[Member Intro] Huh ... some development in 35 years...

[eman68]

Hi cubing world, it has been a long time! I was very enthusiastic 3x3x3 cube (there were no other option at that time) solver back in the 1980s when I was in school. I was known as a rapid solver in our school (2nd fastest if I remember right) but I have not touched cubes for over 30 years. Now, after finding this site and learning that "the cubing scene" has made a huge development forward, I am interested to start again. Great! I ordered Valk3 cube (hope that was a good choice??) and even 2x2x2 as that looks like a fun cube as well... are there much 2nd timers from 1980s like me around or is cubing nowadays mainly for <20y ?

 

[Ordway Persyn]

Hi!
The Valk3 is very good. There is an older cuber discussion thread for people over 30ish.
A lot of cubers are 12-20 these days though.

 

[shadowslice e]

Welcome to the forums! It's always nice when someone from gen one comes back and starts cubing again (you can check the thread in my sig for that discussion)

And while yes the cubing community is mostly for those in their teenage years or younger though there is a still a strong and relatively prominent "older cubers" section especially on this forum.

Speaking of this forum, you might want to check out this thread as that's where the older cubers discuss lots of different things (and is probably the most active thread on this forums behind on the accomplishment threads and things like that)

So I hope you enjoy your time here on the forums and your newly reinvigorated love of cubing!

PS what method where you using back in the 1980s? and were you much into method development?

 

[pglewis]

You're not alone, there are some more of us older folks hanging around. I had my first successful solve in over 30 years last winter and now I'm hooked again. I got my first cube around '82 (Rubik's brand, of course) and learned LBL plus some sort of 4-look last layer from a booklet back then. There's some world class blind solving talent among the grey-hairs here.

 

[eman68]

Thanks for your kindly responses! Nice to hear that I am not too old (48y) to come back!. Back in 1980s (that was 1981 or 1982) I learned solving the 3x3x3 (yes, Rubik's brand of course) from the method invented by the science editor of the magazine "Der Spiegel" (German magazine). Actually, that is still the only method I ever learned. Nowadays, I think it is the one called Layer-By-Layer (LBL). Next, it seems that I have to learn CFOP ? (as you see, I have already learned some modern terminology ...) Thanks for your support and hints!!

 

[biscuit]

Thanks for your kindly responses! Nice to hear that I am not too old (48y) to come back!. Back in 1980s (that was 1981 or 1982) I learned solving the 3x3x3 (yes, Rubik's brand of course) from the method invented by the science editor of the magazine "Der Spiegel" (German magazine). Actually, that is still the only method I ever learned. Nowadays, I think it is the one called Layer-By-Layer (LBL). Next, it seems that I have to learn CFOP ? (as you see, I have already learned some modern terminology ...) Thanks for your support and hints!!

CFOP is one option, but there are others. I personally use CFOP, but i wish i would have learned ZZ. the other big method is Roux. You can find tutorials for all three methods on youtube. Check them all out and see which one you like the most.

 

[pglewis]

Thanks for your kindly responses! Nice to hear that I am not too old (48y) to come back!. Back in 1980s (that was 1981 or 1982) I learned solving the 3x3x3 (yes, Rubik's brand of course) from the method invented by the science editor of the magazine "Der Spiegel" (German magazine). Actually, that is still the only method I ever learned. Nowadays, I think it is the one called Layer-By-Layer (LBL). Next, it seems that I have to learn CFOP ? (as you see, I have already learned some modern terminology ...) Thanks for your support and hints!!

We're rare enough that an exclusive listing for over-40s exists. I'll be 49 in less than a month, myself.

Transitioning from LBL to CFOP is natural but you should definitely investigate the other methods out there, as @biscuit says. Maybe CFOP is still the way to go, but you may also discover Roux or ZZ suits you or interests you more. All of the top modern methods have demonstrated a high potential, can't go wrong as long as you're having fun.

 

[SenorJuan]

Welcome from another 80's cuber who never gave it up.
You can now obtain 4x4x4 (revenge) that actually turn nicely, it might be worth looking at adding it to your collection some time, not to mention all the myriad of other newer puzzles, like skewb, Square-1.

 

[EntireTV]

Hi!
The Valk3 is very good. There is an older cuber discussion thread for people over 30ish.
A lot of cubers are 12-20 these days though.

I would say more like 6-20 lol

 

[Dom]

@eman68 welcome, brother. I'm not that old, but still over 30. The community here is very welcoming regardless of age. It's the same at competitions. I'm glad you're back into it. The Valk is a good cube. I have that one and I love it. Be sure to get some lube and take a look at some of the threads to find out about cube maintenance.

 

[Chree]

Welcome to the forums, and back to cubing!

I'm pretty excited for you. It only took me 6 years to buy my first speed cube and I was floored by how good it was compared to my several Rubik's brand puzzles. I kinda wanna watch you do an unboxing of the Valk just to watch you go into hysterics about how good it is.

And echoing @Dom, definitely... I'm another 30+ cuber and I think it's awesome that we have people of all age ranges hangin around.

Off topic: Hey @CLL Smooth, looks like @Dom's a DJ.