[Member Intro] Slow, slower, me having fun!

[inkoativ]

Dear Speedsolving Community,

I'm a cuber located in Berlin, Germany, re-discovering the fun of cubing as part of my parental leave. My main interest is in the 3x3 with with occasional distractions by 2x2, 4x4, Pyraminx and Skewb. In 2013, I got a 3x3 cube and learned to solve it using the Beginner's method from Dan Harris' book. Lack of time prevented me to attempt CFOP back then, so the idea was to hold the kid in one hand and learn CFOP with the other hand. In practice, a more responsible version of this approach was needed - partly because a speedcube shouldn't go into a toddler's mouth. While the rest of the family is sleeping, I occasionally time my solves. Here's a graph [1] of my progress:

Currently, I only master about 12-15 of the F2L-Algos and my recognition of the correct situation is slow: time wise my average is not much better than in 2013, but it feels very satisfying to experience ones transition of an algorithm from being a string like (R U' R' U) y' (R' U R), into something the mind remembers as geometric patterns into something the muscle-memory just does without thinking.

To improve, I would need more solves, but other obligations prevent spending more time on cubing. I'm deeply impressed by the learning curve as well as solve times of those who post here or on youtube! My aim is to get sub-1 averages and participate in a competition once.

Looking forward to the exchange on this forum!

/inkoativ

[1] csTimer csv-export -> R -> lubridate & dplyr -> ggplot2

 

[Skittleskp]

Dear Speedsolving Community,

I'm a cuber located in Berlin, Germany, re-discovering the fun of cubing as part of my parental leave. My main interest is in the 3x3 with with occasional distractions by 2x2, 4x4, Pyraminx and Skewb. In 2013, I got a 3x3 cube and learned to solve it using the Beginner's method from Dan Harris' book. Lack of time prevented me to attempt CFOP back then, so the idea was to hold the kid in one hand and learn CFOP with the other hand. In practice, a more responsible version of this approach was needed - partly because a speedcube shouldn't go into a toddler's mouth. While the rest of the family is sleeping, I occasionally time my solves. Here's a graph [1] of my progress:View attachment 10617

Currently, I only master about 12-15 of the F2L-Algos and my recognition of the correct situation is slow: time wise my average is not much better than in 2013, but it feels very satisfying to experience ones transition of an algorithm from being a string like (R U' R' U) y' (R' U R), into something the mind remembers as geometric patterns into something the muscle-memory just does without thinking.

To improve, I would need more solves, but other obligations prevent spending more time on cubing. I'm deeply impressed by the learning curve as well as solve times of those who post here or on youtube! My aim is to get sub-1 averages and participate in a competition once.

Looking forward to the exchange on this forum!

/inkoativ

[1] csTimer csv-export -> R -> lubridate & dplyr -> ggplot2

If you need better f2l "intuitive" algs try this:

 

[u Cube]

Dear Speedsolving Community,

I'm a cuber located in Berlin, Germany, re-discovering the fun of cubing as part of my parental leave. My main interest is in the 3x3 with with occasional distractions by 2x2, 4x4, Pyraminx and Skewb. In 2013, I got a 3x3 cube and learned to solve it using the Beginner's method from Dan Harris' book. Lack of time prevented me to attempt CFOP back then, so the idea was to hold the kid in one hand and learn CFOP with the other hand. In practice, a more responsible version of this approach was needed - partly because a speedcube shouldn't go into a toddler's mouth. While the rest of the family is sleeping, I occasionally time my solves. Here's a graph [1] of my progress:View attachment 10617

Currently, I only master about 12-15 of the F2L-Algos and my recognition of the correct situation is slow: time wise my average is not much better than in 2013, but it feels very satisfying to experience ones transition of an algorithm from being a string like (R U' R' U) y' (R' U R), into something the mind remembers as geometric patterns into something the muscle-memory just does without thinking.

To improve, I would need more solves, but other obligations prevent spending more time on cubing. I'm deeply impressed by the learning curve as well as solve times of those who post here or on youtube! My aim is to get sub-1 averages and participate in a competition once.

Looking forward to the exchange on this forum!

/inkoativ

[1] csTimer csv-export -> R -> lubridate & dplyr -> ggplot2

This was incredibly interesting! Excited to see you around here! Also that graph is awesome as I love looking at statistics like that.

 

[cuber314159]

Welcome

 

[inkoativ]

If you need better f2l "intuitive" algs try this:

Thanks for the link! I did already watch JPerm's beginners tutorial on F2L, so the video was very helpful..

 

[wearephamily1719]

Good Luck in your future endeavors!