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In 2023, I reconnected with my childhood love of one of the most iconic toys of all time: the Rubik's Cube. And of course, I then quickly fell down a deep, deep rabbit hole discovering all the weird and intimidating places the world of puzzle cubes can go. Big cubes, small cubes, speed cubes, and even cubes that solve themselves!
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[@cryingcrown]

I love it when non cube tubers do cubing stuff

[@CubingDavid]

same

[@widojay2048]

It is refreshing when the KZbinr is not better than you for once

[@user-op1xd4lk2u]

Same

[@VictoryCuber]

Same

[@Bread-_-man]

We are cubers

[@AgentDisruption]

30:00 Actually a magnetic mirror cube exists, and it's, of course, made by GAN.

[@dprinting]

Fun fact the gan 14 is also a anti tank weapon when turning àggressivly😂😂

[@auradr2776]

nah it isnt lol the popping issue has been fixed for like half a year already ​@@dprinting

[@user-zk6wh2ln1o]

I have the magnetic mirror cube and yes it is from gan

[@geovoid]

I love it when a non-cubing KZbinr suddenly uploads something cubing related, it's just really cool to see :D

[@DJsFunPlace]

Same

[@spitting_astronaut8224]

Yeah it's just like "Hey I know that! I can solve that! I'm gonna click on that!"

[@cinderblocktreehouse]

Me too

[@SpeedCubeShopOfficial]

Wasn't ready for the jump scare at 11:48

[@cubeoi]

spedcubshoop

[@NightWolf4223]

Oh snap speedcube shop. Love you guys

[@atikahhassan1889]

Hi

[@devrajsuryawanshi3539]

Omg it’s ScS

[@DashSpiderJumpscares]

I was super confused and then looked again and was like, wait who?

[@a-bombmori7393]

40:07 "I just don't know how you turn it that fast" Back in the early years of speed solving, people didn't use methods like CFOP that are designed to be ergonomic and facilitate turn speed, they used methods that minimized the average number of moves. That's why the petrus method used to be common but fell out of use. It wasn't due to breakthroughs in group theory making it obsolete, it was advancements in cube hardware that made better ergonomics more impactful than move count.

[@goldenwarrior1186]

The first method used was corners first

[@brandiepop]

@@goldenwarrior1186 yh but petrus was extremely popular in the early years of the wca

[@Danika0Love]

I don’t know how to solve a Rubik’s cube but I enjoyed watching you talk about them for the better part of an hour.

[@MR-SINISTER76]

You should learn how its not too hard its really just memorizing specific sets of moves and algorithms after the first layer and its really just fun and relaxing after a long day of work especially if you can figure out how to solve the more complex puzzles like megaminxes pyraminxes and shape or picture modifications

[@magnus4437]

@@MR-SINISTER76yeah it's mostly jus memorization

[@Redstonefox7245]

17:33 that brand(奇艺) is Qiyi (pronounced (Chee-yee)

[@PG_14]

This guy went down the cuber pipeline. Learn to solve 3x3 Rubik's cube, learn faster method, learn how to solve faster, learn bigger cubes, find out about other cubes, collect SO many cubes, die of old age...

[@GrahamSiggins]

welcome to the rabbit hole!

[@SawyerMacDonald]

multi bld wr soon (again)

[@James_7118]

Yooo it’s graham

[@troliskimosko]

No way

[@NightWolf4223]

Facts

[@wolfrat4998]

You learning with green is kinda awesome 13:07

[@pigeonfog]

Solving a megaminx can be done very similarly to a 3×3 cube. There are just extra layers and the last layer requires different algorithms.

[@gcolombelli]

Yeah, solving the Megaminx for me is like solving a 4x4x4, it's the same ideas behind a 3x3x3, you just need a few algorithms if you're not trying to be super fast. I still have to try to re-learn how to do S2L, I learned how to solve the megaminx using Ruwix's guide and never quite bothered to learn a more efficient method, I did see a few videos on S2L and tried to practice it for a while, but then I stopped doing mega for a long time and completely forgot. Also, never quite got into 4LLL on mega, so my last layer solves are wildly inconsistent.

