Cube

Welcome to my cube pages. My name is Michiel van der Blonk, I am a programmer and a speedcuber. Two hobbies that combine very well. I have been cubing since the eighties and hope to add to your cubing experience as well. I try to keep this site as interesting as possible no matter what your current level is.

For beginners

If you are an absolute beginner, a newbie, consider yourself lucky to have found a comprehensive compendium of links and tools that help you in your study of the Rubik's cube.

Here are some links to get started:

• a basic tutorial
• animated cube
• timer NEW!

I prefer to view the applet animations using Mozilla Firefox. If you use Internet Explorer you will see an annoying border around the animation, and you will have to click to activate the animation. Also, the huge amount of developer extensions for Firefox help me develop the programs a lot quicker and better.

For speedcubers

If you're a speedcuber but haven't been to a tournament yet you might want to go in the future. Perhaps you still need to practice a lot to get that sub 20 average. It might seem impossible now, but I assure you anyone can get there. It took me over 20 years, but I achieved this as well. Don't give up!

I also host an extensive cube algorithm database.

For competitors

If you are a competitor, and you have met me, then hi again! If you haven't I hope to meet you at an upcoming tournament. My site does not hold a lot of information on tournaments, for that you'd better go to speedcubing.com.

Among 'famous' speedcubers I personally know are Tyson Mao, Dan Harris, Lars Vandenbergh, Ron van Bruchem and Jessica Fridrich.

For programmers

I am always interested in new projects and working together with other programmers to come up with the best tools for (speed)cubing. My expertise is in the field of web development. I have been a trainer and programmer for web development languages since the early days of the internet.

Some of the cubing tools I have written include:

• NEW: Applet Timer: this timer will show your scrambled cube, so you can make sure you performed your scramble correctly.
• Rubik's cube timer: a configurable timer that says the time out loud while you solve. Also very handy for cooking eggs.
• Video Timer: put this timer in the background when making your awesome record videos. It resizes the timer with your window.
• Rubik's cube animated applet. See above. The applet is configurable in many ways. Try any parameters in the url.
• Speedcubing study page - built on top of the animated applet you can analyze algorithms. Use it e.g. for the FMC.
• Algorithm database - this is becoming the largest cube database on the net, for sure.
• JavaScript tools for algorithm transformation

Contact Michiel

You can email cubesolving@hotmail.com or use Skype: