i learned the cube from a polish speedcuber last summer. he used a custom version of the friedrich method....i don't know any of the algorithms other than what he taught me in a week :/ I continued learning using the friedrich method when I got home and got under 1 minute average in about 2 months. It's a very intuitive method IMO, if people have trouble with this, they might want to take a look at some alternative methods
On June 16 2009 01:45 Biochemist wrote: The first method I learned was kinda unique... you solve the corners on one side first, then solve the corners on the opposite side. + Show Spoiler +
Then you usually have to solve the four remaining sides (all done at the same time), and do the edge pieces last. It's pretty slow (2-3 minutes as soon as you finish learning it), but because almost all the steps are 2-3 moves each you can learn to solve it with only ONE algorithm. Usually the last two edge pieces end up in each other's spots, and you have to do one long sequence to switch them.
I'd like to learn a more efficient method, but my cube broke and I haven't gotten around to replacing it yet!
I think I know the same method, but I haven't realized that particular alogrithm. It's efficient enough for me , and I like the simplicity of it. The user can see through the algorythms because of their shortness.
top times are separated by like tenths of seconds now
1 Tomasz Zolnowski 10.63 Poland Warsaw Open 2009 2 Yumu Tabuchi 10.83 Japan Osaka Open 2009 3 Erik Akkersdijk 11.11 Netherlands Benelux Open 2009 4 Yu Nakajima 11.28 Japan Kashiwa Open 2008 5 Andy Tsao 11.42 USA Berkeley Fall 2008 6 Edouard Chambon 11.48 France Murcia Open 2008 Harris Chan 11.48 Canada Toronto Open Winter 2009 Takumi Yoshida 11.48 Japan JRCA Kanto Summer 2009 9 Keisuke Hiraya 11.68 Japan Japan Open 2008 10 Rowe Hessler 11.70 USA Cumberland Valley Open 2009
Notice 2 things: the top 10 are separated by ~one second. Also, they're all recent records (the earliest were last year's, and only 4 of those), meaning people are still getting noticeably faster. There isn't even a super-14 time in the top 100 (the gap between 10th and 100th is just a bit over 2 seconds)
On June 22 2009 02:26 JeeJee wrote: top times are separated by like tenths of seconds now
1 Tomasz Zolnowski 10.63 Poland Warsaw Open 2009 2 Yumu Tabuchi 10.83 Japan Osaka Open 2009 3 Erik Akkersdijk 11.11 Netherlands Benelux Open 2009 4 Yu Nakajima 11.28 Japan Kashiwa Open 2008 5 Andy Tsao 11.42 USA Berkeley Fall 2008 6 Edouard Chambon 11.48 France Murcia Open 2008 Harris Chan 11.48 Canada Toronto Open Winter 2009 Takumi Yoshida 11.48 Japan JRCA Kanto Summer 2009 9 Keisuke Hiraya 11.68 Japan Japan Open 2008 10 Rowe Hessler 11.70 USA Cumberland Valley Open 2009
Notice 2 things: the top 10 are separated by ~one second. Also, they're all recent records (the earliest were last year's, and only 4 of those), meaning people are still getting noticeably faster. There isn't even a super-14 time in the top 100 (the gap between 10th and 100th is just a bit over 2 seconds)
I personally don't know the answer to your question but those times may be an avg of a series of a certain number of cubes instead on an individual cube.
single solves are silly. the thing that convinced me was when ron (i think, or maybe arnaud) got a 2x2x2 scramble which he noticed during preinspection could be solved in an R U R' U' trigger (or maybe R U' R'; something like that anyway), resulting in a WR time that's basically unbeatable unless you get a scramble that's just as imba. he asked for a rescramble though so that's okay.
and yeah, figures you'd link erik ^_^ he has had quite a history with lucky scrambles lol "getting lucky isn't a crime"
edit:looking at xeo's video, that's what i'm talking about ^_^ there's a pll skip and (i think) an entirely 2gen f2l edit2: nope nevermind found the scramble and his solution, there's a rotation i missed. still, not a standard solve
my fastest recorded time atm is 3:20 and I first touched a cube on Saturday
I'm gonna try and see if I've gotten faster since yesterday. Its also the first day that I don't need to look at the algorithm cheatsheet I made. *brb*
Rubik Cube inventor devises new puzzle to drive us all to distraction
RUBIK 360
The creator of Rubik’s Cube is back with his first new puzzle for almost 20 years and early indications are that it is going to be every bit as irritating as the original.
Rubik’s 360, which goes on sale next week, features six small balls inside three interlocking spheres. The task is to lock each ball into colour-coded capsules on the outermost sphere. Professor Rubik said of his cube that it was “easy to understand the task, but hard to work out the solution”. It is just as aggravating to crack the 360