How To Get Faster?

7 years ago

Speedcubing Advice

Since the Rubik’s cube was invented, people from all around the world have come together to discuss the question almost as old as the puzzle itself - “Sure, I can solve it, but what now?”. By far, the most common question that I’m asked online each day is something like this: “Hi Feliks, I’m a speedcuber who averages XX seconds, do you have any advice or tips for me?”.

 

Before I created CubeSkills, I was never able to give a comprehensive answer to that question, because it is different for every single person. I’ve designed this website to answer this very question and act as a self-service platform for all speedcubers wishing to improve their ability.

 

I’ve decided to write up this blog post to supplement the video tutorials and act as a point of reference. This overview of how to get faster is quite succinct, and in all cases, the video tutorials should be your primary source of speedcubing tips and techniques. The hardest thing about providing a general answer to this question is that I receive it from people of all different skill levels. For the purpose of this blog post, I’ll separate my advice into sections for beginner, intermediate, and advanced solvers.

 

 

BEGINNER

Average: >60 seconds

Method: Beginner’s method

 

If you’re a beginner solver, improvement will come pretty easily. As you work to lower your times, think about your fingertricks and whether they are comfortable, as it’s important to avoid developing bad habits which will make your life harder later on. Take a look at my fingertricks video to assist you with this. Practice performing your algorithms, and make sure you can do them quickly without mistakes, even if that means just drilling them if you need to. I also have a series of helpful videos in the ‘Optimising the Beginner's Method’ module which cover some tips and tricks to help speed up your solves.

 

You’ll find a common piece of advice in all three sections, which is to simply practice. If you practice with good habits and solving techniques that I outline, you should get your solve times down to around 1 minute using the beginner’s method. You have to do the work, I can only help so much.

 

Last but certainly not least, become colour neutral. I believe every cuber should try to become colour neutral, and it’s far easier to do it now rather than later on. This is all probably a lot to take in, but take your time and you won’t be too overwhelmed. Once you’re ready you can move onto your next big challenge: learning F2L pairing.

 

 

INTERMEDIATE

Average: ~15-60 seconds

Method: CFOP

 

The intermediate bracket is where the majority of speedcubers sit, and can remain in for quite some time. I view the intermediate stage of cubing as the period of time you spend learning the basic CFOP method until the point at which you’re comfortable with F2L, and know all of the OLL and PLL algorithms. Throughout this stage you will develop your understanding of how pieces move around the cube and how to solve more efficiently.

 

When you’re learning F2L for the first time, I highly recommend learning how to solve it intuitively as per my video tutorials. It will be quite difficult to begin with, and you’ll find that doing F2L pairing in your solves will actually slow you down for a little while, so it’s important to be patient. With F2L, you really just learn by doing, and I have some example F2L videos off which you should try to model your own solves. Once you have a basic understanding of F2L, it’s again important to avoid falling into bad habits. The Intermediate Cross and F2L module is designed to ensure you stay on the right track, and highlights common mistakes as well as provides some good practice drills.

 

With regard to learning last layer algorithms, it’s all pretty simple, but it can certainly be a bit of a grind. Learn the PLL algorithms first, followed by the OLLs. Ensure that you learn good algorithms so that you don’t have to re-learn any along the way.

 

In terms of other general advice, slow untimed solves are great and help enormously to boost your lookahead and efficiency. To make casual solving most effective, ensure that you focus on reducing your F2L movecount. Try to get involved with the speedcubing community, whether that be online, or via attending competitions. And of course, watch all of the intermediate tutorials in the modules marked as intermediate, as I am able to cover specific topics in far more detail in those. Enjoy the ride.

 

 

ADVANCED

Average: <~15 seconds

Method: CFOP

 

Most cubers tend to finish learning their OLLs and PLLs at around the 15 second mark, but it does vary wildly. By no means must you average 15 seconds in order to learn more beyond OLL and PLL. There is an entire new world of algorithms and F2L techniques to explore.

 

My high level advice at this stage would be the following: Continue to improve your F2L efficiency and lookahead (see Advanced F2L section for plenty of specific advice), learn easy algorithms from a variety of algorithm sets (including WV, VLS, COLL, OLLCP, BLE, etc.), and just practice hard. Check out all of the advanced modules on the tutorials page for all my thoughts on practicing, algorithms, and other tips and tricks.

 

Constantly assess your weaknesses, remembering that F2L is the most important part of the solve. Watch example solves from fast speedcubers, including the ones on CubeSkills. Your learning can definitely be less structured from this point, and you’ll find that you may discover things on your own as you improve. Above all, focused practice will help you to implement the things you learn. Watching tutorial videos will only help you to the extent that you put the advice into action.

 


I hope this guide was useful, and I’ll see you over in the tutorials section! If you have any questions or thoughts about this guide, feel free to shoot me an email or comment.

 

Happy cubing!

 

Feliks


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Frank Zhou

Frank Zhou Posted 7 years ago

It is necessary to be color natural?


Feliks Zemdegs

Feliks Zemdegs from CubeSkills Posted 7 years ago

Not necessary, but I think it certainly helps. However, there are are plenty of world class speedcubers who aren't colour neutral. The faster you are, the harder it generally is to switch.


Tom Vince

Tom Vince Posted 7 years ago

Great post for anyone reading this blog. This surely eliminates alot of questions concerning the stages of learning and this is really good structured giving the reader a good overview. Hopefully these kind of blogs will be keep coming . (Maybe also add posts about your upcoming competitions? Results of your recent? Or is this not really a personal blog?)


Feliks Zemdegs

Feliks Zemdegs from CubeSkills Posted 7 years ago

Yes, I'm really looking forward to having fun and getting creative with these blogs. I'll have plenty of improvement posts, and then a bunch of personal competitive speedcubing posts as well! New blogs will be released approximately every two weeks.


Tom Vince

Tom Vince Posted 7 years ago

Thats great! Really looking forward to having alot of fun here with you ! :) 


Julian Malenda

Julian Malenda Posted 7 years ago

Thanks so much feliks and everyone who helped make the website. One question,  do you own any type of valk? Thanks

 


Feliks Zemdegs

Feliks Zemdegs from CubeSkills Posted 7 years ago

No worries Julian! I do have a few Valk3 cubes, sent by Mats :)


Alex Nguyen

Alex Nguyen Posted 7 years ago

Could you make a lubing and tensioning tutorial? Also thanks for this website!


Reuben Goh

Reuben Goh Posted 7 years ago

Thanks for your help Feliks it helps alot

 

 


Athul  Vikas

Athul Vikas Posted 7 years ago

Good Job Feliks!!! Keep up the content!!

I have One question, I have been practicing look ahead for f2l for months now, for the 1st month I averaged 12 seconds. for the 2nd month around the same. My times are not changing. So then I tried solving f2l by itself and got around 8 seconds on it. 

Do you have any tips for me, so I could get sub 10, in like 3-4 mounths, or something like that?? 

:)


Andre Ruiz Loera

Andre Ruiz Loera Posted 7 years ago

Feliks, as a color neutral, how do you find the side that is fastest to solve the cross on?


Athul  Vikas

Athul Vikas Posted 7 years ago

Feliks, sorry, to add on to the comment I made, I do know full PLL and OLL, along with COLL. So it's mainly my f2l that needs work.


Ben Sanger

Ben Sanger Posted 7 years ago

Thank you so much for all of this help Feliks! I'm really looking forward to using this website more and more.


Zane Pate

Zane Pate Posted 7 years ago

This is cool but can ask to see if I can learn the moves like' f2 and things like that

 


Enderbro USERNAME...

Enderbro USERNAME... Posted 7 years ago

Thx felix i found out how to solve the rubix cube now just more practice and i will be good to go :D


Zephyr Clarke

Zephyr Clarke Posted 7 years ago

Hi Felix I just wanted to ask if you had any good tips to become color neutral

 


Vishwa kumar

Vishwa kumar Posted 7 years ago

hey feliks .. I'm making my average is around 30 seconds .. My look ahead is not that good .. I keep searching pieces all the time .. So could you give me any tips ..


Scotty Fermo

Scotty Fermo Posted 7 years ago

Great Advice Feliks! Thanks!


Ahmed Sid

Ahmed Sid Posted 7 years ago

Hey Feliks!! I loved your blog. especially the 'advanced' section. My average is about 14 or 15 seconds. 

But sometimes I mess up with my F2L, and that's what I have to work on. I'm sure with your blogs being posted with a flow, people like me would try to break your world record :) !! Once again I thank you for your advice and I am eagerly waiting for your blogs!!

PEACE!!!!!!

 


Vikalp Chauhan

Vikalp Chauhan Posted 7 years ago

Really impressive and helpful blog thank you so much feliks  :) 

I usually YouTube for advice and for what next have to be done to improve. Even I watch ur videos on YouTube but I am really happy that you helped me and other cubers by this blog and will be looking for ur further blogs. 

All the best for further competitions and make another world record!!


jon lloyd  matinagnos

jon lloyd matinagnos Posted 7 years ago

Thank you very much feliks this is what I exactly needed to improve my skills in speedsolving!:]


Ragi Nath

Ragi Nath Posted 7 years ago

thx Felix I have improved a lot in cubing. I saw your YouTube video 6hrs after u uploaded and registered to this website .good 1


Mats Valk

Mats Valk Posted 7 years ago

I always love you.


Xinwei Zhou

Xinwei Zhou Posted 7 years ago

HAHA,Feliks u r so cool!I love you!


GABRIEL SAMULDE

GABRIEL SAMULDE Posted 7 years ago

feliks i get confused about the cross in intermediate but i still can do it thanks to you.happy cubing to all the cubers

 

 


Arhaan khan

Arhaan khan Posted 7 years ago

Hi Felix can you tell me that in intermediatelevel what is the average time to complete F2L.

 


Lance Bastien Loy

Lance Bastien Loy Posted 7 years ago

Umm... Feliks can you tell me or do you have tips on how to be sub 10 consistently?


Rotseeenn  AC

Rotseeenn AC Posted 7 years ago

Thank you very much Felix , now I know what I need to improve . :D

 


gridlaur pranav

gridlaur pranav Posted 7 years ago

felix can you keep a video on best speedcubes

 


Gabriel Farmer

Gabriel Farmer Posted 7 years ago

My average on a speedcube is 30 seconds which is pretty fast but I cant seem to get past that i think its my F2L and my OLL process that is slowing me down can you put up something for that? 


Noah Zacharia

Noah Zacharia Posted 7 years ago

This and the KungFuManchu websites are the best websites for speedcubing ive ever been on! I hope to see much more content soon! Thanks again feliks!

 


Jordan Stephens

Jordan Stephens Posted 7 years ago

Hey Feliks, love the website and blog!

 

I run an after school "math games" class and there are plenty of cubers there. They inspired me  to pick up a Rubik's cube and relearn how to solve it. I hadn't touched one in almost a decade!

 

I don't remember any of the techniques or times I used back then, it was just too long ago and I only cubed for less than a month. I think I stopped because without a community and a resource like this cubing isn't as much fun.

So I just wanted to post this message and tell you how great it is that you are sharing your knowledge and passion this way!

Jordan

 

 

 

 

 


Matija  Higl

Matija Higl Posted 7 years ago

Will you be making 4x4 tutorials and tips? My first 4x4 should be arriving soon and i want to learn from the best. 


Jack van Achterberg

Jack van Achterberg Posted 7 years ago

Thanks Feliks! This is a great site! Will you be making bigger cube tutorials and tips?


Diptoneel De

Diptoneel De Posted 7 years ago

Special thanks from India!!!!


Vikram P G

Vikram P G Posted 7 years ago

Hi Feliks, can you tell me that what mind set must I have when cubing...?


Z3R01NG .

Z3R01NG . Posted 7 years ago

this site is already helping me sooo much i will definitely look to buy a premium membership soon

 


Nick Wirth

Nick Wirth Posted 7 years ago

When did you learn color neutrality, and how did you learn it?


logan kelley

logan kelley Posted 7 years ago

I have all of the new 3x3x3's but I really like the feels of some of the older cubes. Any suggestions?


Philippe Blake

Philippe Blake Posted 7 years ago

I'm in the intermediate bracket but I learn from the advanced videos. I think that my cross is slowing me down but I've watched several advice videos for it. Could you make a video wit just walkthrough cross solves?


Philippe Blake

Philippe Blake Posted 7 years ago

Also, your coll alg pdf stopped working but maybe that's just me


SAMPRIYO GUIN

SAMPRIYO GUIN Posted 7 years ago

thnx for the special tutorials

 


Krish Shah-Nathwani

Krish Shah-Nathwani Posted 7 years ago

this site is awesome! I'm looking forward to getting faster with the help of this site!


Yee Heng Chow

Yee Heng Chow Posted 7 years ago

Cool Feliks! Nice website! Learning the rest of the g perms now :)


Arhaan khan

Arhaan khan Posted 7 years ago

Which company speed cube you use? 

 


Will Faust

Will Faust Posted 7 years ago

i struggle with lookahead and average 16 seconds but your videos arent helping me to much.  Should i just do slow solves and practise??


Wendy He

Wendy He Posted 7 years ago

amazing!


Zhu Qiuc

Zhu Qiuc Posted 7 years ago

Come on, I'm back for you!


Albert Gabriel Camac Asca

Albert Gabriel Camac Asca Posted 7 years ago

Buen sitio !!! Me ayudarias a aprender mejor y mas rapido los algoritmos? Te lo agradecer

English:

Good site !!! Would you help me learn better and faster algorithms? I would appreciate

Stephen M

Stephen M Posted 7 years ago

I'm loving this website! Thank you Feliks!


Nico Reunion

Nico Reunion Posted 7 years ago

Great website Feliks! I average 21-22 seconds, trying to get sub-20 and this is very helpful. I have watched the all the beginners video and learnt so much. It is amazing how one can pick up bad habits. Well done!


Aidan  McBride

Aidan McBride Posted 7 years ago

This is an amazing idea and you should definitely keep up with this website.  However, I am trying to get better with the ZZ method, and I think it would be cool if you could get other people on board with this and get people who use methods other than CFOP to make tutorials.


Graham Belfield

Graham Belfield Posted 7 years ago

Great resource Felicks!

 


Jordon Goh

Jordon Goh Posted 7 years ago

i am averaging  ~20-25 seconds,know intuitive f2l and about 10 advanced f2l cases.I know 4 look LL and a few plls and oll. I am try to get sub 20 but i am just stuck at that range.How do i improve?Learn f2l? Or others?

 

By the way this is a very good website.


Seung-Hyuk Nahm

Seung-Hyuk Nahm Posted 7 years ago

What a nice video!


Khafidz Nur Rahman

Khafidz Nur Rahman Posted 7 years ago

banyakin lg dong


Crazy Cuber

Crazy Cuber Posted 7 years ago

Awesome website Feliks! I normally use my smartphone timer so i get my normal times of average 15 and sub15..... but when i use my real timer(the ones used in comps), my pick up is really bad so i get bad times........ so do you recommend any practice drills or anything?thanks!


Nelson Dolce

Nelson Dolce Posted 7 years ago

this website is fun


Aryan Naik

Aryan Naik Posted 7 years ago

Higi


Adam  Oommen

Adam Oommen Posted 7 years ago

It's nice though


Aryan Naik

Aryan Naik Posted 7 years ago

Hhi


Bervelly Allysa

Bervelly Allysa Posted 7 years ago

great


ilai ben zvi

ilai ben zvi Posted 7 years ago

hey its nice but if u wanna to gets this website more people FELIX PLEASE MAKE CFOP/WALKTHROUGH SOLVES AND MORE TIPS


Henry Snider

Henry Snider Posted 7 years ago

Can you do some totorials or just post algarithms for solving a 4x4


Yichen Yao

Yichen Yao Posted 7 years ago

thank you \(^o^)/


zxt zxt

zxt zxt Posted 7 years ago

My Englishis not well,but I canspeak Chinese


daniel evand

daniel evand Posted 7 years ago

are the algorithims on your OLL page the only good ones, i.e are there any world class speed cubers who use different OLLs to the ones on your OLL PDF. 

also zxt zit please translate common cube companies names 

what does moyu mean


Corey Bates

Corey Bates Posted 7 years ago

Did not really learn anything new but what great advise im in the intermediate stage and I got a 13 second solve using 2look and knowing not many pll.


