool.

&rubik2005 nice, I’ll definitely look into purchasing from there! I’ve seen it linked elsewhere but like I said-there’s so many to choose from

Thanks for the OLL/PLL links! I’m almost there so that’s a huge help =D