Why did YOU start cubing?

[ManSkirtBrew]

I remember as a wee lad my dad trying to solve the cube. He was using a very early-80's solving guide (hey, it was the early 80's ) and I don't remember him ever completing it. All I remember is cross shapes.

Fast forward 30 or so years (to 5 days ago, in fact), and I found a video on Wimp.com of someone solving in sub-10 seconds. That prompted a trip to Youtube and asking my wife to pick up a cube on her way home from work.

Four days later I'm averaging 2:30 with a *very* sticky cube (failed lube attempt - already washed well, going to try the 24 mod to see if it helps). I just placed my order for an FII and a DaYan GuHong and some Maru lube. I new toys!

So ohai from New Jersey, from a displaced New Yorker. Hoping to get down around 1:30 and start learning F2L.

-Joe

 

[QCcuber4]

I remember as a wee lad my dad trying to solve the cube. He was using a very early-80's solving guide (hey, it was the early 80's ) and I don't remember him ever completing it. All I remember is cross shapes.

Fast forward 30 or so years (to 5 days ago, in fact), and I found a video on Wimp.com of someone solving in sub-10 seconds. That prompted a trip to Youtube and asking my wife to pick up a cube on her way home from work.

Four days later I'm averaging 2:30 with a *very* sticky cube (failed lube attempt - already washed well, going to try the 24 mod to see if it helps). I just placed my order for an FII and a DaYan GuHong and some Maru lube. I new toys!

So ohai from New Jersey, from a displaced New Yorker. Hoping to get down around 1:30 and start learning F2L.

-Joe

alright!!! thats nice a recent story! wow your quick, already ordering speedcubes i cube with rubiks brand for my whole 1st year

 

[gyc6001]

amazed when I saw my tuition mate solving a 3x3 in a minute.
I went back home and dug my cube out.
I was desperate to solve it.
Brought it along with me to vacation and managed to solve it (own method).
Solved in 5 minutes after a couple of practices.
Learn more algos for LL and faster execution.

 

[DeCubeRob]

basically it began when i was 4 years old, my uncle one day, at my grandmothers house had this thing, it had six side six colors 9 blocks on each side.
so he let me play with this so called puzzle, and i scrambled it, but couldn't get it back to normal xD. so he gave it to me. around 4 months later i thought if would be funny to see what's inside, so i got on the kitchen table, and don't get mad at me xD was only just 5, i threw it at the ground, to see whats inside, but now i didn't know how to get it back in one piece again xD, beside's the core was broken, i didn't know that i was only 5
lets go ten years forward, that cube was already gone with the trash, and i don't know mid school (so called here) second class, i got my first cube, i was 15 years old, it was a knock off, bought it in a store, i saw this cube it remembered me of those times, and i bought it, didn't know it was a knock off, so i scrambled it, tried to solve and gave up and threw the thing away.
it turned terrible and beside's that the stickers pealed only after 1 day .
so third year in school, one day my friend came with this cube, it reminded me of one year earlier, could solve it, he could, i saw how he did that. i asked where he bought that cube, he said "bart smit" a toy store, so i bought one, still couldn't solve it, so i thought internet let's make use of it
you tube, i searched for a rubiks cube tutorial, that is what it said in the front of the package, so this was no knock off. was the real deal. i came across this guy with the user name pogobat, his name was Dan Brown, no not from the da vinci code, and he had this tutorial, it was really easy to follow, he had the algerthims in the description, i copied & printed, and learned the algerithms, in just 5 days, needed 3 days for corner placement though, that was the hardest part for me to solve after i learned it i could solve it in 5 minute's i was happy with that any way i could solve it right so a friend of mine saw that i could solve the cube, and he wanted to solve it two, i already was down to about a 2 minute solve, so i thought him how to solve one, i don't think he didn't much with what i thought him he could solve it yea but no speed cubing or what so ever.
Any way what got me in to speed cubing was will smith, i saw this vid on you tube, that featured will smith, he could solve it in only 45 seconds, thats awesome i though, i want to get as fast as him
so here you have it,1 and a half year from there here i am got me a best of 20.49 with a easy cross easy f2l and a not so easy last layer.
although i still have to beat will smith, because my average is around 53.40.
here is my story on how i got in to speed cubing

 

[DeCubeRob]

damn i wrote history here

 

[gyc6001]

damn i wrote history here

o.o it was long compared to ours.
I do have some history (about how I got into my national cube club, gatherings, getting lots of puzzles, first wca comp etc...)

