We really could use a tournament or two up here sometime soon. I'm also from Minnesota, so you can count me in for any tournament in the Iowa/Minn/Wisc area.
Sorry, Richard. Tennessee is too far away. Joe Allen --- 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. > > 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. Personally, I memorized the F2L algs in the sense that I got a sheet of paper and practiced the algs. However, I learn best by doing that and while I am doing that I look at the moves to see what is going on. I think this combines doing it intuitively and memorizing in a pretty good way, although maybe you don't get the satisfaction and good practice of doing it for yourself. I think it is right that you should not just learn algorithms. It would be like just memorizing a poem and not even realizing what it is saying. So am I going to suffer later on from learning F2L the way I did or will I be all right? > > 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. > > 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 > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Photos Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover > Photo Books. You design it and we'll bind it! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > 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/
