It is interesting, that I am 14 years old, with almost the same hobbys and interests as you. Rubiks cube, programming (although i dont know Python, but I know almost all web page programming languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, including Flash, so ActionScript 3, and I am learning C++), Math, Physics...
About useless skills, try card flourishes... they are soo cool :D
OMG WTF Meph I have the exact same juggling balls LOL why I am posting this when this video is like 2 years old but lol that's funny. Meph's puzzle skills for the win.
I learned pogbats beginners method, and I really wish I would of hearted his, but I was able in about under a month of cubing to get my time to 1:02. I havent really had any problem switching over to fridrich but I assume it would have been easier if I had used his version.
I learned Pogobat's method first and when I first strated I could do it in sub 4 minutes, then I actually memorized the algorithms. Then I had a sub 2 and now i use Fridrich, and I have about 1:16
@wvb93 i just re-learnt V perm as R' U R' d' R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F
the next like 5 or 6 moves after the d' feel a whole lot like a T Perm, then its just an ituitive solve the rest of the way. the F at the end feels weird though, because there's no good fingertrick for it.
pogobats video was actually REALLY easy to understand (but you have to think smart, no offense :P), but then it took a while for me to learn fridrich, so thats the downside. but personally, in speedcubing, your videos are legit
hahaha that is awesome...i never thought i would find another cuber that is in to pen spinning...you should find out how to make your own mod...i use a rsvp mx mainly because i can find the parts for it in the U.S.
i actally like the v and f perms badmephisto tells us to use it has a nice finger trick except for the d that slows it down but after that one move its faster
i couldnt help laughing at the other things you have been doing. They are the sort of things i do whilst waiting for something to download or a webpage to load, so it suits you perfectly xD
Try card throwing - thats a lot of fun, and you never loose the skill once you have it.
You should try the Iphone app Unblock Me, I've killed hundreds of hours with that puzzle at work, it has quite similar mechanics to the app you showed... I'm very thankful for your videos, especially the first f2l, that one really got me cubing for real... I'll head over and rate your beginner's video right away...
I'd definitely be interested seeing some programming videos. I thought your Tetris AI looked was very good and I'd very much like to learn how to create something like that myself.
you and thrawst have the best tuorials and videos. the westonian has good material but presentation sux xD. so please make some more videos. id like to learn the roux method by u if u know it want to learn it
yeah pogobat's video's... sucked. (sorry pogobat =D) i saw it an im like WTF's a U'?????? but anyways i saw Rob's beginner videos before yours, but same thing, right? you have lots of good videos on advanced methods that i am currently watching :)
Meph, I believe I've mentioned this to you before, but another factor in the search algorithm on YouTube is whether or not the video is a "partner video" or not (meaning enabled for revenue sharing). Those take precedence over others when it comes to search, but I will go and rate your video 5 stars since it was very good :-D Also, cool to see that you're starting to juggle, which I also really enjoy :-) nice wallpaper too :-P
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pogobat's video is good because that guy is way more popular than meph and the other great cubers here, and it had more attention because of that. That video just told people to explore the Rubik's cube world, and ended up well l think...
so pogobats vids are "good" just because he is popular? so everything is good if it's popular?
Can't be true. I'm sure you know some important guys in history that are still that popular that the whole world knows them but they are not good for sure.
I'm sure that people that are totaly unknown may make very good vids and tutorials, too.
pen spinnig will be quite easy for somebody who solve cubes(me), more flexible fingers maybe? penspinning requires more training n pratience than cubing in my opinion and had been spinning for abt 9 months, cubing for abt 7
Dude! You must listen. At around 2:25 you mentioned something about getting youtube to realize 'this'. Well, you know what? Once we have AI, youtube WILL realize. MWHAHAA
im not sure y some ppl think tht pogobat's 'rubik's cube tutorial' is a good video....his way of teaching is good, but only advanced cubers can teach (since they hv more experience) like badmephisto.
pogobat averages like 55 seconds.....thts intermediate...which is good but a person averaging sub20 would know much more....
i originally learnt from him....and thts why it took me time to switch to fridrich, which badmephisto taught me (i now average sub27, which isnt good for my level)
hey i dont like pogobat, but this specific reference of yours about his bad video makes me think that you don't like him too! i cant see any other reason!
ok badmephisto your freakin awsome kinda funny everything that youve picked up doing ive done or can do except the 15 puzzle thats how freakin awsome you are, lol
Pogobat's tutorial does work and and unlike yours is not as easily read unless you really pay attention to it. I did learn his method first and do apply some (one usually) of his methods when I speedcube using the beginner's method but that's because I get the same results because they use similar algorithms.
