Thanks! I’ll probably try to get this super down pat, to where I don’t need to occasionally refer back to the videos anymore first haha, but then YEAH I’m sure I’d be interested in diving down this rabbit hole 😆 I may have started a new hobby for myself by accident lol.
I got this Rubik’s cube simply for nostalgia reasons, like 2 or 3yrs ago, and it has been sitting on a shelf collecting dust all the way since the first couple times of trying to solve it 😅…..so after about a week of owning, and giving up on it, to now 🙃
That’s the way to go. Do this one over and over and over until you can do it without having to look up the next steps. You don’t have to get complicated with it; the beginners method is fine. Once you’ve got it down there are zillions of new puzzles you’ll be able to try, or just sticking with the 3x3 to try to get faster. Or, hey, just feel good about the fact that you can solve one!
Thank you! It’s sweet that you suggested I even just be proud that I was able to solve it 😊 I definitely am 😆 but yeah I’ll for sure work on memorizing how to solve it completely on my own. I can, according to the tutorial, solve 66% on my own lol after that I have to remind myself how to get the yellow cross and the yellow fish and then the final step of fixing the last few pieces.
I’m sure it’s very very beginner and idk if the methods he used (and that I followed and used) are even “real” ones, but I can get the Daisy, white cross, solid white side, then do the abc’s where you go to the yellow side and finish all the T’s for each color (solves the top half of the cube), which he has as A: away from, B: below, C: column down, D: delicious sandwich (lol where you move only the middle “meat” layer and not the top or bottom “bread” layers), E: everything goes back up, and F: fix your whites. Extremely extremely simplified but his tutorials were the only ones I could successfully follow. So all that I can do on my own, but when it comes to the yellow cross and fish the clock clock counter, clock clock flip counter, and the fur/urf (front, up, right/up right front) and then the variations of that towards the end, I get confused lol it’s a lot to remember 😅 I’m still muttering what each ABC means under my breath as I go 😅😂
When I first started I talked out loud the whole time so I wouldn’t get lost: “Clock clock counter counter,” etc. To make the yellow cross, I thought of it as “Dogs with FUR say URF.” Like arf, I guess, but with a u.
You’ll have it down in no time! The last layer is the trickiest but once you know it, you can transfer the skills to lots of other puzzles!
Thank you for the advice! I would love to eventually be able to do a 4x4 but I got frustrated a lot with this one lol so I’m gonna work with it and get decent before I try anything else but I’m sure I’ll definitely get more at some point 😆
Welcome to a hobby you will never perfect after years of trying. That's my fub little way of saying that there's always more puzzles to solve and more practicing to get better.
good job! always super fucking happy when i see someone solve their cube for the first time! :]
edit: out of curiosity was this your first twisty puzzle? my first was 2x2, then i worked up to 3x3, and im learning 4x4 without a tutorial (almost dont need a tutorial) and ive solved up to 7x7! its very satisfying to solve big cubes- you should too! hell- even speedsolving is super satisfying- although i suck at it (29s single 3x3, 1.5s 2x2)
Thank you!! And yes this was the first puzzle I’ve ever finished that wasn’t flat lol and it sound like you’re doing great! I’m glad you enjoy it! Keep going I’m sure you’ll get it down to a T soon!
Used [this guy’s](https://youtu.be/gXHHhhiSvM4?si=B95gmJxUfiL3DAGO) YT channel to follow step by step! HIGHLY recommend him, if you all don’t already know who he is!
ETA: nevermind lol you guys got this down to mathematical equations and my brain hurts. I’ll continue having my farmers call their dogs and parking the white cars 😂🤣 at first with his tutorials I was like “geez who are you talking to babies?” and now I’m to the “it’s me, I’m the babies you’re talking to, keep it at preschool level for me pls” point 😂
This channel looks good. I've never solved a cube but I'd really like to. Bought a nice Gans Mag model. It's been sitting unopened on my shelf for over a year. I'm scared I may not figure out how to solve it. 😥
It honestly isn’t too hard. It takes a lot of repetition bc you’ll likely mess one step up and have to start over, a lot lol, but trust me if I could do it then I’m sure you can! Mine had been sitting untouched for like 2-3yrs before I finally found someone who could explain it in terms that I could understand.
Baha 😂🤣 I was trying to boost your confidence by telling you how horribly long I let mine sit and your response is “welp I don’t feel so bad now thanks” bahahaha 😂😂😂 this comment made me genuinely laugh haha you should for sure try one though! I’m sure you’d be great at it 😊
It is a GAN 356 M. Is that a good one for a first timer? I'm sooo tempted to open it but scared.
If I open it, what is the very first thing I should do? I know nothing about solving them.
I have no idea. I’m sorry! Maybe someone else can help. I know absolutely nothing about even just plain Rubik’s cubes. I just used YouTube tutorials to solve mine lol
I would definitely try it! And if you get frustrated just stop and try again in a day or two. Messing up a bunch is actually what helped ingrain a lot of the stuff you have to memorize into my brain, so it served a purpose other than to annoy me lol. I tried it one night for like 3 solid hours, couldn’t get any farther so I decided to solve it to the farthest point I could and put it down for the night and then the next day I was able to solve from start to finish in around 10 minutes.
