Hey Mike. I actually live in Johnston, but now I'm going to school at U of I (Iowa City). Yeah, I'll work on the F2L some more. Doubt I want to commit the time to learn a better last layer system, but maybe eventually. I don't run into any competition in person, so there's not quite the motivation to push myself much.
--- In [email protected], Mike Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, Tyler. What college? I live in Des Moines, so that's pretty central. > If it's not too far from there, maybe we could work out some sort of cube > meeting. > > As far as a good cube, the rubiks.com DIY kits are generally recommended as > your best bet, but they are out of stock pretty often. I got my best > speedcube from Wal-Mart, and have also worked a standard Target cube to be > great, so either of those should do you just fine, provided you're willing > to break them in well before lubing. > > For F2L, really work on understanding the algs you've learned, intuitive or > otherwise. But mostly, concentrate on no delays. > www.metronomeonline.comis a great tool for no pauses. You might also > try Nate Christie's F2L > triggers page. > > OLL and PLL is alright, but all the cool kids use other systems. ;P > > -Mike > > On 2/8/06, tbiggscuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, my name is Tyler Biggs. I'm a college student at Iowa who got > > pretty decent at cubing in high school and am now working on lowering > > my times. My best average has been about 24.5 with a best time of > > 17.99. Anyway, I can't seem to find a cube that is smooth and the > > stickers don't come off quickly. If someone could point me to a > > reliable speedcube, I'd really appreciate it. > > Also, I've gone just about as far as I know how in OLL and PLL, my > > average F2L time is about 16-17 seconds and I'm not sure where to > > improve from here. Suggestions for that would be great also. > > > [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/
