Who taught you how to solve?

Who taught you and what was your first recorded time?

I was in 4th year high school, and at the time rubiks cube was a craze because 2 guys solved it. Everyone was approaching these 2 felas wanting to learn, I was one of them.

His name....well I cant really mention his name because he doesn't like it. He's here, his user name is rcferraris, and from him I learned how to solve the cube. Its quite funny actually, I learned it while on the phone. Could you imagine him teaching me on the phone??? That's really hard!!!

My first recorded time actually was before rcferraris taught me, it took me a year to solve the cube by myself....in trial and error process. After he taught me, I averaged about 3.50-40 mins. My fastest time about 2.30 mins, I couldn't even get below 2 mins. 1 min was impossible to me (what more in seconds?!). During that time, the fastest among us was 1.17 mins, and no one beat that. I didn't even tried, I know I couldn't.

After fourth year, I forgot how to solve for about a year, it was later when we re-united with my friends that I figured that they still haven't forgotten how to solve. There I re-learned the cube. And then re-learned it further with rcferraris again since I didn't completely learned the permutation. This was the time I taught my brother, JB Cañares how to solve. From then on everything changed forever. A year later my bro got a fastest time below 1min and later maintains an average below 60secs. That time, I couldn't really believe this.

It was this 17secs Chris Hardwick video by brother showed me that drove me into speedcubing. I actually learned speedcubing indirectly from JB, from his algo notes. From there the rest is history!



How about you? What's your story?

I got a cube since I was a little boy. My sister said to me that this is an IQ test, and solving a single color is easy, but solving the whole cube is freakingly insane. I solved 1 of the face when i'm 5, and at that time, i quitted cubing. Then a day after my b-day, i'm 12 yrs. old, my sister got me a new cube. Then, she gave me a manual on how to solve it. I can't understand a thing.

Then I surfed the web and tried to find a solution. Still i don't get it. I visited Jaapsch puzzle page, since it has no pictures and illustrations, I can't understand it, even with notations.

After a week, it's new year eve. I surfed the web again, and found a cube solver program(I have 1 right now). But if I want to learn to solve a cube, I don't need a program like that. Then 1 day, I found Joel Van Noort's website. And there I learned How to speedcube. It took me 2 weeks to solve the cube by myself. And using a cellphone stopwatch, I have solved it for 1:20 minutes.

I searched for some videos in speedcubing, my sister said, that's impossible, 17 sec.? I didn't believed it either. And a day after that, in the guiness world records, i watched a man solving a cube, blindfolded. man he's awesome, less than 20 sec. And after that, i got inspired and here I am, still young and still cubing.



keep it up guyz, someday you'll be better than all the speedcubers...

john kapatid mo si JB?
lol
no wonder

I first touched a rubik's cube when I was little, it was not mine. All i did was look at it. Then couple months back my sister bought a cube, she 'taguht' me how to solve it. my sister got me addicted to rubik's cube. At first, I don't know how to solve the rubik's cube. I know that there is a pattern on how to solve it, but i didn't bother to look for it. Doing the base color was hard for me because the 1st layer have to be the same, I didn't know that. I thought you solve your base and then work your way up. I was wrong. i looked up on the internet then boom, i just figure out how to solve it. recording of 2 minutes then trying to do less than 1 minute. I said it's impossible. I bought a new rubik's cube then I solved couple and then I solved it under 60. I was happy then boom, again. under 50.. I couldn't do it anymore.

A very long time ago..i cant remember that time but i'm very sure..i saw a great puzzle and no one in the family knows how to solve it..and i ask what it is they said its a rubik's cube..a what? rubikshob? and a got only peek of it and i hold it only for a while..after that i never seen and heard about that puzzle..i think that puzzle is unsolvable and who cares no one in the philippines knows how to solve it,i never heard anyone who can...in my college life i met a man a simple,silent,mysterious guy..and we became friends and classmates..one day he show me a thing that will change my life a thing that i never dream of will come back to me again...the great puzzle,the "unsolvable" the 'rubiks cube'..when i tried it wow its so cool you will really forget the time..and by how many minute i solve the first layer..but master jaybee told me you must solve the first layer in away that the corners and edges have the same colors and i did..and after that i think its not worth my time because its difficult..after how many months jaybee told me that another friend solve it while i'm away and i admit that i'm better than him..i was challenged and really did everything to learn the greatest puzzle of all time..and in just a day i finished my method..with a 12 minutes time...and after that i t become 7 and 5 and 3 and 2 minutes average...and after discovering i've learned the combination method like jaybee's combi alone..of course jaybee told me the finishing touches...and now i broke the 2 minutes and one minute barrier...i'm planning to improve and learn all methods and be fast as i could...and i'm glad i met my life,my hobby,best buddy,the rubiks cube...i just want to acknowledge the cañares brothers for imparting the knowledge and my inspirations...so guys when you met the puzzle grab the opportunity...keep on cubing..your life is like puzzle so solve it...

