Hi Thom, I'm an Australian currently based in London (although flying back to Australia tomorrow for a month). Duncan hosted the first UK cubers gathering earlier this year and we all had a great time! Thom - where are you based?
Jasmine http://speedcuber.blogspot.com On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:15:38 -0000, "Duncan Dicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > 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 LINKS > > * Visit your group "[1]speedsolvingrubikscube" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the [3]Yahoo! Terms > of Service. > ___________________________________________________________ > > References > > 1. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube > 2. > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 3. http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service ------------------------ 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/