ひかり ひかり

ひかり ひかり Posted 7 years ago

ありがとう 


Nathan  inglis

Nathan inglis Posted 7 years ago

Great job Felix i have a dayan zanchi and i have a gans on the way most of my time are around 30 - 40 seconds i appreciate the help keep up the good work  


Nathan  inglis

Nathan inglis Posted 7 years ago

after your help my times have stayed more in the 30 second times 


刘 祎

刘 祎 Posted 7 years ago

thanks for your advises,cfop is so difficult for me and i haven't any time to practice,and do you have any ideas elseto get faster?


VIJAY GANAPATHY

VIJAY GANAPATHY Posted 7 years ago

thanks for your advice.but cfop is hard are difficult for remembering

 

 


VIJAY GANAPATHY

VIJAY GANAPATHY Posted 7 years ago

i am a 7 years old boy i have got gans ,the valk 3 &thunderclap v2 which is best



Reason Song

Reason Song Posted 7 years ago

It's helpful for me.


Yuxin Tang

Yuxin Tang Posted 7 years ago

原来可以说中文的。


Lutfi Madani

Lutfi Madani Posted 7 years ago

Awesome, good luck Feliks !


Aravind K

Aravind K Posted 7 years ago

Hey Feliks, 

I love that u made this site. Looking frwrd to all the content. 

I average around 21 secs and I have a MoYu Weilong v2. Thats good right?


Ma Harry

Ma Harry Posted 7 years ago

Hi Feliks, do you think a cyber should learn different methods  (for example, learn petrus to learn block building for x-cross)?


Ma Harry

Ma Harry Posted 7 years ago

Sorry should be cuber


LEE Kaiyi

LEE Kaiyi Posted 7 years ago

Hi,feliks.my problem is the linked between cross and f2l.After i finish the cross,maybe i spend 1 to 2seconds to find the f2l.Can you give me some advice,thanks.


Ian  Sciturro

Ian Sciturro Posted 7 years ago

Hi Feliks, for the intermediate method, I am having a hard time memorizing all the OLL and PLL algorithms, so do you have any advice on that?


Ian  Sciturro

Ian Sciturro Posted 7 years ago

This site is so cool! Thanks for all your help!


Tegar Aditia

Tegar Aditia Posted 7 years ago

Sangat membantu, terima kasih Feliks


Daniel Woods

Daniel Woods Posted 7 years ago

Feliks, thanks for all the hard work you put into the site. I and many other cubers appreciate it!


Dan Morris

Dan Morris Posted 7 years ago

Is there email notifications for when you post new content on the website? videos or blog


Seth Ferrer

Seth Ferrer Posted 7 years ago

I love this website!


Yibin Pan

Yibin Pan Posted 7 years ago

It seems I didn't see the site has a set of language translation. If not, suggest add; If it have, where is it? I think the language is the bigger problem.I think, in some countries don't have to English communication(like China,Japan,Korea,Russia), there will be a lot of people have the same problem.


Nguyễn Hoàng Nam

Nguyễn Hoàng Nam Posted 7 years ago

I can do the F2L and the OLL (basic, do the correct +). Can you help me to do the PLL please?


Nguyễn Hoàng Nam

Nguyễn Hoàng Nam Posted 7 years ago

I'm from Vietnam. I think I am the 1st human get login in this website.

(My English is not well, so I hope you help me more and more!)

Thank you!


Darius Harris

Darius Harris Posted 7 years ago

     Hey Felix,my name is Darius Harris.I am 13 and solving for about 3-4 months. I have recently learned F2l and have been solving the last layer with regular beginner algorithms.I want to learn oll and Pll bad but there is so many of them i don't know where to start.I was hoping you and other speed cubers reading this could email me some advice on which oll and pll algorithms to learn.My email is Everydaygaming328@gmail.com.

 

Sincerly, Darius Harris


sigi wijaya

sigi wijaya Posted 7 years ago

Feliks you are good but can you give more tutorial and the agorithm for we? 


森林 森林

森林 森林 Posted 7 years ago

我来自中国,很高兴能看到你的文章。


Rangga Del Piero

Rangga Del Piero Posted 7 years ago

Terimakasih banyak feliks (Thank You very much feliks)


shuai liu

shuai liu Posted 7 years ago

你好,菲神。我来自中国,玩魔方半年了五阶魔方avg2min26s我想sub2min,所以想请您发一个五阶魔方实例 。  


shuai liu

shuai liu Posted 7 years ago

哦shuailiu  email   1457598653@qq.com


Beryl Soria

Beryl Soria Posted 7 years ago

the audio is bad


Gustaf Dunedin

Gustaf Dunedin Posted 7 years ago

Nice


John Miyahara

John Miyahara Posted 7 years ago

i average 20 to 30 seconds on cfop. Do you have any advice on lookahead?


Aryan Naik

Aryan Naik Posted 7 years ago

Feliks how to solve 2×2 in 5 seconds and 3×3 in 30 second can you help me please

 

 


Max Murphy

Max Murphy Posted 7 years ago

I Know Full OLL and PLL and when i slow down and look ahead I get sub 15 pretty easily


Max Murphy

Max Murphy Posted 7 years ago

I think after 3x3 you should do 4x4 next


Yusheng Xiao

Yusheng Xiao Posted 7 years ago

Feliks I think OLL is quite difficult for me because there are many awkward cases which I can't recognize very well so I haven't learned those algorithms yet. Can you help me with that?


Kolten Tamaro

Kolten Tamaro Posted 7 years ago

To all those asking questions on here. Most of what you are asking is answered in the free 3x3 videos that are available. He does a good job explaining what you should be looking for and how you should go about learning and practicing what you know. 


Raiyanul Haque

Raiyanul Haque Posted 7 years ago

I'm a sub 23 cfop solver,i know full pll and 2 look oll.

Should i learn full oll?


ben vanderhoff@gmai.com

ben vanderhoff@gmai.com Posted 7 years ago

i take average 2 min XD learning f2l


Aryan Naik

Aryan Naik Posted 7 years ago

i can do cube in 1 min i learnd a new method xs os


Andres Pulido

Andres Pulido Posted 7 years ago

Wow, a cool interesting way to identity the cube skill of people.


Pengfei Lin

Pengfei Lin Posted 7 years ago

Hi Feliks,I am a speedcuber from China ,and can you please add some 7×7 cube skills? Thank you! Sorry,my English is not well.


Joshua Romanick

Joshua Romanick Posted 7 years ago

Hi Feliks, just wanted to say I'm loving this site so far and I'm thinking about going premium,keep up with the awesome videos, I can't wait to see what you teach next. :)


Nguyễn Quang Thiện

Nguyễn Quang Thiện Posted 7 years ago

I love it, it's the best advise. Thanks Feliks :D


Aman Kashyap

Aman Kashyap Posted 7 years ago

Thanks for tutorials feliks, I am a 16 sec solver, learning Full OLL is difficult. Doing them for the moment is easy but recognizing in the solve and then recalling the algorithm takes more time. Please give tips on that and how often should we learn algorithms?


Leon Shams-schaal

Leon Shams-schaal Posted 7 years ago

Great advice for beginners like me. Thanks, Feliks :)

 


Riley Wissler

Riley Wissler Posted 7 years ago

It really helps knowing what order to learn things in for intermediate, especially F2L, thanks a bunch for this site, it will help so many cubers, including myself.


Danny D

Danny D Posted 7 years ago

The F2l video has really helped my cubing


david teh

david teh Posted 7 years ago

How do you do a fast M move?


huang long

huang long Posted 7 years ago

希望有中文字幕.....

Hope to have Chinese subtitles.....

希望有中文字幕.....

Hope to have Chinese subtitles.....


michael ryu

michael ryu Posted 7 years ago

Feliks /i'm a 30 second average beginners method  but i do not get the f2l videos


Wuxin Hou

Wuxin Hou Posted 7 years ago

I hope I can sub 10 one day. I'm a new cuber. My ao12 now is 37sec. It's a long long way to go. T T


William Morgan

William Morgan Posted 6 years ago

Do you have any advice on the process of learning full oll and pll?


耀辉 尤

耀辉 尤 Posted 6 years ago

我们都来自不同的国家,所以我们希望有语言选项。

We all come from different countries, so we want language options.


ma kexing

ma kexing Posted 6 years ago

You can use Google Chrome,it can translate different language .


ALI MURTAZA

ALI MURTAZA Posted 6 years ago

 how to improve last layer i am 6 seconds on last layer i really nead to be fast


Mathéo Pion

Mathéo Pion Posted 6 years ago

Moi j'apprends la méthode roux .

 


Liam Gerard

Liam Gerard Posted 6 years ago

Hmm, my record is 40 seconds, and get 42-57 seconds on average. I use 4LLL, but sometimes 5LLL, if I need a diagonal. I practice often, but the lookahead is near impossible for me. My mind just wants to always do some algorithm, so I can not look ahead. Since I started on Cubeskills, I can plan out my Cross, but it takes 7-11 seconds to enact it, F2L is 10-30 seconds, and my OLL/PLL together is 10-15 seconds. With 4LLL I feel it is easier to look ahead to PLL, but I still do not have the mental ability do complete the algorithms without thinking for 1-5 seconds.


Sue Hwu

Sue Hwu Posted 6 years ago

I look forward to improve my f2l because mine is really slow,btw my pb is 12 sec while my average is 18 sec :).Still,I have to learn many things to be sub 10.


Liam Gerard

Liam Gerard Posted 6 years ago

Hmm, I feel most confident in F2L, because it is intuitive, and I do not need to think much on it.


Kirste Hailie

Kirste Hailie Posted 6 years ago

My average is around 40 because I'm still improving my F2l. As I have read, I thought its not part of the process for you to get slower. Anyways, I hope that I can get sub 10 someday. Its gon' be a long ride 


Nguyễn Hoàng Nam

Nguyễn Hoàng Nam Posted 6 years ago

My Record Is 11 seconds 43.


Nguyễn Hoàng Nam

Nguyễn Hoàng Nam Posted 6 years ago

I have 3 Gans 356 Air, 4 Gans 356 S and 2 The Valks


Joen Ng

Joen Ng Posted 6 years ago

Hi Feliks, I am at 36 seconds, thank you for the tutorials, I will practice and improve my skill.


Liam Gerard

Liam Gerard Posted 6 years ago

Nguyễn Hoàng Nam-

Cool. I have just ordered a Gans 356 Air UM, and a Valk v2( I think) as my main

 


oscar colqui

oscar colqui Posted 6 years ago

mi pb es de 11 pero mi promedio es de 25 espero pronto ser sub 20 


Brad Matthews

Brad Matthews Posted 6 years ago

Well done on all the episodes great mod see you at cube for Cambodia 2017 by the way my name is Bradley I would like to say hi and talk see you then well done.


Rodger Oliver

Rodger Oliver Posted 6 years ago

What should I learn: COLL or WV?


John Appleseed

John Appleseed Posted 6 years ago

Learn WV for standard solves, COLL for OH because IMO if your PLLs are Super fast using COLL doesn't help much as the time difference between edge swap PLLs and others are very tiny. Instead you should learn WV so that you can skip OLL and do a fast PLL. But if you are into OH solving COLL really helps as edge swap PLLs are very fast OH compared to other PLLs.


Zachary A.

Zachary A. Posted 6 years ago

Hey Feliks! I've been cubing for 4 months and my avg is around 25 seconds. I just wanted to say thanks for creating this amazing website! :-)


LittleFireFox .

LittleFireFox . Posted 6 years ago

Feliks, I have been cubing for 6 months and  learned full pll and 2 look oll, my f2l lookahead is not that good, but I average 21 seconds. Any advise besides the one you wrote?


Vijaydarshan Mahesh

Vijaydarshan Mahesh Posted 6 years ago

Hi Feliks... I'm cubing from a long time approx 3 to 4 years and I'm getting an average speed of 31 sec. I'm not able to memorize new algorithms. I'm in need of your advice....


Danny D

Danny D Posted 6 years ago

how shall i memorise new algorithms as the pll ones aren't coming to me as easily as oll 


Cedric R.

Cedric R. Posted 6 years ago

Hi community,

 

I´m using the CFOP method with full PLL but with 2 Look OLL instead of OLL.

With this method I average round about 32 seconds.

I´ve planned to learn full OLL but I´ve heared that there are more than 50 different algorithms to learn,

so I´m wondering how somebody can keep them all in mind and can use them in the right cases.

How much time you needed until being abel to use full OLL?

Have you any advises for me?

 

Faithfully, Cedric


Michael B.

Michael B. Posted 6 years ago

remembering that F2L is the most important part of the solve.

In general, I agree to this, but I have to say that it also depends on where your weak points are. For example, I average about 38 seconds per solve, 3 to 4 for the cross, about 15 for the F2L and about 20 seconds for the last layer (4LLL, and I have to train my recognition and my fingertricks more). So for me for example, F2L is at the moment not the most important part of the solve because it is not my weakest point at the moment. I have to train the recognition and my fingertricks for the 4LLL more at the moment. So, the most important part of the solve is the part which is consuming the most of your time during a solve.


No  Name

No Name Posted 6 years ago

Hi Cedric R., 

watch the video from Felks Zemdegs on the platform. There he gives some advice. But I don't think that your weakness is the OLL. I think you should improve your move count in your f2l and then your time will increase. I also think that you should know, whether you have to make a U or a U' after you've done your first fish move. Then you would be more efficient. I needed a long time to learn full OLL, but I would recommend you to learn it in blocks- like it is shown in the OLL agorithm sheets (CubeSkills).

Happy Cubing!


Cedric R.

Cedric R. Posted 6 years ago

Hi Daniel-Elia

Thanks for you advise. I´m wondering why you know that i dont wether to make an U oder an U' algorithm after doin 2 look OLL, but it's right.

If the're isnt a PLL case I can solve, I'm doing a normal U perm and if it doesnt work, I do another.

(Please excuse my English, but as I can see at your second name, you're speaking the same language as I do, habe ich recht?)

Nice Website by the way, Feliks, it's really helpful. Thanks!

Faithfully, Cedric

 


Chris Choi

Chris Choi Posted 6 years ago

Any advice for extra advanced people? Perhaps people who are trying to be sub 9 or sub 8 like myself. 


Shygaan Khalili

Shygaan Khalili Posted 6 years ago

lolwut thanks felids


Davy Killian

Davy Killian Posted 6 years ago

This is strange... I use beginners with two look OLL and my own method of f2l and get sub25 second times...


Samyajit  Saha

Samyajit Saha Posted 6 years ago

Hi Feliks i have been cubing for one month now and my average is 40 secs .Is it okay?


Mohamed Zakaria Msaad

Mohamed Zakaria Msaad Posted 6 years ago

Hi Feliks !! i have been cubing for 3 month now, and i'am averaging of 5 on 26 and my pb is 21.79. I wanted to learn full oll but its quite hard and i fand that g perms are akward ( i don't want to learn them).i have problems with my f2l and lookahead and also with the x cross. i finish cross and f2l on 22 seconds and sometimes on 17. soo what are you're best advice to be sub 15 f2l and to memorize algs faster. i want to average sub 20 for the next month becausethere is my first competition. thx for responding !

ps : sorry for my english ( im not english so try to not send me videos) and ihave a shitty cube.( mf3)


Ezloyker Ezloyker

Ezloyker Ezloyker Posted 6 years ago

 

Can I be Sub 15 with CFOP? . The F2L from different angles can I use them for the sub 20? :)


Jeffrey VanderKuyl 2

Jeffrey VanderKuyl 2 Posted 6 years ago

I am a 20 sec average solver but cant seem to get faster. I don't know how you feliks and everyone get sub 20 so quick. I have been cubing for 3 weeks now and need advice plz and thx.


Vinicius Oliveira

Vinicius Oliveira Posted 6 years ago

A vezes fico me perguntando, quando usar a mão esquerda?se dizem por aí q a mão principal é a direita. Outra dúvida, como fazer uma rotação eficiente no cubo no F2l?.


43 7

43 7 Posted 6 years ago

hi, i average 24 secs. Should I switch from algorithmic f2l to intuitive f2l?


Karma Bhutia

Karma Bhutia Posted 6 years ago

Thanks for your advice.I will seriously implement it.

 


Jared Duncan

Jared Duncan Posted 6 years ago

I use beginners and get 39.072


Ash Fu

Ash Fu Posted 6 years ago

i have been cubing for 4months and i average 16-20 seconds is my improvement good?