I first gained interest in the Rubik's Cube after I watched the show Beauty and the Geek, where you see one of the geeks, Tyson, speed cubing, and blind solving.

Then after a year or two, I saw Van with an old Rubik's cube. Half of the stickers were peeled so he had to color them in himself. The cube was also difficult to turn. Everyone said that they would buy him a new one, but it never really happened (I guess they were joking, LOL).

Then at a friends birthday party, another friend had a rubik's cube, and he could solve it pretty fast. He refused to teach me, until I made a deal with him, then he taught me the F2L stuff in the Beginner solution.

I waited for a Rubik's Cube to come in the mail after I ordered it on ebay. I couldn't buy one at any store, as I visited store after store, and they were all sold out of Rubik's Cubes. I tried Target, Wal-mart, Toys R us, KB toys in different locations as well. When it came, I was surprised to see that the cube was cheap and easily breakable, it came in a pair and I ended up breaking them within two weeks.

But within those two weeks I learned to solve it on my own, with Vans help, and the web site deepcube.net

Now I use the Roux method with the cube I got from Puzzleproz on ebay. I learned to Roux method with help from the guide made by Gilles Roux, and I also benefited a lot from the videos frome Richard Meyer on youtube.com where he teaches the Roux.

Now I can actually solve the cube using the Roux on my own, but I need to find a way to make it faster because I can't create the two 1x2x3 blocks fast enough.

haha.. great explanation about my cube geo
lol

before christmas break i saw a video on metacafe on a tuturial on how to solve the cube, i ignored this although i had some interest.. during my winter break staying at a friend in arizona, there was a rubik's cube laying around, ofcourse its natural to twist and turn it, i remembered the video that i had watched and solve it in three days.. started speedcubing with beginner method, wrong move, i hadn't discovered fridrich yet, i thought all speedcubers solved with beginner method! hehe.. learend fridrich, march 2007..

gani is very fast in improving his solving times

how fast can gani go? personal best and average?

well. i first learned how to solve was december 2006. i watched my friends solve the cube real slow. she taught me until the second layer. then she gave me a site called www.puzzlesolver.com. i couldnt really understand the last layer of that site, so i went to youtube and watched Thrawst's videos. After that I could go 2-3 minutes. Then eventually I got fast until 1 min - 1 min 15. I searched websites for the fridrich and started learning the f2l, oll and pll, though i still got 1 min average. my guy friend started getting 40 seconds and im like 0.0 he said it was the cube. he lent me his new york baseball cube (forgot what team - i got fast from that cube cuz it wasn't crappy like my old one which i found in my old box of toys. and that december i went to japan and i bought cubes of all sizes. i broke my 25th anniversary in like 8 hours then i bought a 2006 one. lol. but my solves went from 40 to 30 seconds. i was amazed. yeah. i'm kinda addicted i guess. after the lube. i got till 28 then 25 then now im stuck at 23. need more algs to learn ^^

I saw Van with an old Rubik's cube. Half of the stickers were peeled so he had to color them in himself. The cube was also difficult to turn. Everyone said that they would buy him a new one, but it never really happened

that's funny hehe. Yes van, kapatid ko si JB.

how fast can gani go? personal best and average?

I think his personal best is 14 something, and averages below 22, I think.

i bought a cube for 30 pesos from a street vendor here in UP. i couldn't solve the cube so i looked for solutions from the net. while i was searching, i happened to see the videos of chris hardwick and jessica fridrich. i also saw videos of makisumi. those videos inspired me. so, i studied the beginner's solution, then, the fridrich method.

Got me some magic cubes from NBS not so long ago and threw away the how-to catalog which came along with it. I figured it out myself up to the 2nd layer, then got crazy on the last one. Turns out all i needed were the corner switchers and i finally solved it after consulting google

However slow my methods where, I wasn't particular on solving it any faster until i saw numerous gut-wrenching- fast solves on youtube. Then I realized, my methods sucked. Websites upon websites rave on to one prevailing method of solving it by memorizing 50+ algortithms. Then I realized, that sucked much much more. So here I am, unwilling to memorize so much that i'm stuck at the 50s forever with my ubber inefficient method. heheh.

I have, however, been ignited with a new found bliss with bigger cubes. Much much fun to solve. All logic, and no memorizations. heheh. Never touched my 3x3x3 eversince :D:D:D

jettyboy1 wrote:how fast can gani go? personal best and average?

my single PB is 14.27 now.. it was 14.75 thos milliseconds are precious! haha
PB average is 18.41, crazy shit!

hmm
i didn't think that milliseconds are that important

milliseconds are precious! hehe!

very true... hehehe


It all started when i saw JB Cañares solve the cube...
It gave me a shock seeing the cube solved for the 1st time.. actually.. coz i never seen it solved yet.. and i don't watch videos much at the time.. it never gave interest to me..
So i asked if he could teach me the basics..
It was me and Raymund who were taught by JB in the USC main library.
It was one of my unforgettable experience, when we started solving the cube 1st layer and 2nd layer about 5 mins... hahahahah
I just can't get over that..
I got the 30 pesos cube as well as the magic cube...
Then I got a grip on my 1st original Rubik's cube..
after a few days.. it was the death of my magic cube in the library.. ahehehe


Then until the time that he also introduced combination method..
then i got stuck at the point where i have a 1:15 mins solve time.. so for a couple of months.. but there.. I accidentally came up on finger tricks upon solves..

