... slower ... Could've gone faster but I spent a while trying to remember if Cube 3 had corner orientation 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 or 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 and whether cube...
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theboywholived81
theboywholiv...
Aug 29, 2002 10:51 pm
I think that site will help me a bit, thanks. I still don't know what OT means, though. ... LL. ... 2, ... will ... is ... all ... experiment, ... correctly ...
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jasmine_ellen
Aug 29, 2002 11:11 pm
Wow! Very impressive!! Totally amazing!!! :) Please excuse my ignorance (I am still yet to acquire a Revenge cube!), could you please briefly explain to me how...
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theboywholived81
theboywholiv...
Aug 29, 2002 11:33 pm
That's amazing. Are you going to the world championship? You'd win blindfold I'll bet. ... cool....
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addicted_2_my_rubiks_...
addicted_2_m...
Aug 30, 2002 12:03 am
yeah, acutally they do have lids. I noticed them when i dropped my cube one time on a hard tile floor and the yellow center piece "lid" popped off. I think...
1320
evilbazza2001
Aug 30, 2002 12:36 am
Bugger!! HELP!!! Any help here would be appreciated, I have just got my first 2x2 cube. But in my drunken exuberance to solve it, I managed to reduce it into...
1321
j_rueth
Aug 30, 2002 1:36 am
Yeah! these new 2x2's really suck!! O.K. Here is what i do. 1. find the center sliders that are bigger than the rest. There should be two or three, i'm not...
1322
addicted_2_my_rubiks_...
addicted_2_m...
Aug 30, 2002 2:21 am
I need a couple pieces for a couple cubes..... I was hoping that someone out there had an old broken cube that they could swipe the pieces off and send to me...
1323
jasmine_ellen
Aug 30, 2002 3:18 am
Speaking of the 2x2x2 cube, I bought one a little while ago. The first time I solved it I just used intuition and two adapted 3x3x3 algorithms. I'm guessing...
1324
papegoja99
Aug 30, 2002 6:22 am
I bought a 4x4x4 and sometimes use it as a 2x2x2. Itīs quite fun. And, like you, I solved it simply by using two 3x3x3 algorithems. All you have to do is see...
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GameOfDeath2
Aug 30, 2002 7:25 am
Last night I did 2 ordinary (3x3x3) cubes and a Revenge (4x4x4) cube in a simultaneous blindfold attempt. The total solving time (not including memorization)...
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GameOfDeath2
Aug 30, 2002 7:36 am
... Jessica is hosting my pages for me: http://www.ssie.binghamton.edu/fridrich/Richard/BlindfoldRevenge.pdf [I never quite finished this, but the only missing...
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Robert Roue
astrobobbit
Aug 30, 2002 8:49 am
... And did Newcastle play again? :P You're making amazing progress here! You'll be doing a 2,3,4,5 soon!...
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papegoja99
Aug 30, 2002 8:53 am
Help me out here. Are saying you have a blindfold on for over 1 hour?! What are the psycholog effects? What happens to your pereception of time? Not something...
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Robert Roue
astrobobbit
Aug 30, 2002 9:04 am
... Evil Bazza, are you in England? You sound like an Essex boy to me :] Jake is right, these things suck! Another point to add to Jake's email is that the...
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redkbrandon
Aug 30, 2002 9:41 am
Corners question? Today I was wondering about what I should work on next in my pursuit to lower my average. I do corners first. I know all 42 algs to do the...
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GameOfDeath2
Aug 30, 2002 11:48 am
... If you can think of a way I can take it down to less than that (without failing in the attempt) I'd be interested in the idea. ... You'll be surprised to...
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GameOfDeath2
Aug 30, 2002 12:03 pm
... I have put it in the links section. It's a first edition draft. By the end of next year, I hope to have a more sophisticated version....
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papegoja99
Aug 30, 2002 1:12 pm
Well actually I have thought of a way to take it down and NOT failing. Itīs quite simple.... donīt use a blindfold. Place hands and cube inside a pillowcase...
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GameOfDeath2
Aug 30, 2002 6:35 pm
In spite of yellow and orange looking very similar on this machine and the mouse not being so good, 20 minutes 26.974 seconds....
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GameOfDeath2
Aug 30, 2002 6:41 pm
... failing. ... It's likely that that would not be as fast. You can always just close your eyes instead of be blindfolded, of course. Watching TV would...
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redkbrandon
Aug 30, 2002 6:55 pm
Thanks for the reply. I was wondering who is marc waterman, and how fast was he, or is he? Also in your reply under #2 you said: "2-even after performing the...
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theboywholived81
theboywholiv...
Aug 30, 2002 11:05 pm
I wish I could do at least one cube blindfolded. ... I...
1340
mylib_2000
Aug 31, 2002 12:11 am
Hello, I'm new to this site but not to the cube. I was wondering if anyone was using the corners first method as opposed to the layers method. I'm stuck at...
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addicted_2_my_rubiks_...
addicted_2_m...
Aug 31, 2002 12:25 am
... algs ... was ... WELCOME.... you came to the right place....we got people here that do corners first method in under 20 seconds, as well as people who use...
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mylib_2000
Aug 31, 2002 12:48 am
Thanks Heath, So which method do you use ? ... if ... layers ... first ... first,...
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addicted_2_my_rubiks_...
addicted_2_m...
Aug 31, 2002 12:57 am
... I use sorta a Lars Petrus/Fridrich hybrid method that I put together.- start by making a 2x2x2 block, expand to a 2x2x3 block (just like Lars does), (F2L...
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redkbrandon
Aug 31, 2002 3:21 am
... I think on average corners take me just under 10 seconds. On a good run it will be as low as 5s and a bad one will be 13s. My best average for the cube...
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jasmine_ellen
Aug 31, 2002 3:37 am
Wow. Stitches from cubing. I think you've invented a new sport Dan. EXTREME cubing!! ... corners first you will have to tighten your cube up a bit to avoid ...
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simonl cube
simonlcube
Aug 31, 2002 8:04 am
Welcome to the group! Lots of people average under 30 sec using a corners first method. There are also lots of people in this group who would love to have an...
