Random draw: win a Gan 11 M Pro 3x3!

At the beginning of the quarantine, I started practicing cubing a ton in order to improve my skills and become more of an all rounder. I made significant progress in big cubes and other events, but something still felt off. It wasn’t until I started school again that I realized what it was. I had signed up for a film class at my high school and didn’t get into it because of something with my schedule. So instead I started a cubing YouTube channel. That was when I realized I loved talking about cubing and making videos about it more than actually practicing. So I basically quit seriously
practicing, and just occasionally cubed for fun- the way it should be! Now that I had found my niche in cubing of making videos where I just talk about it, cubing felt fun instead of a chore.
I also could have never imagined that just three months into my YouTube journey, I would become a member of Team Cubicle. Being an ambassador for my favorite store has been an amazing opportunity and I can’t wait for whatever’s next in my cubing and YouTube journey!



By the way I don’t really want the 11 M Pro
 
During the beginning of the pandemic, I could not even solve a 2x2 and did not even think about cubing but then I was cleaning out my closest and found this Rubiks brand 2x2. (Like everybody else would think) It looks bad because it was scrambled so I wanted to solve it. so that was in August now I can solve all these.
2x2PB: 5.08 (suck at 2x2)
3x3 PB: 22 sec
3x3 PB: 1:31 sec (suck at OH)
4x4 PB: 3:14 min
5x5 PB: 9:52 min (suck at 5x5)
Pyraminx PB: 2:57 sec
Skewb PB: 14:42 sec
So that is how far I have gotten since August I wish someone told me how addicting it is I probably spend 24 hours a month just turning something
 
2020 was the year I got back into cubing. It had been almost 8 years since I cubed, but seeing the Speed Cubers documentary on Netflix inspired me to pick the hobby back up again. The only cube I had was the only speed cube I had ever owned: a DaYan GuHong V2. I bought an RS3 M 2020 and a GAN 356 M because I wanted to see if new cubes had changed and improved much. I couldn't believe how much better these cubes were, even magnets aside. Since then, I've finally done targeted practice and learned full OLL and PLL, which are things I never did before. As a result, I've gone from averaging about 45s in August to now averaging just above 20s. I've also tried other WCA puzzles and found I really enjoy 4x4, 5x5, and Megaminx, even if I'm still really bad at them! It's not been a good year, but I'm at least glad that I was able to re-find my cubing hobby.
 
Don't consider me for this giveaway, I'm pretty sure there are other people in the forum who needs the cube more than me, but I just wanted to thank you for it!

I learned how to solve the cube in this year's lockdown, and now I'm sub25, so I'm pretty happy with my progress :)
 
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I’ll start by saying I don’t want the cube, but I want to thank you for doing this, and I will share my story
I was averaging probably about 25 in April when COVID really made things bad, and then I took a break from cubing. I started back in September I believe, and came back to the forums. I started to learn full PLL, and now I know full PLL, and I’m going to start learning some F2L. I am averaging right at 20 with sub 15 solves being very common, but also same with 23s and 24s. I’m trying to get to a point where every solve is sub 20. I am really wishing that comps were a thing, because we all are excited to go back. That’s pretty much it.
 
So far in quarantine I finished megaminx PLL, learned and switched to YrurU, learning 2GLL in the process, and learned all the non-dot megaminx OLLs. In 2021 I plan to relearn some mega PLLs because I use really bad algs for some cases. I also plan to learn full EOLE and DCAL and switch my main 3x3 method to Mehta. And, of course, lots and lots of megaminx practice!
 
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Woah, that's really cool of you! I don't need the Gan, but I'll take this time to share my story.

At the start of the lockdowns, nothing really changed. I went to a competition right before everything closed down, so I just practiced on as usual. After a few months, I got kinda demotivated and just stopped cubing. Without the competitions, it seemed like I was practicing by myself in a Black Mirror type scenario. After a couple months of being on break though, I randomly decided to start timing my solves again and got really into it. I'm now totally ready to keep cubing, although I really hope the comps start up soon.

CuberStache said:
switch my main 3x3 method cube to Mehta Gan 11 M Pro.
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CuberStache said:
So far in quarantine I finished megaminx PLL, learned and switched to YrurU, learning 2GLL in the process, and learned all the non-dot megaminx OLLs. In 2021 I plan to relearn some mega PLLs because I use really bad algs for some cases. I also plan to learn full DCAL and switch my main 3x3 method to Mehta. And, of course, lots and lots of megaminx practice!
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wait, I thought you were using YruRU for OH!
 