[@subzero.cuber47]

It's literally F2L for like 6 colors and then LL has diff algs

[@gcolombelli]

@@subzero.cuber47 F2L on mega is even easier to learn intuitively as you have a lot more room to work with the pieces without disrupting what you already solved, S2L, on the other hand, requires some care.

[@ZyroZoro]

I just use the 3x3 beginner last layer algs for it. They all work, you just have to add an extra U move here and there 😂

[@MR-SINISTER76]

​@@ZyroZoro yea except for that last algorithm where you swap the corners in and out of another space the whole thing can literally be solved like a normal cube same aloriths and all

[@YourCookieFellow]

"moyo worm" Got me dying XD

[@a1notfound777]

I started speedcubing like 3 years ago in my first or second year of high school. It took me about 5 months to learn it, and as of writing this, my best time is 8.15 seconds! I'm proud of it, and I'd like to get a sub-5 single someday maybe. Haven't gone to any competitions, but I highly recommend it, the cubing community is awesome.

[@subzero.cuber47]

Ooh what do you average? My best is 5.6 and I can tell you that it's sooo hard to get even 6 seconds but it's worth it and you kinda just have to have motivation and practice

[@joelygaby]

It took me 6 years to be able to get a 6.93 single 9.42 average

[@calebmadrid8367]

damnnn good job bro

[@NightWolf4223]

Dude 8.15 nice!!

[@GMJ160]

As a cuber this is the most triggering and funniest video i watch about cubing no offense

[@TheGuyNamedVolcano]

LOL

[@cinderblocktreehouse]

Me too

[@NightWolf4223]

I know right. 😂😂

[@TheKidAndCube]

The part that triggered me was the fact that the 1980 Rubik’s cube color scheme is wrong

[@Paradox-lj3td]

39:15 "MoYO WRM" I'm crying T-T

[@michaelnelson1127]

Excellent video, Foafy. I never got into Rubik’s Cubes growing up, but I have seen some alternate Rubik’s products. The main one was Rubik’s Magic, which was a flat tile game held together by strings. And then there was Rubik’s Revolution, which is more of a light puzzle game where the main mode is finding which side is lit up and hitting as many as you can in quick succession. Also I’m glad you mentioned the Perplexus version. I had 2 versions of Perplexus growing up that I could never legitimately solve, but it was fun nonetheless, and then I saw the Rubik’s one a month or two ago at a Barnes and Noble. I’d be interested in seeing you do a follow-up video talking about these kinds of products.

[@thetientran]

Your name is one letter off from Michael Nielson, who is the US Pyraminx national champion!

[@Redstonefox7245]

15:19 for those of you that are wondering the number on the 4x4 box is 200 pentadecatillion

[@APersonOnYootoob]

🤓

[@LeyScar]

Actually, this is 200 Quattourdecillion

[@heavenlyderpfowl1180]

Word of advice for the puzzle at 27:21, if you know how to solve a skewb, repeating the algorithm to swap centers until they match again will rotate some of them, also the cube slices in half when you turn it and goes 30° around 4 of the corners. 28:06 is literally a 2x2 shapemod, so rather easy to solve

[@diegojost3351]

i also love a how foafy explains what magnet cubes are to us, who already know exactly what speed cubes are. 'this one has MMMMMMAAGNEETS"

[@teddyfurstman1997]

From reviewing cartoons to doing Rubik Cube videos. Sweet.

[@scotthuntercubing]

A few others have said it, but love to see this from someone who doesn’t do cubing focused content. Your presentation and showcase of your collection was very entertaining!

[@GlaceonTheLolbit]

17:30 that's the QiYi Fanqiu 4x4

[@agentember2143]

Beat me to it. Recognized the logo immediately.

[@four_cubed]

Nice video! I've also been speedcubing since March of 2020 and I've been competing for 1.5 years. You should go to a competition sometime; it's a really fun experience. Most of the day is spent talking to people around you, not competing.