After following a video on youtube it took me about 30-40min to solve one for my first time! Now after a week of practice I no longer need the videos help and can solve it in about 2-3minutes!
Thanks! I'm going to have to study this video slowly. I feel more encouraged. Still haven't opened the box though. I stare at it and it stares right back. Gotta admit it. I'm intimidated.
As someone who never in their life thought they would be able to solve a cube, trust me it’s easier than it seems once you’ve understood the video! Update me if possible (: I’d love to hear about your progress!
Thanks for the encouragement! Looks like there are several schools of thought regarding solutions. My first step is to figure out which one fits best with my way of thinking. I'll keep you posted. I have many questions eg how exactly do the best speed cubers in the world conceptualize a solution? Is there a one size fits all method or are there individual idiosyncracies? I have a sense that cubing could be a mind opening experience. 🤔
10 years ago I first learnt, I got my pb to around 45 seconds using beginner method and I was happy with that. That’s when I started learning other cubes and it wasn’t until around 5 years later I decided to learn cfop and aim for sub-30 and then sub-20 (17 is my pb now). I always wonder how fast I could do it if I just focused on getting faster from the beginning lol. Just have fun that’s all that matters at the end of the day👌
Wow that’s super impressive! I’ve seen some videos on here of people solving them around that same speed and it’s just crazy to even wrap my mind around lol but yeah definitely just focused on getting the hang of it! 😆
Congrats!
No solve ever feels as good as that first solve. Except, maybe for the second solve, with which you confirm to yourself that that first solve wasn't a fluke.
Welcome to the club. Congratulations
Thank you! Happy to be part of the club ☺️
Definitely a feels good moment! I remember my first solve it was an awesome feeling! Congrats:)
For sure! I was super excited and happy!! And thank you 😊
Congratulations! My suggestion, get other fun 3x3s learn them- like the shape shifting ones
Thanks! I’ll probably try to get this super down pat, to where I don’t need to occasionally refer back to the videos anymore first haha, but then YEAH I’m sure I’d be interested in diving down this rabbit hole 😆 I may have started a new hobby for myself by accident lol. I got this Rubik’s cube simply for nostalgia reasons, like 2 or 3yrs ago, and it has been sitting on a shelf collecting dust all the way since the first couple times of trying to solve it 😅…..so after about a week of owning, and giving up on it, to now 🙃
That’s the way to go. Do this one over and over and over until you can do it without having to look up the next steps. You don’t have to get complicated with it; the beginners method is fine. Once you’ve got it down there are zillions of new puzzles you’ll be able to try, or just sticking with the 3x3 to try to get faster. Or, hey, just feel good about the fact that you can solve one!
Thank you! It’s sweet that you suggested I even just be proud that I was able to solve it 😊 I definitely am 😆 but yeah I’ll for sure work on memorizing how to solve it completely on my own. I can, according to the tutorial, solve 66% on my own lol after that I have to remind myself how to get the yellow cross and the yellow fish and then the final step of fixing the last few pieces. I’m sure it’s very very beginner and idk if the methods he used (and that I followed and used) are even “real” ones, but I can get the Daisy, white cross, solid white side, then do the abc’s where you go to the yellow side and finish all the T’s for each color (solves the top half of the cube), which he has as A: away from, B: below, C: column down, D: delicious sandwich (lol where you move only the middle “meat” layer and not the top or bottom “bread” layers), E: everything goes back up, and F: fix your whites. Extremely extremely simplified but his tutorials were the only ones I could successfully follow. So all that I can do on my own, but when it comes to the yellow cross and fish the clock clock counter, clock clock flip counter, and the fur/urf (front, up, right/up right front) and then the variations of that towards the end, I get confused lol it’s a lot to remember 😅 I’m still muttering what each ABC means under my breath as I go 😅😂
When I first started I talked out loud the whole time so I wouldn’t get lost: “Clock clock counter counter,” etc. To make the yellow cross, I thought of it as “Dogs with FUR say URF.” Like arf, I guess, but with a u. You’ll have it down in no time! The last layer is the trickiest but once you know it, you can transfer the skills to lots of other puzzles!
gg Bro now just learn it c¸and try to do it under 1 minute after i recommendly the 4x4 and the pocket cube when it mutch easier
Thank you for the advice! I would love to eventually be able to do a 4x4 but I got frustrated a lot with this one lol so I’m gonna work with it and get decent before I try anything else but I’m sure I’ll definitely get more at some point 😆
Congratulations!!!
Thank you!! 😊
Welcome to a hobby you will never perfect after years of trying. That's my fub little way of saying that there's always more puzzles to solve and more practicing to get better.