One that i use semi infrequently is his alg for placing the second layer only when the cube is flipped because then i can do a U2 to place it in position to use you method. and the other is his method to get the yellow cross on the top to start going into getting all yellows on top. Though his method uses a lot more looking which murders times,
wow meph you really do have a lot of time on your hands XD and ofcourse it was the pens fault because inanimate objects hate you ^-^ anyway heres a great way to do the N plls cuz that N(a) pll is so horrible, I mean it just kills me on the inside XD
N(a) (L U' R) U2 (L' U R') | (L U' R) U2 (L' U R') U'
N(b) (R' U L') U2 (R U' L) | (R' U L') U2 (R U' L) U'
Add the first one to your site, I'm pretty sure you have the second one although theyre just reflections
lol, nice video :) for rotating the centres on the su-do-kube, just use the T perm twice to rotate 180 degrees or the 3 edge cycle to rotate 90 degrees.
Holy crap we have like the exact same hobbies!!! I got into cubeing a while back, followed by yoyoing and 15 puzzle.
i've also picked up some ocarina playing and have often thought about getting into juggling and dice stacking. i've also taken several programming classes, although im better at the adobe programs.
When you said you picked up some new things, I thought you should pick up a yoyo. Then, the die comes out, and I could tell it was the one that comes with the Freehand. You then talk about dicestaking. What a bummer. Then, your yoyos come out!
You should check out the videos I have of me yoyoing. You might say Im as good at yoyoing as you are at cubing.
Anyway, I just got a cube like 2 weeks ago. My best time is 1:10. Not very good, but Im learning. Your videos have definitely helped, thanks!
Amazing... pretty much all of those random skills are stuff that I've tried. I think you should look into cup stacking or spintops, too as they are both things that are pretty cool.
hey! badmephisto, thanks for all your awsome vids on cubing, it really helped when you explained how important few cube rotations were in f2l, my average solve is just under 40 seconds... not good, but im working on it, and are you going to toronto for the canadian open in september? please reply
Pen Spinning for the win! If you want to know more about it or have some questions to ask, feel free to contact me. And congratz of nice number of subs :)
Okay so I have an algorithm for rotating two centers at once. It'll help with the Sudoku cube. This one rotates the F center peice clockwise, while rotating R counterclockwise.
M U M' E M U' M' E'
Just work with it for a bit and see what it does. Works very well.
Awesome video. Haha, you always seem so professional in your other vids, this one made you look.. human :D with all the funny sounds when pen spinning etc.
first off...I have already learned to juggle, 15 puzzle, suduko cubes, yoyos, and pen spinning...and now you can do it too...seems we are even more similar than i thought.
Secondly...Why do you wear a watch on the right hand?
At the beginning of the video, I had a feeling that you would mention pen spinning because I was thinking of Shotaro Makisumi, who is a speedcuber and started pen spinning.
After you guys rated, the video jumped instantly to position #2 on the search results, but then shortly after it fell back down to page 4... I don't really understand how that works
I edned up learning from Pogobat's videos, but many times I got frustrated and was convincd that I would never learn the cube, because it was so hard to learn. It was also hard to learn how to speedcube, because his video is not a good video, and makes it hard to learn to speedcube. Don't get me wrong, his videos now are some of my favorate non-cubing videos now, and I have subscribed to him!
i learned how to solve the cube using pogobats vid and i thought it was simple for the most part i jus wish he worked harder at explaining the last layer better otherwise it was fine
No but really I have no idea how I would even go about teaching something like pen spinning... I know people do it but it doesnt make any sense... its just muscle memory. I dont know
wow I first learned how to solve a rubiks cube got up to 20 secs with you videos got bored with it larned yoyo a bit juggleing penspining and now i am learning dicestacking
i found pogobat way before i found ur channel, so i had 2 figure it out from watching pogobat's video a few times, and cheating to solve it the first time... lol
but from trying to teach people to solve a cube myself, i hv learned that they are very lazy, and they dont want to watch 20 minutes of video (pogobat's length). idk hw long urs is, and i doubt thers a solution to laziness, i just thought i'd put that out there.. lol
well my video is about 24 minutes. Its honestly not that much. If people dont have enough patience to spare 30 minutes on learning a RUBIKS CUBE, then they wont have enough patience to learn any of the algs later on, and will never become speedcubers anyway.
i also disagree about pogobats video being bad. i only had to watch the video once, went out the next day to buy i cube, and i could solve it. i think the only people who get confused are the morons who shouldnt be doing it anyways.
your video is better though
and i recently picked up yo-yoing too, and i know a lot of cubers who dice stack, juggle, and yoyo
I disagree with what you said about Pogobat regarding his 3x3. I thought it was good and I learned how to solve a 3x3x3 after about 3 hours with no previous cubing experience. After doing some more research on how to get faster, I found your more advanced 3x3x3 videos through google and I no longer use his method. I found his 4x4x4 video to be very confusing though.
You should make a random stuff video, where you show your yo-yoing, pen spinning, and whatnot.