To be honest, I am perfectly fine with the cubes I currently have, but I thought it would be interesting to share my story as well.

In March of 2020, I saw a 4 by 4 in my house, from about 3 years ago. I decided to solve it, since the last time I tried(which was when I was nine), I failed. This time, however I did solve it. Thus starting my love for puzzles. However, I didn't know a thing about speedcubing until June. When I was aware about this, I was heavily into it. One month later, I was sub 40. Thousands of solves later, I have become sub 14, almost sub 13. Now starting 2021, I hope to learn more algs, go to some comps, and just improve quickly in general.
 
I broke my 3x3. I average 3 on 2x2. I haven't had a chance to practice. I used to be sub 17 but I can't practice anymore so idk. I hope the ai picks me.
 
I started the year using a cheap (yet overpriced for its performance) cube bought on Amazon. It wasn't magnetic and had those carbon stickers which peeled off easily. At this point i hadn't been cubing very long and my average time was at around 45 seconds. I didn't really practice that much either, I just casually played with it sometimes. Then Youtube, being Youtube, started recommending me lots of cubing videos featuring people such as Feliks getting WRs etc. I, being someone who becomes easily obsessed with things, immediately started practicing loads. However, I hadn't watched any tutorials bar the beginner method so my times didn't go down.

For my birthday in April, I got an MGC Elite and a Yuxin timer. I watched tutorials on how to get better and then I practiced again. This new cube plus the tutorials I had watched helped me to get better. My times slowly crept down until I got my first sub-30 in August. After a while I felt that the MGC Elite wasn't good enough and I needed a new cube. I decided to buy a Gan 356 XS. Unfortunately, after a few weeks the Gan XS became worse, a problem I am currently trying to resolve. This new cube would allow me to further improve my times and it would make my year. My goal for this year is to compete at my first competition when they hopefully happen again.
 
Well, I was using the beginners method throughout most of quarantine and then I switched to roux on my birthday. My
goal is to get an average of 30 seconds by the end of febuary.

I don't really think I deserve this, there are many more people who do.
 
Paul.Mz said:
I'm not entering this , I am sure that there are some other people who really needs that cube .
Even it is my dream cube
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No one truly needs a GAN cube but I get your sentiment. I'm way too slow of a solver to even take advantage of the cube's features and I would rather have it go to someone who would be very happy with it than me who would only be mildly happy.
 
I started practicing again this summer (I started in 2006 and most of my algs are old), but most importantly I got a nice showcase for my collection! Now my 200+ puzzles (of which very few 333 I have to say) can be displayed rather than sit in a drawer! Very happy about that.
 
2020 was the first time I ever solved a rotating puzzle cube. I used to carry one around with me on the bus and never got very far with it. I had a terrible-turning tiny keychain one that I got from Ryman and became obsessed with it and created my own commutators in alg.cubing to solve it. Then I solved it again and again and even tried to clip it with a nail clipper to make to turn better.

Then I ordered a 2x2, 3x3 and megaminx online and started learning CFOP and a few PLL algorithms. The fact you could insert 2 cubies into a slot at once after making the cross blew my mind. I started practicing daily with cstimer and got my average to 55s. It has been amazing learning cubing. I love this hobby so much. I have chatted with some amazing cubers who helped me enormously with steering me towards the right methods and to practice more efficiently.

To be honest working hard on learning the cube is one of the things that helped me get through this year. The feeling of learning something new and being able to do something that I thought was so difficult was really gratifying and addictive... So I got a 4x4 and 5x5 and have now learned how to free-slice, edge flip, OLL and PLL algs so I'm able to solve these without looking at any notes.

For 2021.. I am aiming to do a 3bld solve.
 
Once the pandemic started getting very serious, I started practicing less due to the lack of comps. However, once cubing at home was announced, I started practicing again. I had very subpar results in cubing at home and that motivated me to practice more so now I'm grinding mega and trying to get down to sub 35 while finishing learning all the mega plls. This year I hope to improve in events I haven't practiced much or havent put any effort into such as: 3x3, 2x2, pyra, clock, sq 1, and skewb. Last year was a good year to just practice and hopefully this year will be better and healthier.
 
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