http://www.vanderblonk.com Rubik's cube tutorial and solution Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:26:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just got word that the new speedcubing world champion is Breandan Vallance of the UK. He managed to set an average time of 10.74 seconds. It seems Breandan got better over time during the competition. First round he scored a best time of 11.47, then in the semi finals got a ... http://www.vanderblonk.com/2009/10/11/new-speedcubing-world-champion/ Tada! I would like to announce the official publication of my new advanced tutorial. For the renowned speedcubers, this does not compare to an advanced method as Fridrich or Petrus, so in that sense it's more 'intermediate'. The method has some very nice characteristics that I'd like to mention: it can ... http://www.vanderblonk.com/2009/10/09/new-advanced-tutorial/ I have just launched the vanderblonk.com online shop. Here you can buy your very own personal training session with Michiel (that's me!). I am a certified trainer with a lot of experience, and of course also a renowned speedcuber. You can expect a lot from a training session, however I would ... http://www.vanderblonk.com/2009/08/16/online-shop-launched/ [caption id="attachment_139" align="alignleft" width="120" caption="WordPress"][/caption] This site just got updated to WordPress 2.8 beta. If you see anything that doesn't work properly let me know. Well, that is... anything except for alglist.ning.com, my hosted database of cube algorithms. Unfortunately it has been down for a while, and it looks like it has ... http://www.vanderblonk.com/2009/05/18/just-upgraded-to-wordpress-2-8-beta/ Yes, this was long overdue but the good news is it is finally launched. I have had the site in development for quite some time now, and here is the result. Some new features include animations on the page videos improved explanations WordPress plugin to embed animations on your own site much, much more! Let ... http://www.vanderblonk.com/2009/04/12/new-redesign-launched-today/ The last couple of weeks I have been working hard updating my website www.vanderblonk.com. It's been fun, but I'm hardly ready, there is so much more to do. Let me give you a little breakdown of what has been done and what you can expect in the (near) future: There ... http://www.vanderblonk.com/2007/01/25/website-update/ I never measured my number of moves to solve a cube. In this attempt, I solved each cube in about 30s. These are the results: 48,42,48,56,44,47,41,49,52,48,45,51 Average (10/12): 47.4 I use CFOP and the fact that the average is below fifty comes from a smart F2L mostly. I don't know advanced OLL or PLL. ... http://www.vanderblonk.com/2006/12/21/average-number-of-moves/ Watch it and remind yourself to close your mouth when you're done. http://www.vanderblonk.com/2006/09/11/i-bet-this-guy-could-memorize-all-ll-cube-positions/ Google label maker is a game for speed freaks who like to compete. Hey, that's us, speedcubers! Anyway, I advise you all to go there and try it out. The aim of the game is to match the tags that you assign to a random image, together with your game partner. ... http://www.vanderblonk.com/2006/09/02/your-own-label-maker/ I've been learning a lot lately, basically I am trying to use my ring finger (actually both) more. One nice alg to use it on is this OLL. Perform B' with your ring finger. After a little practice it becomes easy. http://www.vanderblonk.com/2006/01/24/speedcubing-tip/