[@brandiepop]

i got into cubing in at the very start of december 2022 and im now averaging sub 11 on 3x3 and pretty fast on every other WCA event. I also just have generally good cube knowledge for puzzle theory, history, etc. But it was nice to see some random guy who seems to not usually talk about cubes actually go in depth starting with rubiks brands that everyone knows and explaining quite a few of the things that make up cubing

[@ethanannane8783]

I was just crying the entire time after he said the "modern" rubiks cube is great

[@TheJacoliexp]

Weird observation but we buy the same brand/kind of band aid, that's kinda neat i noticed that around like 27:43

[@accesscrimea]

0:52 BRO HE JUST SAID THAT A RUBIKS BRAND IS A REALLY GOOD CUBE AND THAT IT TURNS REALLY WELL

[@tobin1677]

The megaminx and gigaminx are actually surprisingly easy to figure out, just think of them as complicated 3x3 and 5x5s. Actually the minx series cubes have been getting big jumps in intensity and quality as of late. They even released a magnetic stickerless teraminx recently.

[@owencollier1071]

I have an octahedral puzzle I got in China in the early 2010s that I just recently managed to figure out how to solve. Its been sitting with my stuff, scrambled, for over a decade. Love the casual cubing energy of this vid :D

[@BandsawsAt45Degrees]

Great to see some non-cubers exploring our hobby!

[@AlbertRogers-sn2pu]

bro is the most invested yet casual cuber I’ve ever seen 😂

[@DinoCuber]

Foafy: I'm a very bad speedcuber, don't judge me! Me (a speedcuber): must..... judge!!

[@zombiechameleon614]

bro knows only about rubik's brands and was surprised af when he saw a magnetic 3x3 💀💀💀

[@JackRose666]

Omg.. the color scheme of the old ones💀✨️

[@arborealblazer283]

Fascinatingly, while the 200 quattuordecillion number given on the retro 4x4 box is exaggerated, it's surprisingly close to reality. There are actually 7.4 quattuordecillion permutations on a 4x4.

[@LessAshamed]

Gigaminx is my favourite puzzle. You can solve all but the last layer of the megaminx with 3x3 beginner method knowledge, you just need to figure out how to apply it. The gigaminx works like the 4x4 to 3x3 principle of 'turning it into a 3x3' to solve it. You have to turn the gigaminx into a megaminx. My greatest puzzle achievement to date is figuring out the gigaminx without looking it up. Great vid man!

[@gio_wuz_here]

I know someone who is actually really good at solving cubes. And it's actually crazy at how fast people are able to finish it!

[@yohanestheda]

It's fascinating that you have all that stuff but never lubed a cube

[@RecorriendoHK]

Oh my, seeing you struggle with the Ivy cube was so adorable and funny.

[@GDTheZixOriginal]

This video reminds me of the times i started cubing, now my mom asks why do i need more puzzles... This vid is epic

[@cinnamonsugarcourtney6073]

Nice to see you doing something cube related! And I've watched someone solve the Rubik's Impossible Cube! It was neat to watch it happen.

[@Gill-gn6xh]

As a cuber and youcuber myself, I loved this and would suggest that you do in fact buy the weilong wrm v9 as it is amazing, thanks for making this and I suggest trying to learn some new stuff for it, also the way he says moyo is hilarious, it's usually pronounced mo-(you), but you do you man!

[@TheRealDanePULEZ]

The Second Coming of Cubeorithms

[@DarkH4X0]

This is such a comfy video GG, btw I'd suggest trying different solving methods as well (for 3x3x3 specifically), such as simplified Roux which is really nice for slow solves and pretty intuitive, only sune, J-perm as algorithms are enough, you could even use sexy moves instead of sune thoretically to make it even easier. Another nice method is called "8355 method" and is entirely based on sexy moves. It's nice to learn new methods, because it give you the impression of relearning to solve the puzzle again and it makes you see it from a different prospective

[@MartynRice1]

If you can get hold of one, the Rubik's Slide (the new cube, not the older game-type thing)is so much fun, it's basically a 3d klotski puzzle

[@PugCuber]

welcome to the party, Ryder! :D

[@kwcham]

It's ok. No need to chase for speed. Just enjoy your solve. Don't need to apologise just because you are not fast in solving rubik cubes. Speed cubing are not RIGHT and slow cubing is not WRONG! 😀😀

[@MaximilianBerkmann]

It depends. Some people just enjoy cubing (I.e. Just solving it), others want to see if how fast they can do it (whether or not they compete).

