Hey you've heard of John. He will be pleased! Duncan ----- Original Message ----- From: "thomkirjava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] New UK cuber
> ... > > John White?!?! You mean the first ever blindfold cuber!? Get him cubing :) > > I can't use any L2Lx stuff, because I'm a roux cuber, but try and get > paul to use it still, I'm sure you can convince him :) > > ~Thom > > --- In [email protected], "Duncan Dicks" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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! 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