Rimuel
Member
Hey there, my name's Edward. I have been cubing for about 3 years, although I had some 1.5 years of hiatus (in fact I just got back into "serious" cubing after 1 year of non-cubing).
My main puzzle is the 3x3x3. I still remembered the first time I solved it in November 2008. It was about 1 hour and 49 minutes xD. My second solve on that same day was 50ish minutes. My times then went down in quantum leaps. I used the Petrus method then.
After about a week or two, I was averaging 30-40 seconds, if my memory serves. After that I decided to switch to the Fridrich method because I felt that I couldn't get any faster with block-building (as I had 2 new rivals to compete with from the same class and I didn't want to be left behind).
From then on it was smooth sailing to 20+ seconds average, with an occasional sub-20. From time to time I stopped playing due to competitive stress and other distractions, until October 2009 or so where I stopped completely to annihilate my academics.
Recently I started thinking about trying out the Roux method, as I was bored from preparing for my exam and I somehow knew that block building would be fun. I tried the M2 method for BLD before so I had a preference towards M-slicing when playing for fun, so I thought, why not? Well it seems I was right, and every now and then I'd get cube euphoria from Rouxing the cube xD. Since I got bored of F2L, I want to someday use the Roux as my main method. F2L is really only fun for me when I'm playing against time, so for all other purposes, I will Roux, lol.
So that's one of my purpose for joining this forum. I want to get faster with the Roux (and CFOP as well) so that I can be confident enough to use it as my main method. Reading about others' accomplishment and cube discussions hypes me up and allows me to work harder, so I think this is a good step forward.
Aside from that I also want to improve at OH, BLD, 2x2x2 and 4x4x4 (couldn't practice this one since my Revenge crumbled when I was engineering it to turn 100 miles per second, i.e., lube it
).
So that's all about me, sorry for the long-post. That's my innate style, as my English teacher can probably tell you.
Nice to meet you.
Additional information:
I'm learning the Ortega method for 2x2x2, I'll fix the Revenge soon and I'm going to do BLD soon as well. Whew, talk about dedication xD.
My main puzzle is the 3x3x3. I still remembered the first time I solved it in November 2008. It was about 1 hour and 49 minutes xD. My second solve on that same day was 50ish minutes. My times then went down in quantum leaps. I used the Petrus method then.
After about a week or two, I was averaging 30-40 seconds, if my memory serves. After that I decided to switch to the Fridrich method because I felt that I couldn't get any faster with block-building (as I had 2 new rivals to compete with from the same class and I didn't want to be left behind).
From then on it was smooth sailing to 20+ seconds average, with an occasional sub-20. From time to time I stopped playing due to competitive stress and other distractions, until October 2009 or so where I stopped completely to annihilate my academics.
Recently I started thinking about trying out the Roux method, as I was bored from preparing for my exam and I somehow knew that block building would be fun. I tried the M2 method for BLD before so I had a preference towards M-slicing when playing for fun, so I thought, why not? Well it seems I was right, and every now and then I'd get cube euphoria from Rouxing the cube xD. Since I got bored of F2L, I want to someday use the Roux as my main method. F2L is really only fun for me when I'm playing against time, so for all other purposes, I will Roux, lol.
So that's one of my purpose for joining this forum. I want to get faster with the Roux (and CFOP as well) so that I can be confident enough to use it as my main method. Reading about others' accomplishment and cube discussions hypes me up and allows me to work harder, so I think this is a good step forward.
Aside from that I also want to improve at OH, BLD, 2x2x2 and 4x4x4 (couldn't practice this one since my Revenge crumbled when I was engineering it to turn 100 miles per second, i.e., lube it
).So that's all about me, sorry for the long-post. That's my innate style, as my English teacher can probably tell you
. Nice to meet you.
Additional information:
I'm learning the Ortega method for 2x2x2, I'll fix the Revenge soon and I'm going to do BLD soon as well. Whew, talk about dedication xD.
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