I guess I should probably say Hello or something.

[ressMox]

Hi, it is me, ressMox, from the Great White North.

I'm possibly a newbie cuber. I learnt how to solve one in around Aug 2010, and didn't touch it again until around Oct 2011 and had to relearn everything. I just finished memorizing my PLL algorithms but there are a few that I don't really like so I'll have to check around for some alternatives. I currently average 32 seconds with a sub-30 maybe once in 10 solves. I'd appreciate any tips you guys have, or any youtube tutorials that you would recommend for getting faster.

Cubes:
Zhanchi 3x3
Guhong II on the way

Eastsheen 4x4, don't really like it, have another one on the way

Ghost Hand II 5x5

Meffert's Megaminx

MF8? Square-1

I ordered some other stuff today so hopefully it should arrive soon.

But yes, that is all I have to say. Nice to meet you guys!

 

[Mollerz]

So what's it like from the future? What world records have been broken?

 

[collinbxyz]

Welcome! Also, I assume you meant October 2011?
I suggest learning advanced cross tutorial soon, which should help. Look on badmephisto's tutorial for that on youtube.

 

[emolover]

Gay hey hey!

Tell use about yourself. What other interests do you have? What music do you like?

Eww you have an easts*** on the way? You should have gotten a shenshou V3 or waited till the Mf8 V2 came out.

 

[collinbxyz]

Eww you have an easts*** on the way? You should have gotten a shenshou V3 or waited till the Mf8 V2 came out.

He said that he has an eastsheen but another one is on the way...

 

[ressMox]

The future is great! Feliks breaks a few more records, you know how it goes. I fixed it now

And thanks, I'll check those out. I should specify, I haven't really done anything besides buy lube and learn F2L and PLL and optimize my OLL. Right now my cross/F2L takes about 20 seconds of my solve, so I'd like to cut it down.

 

[emolover]

Are you color neutral by chance?

 

[ressMox]

No I have an Eastsheen, because I didn't really research before I got a 4x4. I have a Dayan + MF8 on the way IIRC. Hmm, interests include writing poetry, playing volleyball, being a self-proclaimed film critic and learning how to do random things just for the sake of being able to do them.

I actually just tried going color neutral today after seeing a thread on these forums. I went up to 40s solving on sides I wasn't accustomed to the first few times. I'll practice some more and hopefully get it back down.

Edit: I was solving white cross previously. Yellow cross adds about 2s to my time, anything else pushes me up to 40s

 

[ottozing]

welcome to the forums. for getting faster, anything by badmephisto will definately help you get faster.

 

[PandaCuber]

Hi.

 

[ressMox]

When is Toronto Winter 2012? And how good are the people that go there?

 

[ressMox]

Thanks, I'll definitely consider it. Do they have Spring/Summer competitions as well? I go to uni and work part-time so I try not to go out too much during the school year.

Edit: Never mind, from a quick glance at that link it would appear that they do. I might go to one of those instead.

 

[Jokerman5656]

do you know how to do the sq1? if so how fast and if not are you interested in learning to be fast?

 

[ressMox]

Yea I can solve it using a simplified method with only a few algorithms atm. Finally got around to learning the parity edge case today. Right now I'm really slow at it (1:30 - 2:00) usually. Eventually I'll try to get faster, but I want to focus on 3x3 and my other cuboid puzzles atm. Mostly got the Square-1 to have something different.

 

[ThomasJE]

Hi.
Look at the forum competitions - they will help you improve.

 

[Goosly]

Hello

 

[Zane_C]

Welcome to the forums! You'll learn a lot from this great community.