Hi Thom, Okay, since you asked, here are my speedcubing stats. :) My best average is 26.31s, but my real average is ~30s. My best non-lucky single solve is 20.68s and my best lucky single solve is 17.16s.
Jasmine http://speedcuber.blogspot.com On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:55:01 -0000, "thomkirjava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > 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 > > [1]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! 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