 

[nitrocan]

I thought it'd be fun? Turns out it is.

 

[kvaele]

I learned 1 month ago. My friend brought one in to school and said he was smarter than me because he could solve more of it than me, so i learned.

 

[iasimp1997]

Byu BLD'd and I was liek wtf so I learned. :tu:tu:tu

 

[beardo]

I got my first Rubik's cube two and a half years ago (Christmas of '07). I figured I was a pretty smart kid, and bunches of other people can do it. (I was actually really worried that my parents would buy me a cube and I wouldn't be able to solve it, resulting in them wasting their money.) Later that week, into the next two weeks, I learned CFOP from Youtube. From there, I got down to something like 1 min 30 sec solves. Cubed for a few months, was satisfied with it, and dropped it. Something like a year later, I picked it back up, and bought a new cube (not knowing that my peeling stickers could be replaced). This was a better cube, turned faster, and I could do 1:15 solves (still with CFOP). After a long break, about another 10 to 12 months, I wondered if I could still do it (I couldn't do OLL? like, seriously?). I leanred how to lube my cubes, and learned Fridrich f2l. From there, I brought my times down to around a minute.

As of now, I average around 50-60 seconds, depending on the day. I should learn some new algs for OLL/PLL, but I'm lazy. Now, I'm looking into getting some new cubes to change up my cubing, hopefully sparking my interest some more.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Determination to be faster than my friend. Thank you Jessica Fridrich

 

[IamWEB]

I met Dan Brown* back in '08 and I wanted him to teach me how to solve the cube when I learned he could*.

*Guimond; revived it.

 

[Billbowser]

my brother bought rubiks cube.I borrow it and I addicted.

 

[cubedude7]

End february, 2008.
I was on holiday in Austria with a group of about 70 people. My unle and aunt and their children would arrive a little bit later that day. After a day or 2 when they arrived, my cousin showed he could solve the Rubik's cube in about 1:30. He had a paper with some algorithms on it. I was really amazed by it, so I asked how he did it. He teached me about the cross but I didn't understand it completely.

So, after we came back, I said to my mom that I was pretty interested in the cube, and I got one for my birthday.

I was really scared messing it up when I first turned it. After about a hour doing things like R U R' R U' R' etc. I messed it up. I tried solving faces, but finally, I looked on the internet for a solution. That worked out pretty well

 

[theace]

I saw this guy solve it in about 2 minutes and i was like: Damn! I gotta do that! So i unearthed an ancient cube and started breaking my head over it. A week later, i discovered LBL after which I went to Dan Brown.

 

[will6680]

You Cubing Story

How did you start cubing??

