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It's super easy once you actually learn it.

Where videos are good is for finger tricks and hand positions.

Two under.

That was pleasingly complex.

Enjoyed it.

Also, 1:40 is great!

That's the point at which times will start to tumble and sub minute becomes very doable.

It's also quite a good point to start learning some last layer algorithms if you haven't already.

My recommendation would be to aim to learn two-look OLL, so that you can :

1) make a last layer cross from any state with one of two different algs (F- sexy- F' and WideF-sexy WideF')

2) Solve all the cross OLL variants with memorised algs. (There aren't TOO many, just pick a couple to begin with, you probably already know Sune, from the beginners method).

Alternatively, concentrate on PLL, starting with learning T Perm.

Learning algs is quite personal, but for me it comes down to :

i) Read notation and do it slowly.

iI) Figure out a decent set of hand positions, finger tricks and rotations that make the alg efficient and "flowing".

iii) Repeat, with increasing speed until muscle memory takes over from "alphabet" or "face turning" memory.

iv) Repeat ad infinitum using muscle memory.

I really can't recall any of the hundred or so algs I know, as sequences of notation or face turns. I only think of them as sequences of motions of my hands, fingers and wrists.

Cubeskills.com has great OLL and PLL algorithm pdfs. Some of the algs have been superceded by better modern ones, but for the majority these are great to start with.

Note, that the OLL pdf has ALL the OLL algs, not just the 2-look ones. Don't be intimidated. (I have never learnt full OLL and I have a PB of 23 seconds)

Oh yes, the time pressure is real.
Run the clock but ignore the clock.

Nah, it's with Monzo Plus, which I get for the Network Railcard. Weekly Gregg's and Vue cinema ticket are a bonus. The latter is new but really makes it worthwhile.

I get free Gregg's coffee with Monzo. Agreed on black americano with a dash of milk. It's passable.

Thanks for this tip for Octopus, I now get that too. Cafe Nero as well which is a (small) step up..

OK, I need one of those.

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/202­4/11/16/50-years-of-the-rubiks-cube-3993­62

Thanks for this, my 9yo son and I enjoyed it immensely. Made extra special by being in that lecture hall at the Royal Institution.

Proper made me grin, it did.

I also know the new one, and it is right near a place I often visit.

Let's see what happens....

Learn two-look OLL and then learn full PLL.

That'll keep you busy for a year or so!

Zoom. Enhance.

Got it. Now to ride.

Twunder.

Dodgy clue IMO

So you are six feet three inches tall but quote your height as five foot eleven when asked?

Huh? Why?

Ah, I didn't think about ten pin bowling.

My favourite (odd but effective) F2L video:

https://youtu.be/WB5apB2i_Do?si=vemc2z57zTfzhNAQ

This is my current entry level recommendation.

https://ukspeedcubes.co.uk/collections/3x3-cubes/products/moyu-meilong-3m-v2-lite

Cheap, magnetised and decent.

Get it pre lubed with DNM-37.

For a higher level option, this is my current main:

https://ukspeedcubes.co.uk/products/moyu-super-rs3m-v2-ballcore

Scrambling is easier than you think.

Seven random turns is enough to be getting on with.

If you want competition grade scrambles (and one million other features), cstimer.net is your friend.

Three under. Mildly convoluted but a ok.

Realised that I never got round to revisitng yesterday's clue, so googled it. It was exactly the construction I had thought but I just failed to get the anagram. Silly me.

Mattel apologises after Wicked movie dolls mistakenly link to porn website on packaging

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/11/mattel-apologises-after-mistakenly-linking-to-porn-website-on-wicked-dolls

Reported

If you are anywhere near SE24 I'll happily run a lufguss cubing masterclass in a pub...

I'm also in favour.

Fucking cesspit run by the ubercunt.

(I am having to use Chrome)

It's a twunderful life.