I tell my friends to watch your video to learn to solve the rubik's cube. I also mention to not listen to pogobat. When I first started cubing, I watched his tutorial and had to relearn a lot of things. I didn't even know about fridrich until I looked up the only other method I knew of: petrus. Vaseline also destroyed my cube, and I had to buy another.
I admit it!!!! I LEARNED THE BEGINNER METHOD FROM POGOBAT!!!!! I've transitioned to the fridrich method now. Did you know that pogobat also has a video called "How to solve the rubix cube faster"? I watched that hoping it would help me become a speedcuber, but I never truly improved until I found this channel.
well pogobat is not a speedcuber. did he even compete a single time? I would have guessed his average to be about 1 minute... he's not in a position to teach anyone anything advanced imo
I totally agree. He's not in position to teach anyone anything advanced. I also admit you teach good advanced things (even though I'm most self-taught I've learned a thing or two by watchign your videos).
But what I said was that his tutorials are good for beginners.
I personally learned Beginner's Method by Pogobat. I don't think they're hard to understand (I was 13 when I learned from his videos, now I'm 14).
I think he explained really good, and I have personally taught 2 of my classmates how to solve the Rubik's Cube using that Method. I do admit he does have some bad stuff in his videos (which I realized when I became more skilled) but he does explain pretty well to beginners.
Now I haven't watched your Tutorial, so I can't compare those.
naturally, it cant be TOOO terrible... seeing as people do learn from it, and it was pretty popular even before it was featured. Its just that I freak out when I look at it with my super critical eye :D Its passable. I agree. But could be much better
And about PLLS: I've had to relearn PLLs twice, first I found some site that just had PLLs, they really sucked. Then I found Yu Nakajima's and I learned them for a really long time, I learned like 18 of the 21. Then I found Erik Akkersdijk's PLLs, and my personally opinion is that his PLLs are the best.
I made a Microsoft Word-file of both Erik Akkersdijk and Yu Nakajima's algorithms (F2L and OLL too :P), and I'm currently learning Erik's.
Go to his site, or to his Youtube Channel (frk17).
The wallpaper on your phone explains a lot of your hobbies. Why do a lot of Mathematicians get into horticulture I wonder?
bsarlo76 3 months ago
@almaitonn not just flourishes but trick
Warfang500 5 months ago
his face at 6:02!
Z8Guy 6 months ago
i dont want to sound dumb but how do you rate videos?
kevin5001w 7 months ago
you're awesome :D
MINIMI95020 7 months ago
It is interesting, that I am 14 years old, with almost the same hobbys and interests as you. Rubiks cube, programming (although i dont know Python, but I know almost all web page programming languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, including Flash, so ActionScript 3, and I am learning C++), Math, Physics...
About useless skills, try card flourishes... they are soo cool :D
Almaironn 8 months ago
OMG WTF Meph I have the exact same juggling balls LOL why I am posting this when this video is like 2 years old but lol that's funny. Meph's puzzle skills for the win.
Bubfreak1 8 months ago
Haha, you can do so much useless stuff :D . Pen spinning, juggling and all that
asderipieree 1 year ago
I learned pogbats beginners method, and I really wish I would of hearted his, but I was able in about under a month of cubing to get my time to 1:02. I havent really had any problem switching over to fridrich but I assume it would have been easier if I had used his version.
thejorodan 1 year ago
Omg. These are all things I want to know how to do
Juggling
DIce stacking.
Dodianer 1 year ago
I learned Pogobat's method first and when I first strated I could do it in sub 4 minutes, then I actually memorized the algorithms. Then I had a sub 2 and now i use Fridrich, and I have about 1:16
darthvaderyoda 1 year ago
i just want to thank you for all the videos
i have been learning the fridrich method, i still have some troubles to memorize the algs but the video really helps
by the way i am a juggler to !
Mastermonkey94 1 year ago
I can juggle 7 balls! And I can cube!
jlspma 1 year ago
BADME!!!!!! Your best :)
RodCuber 1 year ago
i completely agree with you about pogobat's video.
geniusbob3 1 year ago
i also got 1 of those sudoku cubes, but i popped a few pieces out to lubricate it and now it's porbably unsolvable
1134yannick 1 year ago
I can't put my finger on why your videos are so interesting. Perhaps it is because I am a little nerdy?
misha1987987 1 year ago
I like your V perm. (alot actually)
sugarrayrox 1 year ago
@sugarrayrox hate it! hate it! Haaaaaate! >:(
badmephisto 1 year ago
@badmephisto my V-perm: L' U R U' L U L' U R' U' L U2 R U2 R'
it gives me BROOKLYN RAGE, because its slower than some of my G-series.
mynameisdarthtater 1 year ago
@mynameisdarthtater gosh i use that V perm too and i hate it!
wvb93 1 year ago
@wvb93 i just re-learnt V perm as R' U R' d' R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F
the next like 5 or 6 moves after the d' feel a whole lot like a T Perm, then its just an ituitive solve the rest of the way. the F at the end feels weird though, because there's no good fingertrick for it.
mynameisdarthtater 1 year ago
@badmephisto i have a great 3 gen (rul) alg if u want
palm248 11 months ago
Your information is very useful
latexlaceandleather 1 year ago
Cool I can juggle 5.I'm glad your are now into juggling
webtoon999 1 year ago
You sir.... are a beast.