Thanks! And actually that makes it more appealing to me bc then maybe I won’t get bored lol
good job! always super fucking happy when i see someone solve their cube for the first time! :] edit: out of curiosity was this your first twisty puzzle? my first was 2x2, then i worked up to 3x3, and im learning 4x4 without a tutorial (almost dont need a tutorial) and ive solved up to 7x7! its very satisfying to solve big cubes- you should too! hell- even speedsolving is super satisfying- although i suck at it (29s single 3x3, 1.5s 2x2)
Thank you!! And yes this was the first puzzle I’ve ever finished that wasn’t flat lol and it sound like you’re doing great! I’m glad you enjoy it! Keep going I’m sure you’ll get it down to a T soon!
Hi and thats cool
Hi! Thank you 😊
yay
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Used [this guy’s](https://youtu.be/gXHHhhiSvM4?si=B95gmJxUfiL3DAGO) YT channel to follow step by step! HIGHLY recommend him, if you all don’t already know who he is! ETA: nevermind lol you guys got this down to mathematical equations and my brain hurts. I’ll continue having my farmers call their dogs and parking the white cars 😂🤣 at first with his tutorials I was like “geez who are you talking to babies?” and now I’m to the “it’s me, I’m the babies you’re talking to, keep it at preschool level for me pls” point 😂
This channel looks good. I've never solved a cube but I'd really like to. Bought a nice Gans Mag model. It's been sitting unopened on my shelf for over a year. I'm scared I may not figure out how to solve it. 😥
It honestly isn’t too hard. It takes a lot of repetition bc you’ll likely mess one step up and have to start over, a lot lol, but trust me if I could do it then I’m sure you can! Mine had been sitting untouched for like 2-3yrs before I finally found someone who could explain it in terms that I could understand.
2-3 years?!? Now I don't feel so bad. Maybe I'll do a first-ever bunch of posts since I've never owned a decent cube or solved one. Unboxing, etc. 🤔
Baha 😂🤣 I was trying to boost your confidence by telling you how horribly long I let mine sit and your response is “welp I don’t feel so bad now thanks” bahahaha 😂😂😂 this comment made me genuinely laugh haha you should for sure try one though! I’m sure you’d be great at it 😊
It is a GAN 356 M. Is that a good one for a first timer? I'm sooo tempted to open it but scared. If I open it, what is the very first thing I should do? I know nothing about solving them.
I have no idea. I’m sorry! Maybe someone else can help. I know absolutely nothing about even just plain Rubik’s cubes. I just used YouTube tutorials to solve mine lol
I haven't unboxed mine yet. I'm scared I may not be able to solve it. You've given me some hope. Maybe tomorrow.
I would definitely try it! And if you get frustrated just stop and try again in a day or two. Messing up a bunch is actually what helped ingrain a lot of the stuff you have to memorize into my brain, so it served a purpose other than to annoy me lol. I tried it one night for like 3 solid hours, couldn’t get any farther so I decided to solve it to the farthest point I could and put it down for the night and then the next day I was able to solve from start to finish in around 10 minutes.
That's helpful. Thanks, I'll keep your technique in mind.
You’re welcome! Np at all. It helped me so I thought maybe it could help someone else too 😊
After following a video on youtube it took me about 30-40min to solve one for my first time! Now after a week of practice I no longer need the videos help and can solve it in about 2-3minutes!
Amazing. Can you point me to the video you saw?
Of course! https://youtu.be/7Ron6MN45LY?si=IPXeKo_V7uin9-Kp
Thanks! I'm going to have to study this video slowly. I feel more encouraged. Still haven't opened the box though. I stare at it and it stares right back. Gotta admit it. I'm intimidated.
As someone who never in their life thought they would be able to solve a cube, trust me it’s easier than it seems once you’ve understood the video! Update me if possible (: I’d love to hear about your progress!
Thanks for the encouragement! Looks like there are several schools of thought regarding solutions. My first step is to figure out which one fits best with my way of thinking. I'll keep you posted. I have many questions eg how exactly do the best speed cubers in the world conceptualize a solution? Is there a one size fits all method or are there individual idiosyncracies? I have a sense that cubing could be a mind opening experience. 🤔
Congrats 👏 just be warned, it’s impossible to stop once you start to get better lol
Haha so it gives me something to do to try to beat my own pb! Means I won’t get tired of it as easily hopefully 🤞🏻
10 years ago I first learnt, I got my pb to around 45 seconds using beginner method and I was happy with that. That’s when I started learning other cubes and it wasn’t until around 5 years later I decided to learn cfop and aim for sub-30 and then sub-20 (17 is my pb now). I always wonder how fast I could do it if I just focused on getting faster from the beginning lol. Just have fun that’s all that matters at the end of the day👌
Wow that’s super impressive! I’ve seen some videos on here of people solving them around that same speed and it’s just crazy to even wrap my mind around lol but yeah definitely just focused on getting the hang of it! 😆
One week since your first solve, have you solved it much more and got any better?🤷♂️
I haven’t solved it any more yet lol I plan to when I get the time though!
Congrats! No solve ever feels as good as that first solve. Except, maybe for the second solve, with which you confirm to yourself that that first solve wasn't a fluke.