 

 


Charlie Harrison

Charlie Harrison Posted 6 years ago

Help I'm stuck at a 13-ish average and can't get further, any tips?


Md  Reduwan

Md Reduwan Posted 6 years ago

I am cubing like 1 month. I am pretty slow and my average is 1:24


Josh Weigt

Josh Weigt Posted 6 years ago

Feliks im stuck around sub 20 just came back to cubing a month ago i want to know how to break this sub 20 barrier. chris olson said more efficient f2l algs from different angles just asking for your advice.


Matthew Simpson

Matthew Simpson Posted 6 years ago

I'm stuck around 25 seconds. I will use your ideas to help me. I'm 12, and I'm teaching my friends how to solve. Do you have any advice for me in teaching them. Thanks for all your help.

 


Virgil Shaun Koh

Virgil Shaun Koh Posted 6 years ago

Feliks, I'm stuck around sub 40 because F2L has been slowing me down for some time and also lack of OLL algs. Any advice on how to improve my problem? I'm trying to get to sub 20. 


Vishnuram Mageshvaran

Vishnuram Mageshvaran Posted 6 years ago

 Feliks, I'm struck about sub 35,any tips and ideas to get sub 20 or 10?


Om Joshi

Om Joshi Posted 6 years ago


 


Om Joshi

Om Joshi Posted 6 years ago

Thanks for The Advice...


Kevin Mislos

Kevin Mislos Posted 6 years ago

Hello Feliks,can I get any tips from you to improve or how to get faster on 3x3 because my best time is only 48.08 sec...


Ivan Justin Blas

Ivan Justin Blas Posted 6 years ago

Hello feliks I've been cubing for 5 months and I know all 57 oll 21 pll but still sub 30 can you help me to be sub 20 or 25?


Hashir  Majeed

Hashir Majeed Posted 6 years ago

Hey Feliks,

Despite listening to all your tips, I can’t seem to get sub 20. I think it is due to my slow cross/look ahead. Any ideas on improvement?

Thanks


Saayan Prasad

Saayan Prasad Posted 6 years ago

Hey Feliks,

I was sub 20 three months ago. Then I thought I'll take a week's break but I just lost interest. I started again a month and a half ago and now during a casual warm-up solve I would average 19.9seconds . I have known full OLL and PLL for 6 months now. I do not know any other alg subsets and cannot improve. This greatly discourages. I have been recently practicing slow solves using a metronome.  Once warmed up my cross-f2l transition is not bad. I usually finish f2l in 12.5 seconds and LL in 6 seconds. What should i do?


HARDIK BHADAURIYA

HARDIK BHADAURIYA Posted 6 years ago

hi Feliks. i'm a speedcuber who averages around 25 seconds. Do u have any advice for me.


Huy Ho

Huy Ho Posted 6 years ago

Hello Feliks,

I only started cubing for about 4 months and I don't know what to do to become faster if I'm at an average of about 27 seconds. I only know intuitive F2L, OLL with crosses, and 32% of PLL. I was wondering if there was any advice that you could give me to become faster moving forward since kids around me who have been cubing for longer than me make me feel uncomfortable with my speed.


Feliks Zemdegs

Feliks Zemdegs from CubeSkills Posted 6 years ago

Hey Huy, 

27 seconds after 4 months is really good progress, don't be concerned at all! Finish learning your PLLs now, they'll definitely shave time off your solves.


Saayan Prasad

Saayan Prasad Posted 6 years ago

Hey Feliks,

I was sub 20 three months ago. Then I thought I'll take a week's break but I just lost interest. I started again a month and a half ago and now during a casual warm-up solve I would average 19.9seconds . I have known full OLL and PLL for 6 months now. I do not know any other alg subsets and cannot improve. This greatly discourages. I have been recently practicing slow solves using a metronome.  Once warmed up my cross-f2l transition is not bad. I usually finish f2l in 12.5 seconds and LL in 6 seconds. What should i do?


Huy Ho

Huy Ho Posted 6 years ago

Thank you Feliks,

I am extremely grateful for your advice. I love cubing so much and I hope I can continue to become a better cuber due to your help. 


Brandon Zhou

Brandon Zhou Posted 6 years ago

Hello Feliks,
I have been a big fan and I average around 24 seconds. I really enjoy cubing,but I just can not get faster for some reason. I use intuitive F2l, I only know how to solve olls that has a cross, and I know a decent amount of plls. If you can give me some advice to get faster it will be extremely helpful since there is one kid in my school who is really fast, and i want to be as good as him. Thank You for reading. :)


Brandon Zhou

Brandon Zhou Posted 6 years ago

I only know 13 plls these are F, J a and b, N a and b, R a and b, T, U a and b, H, Y, and Z

 

 


Brandon Zhou

Brandon Zhou Posted 6 years ago

If you know in which order I should learn the rest. Please answer. Thank You

 

 


Saayan Prasad

Saayan Prasad Posted 6 years ago

Hey Feliks,

I was sub 20 three months ago. Then I thought I'll take a week's break but I just lost interest. I started again a month and a half ago and now during a casual warm-up solve I would average 19.9seconds . I have known full OLL and PLL for 6 months now. I do not know any other alg subsets and cannot improve. This greatly discourages. I have been recently practicing slow solves using a metronome.  Once warmed up my cross-f2l transition is not bad. I usually finish f2l in 12.5 seconds and LL in 6 seconds. What should i do? Waiting for your answer. 


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

Feliks should I use a metronome or learn more algs?    Is look ahead better or is learning more algs better ??? Please reply


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

Feliks, I know full pll and half of oll. I do not use intuitive F2L, and know about 3/4 of F2L, and I can do cross in inspection about 15% of the time   I also find myself rotating to do an F2L pair and by the end of the solve I have about 10-12 rotations.... should I inprove on my cross or learn more efficent F2L.

Congrats on 5x5 WR average!! ^-^


Shankar S

Shankar S Posted 6 years ago

Look ahead is more important, algs are secondary. Personally, I only know 15ish OLL but I avg 9 seconds, cuz my f2l stage is 5s. Don't "memorize" f2l algs.

U don't need full OLL to get a WR, fact: Collin Burns got the 5.25s ex-WR single and he didn't know full OLL. 


Shankar S

Shankar S Posted 6 years ago

Savan practice f2l, 12.5 seconds isn't great. LL is around 4s so your close. Improve on f2l


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

Yes, I know full Pll, but my G perms are slow and I usually always rotate just to solve an F2L pair, if i see an F2L pair paired up then I can just insert it without rotating. My F2L takes around 12-15 seconds, Oll is 1.5-2.0 and pll is sub 3. I average sub 20 (18.451) with my Weilong GTS2. I have a youtube channel At DuckyCuber01 on youtube so if you could show me how to inprove on lookahead in the comment section of my vids then that would be great! :)  also I tightened my aolong v2 a TON so that i can't turn fast and that would force me to look ahead. do u think this is a good stratey for lookahead or not? I have a pretty high TPS, but I pause about a total of 4-7 seconds in my solves. Shankar S, can u or Feliks please respond to this question?


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 6 years ago

Hi Nathan again, I am a 15 second solver with a PB of 9 seconds. I saw some of your videos on YouTube and what I would recommend to reduce pauses is to turn slower so you can see more pieces while solving F2L. If I have a case where I can spam TPS but after I have no idea what I’m doing next, then it’s better to just do it slower so I can look ahead. No matter what, you can turn as fast as you can if you know what you’re doing next. Learning full OLL is a big help but you can do it casually. (Learn 1 or 2 algs at a time until you can recognize and use them in your solves.) also if you only solve on white, being able to solve on yellow as well is a big help because if you have a bad cross on white or a great cross on yellow, your cross planning will take less time. I hope this helped you and God bless :)


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 6 years ago

Agan


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

thanks a TON Ethan!


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

Varn


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

yes, I have tried to practice on yellow cross, but my crosses are very bad and I usually can't complete the whole cross during inspection...... i also end up doing about 10 rotations in my solves 

how can I fix that?...

thanks for responding so quickly Ethan Varn

do u think that a magnetic cube will help me with my bad turning accuracy??


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

do u have a youtube channel or a profile on the WCA website?


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 6 years ago

My main cube is a Qiyi valk 3 M and I do feel that having a magnetic cube is a huge advantage. I personally like gan cubes the best, but my valk is stickerless so I like it better than my UM. I’ve watched many reviews on YouTube and the gan 356 air SM seems like the best cube on the market right now. When I first got a magnetic cube, it slowed my times, but once I got used it it, it did help with stability and turn accuracy. The valk 3 M from the cubicle has weaker magnets than the UM so I don’t think that the valk would help with turning accuracy as much as the UM or SM. If you like your weilong, there is also a magnetic version but I’ve never tried that one so I can’t tell you if that would help or not.


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 6 years ago

For tips on yellow cross I would suggest starting slow. Don’t speedsolve at first because you’re not used to the different color scheme. The F2L colors are the same so it’s easier than learning to solve full color neutralist avoid white pieces until last layer. Since your crosss and last layer colors are opposite, if you plan a yellow cross the exact smae way you would plan a white cross (orange to the right of green, red to the right of blue etc.) you will find two of your edges will be in their opposite positions while the other two are solved and if you algign them it will have the same effect on the other two. What you can do to fix this is to instead of remember red to the right of blue or something like that, you would just remember orange to the right of blue or red to the left  When I first learned to solve on yellow I was about a 40-45 second solver and still used intuitive F2L. (I was horrible with it and not too great at planning crosses good crosses either). As I learned to plan better crosses, on white I used the same concepts with yellow. Therefor I never really experienced switching and it took me about a week to learn it. Just do every solve on yellow to expose yourself to as many crosses and casss as possible but do 10-15 solves every day to maintain what you’ve learned on white. Sorry if this is long and again I hoped this helped :)


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 6 years ago

I don’t have a YouTube channel but I am on the WCA website. I’ve only been to one competition and tbh I did pretty bad even at the time I was disappointed. To reduce rotations the easiest thing to do is turn with U moves on last layer instead of doing Y rotations and lining the blocks up. Once you’ve done that it should save maybe 1 or w rotations. Another thing is to try to plan rotationless crosses and even though this is fairly advanced, use wide U turns when efficient (cross edge in RF positition and can be solved by u’,R,u) another tip is if your last turn in your cross is a D or D’ to align, if you know your first pair then you can also do a u or u’ to align your cross depending on if it will orient your first F2L pair’s edge. Again this tip may. To be useful now but will be in the very near future. Practice slow solves and lookahead during F2Lto know if you need to do a rotation to solve your next pair or not and how you will solve it. Hope this benefits you and can’t wait to hear how much it helps :)


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

Thank you so much Ethan, I love stickerless cubes, but i got my weilong gts2 in black so it is ok, a kid at my middle school has a gts2 m lite (stickerless) and i thought that i could just get a magnetic conversion kit from the cubicle.us and make a magnetic gts2, i think that a magnetic cube will help my speed, and accuracy, because I +2 lots of solves. I do pretty well on last layer (i suck) and I do AUF's (adjustments of U face) to avoid rotations I recently have been practicing solving my white and yellow crosses with a blindfold on (after inspection) so keep me posted Ethan! ^-^


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

Ethan If i do get a magnetic conversion kit for my weilong should i get the LITE or the STRONG??


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

I have been cubing for a year and a half and I average 18 seconds  

how long have u been cubing for?


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 6 years ago

Depends on how strong you want the magnets to be, stronger magnets are heavier and more stable but also require more effort to turn (if you’re looking to improve turning, it’s probably better than weaker magnets which don’t have as much effect on your turning if your going really fast) I have been cubing for about a year now too


Shankar S

Shankar S Posted 6 years ago

Weaker magnets are for fast but not hard turners, while stronger ones are for the harsh turners. GO easy on color neutrality. Don't memorize the color scheme of the cube. solve the pairs w.r.t the edges you've placed on the cross


Parker Unze

Parker Unze Posted 6 years ago

  1. I average 23 and I have been cubing for 3 1/2 months. Should I be sub 20 by now?

Me The Cuber

Me The Cuber Posted 6 years ago

hi


Me The Cuber

Me The Cuber Posted 6 years ago

does anyone have any tips to memorize cross edge relationships

 


Shankar S

Shankar S Posted 6 years ago

there aren't any ;-(


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

I just got a yuxin little magic from cubedepot and the shades r gud, but the yellow and orange stickers have lots of residue and it really bugs me (i got the white yuxin) It is very loose so should i magnetize it?


Liam Gerard

Liam Gerard Posted 6 years ago

Parker-

I have been cubing for over a year and a half now, and I do not consistently average sub 20. I get maybe 3/5 solves per average, and it took me 3/4 of a year to get sub 30, sub 20 was muh harder. Just practice and you should get past the sub-20 barrier.

 

Shankar S

Shankar S Posted 6 years ago

u don't to magnetize every cube nathan, if its loose tighten it. wipe the residue off with a damp cloth. 


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

do cubes that fit your turning style make you faster? i have a rough turning stlye so would a magnetic cube work?


Roy Chan Jun ming

Roy Chan Jun ming Posted 6 years ago

Nathan you could try to tighten your cube or loosen it.Since you have a rough turning style, like you mentioned,you could probably go for a tighter cube so that you would not overshoot when turning the cube.


Roy Chan Jun ming

Roy Chan Jun ming Posted 6 years ago

A magnetic cube might also work or you could do both.(Tightening the cube and installing the magnets)


Max Chan

Max Chan Posted 6 years ago

If anyone could give me tips on how to be sub 10 that would be great. I have a decent cube as my main, the Moyu Weilong GTS M. 


Shankar S

Shankar S Posted 6 years ago

@max chan, what's your current cube profile?

what all steps do u know? 

whats your avg f2l length? LL length?

hows your look ahead, cross to first pair transition? 

and your current avg.

 

btw top of the line cubes don't improve your times by much. They are mostly for sub 10 solvers, u could get the same avg with pretty much any cube(thunderclap, aolong, yuxin 3x3, and those stuff)


nathan agan

nathan agan Posted 6 years ago

A few days ago i went to South Enough 2018 and in 3x3 round 1 i got a 15.9 average and in round 2 i got a 15.8 average... i have a supernova gts2 m as my main right now does anyone think that it will inprove my times if i get a gans air sm?


Max Chan

Max Chan Posted 6 years ago

Shankar S

My WCA Profile 

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2015CHAN37?event=333

I know full PLL and about 50% of the OLLs. 

I know decent F2l Cases and my look ahead is okay. 

My current average is around 13 seconds. 

For Christmas recently I got the GAN Air S (Master) and it is my main now. 


M.Subhan Malik

M.Subhan Malik Posted 6 years ago

I dont have a nice cube so my avg is around 20 seconds

 


Covenant Musoba

Covenant Musoba Posted 6 years ago

I am able to solve a cube around 6-7 seconds I am stuck in this time frame how com I improve from this stage.  My f2l takes the longest.


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ewoireoirjfoidsjfiweoj eoijfoiewjfoiejs Posted 6 years ago

Thanks for this amazing advice! This advice made me get a new PB of 15.42 from ny previous PB,19.66. Thank you so much! :)

 

 


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ewoireoirjfoidsjfiweoj eoijfoiewjfoiejs Posted 6 years ago

I also am in only 3rd grade

 

 

 

 


Vishnuram Mageshvaran

Vishnuram Mageshvaran Posted 6 years ago

is removing the pieces of cube is good?

 


Tobias Sedlaczek

Tobias Sedlaczek Posted 6 years ago

Hi, my average is about 18 seconds and I am since about 3 months in this area and have no idea on what I should focus next.

I need about 2-3sec for cross, 7-10seconds for f2l, and 5-6 for LL.

My PB is 11.73s and PB avgof5 15.64s. On what should I focus next to improve. I know full PLL, some OLLs but only 2 or 3 for F2L. How fast should I get at every step (cross, f2l, LL) to hit the 15 seconds barrier. 

-Tobi :)

 


Owen Salyers

Owen Salyers Posted 6 years ago

Tobias, what is the time frame for each step, cross, f2l, ll?


Tobias Sedlaczek

Tobias Sedlaczek Posted 6 years ago

@Owen Salyers about 2-3sec for cross,

 7-10seconds for f2l,   and 5-6 for last Layer 

 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 6 years ago

Tobias my tip would be to start practicing planning your cross and first 2 pairs during inspection this way you have plenty of time to look ahead to the last two or any subsets


Yash Raj

Yash Raj Posted 6 years ago

Hey Feliks,


My first year of cubing completed and 9 months after coming in contact with CFOP my average is 15 sec...is my progress up to mark?


