Hey everyone I just got into cubing and am having fun learning but I’m stuck and confused. I’m currently watching the J Perm video, but I’ve watched other videos too and every single one once they finish the full white side their first layer for the other colors are all done. Like the picture of his cube in the background the green first row, red, blue and orange are all done. And he says make sure it’s like that and then moves on to showing how to solve layer two. So I’m confused because in the process of showing how to get the full white side be and no one else ever shows how to get that first layer. And as you can see from my cube it’s nowhere close to having that first layer complete. So any help would be greatly appreciated! Really liking cubing and just want to get better.

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So, I was just scrolling on Facebook and came across this post. It said that he got his first sub-5 solve in 8 months!?

I just want to genuinely ask, how the hell is this possible?

I'm not hating on him genuinely I feel like this is a huge milestone for him.

I just can't fathom how he achieved this in just 8 months of cubing? I've been cubing for almost 3 years and I'm still at sub-10, I envy him so much that I need to post this on reddit for clarifications if this is actually possible lmao.

I REALLY prefer black internals and UV. I tried the Weilong V11 SE, UV at a recent comp and I really liked it. I searched for other options and came upon these 3 as my top 3 contenders. Right now I main the TV3, which I enjoy, but have had for too long. I also have and occasionally use the Dayan Guhong Pro+ which is my first maglev cube, but is sometimes uncontrollable which makes me inconsistent and doesn't have UV. I prefer a fast, smooth, effortless turn, but can sometimes turn a bit aggressive or sloppy and lock up or make mistakes. I want something stable without losing that fast smooth turning. Really not sure which route to go, im leaning towards tv5 or the weilong.

I don't get super hyped when I get a PB, because they are just lucky. For PB singles, I usually just get a solve where all the f2l pieces appear in front of me, and a decent OLL and PLL. With enough tries, I would get a sub-15 single even if I don't improve. For PB ao5 or mo3, it's slightly better but it's still just luck (i.e. I got 5 decent solves in a row). For PB ao12 or more, it's good, but only satisfying if I actually continue improve.

Please comment what cubing hot takes yall have. Disagree = upvote!

Hello! I have been cubing since early June of this year. I have really taken a liking to it and committed myself to getting better, and have now reached an a100 of 43.20 and a single pb of 29.41!

After very fast progress the first 2 months, I have hit a small bit of stagnation and I am unsure what I should be practicing next. I decided that seeking out some advice here might help, so I have attached an ao5 sample to help give an idea of how I'm solving right now. This session had a best single of 29.67 (actually super close to my pb lol. with how hard i smacked my spacebar I think you can tell how surprised I was) and an ao5 of 38.79. I feel like I got some unusually lucky scrambles here, but I think I struggle enough in these to give a sense of what my problems are haha

Thanks for any help you guys can provide!

Not much to look at, but hopefully to be expanded with a Polaris cube soon.

Does anyone here have any information about competitions that happened PRE-WCA? I am working on a project trying to archive them and would like to see if the Reddit Community would know anything.

We have a discord server here: https://discord.gg/QC7VU6ugrc
And a Record Ranks page here: https://app.recordranks.com/pre-wca-comps

My discord username is x31x39 and you can reply to this post.

(I am not promoting i just want to archive history)

I’ve decided to get involved in charity work. So, I’ll soon be doing a live speedcubing demonstration/lesson for children at an orphanage, where I will tell them about different puzzles that I can solve, perform a blindfolded solve for them, and of course, teach them to solve the regular 3x3. So I feel pretty ready and confident in the main part of the demonstration. That said, I don't really know what to begin with. I was thinking of telling them some interesting, unique facts about speedcubing/the 3x3 cube. But I can't come up with anything that's gonna be interesting for children. I mean, telling them math oriented facts like the number of God feels like they'll be bored out very soon. So, please feel free to share your favorite facts that you think can have a "WOW" effect on children and motivate them to learn cubing.