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[GaBeech]

You might also like to learn blindsolving sometime in the future. Now I knkw what you are thinking "Blindolsving, I'll never be able to do that!". All you really need to do is memorize a series of 20 letters though.

Smile...

Let me get the LL under my belt before I employ a family member to hold a sheet of card between me and my cube.
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I imagine those 20 letters would relate to cubie positions and in turn algorithms...

It's something I'll keep in mind though.
I could see myself placing wagers if I ever learn blindsolving; if I ever wanted a new cube I could place a £5-£10 bet with a non-cuber.

"I can do them with my eyes closed..."

 

[sneaklyfox]

Most of the following is wrote in hindsight:

I learnt a little from the Rubik's online guide videos/PDF solving guide, I favoured the PDF.

I think I need some of my learning material to be static and think it will help me imagining a cube rotation before actually seeing it.
For example and I'm not picking fault with the book I bought, just an example of how mentally digesting something commits it to my memory: 'z2 means rotate the cube 180 degrees clockwise so the U-face becomes the D-face and the R-face stays the same.'
I read, processed and understood; I think the L-face becomes the R-face. Either way, I'll remember my lowercase 'z'.

I 'want' to learn the cube; I could of used the cubes that were brought into the house. One of them performs like a speed cube now I've broke it in and lubed it; just without corner cutting, which may of been a good thing for perfecting the finger tricks I hope to learn.
But; I spent what non-cubers would see as a lot of money on plastic toys: £17 for Rubik's SpeedCube and then I bought a Dayan ZhanChi v5... All this before I could even solve... I think subconsciously I knew my own subconscious well enough to know that if I invested, I stood more chance of becoming a cuber.

I think I will learn many things from YouTube; but also from the text below YouTube videos, this forum, books I've bought, books I've borrowed, people's websites, etc...

Don't get me wrong. I'm not criticizing the way you're learning. I'm just surprised because I think it's something of a rarity. I know some people like text more than video, but I think there are enough free resources to warrant buying a book. Using a book seems to be like one of those things people did back in the day, not nowadays. But, like you say, sometimes if you invest money in something you would feel more committed to it.

 

[GaBeech]

Don't get me wrong. I'm not criticizing the way you're learning. I'm just surprised because I think it's something of a rarity. I know some people like text more than video, but I think there are enough free resources to warrant buying a book. Using a book seems to be like one of those things people did back in the day, not nowadays. But, like you say, sometimes if you invest money in something you would feel more committed to it.

I have learned and hope to learn more from many different sources. I can't even blame wanting a book on my age, because I've never been a big reader and I'm digital in many ways. I think; buying two speed cubes, a book written by a speedcuber, walking around with an old stiff cube I was given and constantly grinding it, lubing old cube once it was broken in, pealing all stickers off old cube and setting aside for use as a practice cube are all things that show I'm interested in learning to cube and possibly subconscious attempts to make sure I do learn to cube.

Ha haa... At least it was subconscious until I thought about it and put it into text.

 

[GaBeech]

Don't get me wrong. I'm not criticizing the way you're learning. I'm just surprised because I think it's something of a rarity. I know some people like text more than video, but I think there are enough free resources to warrant buying a book. Using a book seems to be like one of those things people did back in the day, not nowadays. But, like you say, sometimes if you invest money in something you would feel more committed to it.

I did search for an e-book version of the book. I'm kind of glad I didn't find one; I can see and touch both my cubes and the book I bought, even if I just walk past them some days. Also because I've paid for them, they stand less chance of ending up at the bottom of someone else's toy box.