Covenant Musoba

Covenant Musoba Posted 6 years ago

1.  Learn things like vls, cls, wv, ble, f2l, coll, zbll, and keyhole these will help you improve your times.

2.  Get good speed cube.  Check out some cubes like wailing its v2 gan valk etc. find witch is comfortable.

3.  Practice in the 15 sec range practice f2l it takes up most of the solve and can drop your times by a lot learn all 77+ f2l cases. Jpermhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKRtFQmnKfs has some good tutorials. 

4.  If you hit a wall practice some other cubes such a skewb, megamix, pyramix, etc. I found that this helps a lot.  Or just take a week brake from cubing.

 


Covenant Musoba

Covenant Musoba Posted 6 years ago

Become color neutral.


Josh Weigt

Josh Weigt Posted 6 years ago

I average 14-17 How do you get faster so solves are consistent? My cross is like 1.5-2.5 seconds, my F2L is 8-ish seconds(I kinda use lookahead, i'm trying my best), and my LL is around 5-6 seconds(always a hit to my solve). I don't know full OLL but i know full PLL. How do I get sub 15 consistently?

Thanks


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 6 years ago

For me what helped was learning full OLL and making those algs pretty fast, doing many solves both slow and untamed to build lookahead, and quick timed solves to build speed. If last layer is your main problem then optimize your PLL algs, learn full OLL and optimize them, then drill your algs. I hope this helps :)


after tenth

after tenth Posted 6 years ago

i watched a few videos of you. your explanation so good thanks.What after 12th

 
 

Aryan Shivapuram

Aryan Shivapuram Posted 6 years ago

Hi I am a 30 sec solver          

i wanna get into sub15

i do f2l intutively ,and do 2 look oll and pll

how to get  better           

not able to learh full oll and pll


Leon Axhemi

Leon Axhemi Posted 6 years ago

Learn easy OLL and Pll cases and improve lookahead and i hope your color neutral . I average around 25 secs do begginers cross advanced f2l know 27 oll cases and 12 pll cases.Hope you reach it


Leon Axhemi

Leon Axhemi Posted 6 years ago

Im talking about Aryan Shivapuram 


Aryan Shivapuram

Aryan Shivapuram Posted 6 years ago

thanks


kayshav sharma

kayshav sharma Posted 6 years ago

hi feliks..

i have my exams going on...

i am a 30 second solver

should i learn full oll,pll now or after 15 days

 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 6 years ago

Hi Feliks! 

I'm a speedcuber in around the 16-17 second range. I average about 2 seconds for cross, 7-8 for F2L, and 5 for LL. I'm color neutral, know 2LLL, and know some random 1LLL tricks(Learned from JPerm and You). I know almost all of COLL(Need to know one half of L; 2/3 for S and AS), know a few VLS algs(Mainly WV and MW) and know one ZBLL(The one on AS/HPerm).

I can find my cross pieces pretty quickly; only using 4 of my 15 seconds. Should I use most of the remaining time to inspect for the first pair? How do I improve on LL? 

Are there any other subsets I should know about?

~Jacob(creepcrafting56: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIqLUzI1pv6bklRQFYGPUg )

My website that really isn't good: https://creepcrafting56.wixsite.com/rbcubingcpcf56


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 6 years ago

UPDATE: I've learned full COLL as of right now


Ronit Malvi

Ronit Malvi Posted 6 years ago

I have to learned oll and pll cases but they difficult

 


Kasey Campbell

Kasey Campbell Posted 6 years ago

I'm trying to memorize the OLL and PLL but they're hard


Henry D

Henry D Posted 5 years ago

Hey Kasey, a good trick is to practice one algorithm over and over before you go to bed, and in the morning, you remember it better, doesn't work for everyone but it worked for me when I was learning 4 look last layer. Also, try to look for patterns in the algorithms.


Benjamin Jonassen

Benjamin Jonassen Posted 5 years ago

I avg around 18-19 i use cfop full pll and I know about 40 olls and I can lookahead okay, any tips on getting faster? Btw I know all the good and efficient f2l cases, but in f2l I turn half slow because of lookahead


Jerry Zhu

Jerry Zhu Posted 5 years ago

I totally forgot about learning to be color neutral, so now what do I do?

 


Scented Wipes

Scented Wipes Posted 5 years ago

I know that this is not the website I'm looking for, but can someone help me with my 2x2 PBL's with Ortega? There's no good website anywhere (That makes sense or has all of the PBL's). HALP!

 


Samyak Sharma

Samyak Sharma Posted 5 years ago

Hi Feliks!

 

I am Samyak Sharma and my 3x3 average of 5 is 55.12 seconds with Beginners F2l and 4 look last layer, any tips on getting faster?

Thanking you.


Dang Tran

Dang Tran Posted 5 years ago

Hi feliks

 

 


Ainesh Sinha

Ainesh Sinha Posted 5 years ago

Hey Feliks, I currently average between 15 to 18 seconds and use normal F2L 2 look OLL and 1 look PLL. Any tips so as to how I'd improve?


jayden philipps

jayden philipps Posted 5 years ago

get 25 to 35 seconds not color neutral and 25 to 50 seconds color neutral help please


Jesser Ian Bayani

Jesser Ian Bayani Posted 5 years ago

I'm sub 13


Danny Rayn

Danny Rayn Posted 5 years ago

Jayden Philipps you are probably not used to the other colors no recognition takes a little more time


jayden philipps

jayden philipps Posted 5 years ago

yea


Jonathan Bai

Jonathan Bai Posted 5 years ago

If you want to really improve your times, you should have a really good and efficient cross, and right after that be able to locate your first pair. It takes time, but its worth it. :)


Eric Kim

Eric Kim Posted 5 years ago

Hey Feliks, just wondering. Do you do any blindfolded solving?


Eric Kim

Eric Kim Posted 5 years ago

If so, can you make a video on it?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Ainseh, what got me to sub 15 was to learn all the OLLs, and to optimize them. For PLL, you should get them down to sub 2, and for OLL, try to get sub 3 for OLL, 2-look or 1-look.  Optimizing your cross solutions and looking ahead to the first pair also helps, but looking ahead to the first pair mainly helps to get sub-10. And for the learning side, learn some LL subsets, like ZBLL, COLL, WV, and stuff like that. It really helps. 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

And also for OLL, learn pure OLL(OLL w/o dot cases) first, then learn the dot cases. It will reduce the numbers of OLLs' you need to know. And to get a pure OLL case, for LS, once it's paired up and the no edges are oriented, then use Sledge to get a pure OLL case. Otherwise, just insert normally. But if it's not paired up, do U' F' U2 F, then just insert normally. 

 

 

 

*By normally, I mean by doing U R U' R'


Max Chan

Max Chan Posted 5 years ago

Honestly, you don't need full OLL to be sub 10 or sub 15. 

 

I'm sub 12 and I still use 2 look. 

 

algs aren't everything.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Max Chan is true, algs aren't everything but they matter more later especially when you reach the sub 10 range those extra seconds for executing more than one algs that can be solved with one algs (ZBLL) can be a difference between sub 10 to sub 7 or in more extreme cases sub 6 to sub 5


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Also for me subsets that Im learning like COLL and ZBLL has affected my times in little ways and doing them faster affected them more


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Max, I said to try to get sub 3 for 1-look or 2-look. And for the EO side of things, doing that will prevent you from F R U R' U' F' f R U R' U' F' which takes too long for me if I do two looks because that's already 1 second, and then doing an ES OLL afterward. And by one look, you can just use the All Corners Oriented algorithms to orient, because it preserves CO. So if you get OLL 48, you can just use OLL 28, then you have no pause into Pi. The All Corners Oriented Algs are OLL 20, 28, and 57. They're not that hard to learn.

Also, I interpreted Pure OLL wrong, I thought it was just OLL w/o dot cases. But it isn't. 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Yeah pure OLL means you use OLL with no subsets not for cases


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Dot*


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

I thought Pure OLL was OLL but preserving CP and EP


Benjamin Miller

Benjamin Miller Posted 5 years ago

What should I do to get faster? I am insanely slow! 1:30 and up sometimes.

 


Benjamin Miller

Benjamin Miller Posted 5 years ago

About how long does it take to be sub 20?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

If you are still using beginners method in which you solve one face first search up F2L this will improve your times by a lot and than go to Felik's 3x3 algorithms in tutorials and start with the PLL algorithms they improve your times in little bits and than learn OLL second


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I got sub 20 in about a month or two after learning F2L and Full PLL


Max Chan

Max Chan Posted 5 years ago

Feliks, I see a lot of people learn beginners method with cross solved on the top and they insert the corners at the top as well with the edges. Also, with the last layer they use a different last layer that involves more steps. Do you think that this is what turns the cuber into the wrong direction for learning F2L?


Max Chan

Max Chan Posted 5 years ago

Benjamin Miller, 

It takes time and you just have to get used to the beginners method. I think you can get to about sub 40 and then maybe start learning some PLLs. After that, learn F2L. This could take up to 6 months. (tentatively)


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Max Chan, Beginner's Method is something to start people off on learning the mechanics of solving a cube all it's doing is dividing the steps into extra parts: Cross still the same, F2L: Corners and then edges, OLL: Edge orientation(P4/T2), Corner orientation(OCLL7), PLL: Corner Orientation (Aa/Ab/Y Perm), Edge Orientation(Ua/Ub Perm). It may send them in the wrong direction in terms of F2L but lets them get used to memorizing algs and learning to do the cube more intuitively in my opinion and experience I wouldn't have been able to learn F2L if it were given to me off the bat the Beginner's Method F2L eased me into F2L and helped me understand the mechanics of solving the cubes better and helped me memorize algs quicket


Dylan Swarts

Dylan Swarts Posted 5 years ago

Max Chan,

I think that might steer them in the wrong direction. I have come across a lot of cubers who start out like that and they haven't made it far. Not that I am certain that is the cause but it could be. Best I think is to do beginner's for like 2 weeks then move on to CFOP as to not build bad habits while using beginner's.

 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Dylan Swarts,

That is true but the people I met that have used beginners method for more than a month just wanted to know how to solve the Rubik's cube and not go into speedcubing


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

@Max Chan The different last layer is because they use TCKyewbs method which happens in this order: First 2 layers are the same, orient yellow edges, permute yellow edges, permute yellow corners, orient yellow corners with a pure(ish) OLL which is R' D' R D, or use AS LAS. 

 

 

*AS means Anti-Sune (R U2 R' U' R U' R')

**LAS means Anti-Sune with left hand(L' U2 L U L' U L)


Max Chan

Max Chan Posted 5 years ago

@Jacob Shum Do you think that this is a bad thing if they want to learn F2L later?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

@Max Chan in my opinion no for me I picked up F2L quickly because of beginners method also it doesn't necessarily mean that it becomes a bad habit I was able to bring down my times to sub 40 with only using beginners method and got even quicker when I transferred to F2L you can optimize the Beginner's Method and improve your times a lot only using that.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

@William Yang That's what I did too. I taught myself LBL, then picked up more efficient ways to do Aa Perm, then U Perms. Once I was sub-50, I taught myself the Y Perm, and optimized my last layer. Sub-40 was when I learned 4LLL(Keep in mind, the U Perms were RU and my OLLs were still composed of Sune and Left Sune). Then, after getting a better cube(Duncan Quickcube), I got to sub 30, averaging around 27s. Then, I learned intuitive F2L, which brought my times down to 23. Then I started to learn more PLLs. I learned all the PLLs over a 3 month period, which got me to around 22. I got a new speedcube(Weilong GTS2), and learned full OLL and optimized my PLL's, by using the algs I use now. I averaged 18 at the time. Learning more F2L algs, 1LLL algs, ZBLL, WV, and MW brought me to sub-16. Then just by practicing F2L and drilling LL algs, I was able to get to where I am now-- Sub-15. Speedcubing for half a year now has brought me to sub-15, and in the future, sub-10. 

(Algs I use now: https://tinyurl.com/cubeblazerdoc)


Ryder Fleming

Ryder Fleming Posted 5 years ago

So I made the switch to cfop from beginner's right at about 1 minute solves. I learned 4lll and my times almost instantly dropped to 40 seconds average. I've heard some people say that it should be easy to get sub-20 or at least sub-30 with 4lll, but there's my problem. My times haven't gotten better over the past month or so, probably about 500-800 solves there. I need to improve my f2l lookahead a lot and probably switch to algorithmic f2l, but my question here is about the third layer: Should I learn normal full oll and pll, or would it be a good option to skip oll and most of pll by learning coll? It seems like a much better option on paper, since i would have to learn 40 algorithms instead of 78 and the only added step would be yellow cross, but I already do that for 4lll so that wouldn't hurt my times in the short term. But in the long run, how should I go about learning algorithms for the last layer?

And for extra brownie points, any advice on learning advanced f2l?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

@Ryder Fleming learn PLL first and than OLL don't learn COLL until after and for F2L it is not good for you to learn algorithmic F2L because even F2L has over 200+ cases for you to learn so best to stick with intuitive F2L practice untimed solves so that you can improve your F2L eventually F2L will become muscle memory and you can look for your 2nd pair while doing your 1st pair and so on for 3x3 algorithms learn the algorithms sheets in order in how Feliks put it into the 3x3 algs and for advanced F2L it is not different from intuitive F2L you only add new techniques to your arsenal such as multislotting, keyhole, X cross, planning your cross and 1st pair, and etc. You should practice F2L the most because it takes up the bulk of your time. My F2L is at sub 6 and I am at sub 12 because I have good fingertricks and lookahead. Fingertricks are also a big part of your solve based on where you are you should have sub 5 LL sub 3 cross and at least sub 15 F2L for a decent time. Also about COLL it does not cover every case in LL it only covers situations that you can get an U Perm for PLL otherwise you have to use normal OLL.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

@Ryder Fleming For last layer, learn PLL, then OLL. And for COLL, don't learn it until like sub-15. And for F2L, don't learn too many algs, but also learn enough useful cases, especially for Corner on top Edge in slot cases. Advanced F2L means that you learn more things alongside with the intuitive things such as Keyhole, Sledgehammer, VLS, WV, and learning some algs. Although most of the time it's bad, you need algs because there are really bad cases that can be solved way more efficiently than what you might do for intuitive. 

 

Btw, I'm a 13 second solver with the following times for each step: 

Cross: 2

F2L: 7

OLL:2

PLL:2

 


Bivek Rayamajhi

Bivek Rayamajhi Posted 5 years ago

I take 16-20sec for cross and f2l only and 7-9sec for 2 look oll and 1 look pll.Can u help me?

 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Practice your F2L is all I can say F2L takes the bulk of your time so learn more techniques in Feliks' intermediate cross and F2L tutorials


Jason Wu

Jason Wu Posted 5 years ago

Seeking Help!

I'm Jason from Hong Kong and I average around 13 seconds and have learnt full OLL, PLL, and WV. Is it okay to learn COLL now? Will it improve my times a lot?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

@ Jason Wu It may improve your times but not by a lot thr one thing that you can do is to decrease your F2L times and LL times these take up the bulk of your time so getting quicker at these will improve your times and also check out Feliks' advanced F2L tutorial in 3x3 this will also help you out a lot.


Wangjian Pan

Wangjian Pan Posted 5 years ago

really  useful


Gary Ahn

Gary Ahn Posted 5 years ago

I used to average 33 seconds before learning F2L, but as soon as I learned it, I averaged 3 minutes. Now, I average 40 seconds with F2L. My algorithms: Cross, intuitive F2L, 2-Look OLL, 2-Look PLL   For beginners: Practice is important. My friend's average is 25 seconds, and he uses the beginner's method. He practiced for 4 years.


Dac Philippe Nguyen

Dac Philippe Nguyen Posted 5 years ago

America, I present you Feliks, the champion !


Paul Lee

Paul Lee Posted 5 years ago

Hello Feliks,

 

In your algorithm sheets, you include the probability that the algorithm will occur. How do you calculate this probability?

Simply doing solves could not be a certain method, as (for example) it is possible to get only N perms when doing 17 complete solves, there being 17 pll algorithms. So how do you do it?