2VAproductions 1 year ago
pogobats video was actually REALLY easy to understand (but you have to think smart, no offense :P), but then it took a while for me to learn fridrich, so thats the downside. but personally, in speedcubing, your videos are legit
Astrokillernaut 1 year ago
nice backround on your iphone
SoulGuitarPro 1 year ago
" i'm a winner" lol i thought that comment was so funny
thedarkrouge 1 year ago
Do you work at Google?
JL2996 1 year ago
hahaha that is awesome...i never thought i would find another cuber that is in to pen spinning...you should find out how to make your own mod...i use a rsvp mx mainly because i can find the parts for it in the U.S.
ilChu21 1 year ago
i dont like the Ns but E perm is ok...
davidgreece1 1 year ago
i actally like the v and f perms badmephisto tells us to use it has a nice finger trick except for the d that slows it down but after that one move its faster
davidgreece1 1 year ago
u dont make any videos i feel like unsuscribing u
mcmilad1 1 year ago
Your totally right.
And I will tell all of my friends to check out your videos and rate them 5 stars. :)
BlueBlaze321 1 year ago
Dan Brown made a new and improved easier to follow tutorial
so there!
thosdy 1 year ago
*lot*
ultimateninja111 1 year ago
now its 4097
u rok my time from 3min
came down to 34 secs
after watching ur vds
thnx a lont
ultimateninja111 1 year ago
i couldnt help laughing at the other things you have been doing. They are the sort of things i do whilst waiting for something to download or a webpage to load, so it suits you perfectly xD
Try card throwing - thats a lot of fun, and you never loose the skill once you have it.
100flobby 1 year ago
For the PLL R(a) i use the following alg :
R U R' F' R U2 R' U2 R' F R U R U2 R' U'
It's pretty and i think it's better than the one you have on your website.
petlefeu13 2 years ago
LOL- I also cube, juggle and yo-yo.
I like how you made fun of that Dan Brown dude's site. His method was the first one I learned and it sucked. And Dan (pogobat) is annoying.
puppyofwrath 2 years ago
You should try the Iphone app Unblock Me, I've killed hundreds of hours with that puzzle at work, it has quite similar mechanics to the app you showed... I'm very thankful for your videos, especially the first f2l, that one really got me cubing for real... I'll head over and rate your beginner's video right away...
Shad0wen 2 years ago
ya, i do think so. Dan is way too fast.
ILCAC3 2 years ago
I'd definitely be interested seeing some programming videos. I thought your Tetris AI looked was very good and I'd very much like to learn how to create something like that myself.
Good luck in the future.
xMeshuggahx 2 years ago
was that a picture of weed on your iphone? lol
kirox777 2 years ago
"I also want to be able to eat with my right hand while I solve with my left." Lol
xKMHxI2EAP3Rx 2 years ago
you and thrawst have the best tuorials and videos. the westonian has good material but presentation sux xD. so please make some more videos. id like to learn the roux method by u if u know it want to learn it
Tips4Cube 2 years ago
Have you ever got a request for the roux method? You should.
Pixilful 2 years ago
yeah pogobat's video's... sucked. (sorry pogobat =D) i saw it an im like WTF's a U'?????? but anyways i saw Rob's beginner videos before yours, but same thing, right? you have lots of good videos on advanced methods that i am currently watching :)
dillonblade 2 years ago
Meph, I believe I've mentioned this to you before, but another factor in the search algorithm on YouTube is whether or not the video is a "partner video" or not (meaning enabled for revenue sharing). Those take precedence over others when it comes to search, but I will go and rate your video 5 stars since it was very good :-D Also, cool to see that you're starting to juggle, which I also really enjoy :-) nice wallpaper too :-P
-Rob
RobH0629 2 years ago
youre totaly right about pogobat's video.. i saw it before i saw yours and i wish i saw yours first..
noanger12 2 years ago
LOL this is the FUNNIEST vid of CUBING ever :)
Hey can you put some geometry stuff on ur math ch by any chance x] since l need help lol :D
crackgreenhoue 2 years ago
GOOGLE CUP!
UnderGroundR 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
pogobat's video is good because that guy is way more popular than meph and the other great cubers here, and it had more attention because of that. That video just told people to explore the Rubik's cube world, and ended up well l think...
byorda 2 years ago
so pogobats vids are "good" just because he is popular? so everything is good if it's popular?
Can't be true. I'm sure you know some important guys in history that are still that popular that the whole world knows them but they are not good for sure.
