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      1 # Speedcubing
      2 
      3 ![Me solving a Rubik's cube during an official competition](cubing.jpg "Me solving a cube")
      4 
      5 I have been practicing
      6 [speedcubing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedcubing) since 2008,
      7 and since 2011 I have competed in more than 70 officially recognized
      8 [WCA](https://www.worldcubeassociation.org) competitions.
      9 I am currently a senior member of the WCA Disciplinary Committee and
     10 a WCA Junior Delegate.
     11 
     12 I use the Roux method to solve the Rubik's cube in about 8 seconds
     13 on average.  I currently hold the world record for the single best
     14 result in the *3x3x3 Fewest Moves* event (16 moves), and some national
     15 records in blindfolded events.  You can see all my official results
     16 [on my WCA profile](https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2011TRON02).
     17 
     18 If you are interested in Fewest Moves solving, check out my [FMC
     19 Tutorial](https://fmcsolves.cubing.net/). I also upload irregularly on
     20 [my YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianoTronto), but
     21 most videos consist just of me solving the cube without any comment
     22 or explanation.
     23 
     24 Below you can find some links
     25 
     26 ## Fundamentals
     27 
     28 * [Rubik's cube notation](notation), good to know before reading any
     29 text-based tutorial.
     30 * [Figure it out](figure-it-out): a "tutorial" on how to figure out
     31 the Rubik's cube by yourself, without spoilers. It will not teach you
     32 how to solve it step by step, but it will point you in the right direction.
     33 
     34 ## Software
     35 
     36 * [Computer Puzzling](https://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/compcube.htm) by
     37 Jaap Scherphuis. If you are interested in implementing a puzzle solver,
     38 do check out this page.
     39 * [Nissy](https://nissy.tronto.net), a Rubik's cube solver and FMC assistant.
     40 * [Cube coordinates](coordinates), an explanation of how "coordinates" in
     41   the sense of [Kociemba](https://kociemba.org/cube.htm) can be implemented
     42   for efficient Rubik's cube computations and solving.
     43 
     44 ## Fewest moves
     45 
     46 * [My FMC Tutorial](https://fmcsolves.cubing.net) - "old style" techniques,
     47 no Domino Reduction.
     48 * [Slice theory](slice-theory): optimizing DR solutions by inserting multiple
     49 "slice" moves.
     50 * [DR triggers](triggers): with pictures (work in progress / forever draft).
     51 * [Reconstruction of my 22.00 former WR average](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0yjjwxonEE),
     52 including my 16 moves single (YouTube video).
     53 
     54 ## Blindfolded
     55 
     56 * [An old 3BLD tutorial](guidabld.pdf) for beginners, in Italian.
     57 * [My new alg sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iIuCNs_GXQAQFEssZam5lQ4cm3R_MRw9uQkb0GIThvo/edit?usp=sharing).
     58 At the moment it has only corners (UFR), 4BLD wings (UFr), 4BLD x-centers
     59 (Ubl) and 5BLD t-centers. Also available in csv format:
     60 [corners](bldsheets/corners.csv), [wings](bldsheets/wings.csv),
     61 [xcenters](bldsheets/xcenters.csv). Work in progress.
     62 * [My 3BLD algs for UBL/UR](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17sL1RuiYijTMiQkBn_d5xthdgAoxGE8oaH-Po-PZ58s/edit?usp=sharing).
     63 They are outdated and not very good, I may upload a better version at some point.
     64 
     65 ## Other links
     66 
     67 * [My WCA profile](https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2011TRON02)
     68 * [My YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianoTronto)
     69 * [Solving a cube... without a cube](no-cube)