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 5 years ago

@Paul Lee, it has something to do with ratational symmetry. Basically, you can solve some cases from multiple angles which makes them less likely to occur than other than others. For example, you can solve an E perm or Z perm from two directions making them occur twice as rarely as say, a T perm which can be solved from one angle. With an N perm you can solve no matter the angle mak8ng it one of the rarest PLLs there is (thank god). The same is true for OLLs and and because there is more cases, the symmetrical ones are even more rare such as the case with all oriented corners and flipped edges which I believe is the rarest case in CFOP. Hope this helped :)


Liam Widtfeldt

Liam Widtfeldt Posted 5 years ago

could anyone give me tips on how to improve my cross and f2l i dont really feel like paying for a premium membership to access the videos

thanks, 

Liam 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

@Liam Widtfeldtyou don't need premium to access them only some of them you need premium.


Gavin Starr

Gavin Starr Posted 5 years ago

Thanks! After learning F2L my times started going down. I'm hoping I can get better as time goes on.


Ritumoni Sarkar

Ritumoni Sarkar Posted 5 years ago

I solve the cube under 40 seconds using cfop .now what can I do to reduce time

 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

@Ritumoni Sarkar, do you use F2L if not go to Feliks' tutorial tab and find the tutorial marked F2L also if you haven't learned OLL and/or PLL then go to 3x3 algs and download both PDFs and learn them if you are done with all of these then go into Feliks' Intermediate Cross and F2L and learn those  and if you are done with those then you then scroll all the way down on 3x3 algs and you should find F2L algs download the last two and work on those this should decrease your times with practice and time down to Sub 15 which is where I am at now you don't need to but if you are in the sub 20 range and can't seem to improve than go to Feliks' Advanced F2L tutorial and practice those techniques too which got me to Sub 12. Anyways TLDR Happy Cubing and Cheers.


Peter Pan

Peter Pan Posted 5 years ago

... I am from China.I have learned some parts of CFOP.I known how to solve the F2L but i can't do it quickly.i usually finish it in 20s.How can i get faster?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Practice


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

But to be serious I did these things to get to sub 12:

1. Do unlimited inspection time solves so you can find the most efficient first pair this gives you more time to find your next pair.

2. Do slow solves this builds up your look ahead in which allows you to get to the next pair quicker.

3. Learn efficient algs to solve cases for F2L pairs quicker and drill these algs so they are muscle memory.

4. Watch Feliks' Intermediate Cross and F2L also.


Adam Fenn

Adam Fenn Posted 5 years ago

I have several questions.  Sorry for the many questions.

I’ve been speed cubing for about 8 weeks now.  I’m trying to be disciplined in my progress, and want to develop good habits and focus on the right things at the right time.  I learned 4LLL, then full PLL, and now I’m working on efficient cross and F2L.  My finger tricks and look ahead are almost all what have naturally emerged.  I hope to focus on those after I have my F2L game significantly more efficient.  I’ve timed a couple ~45 second solves, but I haven’t been timing since I started learning full PLL, and I’m sure I’ve done some solve much faster than my ~45 second solves.

I notice you often use R U R’ simple inserts.  I think you’ve recommended those over inserts with F moves, perhaps except sledge.  I often do R’ F R F’, especially when coming out of F2L case 3.  I feel like this is faster, than doing the U (R U R’) in this case, especially because I can just over-rotate the R’ without slowing down. I only do this in front slots.  It’s an awkward move in the back, so I stick with the simple insert for the back slots.  What’s your advice here?

I notice you tend to rotate before doing a simple insert with R U R’.  I wonder if avoiding the y and doing F U F’ is faster.  I’ve been doing the F moves with my thumb to keep from having to switch my grip for the pointer finger F.  Is this a bad habit that will slow me down later?  If so, tricks for fast rotations might be a good video suggestion.

I’ve begun collecting and testing multiple models of cubes.  It’s surprising how different the hardware feels.  I tend not prefer a cube that is not sloppy-loose.  My GAN Air SM came super lose.  I switched to the yellow springs, and it’s much better, but I might still want it to be a little tighter.  How do you prefer your’s configured?

I haven’t fully committed to color neutrality.  I find the visual helps me as I’m learning, until I have muscle memory built.  I do most of my practice with a white cross, but I do work in color neutral practice sessions for maybe 5% of my total practice time.  Should I be spending more time on color neutrality to begin with? 

I have found I have a difficult time doing U2’ moves, as I’m using my left middle finger as a big piece of my grip on the cube.  I much prefer U2 moves, when my right hand is in equal or better position.  Do you have any advice on this.  I wonder if I just need to fore myself to work on U2’ moves, and adjust my grip as necessary.

On the cross, I notice you tend to misalign the bottom layer with B moves.  I have gotten used to using u moves for that purpose.  Is there a reason B moves are better than u moves, or am I safe to continue using u moves?

Thank you!


eunice yeoh

eunice yeoh Posted 5 years ago

I had figue out a new ways to solve the third layers of rubik's3x3x3!Are you interesting on it?


eunice yeoh

eunice yeoh Posted 5 years ago

I hope you can reply me!

 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

@Adam Fenn sledgehammer is okay to use but I tried this doing the execution 100 times for U R U' R' and Sledge it terms of speed U R U' R' is faster and also really easy to transition to for Sledge your hands usually end up in a bad position to move on to the next pair so unless you are using a specific advanced F2L alg or at the end of your F2L stage use U R U' R'. For the next question the answer is similar unless you are on your last pair or performing a F2L alg it is recommended you use y R U' R'. Feliks uses medium tension with yellow nuts but it is still unknown if he is still using the SM or is using the 354 yet. For color neutrality don't practice with only white it is harder to transfer to color neutrality then if you don't want to commit then do dual neutrality with yellow. For your grip put both middle fingers on half of the cube's center cap this way you still have half of your grip on the cube. The last question confuses me do you mean D and D' or B and B' if D then most likely you are talking about keyhole you use the necessary move for certain situations. E.g. if you have a edge or corner in spot with unsolved slots also say you are facing red and the blue is on the right and the corner is correctly in the slot the edge has red facing up in this case D' or D and insert it normally but if blue was facing up you would use u and insert it on the left or u' and insert it on the back.it is the same thing if the case was flipped except that it is a corner you might have to experiment for this one. Also B stands for back not bottom D stands down as in down level.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

@Eunice Yeoh if you haven't learned full PLL memorize this https://cubeskills.com/uploads/pdf/tutorials/pll-algorithms.pdf

If you haven't learned full OLL memorize this https://cubeskills.com/uploads/pdf/tutorials/oll-algorithms.pdf

If you memorized this then do these over and over again until you can do them quickly. Then look at the tutorial tab with 3x3 algs


Feliks Zemdegs

Feliks Zemdegs from CubeSkills Posted 5 years ago

Thanks for the help William! :)

@Adam, here are my responses to those questions.

Natural fingertricks and lookahead can be okay, but it's important to keep in mind that there will probably be things that you'll need to fix along the way. If you notice a particularly awkward fingertrick that you're doing, there's probably a better way to do it.

R U R'/L U L' etc are simple, but my advice for your second example is to do U R U' R' as opposed to R' F R F', in most situations. If you're starting with your thumbs on the front of the cube (ie a neutral grip), you should be able to do U R U' R' without regripping the cube at all, and just using your index fingers for the U and U' moves. Also, it means that you won't tilt the cube at all, therefore making lookahead slightly easier. People often tilt the cube slightly forward when executing R' F R F', and also regrip the cube in order to execute it. I'm not sure if you are or aren't doing that right now, but in summary, U R U' R' is the way to go. Also, R' F R F' requires the F2L pair to be in the front-right position, whereas if the pair is in one of the other 3 positions (ie a U, U' or U2 away), then doing U2/U'/no move into R U' R' will be more move-efficient.

I would suggest avoiding F U F' - as you say, it's pretty awkward to execute. Not many people use this at all. Rotating also allows you to choose where you insert the pair (ie back-left, or front-right).

My main cube setup is pretty simple - just yellow nuts, medium tensions, and a few drops of Traxxas 50k on the pieces. Nothing fancy at all.

If you plan to commit (which I would recommend), then the best idea is to just completely switch right now. Make all solves from now on colour neutral solves. There might be some teething issues, but hopefully it won't take too long if you've only been cubing for a couple of months.

U2' is a matter of adjusting your grip. When you take off your left middle finger (which is a key finger in gripping the cube), it might be worth gripping a little bit harder with your right hand in order to keep the cube stable, and with your left ring finger. One exercise to improve this is to do them one-handed. Don't use your right hand at all, and see if you can do U2' with only your left hand, using the pinky, thumb, and ring finger to grip the cube and hold it steady.

I'm guessing you mean D moves, not B moves. Wide U moves are also fine - the one disadvantage of that is that it might make looking ahead to the first F2L pair slightly more difficult, because you're moving the top layer either 90 or 180 degrees. For now, I don't think it will make a huge difference to your times, but I would recommend practicing with D moves a little bit just to make sure you become comfortable with the fingertricks for them.

Cheers,

Feliks


Adam Fenn

Adam Fenn Posted 5 years ago

Thanks!  I did mean wide U moves.  I'm glad I asked.  I have some changes to make.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

No problem Feliks just trying to help.


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 5 years ago

Do you have any advice for keeping up with multiple events? I started doing 5x5 and megamynx a little while ago and it’s hard to keep improving at other events if I practice them too much. Also if I average 12-13 seconds on 3x3, what should I average on 4x4, 5x5, one handed, and megamynx?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

You should average sub 35-40 on 4x4 But for 5x5 it is hard to tell because  a lot of it is making it into a 3x3 stage but I would have to say if you are efficient you should be around sub 1 with time and effort. For OH you should average sub 30 and for megaminx it would be around sub 60-50


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 5 years ago

I average around 54 seconds on 4x4, 23-4 seconds OH, sub two 5x5 and 2:20 on megamynx so I guess I have a little while to go! :)


Ankan Jha

Ankan Jha Posted 5 years ago

hey, I have just started to learn cubing a week ago and my average id around 1 minute 20 second and I use a yuxin little magic. is it necessary to use a magnetic cube to get faster and which type of lube should I use in yuxin little magic since I am a beginner I don't know much about lubes, so which lube would you prefer Feliks?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

You don't need magnets until around the 30 second range where turning speed really matters in which with no magnets is hard to control. In terms of lubes Feliks usually uses Traxxas 50k or DNM 37 I personally prefer the Angstrom lubes from the TheCubicle.us in which include Gravitas, Dignitas, Lubicle Black, DNM 37, Coumpound V, and Compound X.


Cuberious The SpeedCuber

Cuberious The SpeedCuber Posted 5 years ago

Magnets are a cool luxury to have, but you shouldn't depend entirely on them when you're faster


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i want to be sub 40 but I'm not. how do i fix this? my turning is kind of slow. i have a lot of pauses. can you help me please? should i learn f2l or ll first? thanx for the help!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

f2l or LL


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

also feliks i want to be fast just like you one day, you've inspired me!

have a nice day. :)


林 艳龙

林 艳龙 Posted 5 years ago

魔方


Gwee Jia  You

Gwee Jia You Posted 5 years ago

Hi Feliks

I am the 8 years old boy from Malaysia, your fan, meet you in a competition. I learned from your tutorials on Big Cubes. It has help me to improve my speed on 7 by 7 cube about 1 minutes. It took me less than a week to reach sub 6 minutes on average. Thank you Mr. Feliks.

I am currently following the Asian Championship competition in Taiwan (view @ www.cubecomps.com)

Have fun!

Your Fan, Jia You

 

 

 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Learning LL has a quicker effect on your times much more especially PLL but overall F2L will have the greater effect on your solves because it makes up almost half of your solves.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanks!!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

should i learn all the algs for f2l? or find them intuitively? what should i do to learn f2l?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

have a nice day

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i lube my gans correctly?

have a nice day

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

feliks i enjoy watching your youtube channel, it's so interesting, and fun, and extremely cool.

good luck at your next comp!

have a great day

:)


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I recommend you learn the 3 basic cases and then learn the rest when you have reached around sub 20 or 30 and don't think of f2l algorithmically it is intuitive so when you do an F2L algorithms just don't execute it look at how the pair is affected before inserting the pair. Usually you lube the cube based on the type of lube it is heavier lubes are on the tracks I believe. Medium weight lubes are on the pieces itself and water based lubes are simply put in drops in which can be shown in this video by Gan:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9BaHZ_2Ts

Core lubes are simply done on the screw is.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

the only lube i have is cubelube. can i use that?

thanks

have a great day

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i officials know 10 out of 21 pll cases!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy!!!!! only 11 to go!!!!! i know the u perms, the z and h perms, the aa perm, the e perm,the t perm, the j perms, and the y perm!!!!!

tomorrow ill know the ab perm as well!!!!!

have a great day

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what cube lube should i buy?

have a nice day

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what city do you live in, william yang? just a question


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

It's okay but if you want to get better lube I recommend you buy Traxxas 50k the easiest to find and DNM 37 on theCubicle.us as for ab perm it is the exact opposite of aa perm so all you have to do is aa perm backwards as for what city I live in I don't feel comfortable saying the city but I will say that I live in New Jersey


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thnx!!!!

have a great day

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how much lube do i put?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how can i improve my pll recognition. also i live in washington state.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

feliks, why are you making us PAY for SOLVE CRITIQUES? i feel EVERYONE should get them, not just premium members. I'm JUST saying how i FEEL about this.

have a GREAT day!!!

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how can i break sub 40?

have a great day

:)


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago


Watch this video for lubing a cube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9BaHZ_2Ts

Improve your PLL recognition by looking for a unique pattern about certain PLL that allows you to know it's that specific PLL e.g. H perm has opposite color headlights on all sides and ua perm only has it on one. 

I think the solve critiques are necessary also because for me I learned a lot from Feliks' tutorials but I didn't know what I was doing wrong I found out what I was doing wrong by someone better than me watching me solve and then telling me or have someone record me solving in slow motion so I can watch it myself.

Sub 40 can easily be achieved by learning you PLLs and getting efficient and quicker with F2L.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how many drops of lube do i need

have a great day

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how should i work on my f2l?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how can i improve my 2 sided pll recognition?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

should i lube my RUBIKS BRAND 2x2?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how can i eliminate my pauses? and improve lookahead?

have a GREAT day

:)


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

It's in the video but it's 1-2 drops per layer (lwft-right)

For F2L watch Feliks' tutorial on intermediate cross and F2L

2 sided PLL is the same look for unique patterns in the PLL

Don't feel comfortable saying that

It's actually quite good I averaged sub 10 using Ortega method with Maru lube

Improve you lookahead by doing slow solves and slowly speeding up


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

where do i put the lub?
:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

sorry about all the lube questions, I've never lubed a cube.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i can't open my 2x2 enough to lube it

:'(


Cuberious The SpeedCuber

Cuberious The SpeedCuber Posted 5 years ago

Put the lube inside the cube


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

where on the inside though what part of the piece inside the cube?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

the back the front where on the inside?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Watch the video it's all in there just do the same thing as the video


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

can i expect a faster cube immediately?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what should my splits be for sub 40 william? just want to know.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

That is entirely based on the cube some cubes take a long time to break in some take quick amount of time this is also based on the lube and the amount the heavier and he more lube there is longer the longer it takes to break in.

Cross: 3-5

F2L: 15-20

OLL: 10

PLL: 5


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanks

have a great day

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how can i achieve those splits?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my splits are

cross~10 seconds

F2L~25 seconds

OLL~5 seconds

PLL~5 seconds


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how can i memorize the f perm?

and my F2L~35 seconds


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Watch Feliks' Intermediate Cross and F2L tutorial this should be good to improve your F2L and cross down to the time stamps above.

Unfortunately I can't really tell you how to memorize algs except to take the PLL and split it into groups you can memorize I recommend 3-4 moves at a time.

Also my time stamps are:

Cross:1-2

F2L:4-6

OLL:1-2

PLL:1-2


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

the f perm all I'm learning is: R'URU'R2y'R'U'RUyxRUR'U'R2xU', should i change that?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Are you using Feliks' PLL sheet because he has the most used PLL algs which can be found in 3x3 algorithms.

https://cubeskills.com/uploads/pdf/tutorials/pll-algorithms.pdf


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i lube a 4x4 and a 5x5 cube.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Lube 4x4s and 5x5s similar to 3x3 add a drop or two of lube in each layer from left to right.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

so inner and outer layers? or just inner layer? or just outer layers?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

back to splits, i think thereupon I'm not sub 40 yet is because i don't turn very fast, and i have a lot of pauses. is that a lost cause, or can you helpmeet with that?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

im not sub 40 yet would it be a good or bad idea to go to a competitions.