I'm sure that people that are totaly unknown may make very good vids and tutorials, too.
AnsatsuChan 2 years ago
nonononono, you didn't get it...
I said the video is good, not the explanation.
The fact that a famous person makes a video about cubing is good because it attracts atention to this great hobby.
I think there are millions of better tutorials here, and meph's one is just one of the best I've seen.
byorda 2 years ago
I like your V.
Look at my Ra alg(i named it Rb)
Look at my F
Look at my E its not the best but just look at it.
BatafCube 2 years ago
Btw try to stick more to cubing,becuase with so many "hobbys" you can't master hem all.....
BatafCube 2 years ago
pen spinnig will be quite easy for somebody who solve cubes(me), more flexible fingers maybe? penspinning requires more training n pratience than cubing in my opinion and had been spinning for abt 9 months, cubing for abt 7
Brookskyar 2 years ago
make a video of your other skills.
strepie93 2 years ago
Dude! You must listen. At around 2:25 you mentioned something about getting youtube to realize 'this'. Well, you know what? Once we have AI, youtube WILL realize. MWHAHAA
BdizzleFaReal 2 years ago
Thx for sharing & Lol at the end *suckss*
RedSword69 2 years ago
dan browns video wasnt bad, in fact, without him alot of cubers wouldnt be here now (like me). it didnt confuse me at least.
twistnturn44 2 years ago
your tutorials are the best
14Vans 2 years ago
my record on the 15 puzzle is 25s ;)
hyundai0 2 years ago
im not sure y some ppl think tht pogobat's 'rubik's cube tutorial' is a good video....his way of teaching is good, but only advanced cubers can teach (since they hv more experience) like badmephisto.
pogobat averages like 55 seconds.....thts intermediate...which is good but a person averaging sub20 would know much more....
i originally learnt from him....and thts why it took me time to switch to fridrich, which badmephisto taught me (i now average sub27, which isnt good for my level)
uNamed2lyfe 2 years ago
I love Dan Browns Videos. All of them. I did learn origanally from his Video. But i do like what you have done with the diagrams etc.
antony492 2 years ago
hey i dont like pogobat, but this specific reference of yours about his bad video makes me think that you don't like him too! i cant see any other reason!
JimmyGr90 2 years ago
Heehee... I think you're so cuuute~
nightLotus 2 years ago
love u man! your tutorial is VERY CLEAR n HELPFUL!
azribohari 2 years ago
I luv ure site :)
macufacu 2 years ago
i am finally average 18-20sec
Thank you I will rate all your videos and of course your subscribers!!
Your videos endings are always funny haha 5/5
RookieN08 2 years ago
i luv the ending
"this video has to be deleted"
haha! amazing!
uNamed2lyfe 2 years ago
yeah i picked up yo yoing too :]
jaypamplona 2 years ago
N Perm (FRU only)
F' [RUR'U'] R' F R2 {F} U' R' U' R U F' R'
-> Fingertrick: do the {F} with your thumb and probaly the last F' too
HOW TO DO THE SODOKU CUBE:
solve all pieces exept the centers.
than use PLLs to permute the centers.
For exaple if u do the J Perm twice it will rotate the center 180°.
and doing the U Perm three times will rotate it 90°
I3ello 2 years ago
yea i'll rate the other one
yomomo911 2 years ago
Dude, you're just a wonderful man
TroyKoochin 2 years ago 10
ok badmephisto your freakin awsome kinda funny everything that youve picked up doing ive done or can do except the 15 puzzle thats how freakin awsome you are, lol
kingspade350 2 years ago
hey Meph you have helped me decreasing my average from 30 to 17 sec now. I'm grateful to you and I will rate all your videos....!!!!!!
pbansal1989 2 years ago 10
Pogobat's tutorial does work and and unlike yours is not as easily read unless you really pay attention to it. I did learn his method first and do apply some (one usually) of his methods when I speedcube using the beginner's method but that's because I get the same results because they use similar algorithms.
JamesMarek11 2 years ago
One that i use semi infrequently is his alg for placing the second layer only when the cube is flipped because then i can do a U2 to place it in position to use you method. and the other is his method to get the yellow cross on the top to start going into getting all yellows on top. Though his method uses a lot more looking which murders times,
JamesMarek11 2 years ago
wow meph you really do have a lot of time on your hands XD and ofcourse it was the pens fault because inanimate objects hate you ^-^ anyway heres a great way to do the N plls cuz that N(a) pll is so horrible, I mean it just kills me on the inside XD
N(a) (L U' R) U2 (L' U R') | (L U' R) U2 (L' U R') U'
N(b) (R' U L') U2 (R U' L) | (R' U L') U2 (R U' L) U'
Add the first one to your site, I'm pretty sure you have the second one although theyre just reflections
ChaosWZ 2 years ago
lol, nice video :) for rotating the centres on the su-do-kube, just use the T perm twice to rotate 180 degrees or the 3 edge cycle to rotate 90 degrees.
