Hi Chris! Nice to hear that the method works... Allthough I have to say a few things about this... I didn't really come up with the method myself. I really just combined some existing moves to make a method... And Ton Dennebroek was using the same type of ideas to teach beginners to solve the cube.
One other thing: People on the internet really don't like that commutator. I made a simpler method that is easier to follow from the webpage. I think my explanation of the commutator method is somewhat complicated or something... But because commutators are cool, I am now also making a section about them! It will take a while to finish it, but it's gonna be interesting for both beginners and experienced cubers (who don't know about commutators). Happy cubing :), - Joël --- In [email protected], cmhardw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > I just got back from a sort of cube club type meeting at Duke > University. I brought about 30 puzzles for people to play with and > in the course of the night successfully taught 6 people how to > solve, and 2-3 others how to solve the F2L. A few people didn't > have time to finish learning, and also Tyson I met a girl there who > said she knew you and Leyan, but sadly I didn't catch her name. > > Anyway the method I taught to the people I did teach was Joel van > Noort's LL mixed in with my own stuff for F2L (cross + corners + F2L > edges, for which I have a system that is easy to teach/remember but > of course not very speedy). > > Anyway I was very impressed with how easy it is to teach the LL with > commutators, rather than "ok do this sequence, and don't ask me how > it works because it's 'magic'". I found that the 6 I was able to > teach understood exactly what they were doing for LL, and also they > were all able to remember what they did with minimal reminders from > me after the initial teaching session. All of the people I taught > simply wanted to learn to solve and weren't interested in speed. > > So in concluson, with quite a lot of experience teaching people to > solve the cube, I have to say that Joel's commutator LL is the > best/easiest I've ever used. It will definitely be the method I > teach to people who just want to learn to solve, and aren't > interesed in later scaling to a speedier method. > > So Joel, I think your method is great, and will definitely be what I > teach to beginners in the future :-) > > Chris > 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/
