Yeah I've wondered that a lot myself. My older cousin (who was already a college professor) wrote down a few notes for me only about 2 days after I got my first cube. He had figured it out on his own, taking about three months. A few days later I could solve it myself. So I'll never know how far I would've gotten on my own. I did solve the 4x4, 5x5 on my own, but I just extended the 3x3 corners-first method so that doesn't count. Megaminx doesn't really count either since so much knowledge is transferrable.
I did solve Square-1 on my own, and it took me almost two years! Of course I didn't work on it continuously during that time. So I imagine I might have licked the 3x3 eventually. Learning a radically different method can be almost like starting over. I know when I began learning F2L after being a corners-first guy for so long, it was almost like a whole new puzzle. (Yes, PUZZLE!) Chris --- In [email protected], "Stefan Pochmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. 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/