Mah story:
Well. On august 1st my family went on vacation to SOME PLACE IN MA THATS SOMETHING A SUPERHERO WEARS AND A TYPE OF FISH for two weeks. (Cape cod...) And I decided to be able to solve a Rubik's cube when I was there. So I was walking around and there was a toy store there and i was like "MOMMY MOMMY CAN I HAS CUBE?" And So i got it. My first real cube. So then I got on youtube and for a week watched everyone of Dan Browns "How to solve a Rubik's Cube" videos. So I can solve the first two layers. (Its like aug 5th now.) And then could solve it (Beginners) So I stoleded my moms Vasaline and PUT IT IN MY CUBE. I was like "MOMMY MOMMY ITS SMOOOOTH." And then learned that Vasline eats it. Then I wiped it all out. So I can solve the first two layers. And then the next day, I went out and bought some WD-40. Because i was so dumb. And when I got back realized. CRC>Jigaloo>Shock>WD-40>VASALINE. So i was like FFFFUUUUUUU. So now im like DAMN I have to go get a new one. So I did. But when I bought it it was like 10:00 pm and no one was in the store I bought it at. The cashier was like LOL I COULD NEVER SOLVE THOSE. And I was like yeaah. I CAN. Hes like SOLVE IT. I'm like OKAY. And then the manager walked in and he was like OOMGOMGOMGOGM R U SOLVING IT. And i was like YES. So hes like NO WAY. And then I finished and he was like WOAH and he was so shocked he gave me 20 bucks. I was like SCORE. So next I bought CRC. And lubed it all up and it was poifect. So, then I was like OKAY SO I can solve a 3x3. What about a 4x4? So I ordered an Eastsheen 4x4 (I didnt know about Maru and Qj :/) And by the time I got back to my house from the vaca. It was there. So then I learned F2L. (but I didnt use PLL and OLL.) I joined here. Saw this. And bought an F-II, Alpha V, and Eastsheen 2x2 (meh LanLan doesnt do it for me.) Learned 2 Look PLL and 2 Look OLL.

Current Avg: 1:15 (Im gettin ther!)

Whats your story.

 

[Owen]

You've only been cubing for 10 days?!

 

[bluecloe45]

picked up a cube. i wuz immediately sub 10. found a guhong on the sidewalk. the end.

 

[will6680]

You've only been cubing for 10 days?!

OOPS I mean August.

picked up a cube. i wuz immediately sub 10. found a guhong on the sidewalk. the end.

Win.

 

[Andrew Ricci]

How did you start cubing??

Mah story:
Well. On September 1st my family went on vacation to SOME PLACE IN MA THATS SOMETHING A SUPERHERO WEARS AND A TYPE OF FISH for two weeks. (Cape cod...) And I decided to be able to solve a Rubik's cube when I was there. So I was walking around and there was a toy store there and i was like "MOMMY MOMMY CAN I HAS CUBE?" And So i got it. My first real cube. So then I got on youtube and for a week watched everyone of Dan Browns "How to solve a Rubik's Cube" videos. So I can solve the first two layers. (Its like aug 5th now.) And then could solve it (Beginners) So I stoleded my moms Vasaline and PUT IT IN MY CUBE. I was like "MOMMY MOMMY ITS SMOOOOTH." And then learned that Vasline eats it. Then I wiped it all out. So I can solve the first two layers. And then the next day, I went out and bought some WD-40. Because i was so dumb. And when I got back realized. CRC>Jigaloo>Shock>WD-40>VASALINE. So i was like FFFFUUUUUUU. So now im like DAMN I have to go get a new one. So I did. But when I bought it it was like 10:00 pm and no one was in the store I bought it at. The cashier was like LOL I COULD NEVER SOLVE THOSE. And I was like yeaah. I CAN. Hes like SOLVE IT. I'm like OKAY. And then the manager walked in and he was like OOMGOMGOMGOGM R U SOLVING IT. And i was like YES. So hes like NO WAY. And then I finished and he was like WOAH and he was so shocked he gave me 20 bucks. I was like SCORE. So next I bought CRC. And lubed it all up and it was poifect. So, then I was like OKAY SO I can solve a 3x3. What about a 4x4? So I ordered an Eastsheen 4x4 (I didnt know about Maru and Qj :/) And by the time I got back to my house from the vaca. It was there. So then I learned F2L. (but I didnt use PLL and OLL.) I joined here. Saw this. And bought an F-II, Alpha V, and Eastsheen 2x2 (meh LanLan doesnt do it for me.) Learned 2 Look PLL and 2 Look OLL.

Current Avg: 1:15 (Im gettin ther!)

Whats your story.

Dude, wait for more stuff to happen(i.e. improvements). You started cubing a week ago and you are already telling us your story? Plus, why on earth would lan-lan not "do it for you"? You don't even own one! Also, you are making too many new threads.