Cuberious The SpeedCuber

Cuberious The SpeedCuber Posted 5 years ago

Go to a competition if you want to meet other cubers and have fun


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanks.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Both

For turning speed it is not that the pauses take a lot of your time so slowing you turning speed at the point where you can go through F2L with no pauses at this point keep practicing at this rate until you can do it without looking at the piece you are solving and then speed up and keep going at that speed until you can go through without looking at the pair your solving keep doing this until you are going at a speed you are satisfied with then go through Feliks' Advanced F2L algs but look at what you are doing because most of the F2L cases are just a more efficient way to set up for one of the main cases.

In terms of comps go to comps so you can just enjoy it and get along with the community it is very unlikely you will win unless you are sub 20 at the very least but comps are mostly social gatherings sure it would be nice to win but getting to know new people is better.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

can you give me a scramble to solve please?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

oh and thanks.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

whats your 4x4 and 5x5 averages?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I average sub 35 for 4x4 and sub 1 for 5x5


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

U2 B2 F2 R2 D' F2 R2 U B2 D' F L2 B' D' U R' U2 L2 D B' 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my averages are 4x4 4 min, 5x5 20min


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

yellow

cross:BR'FLF

yellow,blue,orange pair:RUR'U'RU'R'U'RUR'U'RUR'U'RU2R'F'LFL'

yellow,blue,red pair:y2U'L'U'LURU'R'

yellow,green,orange pair:y2L'ULF'LFL'

yellow,green,red pair:yL'ULU'L'U2LU2L'U'L

2look OLL:U2FURU'R'F' RU2R2U'R2U'R2U2R

1look PLL:R2URUR'U'R'U'R'UR'U'


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

whats your solution?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

when I'm not doing slow solves how can i increase my tps? i can't do a h perm in under 2 seconds! XD


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 5 years ago

H perms are pretty rare anyway so it doesn’t matter that much


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what can i do to increase my turning speed?!?!


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

That's the thing you can't suddenly increase your TPS you need to make sure you get used to the amount of time you have to look for your next pair at a certain TPS then you slowly speed up don't think of slow solves as slow solves think of them as your actual solves if you can solve the cube without pauses at all then increase your TPS do this till you get to the point where you can't seem to lookahead good enough to have no pauses this is the point where you should practice.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what is your solution to your scramble, just to help me learn.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

and while you're at it could you give me another scramble?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

U2 R U2 F2 R' U2 F2 R' B2 D2 F2 U' L B2 U2 R U F L' U' 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

whats your solution to, U2B2F2R2D'F2R2UB2D'FL2B'D'URU2L2DB?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Inspection: y

Cross: R' F' L B L

Green + Orange: L' U2 L y U2 R' U' R

Orange + Blue: U L' U' L y' R' U2 R

Red + Blue: R' U2 R U' R U2 R'

Red + Green: U R U2 R' U' R U R'

OLL: U r U' r2 U r2 U r2 U' r

PLL: R U' R' U' R U R D R' U' R D' R' U2 R' U

11.386


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my solution is 

cross:FU'RF2x2FUL'F'LF'L'

pair 1 white,red,blue:yL'U'L

pair 2 white,blue,orange:y2L'U2LUL'U2LU2L'U'L

pair 3 white,green,orange:yUL'U2Ld'L'U'L'

pair 3 white,green,red:y2RUR'd'U'L'U'LUFU'F'

2 look OLL:U'F'U'RUF'U anti-sune

1 look PLL:UR2U'RU'RUR'UR2D'URU'R'DU'

whats your solution?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

TPS 5.44


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

could you give me a new scramble first thing in the morning?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thnx


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Inspection: z2

Cross: F' R' U2 L2 D'

Red + Blue: U L U L' U L U' L'

Red + Green: U2 R U' R' y' U' R U2 R'

Green + Orange: R' U R U R' U R U' R' U R

Blue + Orange: U' L U L' y' U L' U' L

OLL: f (R U R' U') f' U F (R U R' U') F'

PLL: U2 (R U' R' U') (R U R D) (R' U' R D') (R' U2 R') U2

10.284


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Sure


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thnx, this is really helping me out.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

If you want you can send me your email and we'll exchange phone numbers so that I can give you tips and scrambles everyday


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

im using my moms account, so... yeah i can't sorry :(


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

and i don't have a phone. :((


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

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Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

im weired ok.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm only 14!!!!!!!! :(


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

No problem


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

can you still help me with scrambles, and solves?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

another way to do anti-sune hold the fish with the head on the front left up face, and do:L'URU'RUR', its almost just as fast for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

good I'm my opinion, you should try it, at least once.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Solve critiques

cross:BR'FLF

Cross is not too efficient especially because of the moves used people tend to feel more comfortable using L R U D moves so I recommend to stay away from using any in your solves unless it is absolutely necessary.

yellow,blue,orange pair:RUR'U'RU'R'U'RUR'U'RUR'U'RU2R'F'LFL'

Lots of useless moves that can shrunken down to a more efficient solution generally try to keep your move count down to 10 or less per pair what I can guess is that you are going at to high of a TPS to even remotely see what you are doing so slow down more and relax a lot of people get pressured by the clock it is actually moving quite slow. Also the F is unnecessary most cases during F2L you should rotate and insert the pair unless it is a specific alg.

yellow,blue,red pair:y2U'L'U'LURU'R'

Much better on the pair but I recommend to not do too many y2 do to the fact you have to regrip twice keep it at a much shorter solution.

yellow,green,orange pair:y2L'ULF'LFL'

Good solution but the y2 was unnecessary and you could have rotated once and solved it with your right or left hand.

yellow,green,red pair:yL'ULU'L'U2LU2L'U'L

Once again some inefficient turning from high TPS slow it down a bit.

2look OLL:U2FURU'R'F' RU2R2U'R2U'R2U2R

1look PLL:R2URUR'U'R'U'R'UR'U'


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i just did a slow solve and i got 54.711 seconds, with a few pauses! my pb is 36.227 seconds, achieved today!

these are singles by the way.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanks for the critiques. could you do them for all solves? thanks!


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

cross:FU'RF2x2FUL'F'LF'L'

Very inefficient cross all crosses should be within 8 moves unless sit is a x cross recommend F' R' U2 L2 D' per my solution because it uses no hard moves to execute.

pair 1 white,red,blue:yL'U'L

Easy first pair.

pair 2 white,blue,orange:y2L'U2LUL'U2LU2L'U'L

Lots of useless turning again and also a y2 in which I would have just insert the pair into the back slot

pair 3 white,green,orange:yUL'U2Ld'L'U'L'

Good 

pair 3 white,green,red:y2RUR'd'U'L'U'LUFU'F'

I guess it's okay but I don't recommend the F insert and don't like the many rotations used. 

2 look OLL:U'F'U'RUF'U anti-sune

1 look PLL:UR2U'RU'RUR'UR2D'URU'R'DU'


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how can i work on look ahead, i get the basics, but how can i improve look ahead?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

 

You Got 10 / 10 Correct

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

im so happy!


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Solving the cube slower and speeding up little by little and get to your limit e.g. say you start at a certain TPS if you can get through the entire solve without lockups or pauses then you are at  a too slow of a speed you then speed up a little more if you experience pauses then slow down your speed at some point you will find a midfield where you get pauses but not too much time is lost this is where you practice eventually you'll develop muscle memory and subconsciously solve the pair because you think of the solution immediately in your head and you can look around the cube for your next pair this is how I improved my TPS and lookahead.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanks

 i only have to learn 6 PLL algorithms! when should i learn OLL?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

when should i learn intermediate F2L?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

your help is extremely appreciated!!!!


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Learn Intermediate now and also start OLL it doesn't have as much effect on your times as PLL does but still does effect the time


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thnx


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what are the intermediate algorithms? and where can i learn them?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Learn Intermediate now and also start OLL it doesn't have as much effect on your times as PLL does but still does effect the time


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

https://cubeskills.com/uploads/pdf/tutorials/f2l-algorithms-different-slot-positions.pdf

These are advanced algs there are no intermediate algs watch Feliks' Intermediate Cross and F2L video.

Also scramble: B' R2 U2 B' F' R2 D2 B D' L' B' R D B U F L B2 F' 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Inspection: z2 x'

Cross: D M' B D' L2 D2

Blue + Orange: y' U' L U2 L'

Blue + Red: u' U R U' R' u

Green + Red: R' U R U' R U2 R' U R U' R2

Green + Orange: U R

OLL: r U R' U' r' F R F'

PLL: M2 U M' U2 M U M2 U'


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Btw for normal solves don't slow down your OLL or PLL only things to slow down are F2L and sometimes cross


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

don't tell me your solution before i tell you mine, it doesn't help!!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how can i work on not looking at the pieces I'm currently working on?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Ok then here's another one:

L2 F' U' D' R' B' U2 R' F L D2 F2 L2 F' U2 L2 F U2 D2 F2 L2 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Look at the piece and solve it constantly do this unlit you can do it instinctively and not think about it to do it eventually you'll get to a point where you don't have to think how to solve the pair and just do it while you look for the next one.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i wasn't trying to be mean. I'm sorry.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my solution for the first scramble is

inspection: nothing

white cross: R' F' L' R U'

white,orange,blue pair: x2 U2 L' U2 L U2 L' U' L

white,red,blue pair: y R U' R' L' U' L y' R U2 R' U2 R U R'

white,green,red pair:R' U R U' y R U' R'

white,green,orange pair:y2 U L' U' L F' L F L'

2 look OLL: U' F U' R U R' F'   U2 L' U R U' L U R'

PLL: U2 l U' R D2 R' U R D2 R2 U2


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Do you know how to scramble a cube


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

You have to keep the white on top and green in front


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my solution for new scramble is

inspection: x

blue cross: F2 R B' R D L F L'

blue,yellow,orange pair: y R U2 R' y' R U2 R' L F L' F'

blue,yellow,red pair: U R U' R' U' R U R' U'F R' F' R

blue,white,red pair: y2 U R U' R' L' U L

blue,white,orange pair: R U2 R' d' U' L' U2 L y (R U R' U') x3 

1 look OLL:F' R U' R' U' R u R' F'

AUF: U


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thats what i did!!!! i scramble the cube all the time!!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

the first solution is the one you gave me then gave me your solution before me!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how can i contact feliks?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

just so you know, i do 3 moves on my cube, then type them on the computer. if i do more than 5 moves i forget 1! for the x i had to imagine it as an e perm to know what an x was :'( .


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

No if that were true then you would need to do a z2 or a x2 in inspection not nothing


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I think you have to use this link.

https://cubeskills.com/contact


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i want to be Feliks' friend.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

solve critiques, new scramble?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i solved cross on top. XD


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Okay immediate tip solve the cross from the bottom so you don't have to rotate to solve and can go right into it.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i usually do that, i was being stupid.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Entire solution wrong

White cross: R' F' L' R U' 

Not complete add U2 R' U2

white,orange,blue pair: x2 U2 L' U2 L U2 L' U' L

Don't know what is going on here solution is U' L U L' y' R U' R'

white,red,blue pair: y R U' R' L' U' L y' R U2 R' U2 R U R'

white,green,red pair:R' U R U' y R U' R'

white,green,orange pair:y2 U L' U' L F' L F L'

2 look OLL: U' F U' R U R' F'   U2 L' U R U' L U R'

PLL: U2 l U' R D2 R' U R D2 R2 U2


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Second one wrong also but Ill critique


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thnx.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

blue cross: F2 R B' R D L F L'

Add F2 btw for inspection x is a R move for the entire cube not a R' you bring the cross to the top with X

blue,yellow,orange pair: y R U2 R' y' R U2 R' L F L' F'

R' U2 R

blue,yellow,red pair: U R U' R' U' R U R' U'F R' F' R

blue,white,red pair: y2 U R U' R' L' U L

blue,white,orange pair: R U2 R' d' U' L' U2 L y (R U R' U') x3 

1 look OLL:F' R U' R' U' R u R' F'

AUF: U

Things I noticed lots of random and useless turning I told you keep you TPS down this is especially keeping you back.

Take out the F moves from F2L they don't help you at all.

Solve cross on bottom no matter what.

You are messing up on your turns study and remember what it does R is bringing the right layer up not down for example.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Until you fix your turning problem I can't critiques properly because the solution may be wrong or what you wrote down may be wrong to make sure this doesn't happen once you are done writing the solution down try it out see if it works fix it along the way.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Try it with this scramble.

D2 F D2 B L2 R2 D2 F2 U2 B U' B2 D2 F' L' F R' U' L U' 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Also send me your correct solution for your other solves.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

ok


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

sorry about not responding right away, I'm going into 8th grade on tuesday and were getting ready this weekend


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i don't know my rotations or slice moves ok? I'm sorry.


Adam Fenn

Adam Fenn Posted 5 years ago

In working on my OLLs, I notice P3 - 43 is y R' U' F' U F R.  Why do the y, rather than than just a U?  The re-grip needed for a y seems much slower than just a U.

I’ve also been working on color neutrality, doing every solve with color neutrality.  I'd like to confirm the process I'm using during inspection is optimal.  I often look for sides with at least one edge already aligned, which seems to be there most of the time.  I’d like to look at the incorrectly placed edges before selecting a side, but I’m not that fast yet.  Then I look at the cube, and orient myself to the colors of the remaining colors, by looking at the colors of the centers, starting with the color of the edge that is already aligned, and moving clockwise around the cube.  Then I have the edge locations memorized, and I start looking for where they are now, so I an prep myself to a quick cross solve.  This is still taking me more time than when I was always working with white on the bottom and red in the front, but it’s getting faster.  Is this the right mental sequence, or is there a better process for picking a side and orienting myself?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm already really good with color neutrality, I've almost learnt full PLL.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my solution is

inspection:x'

green cross: R U B2 U2 L' U L'

green,yellow,orange pair: L U2 L' d L' U2 L

green,white,red pair: R U' R2 U R

green,yellow,red pair:U L U' L' (yellow to front) L' U2 L U2 L' U' L

green,white,orange pair:y(orange to front) R U2 R' R U2 R' U2 (white to front) L' U2 L (left sexy)x3

full OLL:U2 x' D R2 U' R' U R' D x

full PLL: U2 R' U2 R U2 R' F (sexy) R' F' R2

was that a good solve?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

whats your solution to the last 2 scrambles?


Cuberious The SpeedCuber

Cuberious The SpeedCuber Posted 5 years ago

Solve Critiques from strangers without credibility in the comments? Say what??? :\


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

it helps me learn!!!! :)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

new scramble. please, or 2?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

look for the cross color you want to do, then find the pieces, if its ideal do that color, if not find another, it really helps me out when working on color neutrality, try untimed inspection, then add inspection when you feel necessary.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

if the best color is white do white, just do the easiest cross you can find.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

cuberious the speedcuber william gives me a scramble, i solve it and he tells me his solution, and critiques it.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i want to get faster at pyraminx, what can i do to get faster at pyraminx?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

If you know how to solve it then go into keyhole method this will shorten your times a lot.

Here are two scrambles for today I'll write out the ones for yesterday also 

1. F' R' L2 U2 D R U R' B D R U2 L' F2 D2 L' U2 D2 L F2 

2. L' U2 R U2 R F2 U2 R2 D2 F2 D2 B' D L' B U F' L F R' 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Inspection: X2

Cross: F' U D' F' R' L B' D2

Green +Orange: y U' R' U' R

Blue+Orange: U2 L U L' U L U' L' 

Blue Red: U2 L' U L y' R U2 R2

Green Red:R' U R U R' U' R U R' U2 R

OLL: U2 R U R' U R' F R F' R U2 R'

PLL: R2 U' R U' R U R' U R2 U D' R U' R' D


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Inspection: X2

Cross: R' U2 F L F

Green Orange: U y R' U' R

Blue Orange: R U R' U R' U R

Green Red: U2 L' U L R U' R'

Blue Red: L' U2 L U' y L U L'

OLL: R U2 R' U' R U' R'

PLL: R' U R' U' y R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F U


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 5 years ago

I’m curious to see how my solutions are as I’ve never reconstructed a solve like this so I guess I’ll try these two.