[@Redstonefox7245]

Did you know that you can use a 6x6 as every NxN smaller than it

[@emmaskindaweird7445]

I think its reaply interesting how you solve on the green cross!(no hate ofc just noticed something most cubers dont do)

[@Piokoxer]

"random pyraminx from ebay" pulls the same one out that i own lol

[@diegojost3351]

i love how when anyone learns a rubies' cube, they either just.... forget it or never do anything else cube related, or, get a collection of way too many cubes, that's me. Edit: "a Rubie's cube" OH, A RUBIE'S CUBE.

[@Zukatocuber]

We as the Speedcubing Community would love to help you to get better

[@frogi_hobbies]

my PB on 3x3 is 33 secs and on 2x2 is 3.25 secs. Im not very good at 3x3, but not bad! im 12 and i started when i was 11, i main the moyu super rs3m with the ball core and maglev im really proud of my 2x2 personal best! And im super jealous of your gan 14! :D it's so cool!

[@TheH-Perm]

Your 2x2 pb isn’t off mine and I think the super RS3M is so cool

[@nanamacapagal8342]

33 seconds for 3x3 is already impressive! It took 4 years for me to get to that time...

[@frogi_hobbies]

@@TheH-Perm tysm!!!

[@frogi_hobbies]

@@nanamacapagal8342 oh, i mean i practice alot, and im serious about it!! i have a lot of free time too because im only 12

[@TheH-Perm]

@@frogi_hobbies same lol

[@davidmenard5906]

5x5 is so much easier than 4x4. 5x5 doesn't have the oll and pll parities, and the edge parities that show up with 5x5 are solved with one easy to remember alg

[@tyronium2]

the "easy alg" for 5x5 is the same alg as oll parity for 4x4 and pll parity is 6 moves so you are just wrong

[@davidmenard5906]

@tyronium2 4x4 has 2 oll and 2 pll parities, for a total of 4 algs. How is memorizing 4 algs easier than 1?

[@CubingDavid]

​@daIvidmenard5906 I only use 2 parity algs

[@Soph_252]

@@davidmenard5906 you only need to know 1 OLL parity alg and 1 PLL parity alg on 4x4 to solve any parity you get

[@davidmenard5906]

@@JoshuaTheCuberYT I stand by what I said. You're not going to change my mind.

[@jaycubes]

awwe this is taking me back to my early cubing days :)

[@GuardianRail408]

I've recently started getting into the cubing rabbit hole and it's really nice seeing one of my comfort KZbinrs talk about it :3

[@ChrisSmith-rt2mw]

I unironically love how the Rubik’s 4x4 feels

[@KaseyJoes64]

I remember when I first got the rubiks 5x5, it took me upwards of 15 minutes to solve it, and didn't do it much because of how difficult it was to turn, but when I finally got a non rubiks 5x5, it instantly took like 5+ minutes off my time.

[@CzacoF]

Speedcubing since 2010, still very active in competitions. Hope you are going to enjoy!

[@kkuudandere]

I used to keep the little keychain cube on my purse in high school, that thing was more popular than I EVER was (and for good reason!)

[@Somewhatspooky]

as a cuber its awesome to see someone talk about cubing stuffs

[@justcyan123]

As a beginner cuber i love that Foafy actually talks and show some cubing things

[@Cubeguy573]

Plot twist, hes secretly jperm pretending to be bad

[@TemporalZack]

I like when he drops a cube onto Charizard's mouth

[@isaacmyers6909]

17:20 The mini is what I what I used for my most recent 4x4 pr average!

