Speedcubing

[_CM]

Is anyone into it? Ever tried it?

I'm an addicted speedcuber myself and just wondering if anyone shares this interest with me .

For those who are wondering what the hell I'm talking about, I'll elaborate:

Speedcubing is the art of solving Rubik's Cube (and other twisty puzzles) as fast as possible. I think most people would also say that speedcubing is more than that: Other disciplines, such as one handed cubing or blindfold cubing can also be called "speedcubing".

I have participated at an official competition, more to come For anyone who's interested, here's my "World Cube Association"-profile page: Clicky

 

[EEX_ca_aok]

I can do it in like 1.5 min, not that fast though :O

 

[_CM]

That's not bad I've been doing this since August. I held my first Cube in 2007 but then stopped for half a year. Now I'm training for the next competitions Personal best is atm 23.65

 

[DB]

I can do it in three seconds with my eyes closed and hands tied behind my back.

 

[Barney Stinson]

Isn't just some long algorithm you learn and can solve it pretty much instantly, as fast as your fingers can move?

I remember reading something like that a few years ago. That from any point in legit play (ie don't take the stickers off and change them) you can get it to look a certain way via algorithm, then from there it's just memorization to get it back to square 1.

 

[Gimmi]

Isn't just some long algorithm you learn and can solve it pretty much instantly, as fast as your fingers can move?

I remember reading something like that a few years ago. That from any point in legit play (ie don't take the stickers off and change them) you can get it to look a certain way via algorithm, then from there it's just memorization to get it back to square 1.

word on the street is 54 moves

 

[Renzokuken]

26 seconds? Crikey!

 

[_CM]

Well, depending on your method the amount of algorithms varies;

I use CFOP (Fridrich Method):

Cross: intuitive
F2L (first 2 Layers): intuitive
OLL (orientation of the last layer): 57 algorithms
PLL (permutation of the last layer): 13 algorithms (21 when counting mirrors and inverses)

sooo, there isn't 1 algorithm, there are about 70 to learn to do it really fast.

 

[Renzokuken]

How good do you have to be to start getting money from cubing?

 

[Metal Gear Flash]

How good do you have to be to start getting money from cubing?

this is why i love renz


i figured out how to do two sides all by myself, then i get confrazled