IAmDomino1144 2 years ago
Holy crap we have like the exact same hobbies!!! I got into cubeing a while back, followed by yoyoing and 15 puzzle.
i've also picked up some ocarina playing and have often thought about getting into juggling and dice stacking. i've also taken several programming classes, although im better at the adobe programs.
tidusvssora 2 years ago
get a real mod :D
GabGaab 2 years ago
When you said you picked up some new things, I thought you should pick up a yoyo. Then, the die comes out, and I could tell it was the one that comes with the Freehand. You then talk about dicestaking. What a bummer. Then, your yoyos come out!
You should check out the videos I have of me yoyoing. You might say Im as good at yoyoing as you are at cubing.
Anyway, I just got a cube like 2 weeks ago. My best time is 1:10. Not very good, but Im learning. Your videos have definitely helped, thanks!
TJaaaaay 2 years ago
1:10 in two weeks!? thats amazing! it took me a few MONTHS to get that far.
now two(three?) years later im just getting to the 35 second mark.
tidusvssora 2 years ago
Well, that is still good in my book. I guess it just depends on how much you practice and whatnot.
Right now, Im learning the Fridrich method. I know once I learn it well enough, my times will greatly improve.
TJaaaaay 2 years ago
Amazing... pretty much all of those random skills are stuff that I've tried. I think you should look into cup stacking or spintops, too as they are both things that are pretty cool.
Jebediah2 2 years ago
YES! i was waiting for pen spinning to come up. ^.^
UandUskills 2 years ago
hey! badmephisto, thanks for all your awsome vids on cubing, it really helped when you explained how important few cube rotations were in f2l, my average solve is just under 40 seconds... not good, but im working on it, and are you going to toronto for the canadian open in september? please reply
CapandTase 2 years ago
thank you. i cant, i just moved to vancouver. :(
badmephisto 2 years ago
4:04 i still love u.
i luv tht part
uNamed2lyfe 2 years ago
pogobat is not a good cuber. and his video is confusing
ravibvnithya 2 years ago
yep u right!
uNamed2lyfe 2 years ago
Pen Spinning for the win! If you want to know more about it or have some questions to ask, feel free to contact me. And congratz of nice number of subs :)
RarkaBUC 2 years ago
you're not. but its not pot
badmephisto 2 years ago
Okay so I have an algorithm for rotating two centers at once. It'll help with the Sudoku cube. This one rotates the F center peice clockwise, while rotating R counterclockwise.
M U M' E M U' M' E'
Just work with it for a bit and see what it does. Works very well.
DonnieTheKing 2 years ago
thanks :)
badmephisto 2 years ago
@badmephisto To turn the up face 180 degrees, use U L U L' 5 times.
pumpkineater1212 1 year ago
hey badmephisto! if you want to know more about pen spinning just ask.
ghpenspinner 2 years ago
5:55 = truth
Pharaun199 2 years ago
why dont u try solving v-cubes? its fun and easy to learn in Rob's channel
zenclinkz 2 years ago
i solve the vcubes... i can solve all large cubes.
badmephisto 2 years ago
Awesome video. Haha, you always seem so professional in your other vids, this one made you look.. human :D with all the funny sounds when pen spinning etc.
flapjackpotato 2 years ago
wow i love to juggle,
the only thing you need to add to that pointless skills collection is ping pong. then you will be a master at pointless skills.
i still need to learn to get some epic pen spinning skills
ham10444 2 years ago
Funny you should say that because I used to play ping pong competitively representing my town
badmephisto 2 years ago
about***
aaronteng07 2 years ago
How tutorials on other puzzles like the 4x4 rubik revenge and etc?
aaronteng07 2 years ago
I put vaseline in my cube at pogobat's recommendation.
Glad to hear you bought a web host!
radmin2 2 years ago
first off...I have already learned to juggle, 15 puzzle, suduko cubes, yoyos, and pen spinning...and now you can do it too...seems we are even more similar than i thought.
Secondly...Why do you wear a watch on the right hand?
shadoelement237 2 years ago
I wear a watch on my left hand and I'm left handed, my friend wears his watch on his right hand...
Rmazer555 2 years ago
The background to your iPhone looks like a weed leaf.
nicksxe 2 years ago
Pogobat's video isn't very good, it certainly confused me when I was a beginner!
Also: hurrah pen spinning!
ninjakannon 2 years ago
haha love it!
DouchebaggDarr 2 years ago
guess you'd like to play diabolo
it's a lot of fun
i don't think so bad about pogobats tutorial
its not good for learning fast cubing, but for just solving the cube it wasn't to bad
but of course; when i picked up videos like yours and westonians it was kind of mindblowing :D
Dulac91 2 years ago
At the beginning of the video, I had a feeling that you would mention pen spinning because I was thinking of Shotaro Makisumi, who is a speedcuber and started pen spinning.
