Hi hi, im new here so this is kind of an introduction XD

anyways, can anyone list me places where they sell rubiks in Kuala Lumpur(especially DIYs and Stack mat/timer ><). I'll be going to KL next week so, im trying to find a better cube for me while im there.

@Mr.Ace since macky site is not up i think this is how you progress your Cube skills

1. Aim for 40s with 2 turns per second(tps) with beginners technique
2. Aim for 30s with 2 tps with 2 look PLL and OLL ( meaning only uses 4 algorithm to solve last layer)
3. Aim for 25s (intuitive / full F2L) and full PLL
4. Sub -20 ( full OLL)

Go slow but look ahead. You dont have to go really fast to reach sub-30 ( i can assure you o.o)

Yup you can get to around 40s with beginners technique. Heck even my 12 year old cousin can do that >< (made me jealous though).

Well the thing is that you have to LOOK AHEAD and minimize your moves.

When i was starting back in september, i used 2 beginners method. One i found from Youtube and the other one is from dans cube station.

i mixed them both and resulted in around 50s-1min solve until i read shotaro macky's site ( no more host ><) and practised looking ahead with slow solves. This resulted in around 40s solves ~

Later on i memorised 3-4 looks LL and yet still stuck in around 40s for few weeks.

In anycase, after getting sub-40, practise your f2l and aim for less than 7 moves per pair and of course, less than 20secs f2l

To solve 2x2x2 beginners way: you have to know 3x3x3 first. I.E layer by layer: 1. First layer and then 2. Last layer by means of OLL and PLL

Here's a simple method:

http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/2x2_lbl-0.html

To answer your first question: it is nice o.o




This post has been edited by amar19: Jan 4 2009, 03:59 PM

Last layer is mostly based on algorithm.

Try checking this;
http://www.cubestation.co.uk/cs2/index.php...ginner/beginner

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGWXXzH9e24