DLeiber
Member
Hello. I am a (female) retired software engineer who also enjoys several hobbies including watercolor painting, remote control flying, swimming, golf, playing bridge, table tennis, programming, magic and clowning, and of course, twisty puzzles. I've been solving the 3x3x3 for several years but have recently gotten into larger cubes and other similar puzzles. My first goals were just to solve them and not worry so much about speed, but I've lately gotten interested in getting faster and faster and my goal is now to consistently be under a minute on the 3x3x3. (I have broken 60 seconds three times, but that's not at all a guarantee yet.)
Yes, I realize that is slower than probably 50,000 of you, but it's faster than I've been for years and I do think it's going to be attainable within a few months. Here's a little collage of the puzzles I do and my best times:
I have recently moved to F2L and like it, but am pretty slow at it. I do finger tricks most of the time and use 2-look OLL and 2-look PLL. I am experimenting with different cubes but like the magnetic ones most so far.
I recently bought the largest 3x3x3 commercially made and it's a blast! (It's in my profile picture along with the smallest cube made (the nano).) I won't be setting any speed records with it, but it's amusing!
P.S. I know the common nomenclature for cubes uses just two dimensions, e.g., "3x3", but since I'm a great lover of mathematics, this annoys me. Since these are cubes, we could just call them by one dimension (and extrapolate the others), but I even prefer showing all three, which is why I'll contradict tradition and often refer to them like "3x3x3" or "7x7x7".
Yes, I realize that is slower than probably 50,000 of you, but it's faster than I've been for years and I do think it's going to be attainable within a few months. Here's a little collage of the puzzles I do and my best times:
I have recently moved to F2L and like it, but am pretty slow at it. I do finger tricks most of the time and use 2-look OLL and 2-look PLL. I am experimenting with different cubes but like the magnetic ones most so far.
I recently bought the largest 3x3x3 commercially made and it's a blast! (It's in my profile picture along with the smallest cube made (the nano).) I won't be setting any speed records with it, but it's amusing!
P.S. I know the common nomenclature for cubes uses just two dimensions, e.g., "3x3", but since I'm a great lover of mathematics, this annoys me. Since these are cubes, we could just call them by one dimension (and extrapolate the others), but I even prefer showing all three, which is why I'll contradict tradition and often refer to them like "3x3x3" or "7x7x7".