From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Fri May 7 20:53:13 1999 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil (sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.38]) by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1-mod) with SMTP id UAA07387 for ; Fri, 7 May 1999 20:53:13 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu From: WaVeReBeL@webtv.net Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 13:02:42 -0700 (PDT) To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Thanks all! Message-Id: <9973-373346E2-9532@postoffice-121.bryant.webtv.net> Hello all, I just want to say thanks to all the great help & advice everyone has given me. I wish I had time to E-mail everyone personally. I'm so glad I found out about this mailing list & all of the great web pages. (Yay internet!) You have helped me reach my goal of beating the 30 second barrier. It all started w/ a little book fair where I picked up "The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube" by James G. Nourse for $.25 last year. It then snowballed, and I learned everything I could about the cube, spent tons of money on different puzzles, & put a lot of time into it. After the first 4 months of intense cubing, my records are: LAYER METHOD 30" best 36" average CORNERS FIRST 26" best 37" average I've been on a break for a while now ever since my hands started to hurt. Already I've started to loose my edge, & forgot some of the moves. I'm slower now, but I can still solve it under 45" guaranteed. When the summer comes, school will be over and I'll have more free time to train again & hopefully reach my new goal of consistently finishing under 30". For now I'll give my hands a well deserved rest. I just bought that book for a quarter on a whim. Who knew a little cube would have such a great impact in my life. Thanks again for all of the support. -Alex Montilla-