Hi Thom! Im in Gloucestershire - Id be happy to host the next get together too.
Duncan ----- Original Message ----- From: "thomkirjava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] New UK cuber > Hey > > I'm another UK'r to say hi :) > > Where abouts in the UK are you based? Would be good to meet up for a bit. > > Oh, and I promise I'll come to the next UK meet :D > > ~Thom > > --- In [email protected], "Duncan Dicks" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi Matt >> Welcome to the UK speedcubing community. Hopefully we will have > another get >> together, perhaps in the summer. It would be great to see you there. >> It soudns like you are making good progress already - maybe you will be >> giving Dan a run for his money one day. >> >> Good luck and Happy Christmas >> >> Duncan >> (you can e-mail or messenger me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] direct if you >> fancy a UK chat) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "mantawrays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:25 PM >> Subject: [Speed cubing group] New UK cuber >> >> >> > Hi! A new cuber in the UK here. I used to play with the cube in the >> > 80's when I was little(I used a really simple beginner layer method, I >> > think) and recently after playing with a 4 x 4 someone in the office >> > had got hooked again and bought a new cube in August. >> > >> > I've been reading a lot of the people here's web pages and they have >> > all been a great help (esp. Jessica Fridrich's, Dan Harris', Joel Van >> > Noort, Chris Hardwick's). So thanks to everyone for making some great >> > webpages. I use the cross on the bottom. I am getting better at doing >> > F2L (it's taking a long time to be able to make fast decisions >> > though!) and have learnt the U, Z, H, E, J and F PLL algorithms (and >> > have forgotten the A one!). I guess I'm going to try to learn all the >> > PLL ones and then look at the OLL ones. Is that the general approach >> > to learning Fridrich? Since I learnt those PLL's I have found it >> > possible to solve the cube in around 50 seconds whereas before it was >> > around 1 minute 30 or something like that if I went flat out. Still >> > pretty slow compared to everyone here. >> > >> > Still, I had a go with Chris H's 'oh wow' scramble and was shocked >> > when using my method after a few tries I solved it in 31 seconds. >> > Well, That was a big Oh wow for me, anyway! :) >> > >> > I have two cubes, one I bought from a department store in August with >> > bright stickers on (which deteriorated really rapidly )- probably the >> > generic 3 x 3 Rubiks.com sell, and a Rubik's 3 x 3 DIY cube with PVC >> > stickers which I prefer. The DIY one seems to be easier to control >> > turns on and more suitable for doing fast solves (although it's >> > noisier according to my wife). Oh yes, and it has M0105B written on >> > one of the corners. >> > >> > Does anyone have any opinions of the new anniversary cube? Is it the >> > same as the normal 3 x 3 but with a different centre white sticker? Is >> > it at all suitable for speedcubing? Are the stickers PVC or > polypropelene? >> > >> > That's it for now. >> > >> > Cheers, Matt >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