I just simply think that at least i can solve the cube..

Then until I saw Fritz, getting really fast and ahead of me..
It was bcause of my personality that I don't want to be at the bottom..
So i started learning F2L.. and got slower bcoz of my recognition.. and lack of algos..

Until knowing that there is a competition coming up here in the Philippines..
So.. I started to aim at faster times, watched speed solving videos and stuff... From here.. I told JB and Fritz... to watch out.. i'm coming for you guys, I'll be one of your rivals soon ... ^_^ hahahaha kinda funny saying it though..

van21691 wrote:hmm
i didn't think that milliseconds are that important

dude, milliseconds are like gold.. especially when your talking about personal bests, and especially averages.. xx.20 is way better than xx.50..

isaganiesteron wrote:

van21691 wrote:hmm
i didn't think that milliseconds are that important

dude, milliseconds are like gold.. especially when your talking about personal bests, and especially averages.. xx.20 is way better than xx.50..

EXACTAMENTO! Milliseconds matter more as your solve time gets shorter/faster.

The same can be said about percentages and relative quantification :

i.e. 1,000,000 Seconds + 1 second would render your integer a gain of 0.000001% (which matters least)

whereas : 2 Seconds + 1 second would render your integer a gain of 50%

Goes to show that as you get faster with your solve time, the more the milliseconds would matter.

just a mathematical point of view for those who are interested

hehee

very mathematical.. too mathematical(?) hehe

:O I'm too dumb to think about that.. ahehehe

who taught me? at first I think my self also!! "I still remember"
medio boring ung time na nagbabantay ako ng computer shop nmin!! dba boring nga!! I tried to find something na interesting
medio nood ng youtube nkkainspire ung video ng mga speedcubers.."kaingit " so one day nagpapabili ako ng cube sa sis ko
ayan after so many days and nights .. wla paring nabibili.. one yr. after 2006 bago magpasukan I bought a cube at National Bukster hehe "tigas ba" kaazar pero kei lang ... ayan dali dali basa ng guide hehe "read , read and read everyday " ayan hagang sa ma22 na ako.. synthesizing all the notes na nakukuha ko sa internet hehe .. ngaung july 2007 improving nakaksolve na me ng 4x4 and 5x5 ^_^

isaganiesteron wrote:

van21691 wrote:hmm
i didn't think that milliseconds are that important

dude, milliseconds are like gold.. especially when your talking about personal bests, and especially averages.. xx.20 is way better than xx.50..

That might be true if xx = 15 but definitely not if xx = 50.

i got interested in cubing becoz of my math clasm8s

ang unang cube ko e ung PHP40 na nbibili sa UP

from den on, ngsearch na ako sa net ng mga solutions

fridrich, petrus, roux, heise, corner's 1st at kung anu-ano pa

pro pinili ko yung beginner's layer by layer

ung nagturo sakin, pinabuo nya sakin ung 1st layer by intuition

i have no idea how to do that

but i know how it should look like kasi nagsurf na nga ako sa net

pro dhl ngng bc na kami, ngsurf ulit ako at pinag-aralan ang LL

ayun!

in 2 weeks, nabuo ko ang cube (habang SONA)

im trying to learn other methods pro wla na me tym

dami na exams e

hehehe

When I was Thirteen, last year, I was watching "Beauty and the
Geek" show on TV. I saw Tyson Mao solve the Rubik's Cube very fast. At the moment I saw him solved it so fast. I told to my self:"Why not try that toy Tyson Mao solved".

I bought a 3x3x3 cube for one hundred pesos.
I tried solving it by my own and I learned how to solve one face in just a day. Two or Three days after that, I can solve one face with edge and corners the same. But unfortunately, no matter what I do, I cannot solve all the sides of the cube. After about three weeks, I gave up, and just leave that cube on my study table.
A year later, this year July 2007, I saw people in the television was solving Rubik's Cube and solved it in less than 25 seconds!
After that, I told myself to continue practicing. I search for methods/solutions/etc. on the World wide web, I found the Official website of Rubik's cube: www.rubiks.com
So, I take a video tutorial where Tyson Mao hymself is your teacher. THen I learned how to solve the Rubik's Cube is just days. A month later, my faster average is 106 seconds and I know it is slow compared to you guys.

I am a new member
Merci au revoir......
Je'suis ne pas de Paris.....