Berkeley Competition 2007: 3x3 in 15.79

This was a time from the second round of the 3x3 event. I ended up with an average of 16.37 seconds with times 18.99 15.26 15.79 18.06 13.50. The 13.50 is a new Portuguese/Philipine record but I dont have it on video.

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• rubik
• rubiks
• rubik's
• speedcubing
• mateus
• mateusmoitinho

[ben41sbr2]

mat is that brittany dzoan to your left?

[mateusmoitinho]

yes thats her

[cube41]

I really need help on the f2L. I am having a hard time memorizing all the algorithms. Do you have a way to help memorize all the algorithms? I am trying to average 40.

[mateusmoitinho]

the best advice i can give is to understand what the algorithm does to the individual cubies instead of just memorizing blindly. if you know how each alg affects the pieces you want to affect, it makes it much easier to memorize and you can also invent your own algs that way.

[cube41]

How many cubes do you have? I have a professor and a standard 3x3. I really want a megaminx,pyraminx, and a rubiks revenge. Is it true that a revenge's centers can rotate. Like white does not have to be opposite of yellow? by the way, does tyson have a youtube account, if so tell me what it is.

[mateusmoitinho]

i think i have 5 3x3s, 2 4x4s, 3 5x5s, 1 megaminx, square one, 3 2x2s, i used to have a pyraminx, and a siamese cube. i have more but those are my favs. i have about 35-40 puzzles total. a 4x4s centers can rotate but it can only be solved in one position. i dont think tyson has an account.

[jszekerj]

That's badass!

[XDIASthecuber]

Petrus???

[ben41sbr2]

she's cute..hahaha!! you must be really tense.

[cube41]

thanks, I am trying as hard as I can to learn the fridrich method so I can get 20 second times.

[fingertapper88]

like if you were doing cross on the bottom, starting with a solved cube, if you do the move L'UL and then look at the position the corner is in respect to the corresponding edge, and then retrace your moves to see which moves connect the corner and the edge and then inserts them. For that case L'U'L. Two important parts of F2L, pairing, and insertion. Start with that.

[fingertapper88]

Ya I would also advise to learn F2L yourself instead of memorizing algs. Learn intuitive F2L. Just start from a solved position and mess with a corner/edge pair and then retrace your steps to see which moves does what.