[Member Intro] Hi, I'm Flowkap

[Flowkap]

Hi, my name is Flowkap, and I'm a German software developer, hobby musician and since 3 months a cuber.

I initially bought a Rubik's brand 2x2 at our local book store, with the hope that I would be able to solve the "easy"cube puzzle. Turned out to still be unsolvable without help.

Gladly it is 2021 so I went to YouTube university and 1 hour later I was capable of doing the beginner method.

3 months later I own an additional 2x2 speedcube (averaging around 12s with Ortega) 2 3x3 averaging 50s with CFOP (4 look last layer) a pyraminx and a 4x4.

That escalated quickly

 

[CubeRed]

Welcome to the community, flowkap!! Another software engineer! 3 months and 4LLL is very good. If you think someday that CFOP is boring or too algorithmic, try out other methods! Nautilus is one of the methods popularized in the forums. Anyway, happy solving!

 

[Garf]

Hi, my name is Flowkap, and I'm a German software developer, hobby musician and since 3 months a cuber.

I initially bought a Rubik's brand 2x2 at our local book store, with the hope that I would be able to solve the "easy"cube puzzle. Turned out to still be unsolvable without help.

Gladly it is 2021 so I went to YouTube university and 1 hour later I was capable of doing the beginner method.

3 months later I own an additional 2x2 speedcube (averaging around 12s with Ortega) 2 3x3 averaging 50s with CFOP (4 look last layer) a pyraminx and a 4x4.

That escalated quickly

YouTube University is a a great place to learn everything you need to know about the Rubik's Cube. There are many degrees you can look into, including the Beginner's Degree, the CFOP degree, and the CFOP degree plus. Also, you can look into other degrees such as for ROUX, ZZ, NAUTILUS, MEHTA, PETRUS, etc. And so many subsets for each method! I think you will have a grand time during your session at YouTube University.

 

[hellocubers]

Welcome!

 

[cuber314159]

Welcome

 

[Flowkap]

I thought it'll be nice to show my current cube "family". Ah and I'm a pretty old cuber that started in his mid thirties.

The Monster Rainbow Cube is for my nephew who is 6 years old and wanted to try himself. Not really a huge challenge

 

[Deleted member 36445]

Welcome to the forum!!

Nice story, you're the first one I know that started with the 2x2

I'm a programmer too. What technologies do you use?

 

[abunickabhi]

Hi, my name is Flowkap, and I'm a German software developer, hobby musician and since 3 months a cuber.

I initially bought a Rubik's brand 2x2 at our local book store, with the hope that I would be able to solve the "easy"cube puzzle. Turned out to still be unsolvable without help.

Gladly it is 2021 so I went to YouTube university and 1 hour later I was capable of doing the beginner method.

3 months later I own an additional 2x2 speedcube (averaging around 12s with Ortega) 2 3x3 averaging 50s with CFOP (4 look last layer) a pyraminx and a 4x4.

That escalated quickly

Glad to have you on the forums. What instruments do you play?

 

[Flowkap]

@Filipe Teixeira I'm mostly working as software architect and backend developer if I'm actually coding. Technologies vary a lot as I'm working in a FinTech startup currently. The ones I enjoy most are definitely the infrastructure Tech like Kubernetes and its surrounding. I did focus on Typescript and Java on backend recently and React + nextJS on frontend (occasionally)

@abunickabhi I play Trombone in a Soul band and besides that bass guitar (usually Rock + Metal) as well as enjoying Ukulele. Technically I can play (a bit) guitar and used to play the trumpet long time ago.