[@draakisback]

The Rubik's pyramid is just a 2x2 shape mod called a pyramorphix. The thing that makes it difficult to figure out is that the flat pieces that have only one color are technically corners just as the corners are corners (all the pieces are corners even though there are two different types) If you use the 2x2 beginners method, you should be able to solve it pretty easily given that you can already solve a 2x2. It's just a matter of changing your perspective slightly. I got into speedcubing and twisty puzzles myself about 5 years ago, and I'm fairly old compared to the normal cubing community. I'm sub 10 on a 3x3 but I don't expect to get faster. I'm a software engineer and I've had carpal and cubital tunnel, so for me, playing with these cubes is all about trying to find the most ergonomic way to solve them. I am always fiddling with a cube or a yoyo while I'm on a meeting or doing some thinking, but I also love trying out various solve methods and trying to optimize the existing methods with little modifications to allow them to require less moves. Always nice to see the collection of a fellow cuber.

[@Imkindabadatlife]

17:29 that's a qiyi 4x4, very budget cube, basically just for beginners

[@RubiksRonaldo]

Great video! Although you had no experience with making cubing content, you did absolutely amazing and it was extremely entertaining to watch!

[@cadenleady5345]

Bro, the mismatched color schemes are so bad😭

[@subzero.cuber47]

As a cuber who averages ~11 I really enjoy this video because it's really funny but also because it shows the take of how others that don't pour "sweat and blood" into cubing see everything in such a cool light

[@TheGuyNamedVolcano]

my times vary from 20 - 44 (usually)

[@gcolombelli]

If you want another weird challenge, try the Square-1. Or if you want something fun and easy, try the Clock, or don't, I don't know why, but lots of people seem to hate clock. I think it's a quite fun puzzle that you can even learn how to solve without having to read a guide, just by playing with it for a while. 6:10 I'd love to see statistics on how many people: a) never scrambled b) scrambled once, never solved c) solved once, never scrambled again d) solved two to five times e) solved more than five times I suspect there will be a strong power-law like distribution on that one. 😅 Anyways, Rubik's has a PDF guide with tips on how to solve this cube and a nice cut-out for you to print, fold and glue to use as a reference if you're stuck trying to solve it, it is helpful, but it's still not super easy to solve it even with such help, as there are some "trick pieces" that can go in two different configurations and you can't really tell if they're in the right way or not until you get to last layer and keep finding the cube is in an "impossible" state. 17:22 I love the yj zhisu, it fit's into 3x3x3 carrying boxes and I can thow it in my backpack and carry with me without it taking too much space or getting covered with lint and other stuff. The only issue is that you can't turn it too aggressively or it can pop spectacularly. It happened a few times at home and it was quite an ordeal finding all the pieces and putting it back together, if it pops in a public place I don't have much hope of finding every piece again. Pity QiYi doesn't seem to sell those boxes anymore, they were really cheap and handy. Their newer boxes are super nice, but are quite bulky and don't close super securely, so they're more useful to keep dust off the puzzles in a shelf than as a carrying case. 17:28 that's a QiYi cube, not sure what model is, but that's a QiYi logo. 25:49 The Megaminx is just like a 3x3x3, but with more layers. You actually don't need to know many more algorithms on it than you need to solve a 3x3x3 if you don't care about being super fast. Fun fact: I probably forgot almost half the algorithms I used to solve the Megaminx after over a year of not solving it, but I still recall enough of them to solve it, I just need to repeat the ones I still remember a few more times. 25:56 looks like an old basic QiYi, there are some great and cheap new models out there. There's also some "pro setups" you can buy that are just heavenly. Steven Wintringham also gives great tips on how to mod stock some pyraminx models into his preferred setups. 28:35 yeah, the ghost cube is one of those that are conceptually "easy" to solve, but I don't think I could do it without a lot of painfull trial and error. Another one I'd put in the same category is the Mastermorphix 28:49 it is a 3x3x3, it just has an off-center core. At least you don't have to "half turn" some of the faces to get into the "natural" position where you can move all the pieces, like some other shape mods do. 30:00 GAN makes a magnetic mirror blocks, it's pretty good. The shape still trips me up and I can't do algorithms super fast in it and often I do LBL instead of F2L, but at least it handles way better than the other ones I've tried so far. 31:47 that reminded me of a meme "genuine fake watches" 😂 32:05 check out the moyu meilong macaron if you like such oddball colors, I even magnetized one 3x3x3 macaron and it worked pretty damn well as a speedcube. 35:42 It can work with other GAN cubes, they sell center caps that work with the 356 X and XS, I haven't tried them on the 11 or anything newer though, they're availed as both stickered and stickerless, but only on matte/frosted finish, no UV coating on those. 36:35 I've got a few corner twists on the i Carry as well, but those are quite rare, the one thing that's more painful about corner twists on a smartcube is that you can't just twist any corner to solve it, you have to untwist the exact one that twisted or otherwise you won't be able to solve it, as those cubes only detect movements of the center pieces and have no way of knowing if something funny like a corner twist happened. 37:10 well, there's a couple of self-scrambling / self-solving puzzles as well, the eX-Mars is one such example you can buy, the other I think was just a DIY project, not a commercial product.

