Hi Jasmine ! I worked out the solution all by myself back in 1981. I was 16 yrs old at the time. Like you i seem to remember that the last layer was what i struggled with.
My very first method i neeeded to "restart" 5 or 6 times over and in some myterious ways i then solved the cube in about 10 mins or so. This was before i discovered how to construct genuine 3-cycles. Gaining insight into constructing cycles skyrocketed my cubing. Quite soon my times were down to 40 secs or so. Whether a newbie cuber should go through the pain and agony of working it all out by himself/herself i leave up to the individual. But surely if someone asks me for help i won't hesitate to give it. I won't "overrule" the decision of that individual to not figure it out by himself/herself ;-) I don't believe that having been taught (parts of) a method is necessarily bad for "cube-understanding". Those who not learn all all on his/her own are probably not interested in the "deeper" understanding of the cube. They just want to be able to "solve that thing" ;-) Cheers! -Per > --- In [email protected], "Jasmine Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I first solved the cube when I was 10 years old. I only worked out the > first two layers by myself, then I read a book for the last layer. I'm > quite sure that I would not have been able to work out the last layer by > myself at that age. I'm not saying it isn't possible at that age, just > that I don't think I could have done it! So I'm not too bothered by the > fact that I didn't work it all out on my own. > > This makes me wonderÂ… of the people who did initially work out an entire > solution on their own (regardless of how inefficient it might have > been), how old were you at the time? > > Jasmine > http://speedcuber.blogspot.com > > > On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:32:44 -0000, "Stefan Pochmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > > > --- In [email protected], "kovacic81" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I didn't think that my 10 year old cousin would figure out the > > cube > > on > > > her own. > > You *thought* so. And now we (and more importantly she) will > > never > > know. I myself am quite sad I'll never know whether I would've > > been > > able to find a solution myself, if I remember correctly I got a > > solution with my first cube when I was about 6 and sadly nobody > > encouraged me to try it on my own first. > > Why waste the opportunity? > > Recently a friend of mine became interested and found a solution > > himself. Took him two months, and it wasn't the most efficient > > method, > > but he did it. He resisted getting any help, I resisted giving > > any > > help. That's what *I* am proud of. But yeah, I know I'm quite > > lonely > > with that attitude. > > Stefan > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and > love email again > 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/