RickRubik 2 years ago
Than you guys for the ratings.
After you guys rated, the video jumped instantly to position #2 on the search results, but then shortly after it fell back down to page 4... I don't really understand how that works
badmephisto 2 years ago
Okay, his video was VERY good. I didn't quite realize this beacause I type slow so
cubewizard 2 years ago
I edned up learning from Pogobat's videos, but many times I got frustrated and was convincd that I would never learn the cube, because it was so hard to learn. It was also hard to learn how to speedcube, because his video is not a good video, and makes it hard to learn to speedcube. Don't get me wrong, his videos now are some of my favorate non-cubing videos now, and I have subscribed to him!
cubewizard 2 years ago
You have my vote my friend!
acousticwie 2 years ago
love the end haha
loudsilence321 2 years ago
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biernico 2 years ago
ha ha your busy! ha
RayCubes183 2 years ago
Yeah i learnt how to cube off your channel. and ill agree it doesnt help pick up the ladies...
simza03 2 years ago
Well, I got to know my current girlfriend by teaching her to do the cube...
musli4brekkies 2 years ago
nice pot leaf for an iphone backround
TehL33TGam3r 2 years ago
i learnt with pogobats method, and i found it to be easy enough to follow but then i saw your begginer video and it was much easier
setka456 2 years ago
And I like your iPhone bg.
riffz 2 years ago
thanks :) I change the background up all the time. I wish I could get more backgrounds, is there like a site for it? hm
badmephisto 2 years ago
Check Erik Akkersdijk's permutations video. His N2 perm is WAY better.
riffz 2 years ago
great to see more people into penspinning
QuickSilver555 2 years ago
'All these things.... really get the ladies'
LOL
boredommm23 2 years ago 2
i learned how to solve the cube using pogobats vid and i thought it was simple for the most part i jus wish he worked harder at explaining the last layer better otherwise it was fine
chopedandsectioned 2 years ago
i have a H perm one handed alg, not so good for two hand but: R2 U2 R U2 R2 U2 R2 U2 R U2 R2
Pixilful 2 years ago
Make a pen spinning tutorial!!! =P
TheTurtleman9 2 years ago
YEAH. RIGHT. haha!
I'll teach my single trick :D
No but really I have no idea how I would even go about teaching something like pen spinning... I know people do it but it doesnt make any sense... its just muscle memory. I dont know
badmephisto 2 years ago
wow I first learned how to solve a rubiks cube got up to 20 secs with you videos got bored with it larned yoyo a bit juggleing penspining and now i am learning dicestacking
foxfan352 2 years ago
i found pogobat way before i found ur channel, so i had 2 figure it out from watching pogobat's video a few times, and cheating to solve it the first time... lol
but from trying to teach people to solve a cube myself, i hv learned that they are very lazy, and they dont want to watch 20 minutes of video (pogobat's length). idk hw long urs is, and i doubt thers a solution to laziness, i just thought i'd put that out there.. lol
and im very interested in this math channel :D
+yay iphone
oneofthosedudes 2 years ago
well my video is about 24 minutes. Its honestly not that much. If people dont have enough patience to spare 30 minutes on learning a RUBIKS CUBE, then they wont have enough patience to learn any of the algs later on, and will never become speedcubers anyway.
badmephisto 2 years ago
it took me over a year to switch to fridrich because of pogobats video i finally found a way to learn fridrich about 2 months ago
qd11856 2 years ago
although your vid was better i think pogobat does deserve all his subscribers cuz he is very interesting on his regular videos
jemar200 2 years ago 2
so i expect videos on juggling, you getting ladies, yo yo's, and all that :P
WeiseGuy91 2 years ago
lol pen spinning
12andomNerd 2 years ago
wow you succeded at a lot of the same things as me. although i gave up on the pen spinning. . . =P
patrick1020000 2 years ago
they suck... suck suck suck...
ThisIsWEB 2 years ago
He in his Canadian Open vid for a few seconds. :)
ThisIsWEB 2 years ago
Put up a juggling video! I wonder what you use to hold your camera...
ABQMagni5 2 years ago
He attaches his webcam to his headphones.
ThisIsWEB 2 years ago
Oh, Thanks!
ABQMagni5 2 years ago
juggling ftw!(:
and my plls suck too, lol.
qqqqqqqq4 2 years ago
i also disagree about pogobats video being bad. i only had to watch the video once, went out the next day to buy i cube, and i could solve it. i think the only people who get confused are the morons who shouldnt be doing it anyways.
your video is better though
and i recently picked up yo-yoing too, and i know a lot of cubers who dice stack, juggle, and yoyo
tannorn 2 years ago
I disagree with what you said about Pogobat regarding his 3x3. I thought it was good and I learned how to solve a 3x3x3 after about 3 hours with no previous cubing experience. After doing some more research on how to get faster, I found your more advanced 3x3x3 videos through google and I no longer use his method. I found his 4x4x4 video to be very confusing though.