[@J.C.Cuber1]

17:28 it is a Qiyi cube you can tell from the logo great vid btw Edit: 21:26 - also Qiyi 26:03 also Qiyi

[@ThePringle3725]

1:50 the fact that green is right next to blue tho 💀

[@Pedro999Paulo]

as another casual Rubik's cube enjoyer I really like that video! Piraminx amd Megaminx are actually easier than it looks, Piraminx being easier than a 2x2x2 in my opinion

[@RowanFortier]

Wait till he learns about 4-dimensional puzzles

[@Cubeguy573]

Wait you here too

[@X4R80]

1:17 AAAHHHHH WHAT IS THE COLOR PATTERN ON THAT??!? also how do you have so many speedcubes, but you still use some terrible wrist finger tricks XD

[@ShadyAvocado]

The fact that he had more gans than me had me dead

[@Cloverogue]

seeing the gan 356 xs brings back so many memories

[@MinecraftMagiMan]

Still got a bit left of the video, but thought I'd give you a hint for the "Rubik's Pyramid" at 28:10 The inner mechanism is exactly like a 2x2

[@logandavidson9208]

You should scramble and solve the rubix impossible. I have one, and it was a ridiculous challenge to solve, but the satisfaction of pulling it off after a few hours is worth it. I was pissed when my sister rescrambled it though

[@embrykoehler]

Nice video! Competitions are great fun, even just to beat yourself. It doesn’t matter what your times are, everyone is super supportive of each other!

[@KAKAMM722]

GAN naming system goes like this: GAN356 Maglev, 3 stands for 3x3, however 56 stands for 56 millimeters, maglev stands means that instead of springs there are repelling magnets. GAN251 v2, 2 stands for 2x2, however 51 stands for 51 millimeters, and finally v2, well… it stands for version 2.

[@nochs_brother_2]

I really don't care that much about cubing, but I always end up watching cubing vids at like 3 am in bed.

[@RubberKid100]

Hey if anything, you made me feel better about my own terrible times lol. Nice video!

[@boop6616]

I haven’t even solved a single rubric cube before, this is alien to me

[@TheGuyNamedVolcano]

i can see that because you called it rubric sorry to correct u lol

[@sinom]

"made by rubik's" Rubik's hasn't produced their own cubes for a long time now. They're just licensing out the brand to other companies producing cubes now

[@ldoubleprime1654]

I never expected a cubing video!! Wowie I started my Rubik's cube journey with ripoffs and I still stand by the ripoffs lol

[@Dachi40]

Lets go another green first solver!!! I remember the guy i watched learned it on green so he taught it on green haha

[@user-qv5wl7wq1t]

Well you might be bad at cubing, but at least you are the 5.8% who can solve one

[@user-qv5wl7wq1t]

Me watching this video while I solve a 21x21x21

[@ramboadams4150]

Are you ever going to open in The Bluey Lego Lego, Steven universe?

