Hi Thom, Unfortunately we all live miles away from each other! My best is still 29.xx average although now I'm using L2L2 full time I'm hoping that will come down. In the last few days and without too much practice my L2L2 average has come down to around 32-33 seconds. My 29.xx is L2L1 and L2L2 is quite a bit more efficient so with a bit more practice I'm expecting better times. A friend of mine (John White) who used to be a speedcuber 20+ years ago lives up near you (liverpool) but he hasn't caught onto the revival. Pity - he was faster than me and also held the blindfold world record!
best wishes Duncan ----- Original Message ----- From: "thomkirjava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] New UK cuber > Hey, I'm based in manchester. > > I was going to come to the meetup at Dan house (the last one) but > never made it due to some unforseen circumstances :S.... > > Unfortunatly I appear to live miles away from all the other UK cubers. > Not to fear, I'll sort something out :) > > What are your times like these days? (Duncan and Jasmine), I don't > really wanna be shown up at my first meetup :P > > Duncan - are you using a full L2L(1-4) method? If so, which? > > Thanks, Thom. > > --- In [email protected], "Jasmine Lee" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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! 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