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This December I visited Michelle Khare!! (https://www.youtube.com/c/MichelleKhare)

She asked if I could teach her to solve the Rubik's Cube in 1 minute afte...

The realm of cubing that sparked my interest this month.

It's a big struggle every month to make a post here for some reason, that I've just been forgetting to do it. I think it's more realistic if I just make these posts shorter, so here it is!

Making the top 10 facts video about the R...

Be willing to feel like an idiot

The first time in cubing I really learned something hard was when I learned F2L.

In 2012 (whoa that's a long time ago) my PB was 36, and I still used the beginner method. I knew some stupid form of F2L, as kids tend to learn their...

My 2x2 Mistake

At my last competition I competed in 2x2 and did okay; not great, but better than my last 2 competitions with 2x2. To sum up what happened before last comp, I learned EG-1 and how to one look 2x2 solves. Then I got 1 good average, and followed it ...

Aug 2019: How to improve competitions results!

How to improve your competition results

I feel like it took me over a year to actually have the discipline to do these things properly, but here it is:

Part 1: Simulate real competitions (3 useful levels)

Le...

June Blog Post

What cubing has taught me about life:

When you learn to solve a cube, it may take you 5-10 minutes to complete it. Then magically, even without learning anything new, you're averaging 2 minutes in a matter of days or weeks.

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May 2019 Patron Post

This month we're changing it up! Again, someone emailed me asking to help with their school project and I gave a super lengthy response but I think it's pretty interesting.

The topic is about whether speedcubing is a sport, but (spoiler aler...

April 2019 Post

Someone emailed me with questions for their project about 4x4 and 3BLD, and I thought it was interesting enough to share this.

1. When you first started out these events, how did you plan to improve?

3bld: For speed-related ...

Memorizing Algorithms

I'll make a video on this someday but not yet (I have my reasons).

Obviously there are memory tricks you can use like grouping common triggers (R U R' etc.) but that should just come naturally with enough experience and enough alg...

Feb 2019: My Relationship With Time

The brain is an odd thing because it doesn't work as deterministically as a computer. There are different factors that have different amounts of importance, but we don't know how exactly they contribute to our goals.

I didn't star...

We killed Discord

I know you guys were all just logging on ready for the live stream thing. With great power comes great responsibility.

We might have to reschedule this unless Discord comes back

Blog - January 2019

Future blog entries will be for the $1+ tiers.

I don't know if anyone noticed, but the $1 tier had a certain reward that I created some months ago and then I just totally forgot about it.

There was going to be a c...

Livestream!

We have a new tier! The details will be available on Discord.

If you're currently pledging $15 or more, make sure you change your tier to this one to get your Discord role.

Moving some stuff to Discord

 •  Most things now will be happening on Discord! With Patreon's notification system, I often don't see community posts, comments, etc. and it's far more organized on Discord.

 •  I plan do solve critiques again in video for...

Discord

I just released Discord roles! Patreon should have a way to deliver it to you if you're a $3+ patron, which will be the new reward of this tier for now.

Discord is a place to hangout by text/voice, kind of like Skype except much better organized an...

Patreon Updates

The $3 tier is not what I expected. The poll doesn't work out that well if I'm not making daily videos, since there will only be like 1 poll per month.

BUT I'm thinking of doing monthly livestreams or making a patron-only discord so we can chat...

Patreon messaging does not work

Edit: maybe you need to start a new message every month. I think replying to the old conversation stops working every month? Not 100% sure but you can try starting a new conversation with me.

It seems like people are unable to message me, and I cou...

The $250 goal

I've had the goal for a while now, and maybe you guys were wondering what it was all about.

I had the idea to make videos that took more work, but would be fun as a longer project. I've already been doing reviews and tutorials for a long time, so I...

Video Preview Aug 22

Working on the video! This one is about last layer and we have some interesting topics. It starts off easy and gets more and more advanced so I'm sure everyone can learn something new once the video is completed.

And no, it's not all about algorith...

Aug 22 Video Poll

Feel free to discuss these ideas, anything else you would want, or specific ideas for a certain video topic.

I realized that sticking to the poll results felt like a bit more pressure, like forced creativity. Some of you pointed out on a previous p...

With comps out of the way

These videos are planned: Last layer tips Huanglong/354 reviews Other than that I don't have anything for sure. No poll yet but any suggestions?

Springs

I did a bunch of research about springs and figured out exactly how the gan GES and gts3 systems work, and how springs affect cube feel and performance. Hope you guys enjoy this video (probably the most time I've spent on 1 video) and as always you c...

Video Preview Clip!

I'm having so much fun making this video, and it seems dumb but I promise it's educational LOL

Where I've been

(I made this post on Youtube but wanted to share it here as well)

Hey guys! Thanks for sticking with me the past couple of weeks, I've been inactive because I had 2 competitions (Snoco and US Nationals), and I had to travel a lot which I don't do o...

Update

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been quite active lately, I was at the snoco competition (where I met a few patrons!) and then when I got home I came down with a bad fever. I'm better now, but I'm also heading to Nationals today. Say hi to me if you're goi...

Review feedback #2

What do you think I could have done better? Did I miss anything? Was any part too fast, or did something drag on for too long? Or is there anything new in here that you particularly liked? Anything, leave a comment here! I tried to make a slightly l...

I want your feedback on this!

Here are the things I tried out for this review:

- short (2 mins)

- emphasis on comparison to other cubes (charts and stuff)

- humor when possible

Let me know what you think worked well, what didn't work well, and what I could add...

Which cube should I review first?

This week has been pretty busy so I'm not sure what the upload schedule is yet but reviews are coming soon.

ALSO for Students, if you sent me a video in June but I didn't respond yet, just message me again. Sometimes this happens.

Excited!

I've been busy for the past week, but for those of you with solves waiting, I'll get to it in the next few days!

First of all, I'll be trying a different style of reviews and we have 3 new cubes here: HuangLong, Gan 460, and MGC.

1 video a we...

What rewards would you like to see?

So I've been meaning to ask this ever since I started patreon...

The existing patreon rewards are just things I came up with by myself, by making assumptions about what you guys would probably want. BUT I'm not you, and I really want to make sure e...