Scramble 1:

Inspection: Z’ Y’

X-cross: L U’ L R2’ (D’ U’) R2

Second pair: U’ Y L U’ L’ U L U’ L’

Third pair: U L’ U’ L U L’ U’ L

Fourth pair: U R U R’ U’ R U R’

OLL: U’ R’ U’ F’ U F R

PLL: U (F R U’ R’ U’) (R U R’ F’) (R U R’ U’) (R’ F R F’) 

AUF: U2’

 

 


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 5 years ago

Scramble 2:

Inspection: X2

X-cross: F’ D F R’ r’ F r D

Second pair: L’ U2 L

Third pair: U’ Y R’ U R U R’ U R U’ R’ U R

Fourth pair: U2’ R U R’ U’ R U R’ U’ Y’ R’ U R

OLL: SKIP!

PLL: R2 U R’ U R’ U’ R U’ R2 (U’ D) R’ U R D’

 

I think these solutions are nice but please let me know if I could’ve done anything better.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Btw the two solves I did were not the solution for the ones I posted today they were from yesterday


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm busy today, ill get you the scramble later today.


Cuberious The SpeedCuber

Cuberious The SpeedCuber Posted 5 years ago

You guys should take this somewhere else.  It's harder to look for questions from people that actually need help.


Cuberious The SpeedCuber

Cuberious The SpeedCuber Posted 5 years ago

I'd recommend creating a thread or something on the speedsolving forums


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Benjamin you know you can make an email account because you are older than 13 so I recommend you make one so that as Cuberious said we can have space for the actual questions. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my parents probably wouldn't let me


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

it helped while it lasted

:(


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i have this massive pause halfway through my y perm, i regroup to the bottom to start the second OLL in the y perm. what can i do to fix this?here is what I'm doing.

F R U' R' U' R U R' F' regrip to bottom R U R' U' R' F R F'

that regrip takes a full half second to do. how do i fix this?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

right before the regrip, i do the F' move with my right thumb, then i regrip


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

That's a little unusual schools now use email accounts at schools and rather they give you an account or they tell you to make one tell your parents that you need one for school if you need one.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

can you help me with that y perm regrip.


Cuberious The SpeedCuber

Cuberious The SpeedCuber Posted 5 years ago

Benjamin how did you create this CubeSkills account without an email?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i used my moms!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

can you help me with my y perm situation?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Don't regrip if you just do a R after the F' with your  thumb then you can cancel out theat move through the R' and another one will let you transition to the F R F'


Matin Karim pour

Matin Karim pour Posted 5 years ago

It's a very great. Thank you for help?


Matin Karim pour

Matin Karim pour Posted 5 years ago

It's a very great. Thank you for help me

 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i transition from OLL case 37 to y perm quickly?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i plan my entire cross inspection?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

When you do F R U R' U' don't do the F if you recognized the Y perm just do another sexy move and then do the F complete it afterwards.

Do unlimited inspection solves where you have no limit to your inspection time this will help you develop quicker recognition of a good cross and also starts to find simpler ways to think of the cross a good way to practice would also be plan out the cross as long as you want and then color your eyes solve the cross this will help you develop also 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Oops wrong alg so for the OLL do everything except the  R' F' and then if you recognize the case and so happens that it is in the right angle then do another U' R' U' R U R' and finish it with the F' in most cases otherwise you will have to finish in which there is a 2/3 chance that you will get a U' or U2 (not including the orientated state) if so don't regrip because you can go straight into the PLL after the U moves but make sure you lift your fingers off a little bit not too much but just enough to so that you can do the U'/U2 then do it and start y perm. if you get U then regrip.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i plan my entire cross inspection?


Feliks Zemdegs

Feliks Zemdegs from CubeSkills Posted 5 years ago

Hi Benjamin, 

I've deleted some of the unnecessary comments in this thread, to try and keep it as clean as possible. William posted a reply to your previous comment about crosses in inspection.

Also a note, please try not to post more than once in a row - I've noticed that you often make multiple comments to correct spelling errors.

Cheers! :)

Feliks


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

its not showing up!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

william could you repeat your answer please, your original isn't showing up no matter what i do.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Do unlimited inspection solves where you have no limit to your inspection time this will help you develop quicker recognition of a good cross and also starts to find simpler ways to think of the cross a good way to practice would also be plan out the cross as long as you want and then color your eyes solve the cross this will help you develop also 


Steven Chau

Steven Chau Posted 5 years ago

William, do you mean close your eyes not "color your eyes?"


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Lol oops yes I don't read over too much doesn't matter you get the point.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanks.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what v perm algorithm should i use? i can't remember the v perm for the life of me XD

i tried learning :R'UR'U'yR'F'R2U'R'UR'FRF

is there a better one for me to use?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

never mind i found an easy v perm to recognize.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm almost done with full PLL! only 2 more algorithms to learn! the gb and gd perms!


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I prefer that alg but don't ask others for other algs because each person has their own preference for algs I recommend if you are not satisfied with your current alg then to go on algdb.net this has multiple algorithms for the same PLL/ OLL


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

when my slow solves speed up how do i increase my turning speed?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

This is entirely based on how far you go on your slow solves if you can do it without looking at the pair you are solving then you can speed up by this I mean that go faster at a speed where it is noticably faster but not too fast that your lookahead goes out the window and you have pauses again you can tell based if you increased your speed too much by doing an untimed solve and timing how long it takes for you to find the next pair (Recommended that you find a friend or family to time you) if the pause is longer than around high 2 to 3 seconds than you are going too quickly. If you are going too slow you will notice that you can find the next pair while your solving a pair then you increased too little. The time will be around 1-2 second pause this means you found a good speed to practice at.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

im planing on going to idaho speed cubing 2018 comp!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm planning on 3x3 2x2 4x4 5x5 3x3oh pyraminx megaminx and maybe skewb, i don't own a scewb but if mom gets me one ill learn to solve it, and compete at a competition.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do you hold a megaminx when scrambling


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

megaminx and pyraminx that is.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Pretty much hold the layer you aren't turning with your left hand and turn with you right


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what colors on top and front


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what are some intermediate megaminx algorithms


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

You start with white on top and green on front but that won't be at the end of the scramble


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanks


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

if i can go to idaho spudcubing 2018, it'll be my first comp. ill give more info when its announced that i can go, and ask for advise.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

for an Ao5 of sub40, what time do i need to get if my times are:1:09.426,38.296,46.161, and 50.053?

what should my last solve time be to get a sub 40 Ao5?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm trying to find an efficient way of doing a solve.

the scramble is:FRUBD2L2R2DF2U2R2F2U'R'FRF'RUR'

my solution is:

cross:BU'LF2B'RBD2 8moves

pair 1:U'L'UL 4moves

pair 2:yL'ULR'U'R 7moves

pair 3:UFUF' 4moves

pair 4:RU'R'U'F'UFURU'R' 11moves

OLL:U'FURU'R'F' F'rUR'U'L'Ul 17moves

PLL:UR'UL'U2RU'R'U2RL 11moves

AUF:U' 1move

total moves:63

how do I shorten the solve, whats your solution?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

It's impossible because even if you get a PB solve since it is a limited average that time will be removed from the average and you will be left with the 38.296,46.161,50.053


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Leaving you with a 43.837


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my new pb is 28.003!!!!!!!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

for an Ao5 of sub40, what time do i need to get if my times are:41.886,30.545,45.002,49.660?

what should my last solve time be to get a sub 40 Ao5?


Ethan Varn

Ethan Varn Posted 5 years ago

At least a 32 or a  very low 33


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

is it ever too early or too late to learn look ahead. when is a proper time frame to really start learning look ahead?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

As soon as possible


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what about the solution above


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my mom has a QiYi 2x2 and a YuXin black skews on order.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

for an Ao5 of sub40, what time do i need to get if my times are:41.886,30.545,45.002,49.660?

what should my last solve time be to get a sub 40 Ao5?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

It has to be a time lower than 33.112


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm trying to find an efficient way of doing a solve.

the scramble is:FRUBD2L2R2DF2U2R2F2U'R'FRF'RUR'

my solution is:

cross:BU'LF2B'RBD2 8moves

pair 1:U'L'UL 4moves

pair 2:yL'ULR'U'R 7moves

pair 3:UFUF' 4moves

pair 4:RU'R'U'F'UFURU'R' 11moves

OLL:U'FURU'R'F' F'rUR'U'L'Ul 17moves

PLL:UR'UL'U2RU'R'U2RL 11moves

AUF:U' 1move

total moves:63

how do I shorten the solve, whats your solution?

 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what is my TPS if my y perm takes 2.697 seconds?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

4.08


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what about the solve above? can you help me on that really quickly


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how fast would my time be if i did a 63 move solve at a 4.8 TPS without pauses?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what would my splits be if

cross was 8moves

F2L was 16moves

OLL was 17moves

PLL was 11moves

and AUF was 1move


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

You would get 13.125 seconds

Splits:

Cross:1-2

F2L: 3-4

OLL:3-4

PLL:2-3

 

 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

can you help me with the scramble above please?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

 

Benjamin Hendricks Posted 15 hours ago

I'm trying to find an efficient way of doing a solve.

the scramble is:FRUBD2L2R2DF2U2R2F2U'R'FRF'RUR'

my solution is:

cross:BU'LF2B'RBD2 8moves

pair 1:U'L'UL 4moves

pair 2:yL'ULR'U'R 7moves

pair 3:UFUF' 4moves

pair 4:RU'R'U'F'UFURU'R' 11moves

OLL:U'FURU'R'F' F'rUR'U'L'Ul 17moves

PLL:UR'UL'U2RU'R'U2RL 11moves

AUF:U' 1move

total moves:63

how do I shorten the solve, whats your solution?

 

 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i have been waiting patiently, can you help me or not?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

are you answering else where, if so please give me a link to where your answering my solve question.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago


Well Benjamin this is becoming a bit excessive I have tried to help you with smaller questions but when the question is longer I don't have as much time to work on it. I do have other things to do  other than this and it's not like time magically appears from nowhere just so I can help you. I will get to it but I have other things I have to do before this so please when you ask just know that I noticed it and I am working on it as much as possible.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Here is the solve you so graciously asked for:

Inspection: z y'

Cross: U' R' F U' L2 D

1st: U' R' U R y L U L'

2nd: y U' L U L' y' R' U2 R

3rd: U2 R U R' U y' R' U' R

4th: U' R U R' U y L' U' L

OLL: R' U' F' U F R

PLL: U' D' R U R' U' D R2 U' R U' R' U R' U R2 U2


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

sorry, i was waiting for a day or 2 for an answer.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

Umm...the scramble is: F R U B D2 L2 R2 D F2 U2 R2 F2 U' R' F R F' R U R'.

i put it in the reconstruction place, it didn't solve the cube, it only solved the cross.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

never mind it didn't even solve the cross. Did you use the right notation, not doubting you but it didn't work.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i just tried your solution with notation next to me, it still didn't work.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Change the R' to R it showed up on my screen as R


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

At the end


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

Inspection: z y'

Cross: U' R' F U' L2 D

1st: U' R' U R y L U L'

2nd: y U' L U L' y' R' U2 R

3rd: U2 R U R' U y' R' U' R

4th: U' R U R' U y L' U' L

OLL: R' U' F' U F R

PLL: U' D' R U R' U' D R2 U' R U' R' U R' U R2 U2

where?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

No the end of the scramblr


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i want the scramble to be F R U B D2 L2 R2 D F2 U2 R2 F2 U' R' F R F' R U R'.

sorry to be picky but i want it that way.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

let me rephrase that thats how i have it in the reconstruction website.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Going out on a limb here but try this:

Inspection: z y'

Cross: U R' F U L2 D

1st: U' R' U R y L U L'

2nd: y U' L U L' y' R' U2 R

3rd: U2 R U R' U y' R' U' R

4th: U' R U R' U y L' U' L

OLL: R' U' F' U F R

PLL: U' D' R U R' U' D R2 U' R U' R' U R' U R2 U2


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

OK 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I can't plan entire cross in inspection. Should I go slow on cross and F2L or just F2L.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

Didn't work out for the solve. Sorry.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

F R U B D2 L2 R2 D F2 U2 R2 F2 U' R' F R F' R U R'?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Ok will work on it later go slow at the end of your cross so you can look for your first pair I recommend that you look for a cross where you can solve at least three edges after a while you will notice that you start to develop skills to shorten your cross also to improve planning out your entire cross do unlimited inspection time solves to develop your planning skills.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

Thanks 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

At a rubik's competition, do they tell you the scramble or not?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I don't know honestly I didn't need it


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

What is your main cube.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Mines is caught between the Angstrom Huanglong and Gan 354 it is based on the day and what I feel like using


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

1 my main is the GAN 356 Air Master.

2 Do you need to bring the stack mat and timer or just the cubes to the competitions.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

One last thing. How long of a premium membership would I get with 20$?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

remember the scramble?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

No

2* month

Yes


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

How many competitions have you been to?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I really appreciate the help you give me.

thanks for answering my stupid questions.

:)


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I think around 30-40 comps at this point (I've been going to them for 3 years)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I had a rubik's brand speed cube, I took the center caps off and called it a void cube.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I've never been to a competition before if I can go to Idaho Spudcubing, it'll be my first competition. I'm nervous now for something I might not even go to.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

if intuitive F2L is teaching me to solve peices inefficiently is the next step to learn algorithms.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

No even the algorithms are intuitive the algs you use now are just the basic three you will be able to solve with I got to sub 20 just with those algs I am sub 12 now with the new algs they are not inefficient they are just to start you off.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I'm working on it


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm not talking about the basic F2L cases. I want to learn full F2L. The algorithms I'm using now are inefficient.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

when solving a void cube is it normal to get 2 edges flipped around? it happens all the time to me. whats the parity algorithm?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I don't understand the question getting two edges flipped around is normal one edge is parity in which is impossible to get on a 3x3.

Here is full F2L (keep in mind you only have to learn the algs for one side and you can translate the rest):https://cubeskills.com/uploads/pdf/tutorials/f2l-algorithms-different-slot-positions.pdf


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

sorry to bug you but.................scramble.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

I know, I already said this I don't have time to finish instantly I have to do a new solution because of the change in scramble so keep in mind that I am working on it and trying to post it as soon as possible.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I'm kinda stuck in a rut nowadays of like 20-21 seconds, with intuitive f2l 2-look OLL, and most of the PLLs I've learned. I'm wondering what the next step would be. Should i finish learning all of the PLLs? Should I just start learning OLL? The cube isn't a problem, I use the GAN 354. What do you think I should do next?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Finish PLL and then start OLL because you will see a lot of patterns within OLL that were in the PLLs you executed. I also recommend you do slow solvesso that your lookahead improves more and more and start speeding up when you can go through F2L with no pauses. Also since you have the Gan 354 try out different nuts I got sub 20 averages after switching my yellow nuts to green.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how should i learn OLL?


Adam Fenn

Adam Fenn Posted 5 years ago

@benjamin, here's an link to an OLL trainer that I find very helpful for drilling OLL recognition & recall.  http://bestsiteever.ru/oll/


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

scramble? 

is ot a good idea to lube a cube with water, because i just took a shower with my cube. :/


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

was it a relief not having me ask questions?(forced laugh)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

when I'm learning the F2L algorithms, if i do them over and over again will it cycle through.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Once again stop asking I didn't post it yet because I didn't finish it if this continues I may just stop because I have my own things I have to do Ill answer questions but I won't be able to do reconstructions

Inspection: z' x y2

Cross: U' L D2 y R' L'

1st: L' U L y' U' L' U L

2nd: R' U' R y L' U L

3rd: U' R U2 R' y U R U' R'

4th: U L' U L U2 y' R U R'

OLL: U R' U' (R' F R F') U R

PLL: R2 U (R' U R' U') (R U' R2) D U' (R' U R D') U


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

sorry to bother you

:(


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

No

You experiment something you can do also don't ask me for that


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

ok.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Benjamin, don't lube your cube with water. I tried it with one of my old cubes, and after a bit, the performance was worse than it was before I watered my cube. I think you should just buy a 10cc Bottle of Martian.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

ok


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

@Feliks Zemdegs how do you become sub-35 for everything before 3-2-3 edges? My 3-2-3 edges are like 15 seconds and 3x3 is like 20. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

william, what is a good move count for 2x2?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Don't worry about move count. It's about speed of recognition/execution


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i solved a virtual 6x6 because i don't have a 6x6. i feel good.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

For first layer it is 5 at the most and then the EG/CLL after


Nikita Cuber

Nikita Cuber Posted 5 years ago

How train f2l max effective


J.Z. WANG

J.Z. WANG Posted 5 years ago

I'm from China.Well,I'm sub30 now.And I think OLL algs are so many!How can I remember them?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I think the best way to learn OLL is to split them into 3 sections. Easy, annoying, and random. Easy cases could be algs like (R U R' U') (R' F R F'). Annoying cases are cases you get a lot, but you don't know the algs for. And random cases are just random. BrodytheCuber's video is I think one of the more helpful ones. Hope this helps, J.Z!


