--- In [email protected], Robbie Hank
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> First thing: I was wondering if there are any cubers and/or any
official or unofficial cube competitions near me. I live in Minnesota
of the US. I learned how to do the cube about 3 weeks ago and got
sub-50 non lucky this past week. It would be nice to talk with some
people that really know a lot about the cube and also to enter in some
competitions.
Hi there. I'm from Iowa currently, but planning to move to Minnesota
relatively soon. My girlfriend lives in Minneapolis as do many of our
cubing friends. Where exactly are you from? As far as competitions
go, the closest one to you to date has been Chicago. My girlfriend is
working on starting a tournament at the U of M, but they want her to
start a cube club first, so it's slow going. I know Jake Rueth is
possibly planning a Wisconsin tournament for this spring, so keep your
eyes peeled. At the very least, an informal cuber gathering is
likely, assuming you don't live in Duluth or something.
> Next thing: Some people have been saying that you should not
memorize the F2L algs and some people have been saying that that is
what they did...So am I going to suffer later on from learning F2L the
way I did or will I be all right?
As long as you understand why the algs work the way they do, you'll be
fine. Otherwise, it makes recognition and execution, especially in
competition, worse. Also, learning them by rote will make it harder
to use more advanced tricks on your own later.
> Next next thing: I am switching my LL order so that it would be
easier to move to OLL/PLL. Before I did the normal beginner LL: OE,
PC, OC, PE. Now I have been trying to switch to OE, OC, PC, PE but
somebody posted a different way to do this (I think it was oc, oe**,
pe**, pc where the stars could be switched). Which would be the
better way if I am aiming for OLL/PLL? I thought the way I was trying
would be good because to do PC than PE I had to learn 7 of the PLL
algs and then I could gradually incorporate more.
If you want to learn OLL/PLL, that way described will do you no good.
Just learn OLL/PLL. If you want to learn the VH method (OE during
final pair/COLL/PELL) keep your current order. Personally I recommend
the latter, as it is both a great system with fewer and shorter algs,
and doesn't create another generic Fridrich clone.
> Last thing: What does a good 3x3 usually cost and where can I get
one. Mine is a Rubiks.com one that works reasonably well now that I
put some silicon lube on it.
> Cheers,
> Robbie
You live in the land of Target. They go for about $9 there. Wal-Mart
has them, too.
-Mike
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/