GeoffB123 2 years ago
yeah you spin pens now!!!!!!!!!!
doomlord271 2 years ago
damn you did the 15 puzzle fast :P
i played it a few times on my friends' iphone and i take like.. 2 mins at least lol
and i'll look forward to videos of you doing your pen spinning and juggling and dice stacking etc :P (if you make some :D )
pasamacallit 2 years ago
I love your view on pogobats stupid video
batgutt 2 years ago
man, yo-yo's are so much fun, and surprisingly hazardous.
ToxIkWaste 2 years ago 2
2^12!! Wooo!!
And some lady getting skills I possess that you might be able to use:
Programming
Cubing
Calculus
Pattern Analysis
and...Logic!
Chaotischesneutrales 2 years ago
YEA!
chicks dig LOGIC.
badmephisto 2 years ago
yay u picked up penspinning :D
awesome ^^
azngaiaboi 2 years ago
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Chaotischesneutrales 2 years ago
You should make a random stuff video, where you show your yo-yoing, pen spinning, and whatnot.
I tell my friends to watch your video to learn to solve the rubik's cube. I also mention to not listen to pogobat. When I first started cubing, I watched his tutorial and had to relearn a lot of things. I didn't even know about fridrich until I looked up the only other method I knew of: petrus. Vaseline also destroyed my cube, and I had to buy another.
bluecobra95 2 years ago
thats a good idea! I might do that vid :) If i get better eventually.
badmephisto 2 years ago
Are you sure your plls suck? because i can do most of them in less than 3 seconds. if they suck and you make me learn a new set.....
DarthWong47 2 years ago
hahah! I said some suck :D
Most of them I am confident are the best PLL out there. But for some I dont think so. The ones I am iffy about are
one of the Js, E, F, V & N's
badmephisto 2 years ago
i like your J's. they're my fastest plls.
DarthWong47 2 years ago
I admit it!!!! I LEARNED THE BEGINNER METHOD FROM POGOBAT!!!!! I've transitioned to the fridrich method now. Did you know that pogobat also has a video called "How to solve the rubix cube faster"? I watched that hoping it would help me become a speedcuber, but I never truly improved until I found this channel.
ironclownfish 2 years ago
well pogobat is not a speedcuber. did he even compete a single time? I would have guessed his average to be about 1 minute... he's not in a position to teach anyone anything advanced imo
badmephisto 2 years ago
I totally agree. He's not in position to teach anyone anything advanced. I also admit you teach good advanced things (even though I'm most self-taught I've learned a thing or two by watchign your videos).
But what I said was that his tutorials are good for beginners.
Einfrein 2 years ago
I personally learned Beginner's Method by Pogobat. I don't think they're hard to understand (I was 13 when I learned from his videos, now I'm 14).
I think he explained really good, and I have personally taught 2 of my classmates how to solve the Rubik's Cube using that Method. I do admit he does have some bad stuff in his videos (which I realized when I became more skilled) but he does explain pretty well to beginners.
Now I haven't watched your Tutorial, so I can't compare those.
Einfrein 2 years ago
naturally, it cant be TOOO terrible... seeing as people do learn from it, and it was pretty popular even before it was featured. Its just that I freak out when I look at it with my super critical eye :D Its passable. I agree. But could be much better
badmephisto 2 years ago
And about PLLS: I've had to relearn PLLs twice, first I found some site that just had PLLs, they really sucked. Then I found Yu Nakajima's and I learned them for a really long time, I learned like 18 of the 21. Then I found Erik Akkersdijk's PLLs, and my personally opinion is that his PLLs are the best.
I made a Microsoft Word-file of both Erik Akkersdijk and Yu Nakajima's algorithms (F2L and OLL too :P), and I'm currently learning Erik's.
Go to his site, or to his Youtube Channel (frk17).
Einfrein 2 years ago
And yeah... Erik Akkersdijk is World Champion in Rubik's Cube... I suppose you knew that...
Yu Nakajima was World Champion too, however now he is #4.
Einfrein 2 years ago
what does the name "badmephisto"mean to you?
JetFan2010 2 years ago
but u can go on youtube with the lil lcd on it :P
lordocoo 2 years ago
damm the g19 is expensive as hell >.>
lordocoo 2 years ago
nice gaming keyboard
lordocoo 2 years ago
thanks. Its the G15, it glows in the direct, i <3 it
badmephisto 2 years ago
i have those same juggling balls. =D also, dice stacking looks cool.
TinyTaru 2 years ago
I knew it! I was thinking man somone should make a sudoku cube
HaunterV 2 years ago
from the still pic of hte video showing the camera angle, i already knew it was a badmephisto video haha
guyxtc101 2 years ago