[@jamiehorner2595]

Yes, there are gan magnetic mirror cubes

[@yaq-yaq]

Yeah, and they look beautiful

[@amymanley3405]

good vid. I average about 18 seconds after just 10 months after first solving it, but I think if you put in the work, you can get faster. (If that's your goal)

[@braxtonrichins]

I remember having a Rubik's Cube game on the DS

[@Apophis324]

Well, this was fun and different. Thanks for something fun and different ^^

[@Zachary_Clyde]

Under 1 minute cuber owns $90 Gancube, while me I have $78 Gancube😂

[@CosmicNebula444]

Genuinely have no idea how people solve rubiks cubes, I'd be on those things for an hour when I was younger and make 0 progress 💀yet people are doing it in 3 seconds?? Madness

[@CatBattler223]

@Cubehead and @J perm have great tutorials if you wanna understand some of it.

[@gcolombelli]

It's like learning how to ride a bike, you don't have to be a genius, just needs some patience and practice. There are many ways you can learn, if you're interested into it. There are a few videos out there that teach you everything you need to know, as well as written tutorials and even books / booklets. I first learned by reading a printed guide that came with a Rubik's branded cube made by Hasbro, it was a weird layer by layer method that's not as efficient as CFOP, the first solve took something like 30 minutes, but after getting comfortable with the notation I managed to solve it in less than 5 minutes with that guide, still reading the algorithms from the guide before I memorized them. I think it was a total of maybe 6 or 7 algorithms on that method. With some practice and after memorizing all the algorithms, I managed to bring down that time to around 60~70 seconds using that method, then I started learning 4 look last layer, intuitive F2L and expanded my PLL set. I still use 2 look OLL and my average is 23s (it was better in the past, but I stopped cubing for quite a while). You can progress a lot faster than me by just making a smarter use of your time, like splitting your time cubing 50/50 between speed solving and directed practice (learning new algs, doing slow solves and trying to figure out more efficient ways to solve some things, observing patterns and so on). One thing I would probably have done differently if I was starting right now: I'd get two identical cubes, one stickered and one stickerless, remove all the stickers and swap pieces between them. Then I'd spend days focusing solely on the cross until I nailed it, then F2L, then OLL and finally PLL. Good cubes for this kind of thing are the Yuxin Little Magic, MoYu Meilong 3M and MoYu RS3M 2020. Or you can do something different and try starting with Roux instead of CFOP... if you already have a good intuitive "spatial awareness" it may just work better than starting with CFOP. ZZ is another interesting method, but unless you're interested in some funky math, I'm not sure I'd recommend it. A cheaper option would be to buy a cube and a sticker set with it, remove all the stickers except the ones required for the stage you want to practice, then apply back stickers as you advanced to later stages, but stickering cubes is not something a lot of people like to do. Just swapping pieces is way easier and the cubes I've mentioned all cost under 10 USD each, so it's should probably cost you 25 USD or less with shipping to get a couple of them and practice this way. Or just get a regular cube and try to pay attention only to the pieces you have to, practice one step at a time, instead of trying to solve it fully every time. There are smartcubes out there that have "tutorial mode", but I'm not sure if they are a good learning tool and their price tend to turn people off, although they're getting pretty cheap, QiYi's smartcube is something like 23 USD and GAN's "carry" line is something like 30~36 USD, depending on what model you get. Still, I haven't heard about anyone saying how the learned how to solve by starting from scratch with a smart cube, so I can't make any promises that they're useful learning tools. They can certainly help with algorithm practice after you already know how to solve, though.

[@typemasters2871]

I have a wonderful puzzler cube from since I was a child At one point I thought my brother moved the stickers around because I thought one of the squares had matching colours but I was wrong and did manage to solve it (with an online Rubik’s cube solver)

[@kalebbeaumont]

Bro between all of Foafy's collection hobbies if he has a next of kin they are gonna inherit a gold mine

[@NightWolf4223]

Heres a fun fact about us speedcubers most of us are musicians. Welcome to the world of cubbing my friend.😊 try out the 2x2 yes its easy but see if you can average 1 second or 2 😊