Adam Fenn

Adam Fenn Posted 5 years ago

J.Z.  I'm just finishing my initial memorization of the the last few OLLs today.  I pretty much started at the top of the OLL pdf file.  I did skip forward when I found two that were mirrors of each other, so I can quickly work them forward and backwards.  I'd learn a couple new ones, and get the movement so it was ok, and I could do it without looking at the document.  Then I'd use the OLL trainer to cement the recognition.  As I became more familiar with some OLLs, I'd remove those from the OLL trainer, and just work on the ones I was still having more trouble with.  


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what is the cheapest 6x6 on the market and whats its price?


Adam Fenn

Adam Fenn Posted 5 years ago

Benjamin, you should be able to look that information up, very easily, at any time, on a site like thecubicle.com.

That question seems very off topic for this blog.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

skewb notation help please.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Well actually it is not because better hardware does in fact have to do with speed and in terms of budget getting a normal shadow isn't all too bad if you have to you can buy the aoshi also.

http://www.kungfoomanchu.com/guides/andy-klise-skewb-beginner.pdf Skewb


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Learn the dot cases last. Obviously. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

Jacob, are you talking to me?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i still haven't broken the sub 40 barrier. how could i do that?


Eric Jin

Eric Jin Posted 5 years ago

Sub40?

If you do OLL in 3 or more steps (continuously doing the sune for corner orientation), definitely learn 2-look OLL, which is only 6 more algs.

If you do PLL in 3 or more steps (Don't know diagonal corner swap, don't know Z or H perm), learn Z, H, T, and Y perms.

Try and aim to reach the following cutoffs:

CROSS: 8 seconds

F2L: 15 seconds

OLL: 8 seconds

PLL: 8 seconds

 

Then to get sub-30 do this

CROSS: 7 seconds (at most 12 moves (optimal 8 moves))

F2L: 12 seconds (2.5 seconds per pair)

OLL: 5 seconds (2-look, maybe know 2-3 individual algs)

PLL: 5 seconds (At least 14/21 algs learned)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I've almost learned full all. my problem is my TPS, and pauses,oh so many pauses.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what wold be a good ao_ to find weather your sub ___?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Adam, just to correct you, it's thecubicle.us, not thecubicle.com


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what wold be a good ao_ to find weather your sub ___?


Isrrael Palacios

Isrrael Palacios Posted 5 years ago

My problem is f2l, averaging 20-25 seconds.


Jeffrey Sandoval

Jeffrey Sandoval Posted 5 years ago

Same, Isrrael, especially finding the first pair. Will need to drill it more.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

F2L isn't something you can drill sure you can drill the algs but not the lookahead for lookahead you have to slow down and not go as fast as possible.


Jeffrey Sandoval

Jeffrey Sandoval Posted 5 years ago

Yep, I'm doing metronome exercises to improve my lookahead, I'm also trying to practice rotationless pairing/inserting, plus efficiency (move counts). Have a lot of work to do for F2L.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

are timers at competitions allowed to lap the timer for splits?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

Jeffrey, how slow is the metronome you're using?


Jeffrey Sandoval

Jeffrey Sandoval Posted 5 years ago

Less than or equal 90. 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

No you are not allowed to time splits


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Metronome does help somewhat but it only helps you know if you are going quicker or slower most of the time people will disregard the metronome while solving


Jeffrey Sandoval

Jeffrey Sandoval Posted 5 years ago

Yep im finding that too especially if I already see the next pair. And my untimed casual solves are basically lookahead practice by itself so yep. But when I have thr time to sit down I try to do the metronome drill.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

90 didn't work for me but 80 did :)


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Becoming sub-20 is easy if you know full pll, 2 look oll, and your f2l is around 10 seconds. 

Becoming sub-15 is easy if you know full ll, and your cross and f2l is around 10 seconds

Becoming sub-12 is different. Only about 10% of my solves are sub-12. 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

That's why I'm practicing lookahead and cross to F2L1 transition


Jeffrey Sandoval

Jeffrey Sandoval Posted 5 years ago

Benjamin, you do your cross too with the metronome or only your f2l pairing and inserting?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Best thing I did was just drilling algs I average around sub 1.5 for all my PLLs and Sub 2 on all my OLLs


Jeffrey Sandoval

Jeffrey Sandoval Posted 5 years ago

Cool. Not sure if I should drill my PLLs for now or focus on my F2L but I'm seeing F2L is a bigger problem. PLLs are problems too on other solves tho.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

only my f2l pairing and inserting


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

F2l should be around sub 10 for sub 15 so if not then you should improve as much as possible on lookahead


Eric Jin

Eric Jin Posted 5 years ago

Me knows full PLL

Me sub30

Me F2L 15 seconds

:(


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I try to get a X-cross every single solve is that good or am I just wasting my solve time?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago


Do not do a x cross every single solve this is very bad unless you see something you can use (2x2x1, 1x1x2 block) dont do it just try to lookahead to your first pair or perserve a pair if possible.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

can you give me a cross ok scramble please?

what is a good AO_ to find if your sub_?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i increase my TPS?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what are your main cubes and methods for 2x2-5x5?

2x2:QiYi Qidi stickerless 2x2 my method is Ortega

3x3: gans 356 air master my method is CFOP

4x4:Shengshou aurora my method is reduction

5x5: same as 4x4


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

2x2: Angstrom Weipo M or Gan 249 V2 M CLL with some EG

3x3: Gan 354 M (going to get the 356 X) CFOP

4x4: Gan 460 M or Angstrom Wuque M Yau

5x5: (My favorite) Angstrom Wushuang M Yau5


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what is a good AO_ to find if your sub_?

how do i increase my TPS?

can you give me a cross ok scramble please?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what cubes do you have?

i have:2x2 3x3 4x4 5x5 skewb megaminx void cube and pyraminx


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

oh and molecube


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how fast is my turning speed if my h perm is 1.620?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Approximately 4.32 TPS.

 

7 moves, 1.62 seconds = 4.32


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what is a good reconstruction website

 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

100

Not going to answer that I have told you my way many times already you develop your own 

No more reconstructions

All WCA events along with some nons

alg.cubing.net


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

William, Im not asking for a reconstruction. its so i know what to look for for an x cross.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Honestly I don't care I have too many things to do to and don't have time to even get out any of my cubes for a session


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

OK Im sorry.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how should i learn F2L?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Go and learn intuitive. Go watch JPerm's video, it's pretty easy to learn with that. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i officialy know full PLL!!!!!!!!!!


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Nice! I'm not there yet ;)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

don't worry you'll get there


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i get sub 30?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

What method do you use, and what algorithms are you using? I'm sub-20.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i use CFOP i know full PLL 20 OLLs and intuitive F2L

Why


Silas Lickliter

Silas Lickliter Posted 5 years ago

I'm pretty much where you are except I am trying to get sub 20. I would recommend doing slow sovles by using a metronome and making it go five or so beats faster every day. When you get really fast with the metronome, try doing a timed solve while cubing to the metronome, eventually you won't even need one and will have really efficient look-ahead.  :) 


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Honestly Benjamin, I don't think that the metronome is a good idea. It forces you to panic, and maybe get frustrated because you can't turn and look ahead that fast. I'm where you are right now in algs, but what I would say is find some F2L algs that you do really inefficiently, and learn the efficient alg for them. I would also just do a lot of solves, and get a somewhat fast cube (I just like fast cubes, like the 354). Basically, just practice, and work on TPS + recognition speed.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i dont do metronome. i did for one solve than rage quit metronome.(too hard for me.)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i use the gan 356 air master as my main. my backup main is the shengshou aurora.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how fast would i need to turn to be sub30 if i average 80-100 moves?

what would my TPS be.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

0.32 TPS


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Oops mistake 3.2-3.44


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

That is correct, but your TPS could vary in the solve. For example, you TPS for cross could be faster than your TPS for F2L, and then your TPS for OLL and PLL would be pretty fast. About cubes, I would recommend getting a magnetic cube, like the GTS2M, so you can get used to magnets and their feel, so you can get faster. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

can someone give me some intermediate pyraminx and skews techniques.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

happy halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

For pyraminx, you should watch like DG or Drew

 

For skewb, legoboyz3(Or now, Z3Cubing)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thnx


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

No problem! 

 

Although, I'm not using Sarah's Intermediate anymore. I'm learning Kirijava-Meep for Skewb

And Intuitive L4E is great for Pyraminx. 


Paul Kusner

Paul Kusner Posted 5 years ago

I average 40 and know advanced cross, intuitive f2l, 2loll, full pll. I am not color neutral. What should I do to get faster?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i recommend trying to become color neutral first go to yellow then slowly branch out from there.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what is the best way to learn how to look ahead? I've been trying slow solves but it hasn't helped at all, even if i turn extremely slow.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

To answer that, let me ask a few questions:

1. Are you timing yourself?

2. Are all the cases in your muscle memory?

 

You shouldn't be timing yourself when you're practicing lookahead, and you definitely should execute all the cases as muscle memory and not intuitively. 

Whenever you're doing lookahead, you shouldn't be looking at the pair that you are doing, you should be focused on other pieces and track them as they move. 

 

If you need other help, you can just email me at creepcrafting56@gmail.com instead of cluttering this blog up. 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Your tps should also be around 2-3 tps to be sub-30, and even sub-25(If you're LL is decent). Yes, that is pretty restrictive, but it helps you practice on what you need to focus on for the next thing. 

An exersise I did was that I would do Cross and F2L at around 2-3 tps, and gradually increase it until I get a pause, which means that I didn't lookahead well. After the pause, I just rescrambled the cube and slowed down my tps. This was very useful from me going from sub-25, to sub-20. Now that big difference was that I had a pretty good last layer already, and that, along with some pretty okay F2L, led me to go and improve my lookahead even further, which is the difference between a 8 second Cross+F2L to a 17 second Cross+F2L. 

So go and just practice the lookahead between pairs, and slowly, you will continue to improve and break all the time barriers(even though I'm almost sub-12)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

1.Yes, but i don't care about the time there;its basically to see if I'm improving.

2.i only know full PLL some OLLs and intuitive F2L, cross needs to be worked on.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Are you doing cross on bottom and planning the whole cross during inspection?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i do cross on bottom but can't plan full cross, YET!( gotta have that growth mindset:) )


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i plan full cross in 15 seconds,because i practice as if i were in a comp.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i do certain weeks practicing different cubes. next week is megaminx practice week. how do i get sub 20 minutes?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Practice planning your cross without inspection. And for megaminx, you just do F2L, then build another star and do F2L again(which is called S2L because Side 2 Layers) until you get to last layer. Once you get to last layer, you do beginners 4LLL which can be found here. It's pretty similar to Beginners method R' D' R D, but instead of do Eo, Ep, Cp, Co; you do Eo, Co, Ep, Cp. 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Btw, for R' D' R D, I'm using a Shengshou Mini as my main so I do z' U' R' U R instead of R' D' R D, and I do the corner comms with a z' at the beginning. Once I get a Galaxy 2M, that would change because I'm trying to learn full 4LLL. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanx! how do i get sub 5 minutes on 5x5,i do beginner method and CFOP 3x3 stage. what can i do to get better?

how do i get sub 3 minutes on 4x4 i use yau and CFOP 3x3 stage. how can i get better?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Alright, I don't know a lot about 5x5, so I'm just gonna answer your 4x4 question. I was averaging around 2 minutes when I got my Supernova Wuque M. I would recomend you buy this cube (even though it's expensive) because it dropped my times 20 seconds. After that, I would work on your TPS for 3x3 stage on 4x4, and also get a lot of solves and be comfortable on each step. BTW, I use the same method as you, and average around 1:15s. Also, you probably want to work on recognizing OLL and PLL parity quicker, and executing the algs for each quicker. I hope this helps!

 

-Noah 


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Although buying a new cube can help it is not good in terms of habits because you are used to the cube to realign that you dont worry if you overturn although I do reccomend you get a good cube with magnets but it may be better for you to buy a non magnetic cube first and get in the habit of turning accurately and then commit to a good magnetic cube. I btw average sub 1 with my old non magnetic wuque with nothing but turning accurately I average sub 40 with my cosmic Wuque mini m. Also for 5x5 best thing I can reccomend for you is the waych Feliks' intermediate videos. I usually average sub 2 with my Wushuang M but just For you I brought out my old ShengShou 5x5 that pops at a moment's notice and has no corner cutting and still got a sub 3 ao12. You can go two paths in terms of 5x5 which are redux or Yau. Redux is really quick in terms of centers but Yau is good for easier edge pairing which btw I think Redux is somewhat better because it gets your eyes more used to seeing edge pairs for bigger cubes and also because you can get the centers so much quicker.  Now in terms of this I do reccomend yoy get a magnetic version because 5x5 is where things get a little harder to control and I have a pretty good accuracy from practicing with non magnteic cubes for 3x3 and 4x4 so I usually can get past without pop for a very long time and lockups dont happen too much during solves. So in summary accuracy on non magnetic cubes + Magnets = little to no lockups and very rare pops. TLDR


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Hey Feliks, 

I'm not sure where to post this comment, but I decided to put it here. 

I'm wondering, do you think you could make a section completely devoted to 3BLD? I really want to learn how to do it, but I don't know how. It would be great if you could make a section about 3BLD!

-Noah


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i agree with noah on that one!


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

4x4: Practice building your cross pieces efficiently, and practice your last 8 edges. I'm currently sub-1:05, and here are the splits probably required for sub-1:10: 

F2C: 5

F3E: 15

L4C: 10

LCE: 5

L8E: 15

3x3: 15

 

5x5: Build centers by bars or blocks, and use tricks during edges like instead of flipping an edge with the flip alg, take out the edge and insert into the opposite side(ex. if the edge you need to flip is on the FR, take it out with R U R'(or U' if there's an edge at BR)and insert with R' U' R.). However, I'm only sub-3, so I'm trying to improve on centers especially. 

Also, using Yau5 is useful, but it's different that Yau4. 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

And for hardware, I use a WuQue M(magnetized by the shop I bought it from), and a WuShuang. My old mains were a Thunderclap mini(Which was missing a locking piece) and a Shengshou 5x5.

Hardware is very important from 4x4 and up, but you shouldn't go out and buy the best ones like a Cosmic or Supernova WuQue M. Getting a regular WuQue, getting some magnets, and adding some Silk or Speedy will make it near that performance, and under 1/2 of the price of a Cosmic WuQue M, and $13 cheaper than a Supernova WuQue M. 

Magnets are always useful for 4x4 and up, since you require less active effort to keep the layers aligned, and it decreases the chance of pops.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I've tried you5 once but it was hard for me to preserve the cross during centers. i don't yet know the 5x5 last edge parity YET.

for hardware my only 4x4 and 5x5 are the shengshou arouras i don't have any magnets but i still get these times.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

What I do for 5x5 last edge parity is I use speedcubereveiw's 4x4 OLL parity alg, and then I just do that, with an M2 U2 M2 afterwards.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

can you do this all to solve it?

r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thats the parity alg i use for 4x4.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Well Noah Marsh the 5x5 edge parity alg is pretty much the 4x4 edge parity alg except after the 2l you have to do a 3r'

Ben just learn the actual one because you can't do it that way because it is very inefficient in terms of finger tricks and the alg doesn't work


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i can't remember it thats the problem!

also can i get a list of mini guildford events?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my 5x5 PLL recognition takes literally 10-20 seconds to happen! how do i fix this?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

For the parity alg (I do the one where I have a yellow bar facing me) which I think is better, is this one: Rw' U2 (Rw U2 Rw U2) Rw2 F2 (Rw’ U2 Rw’ U2) F2 Rw2 F2. It's nice because it repeats the Rw U2 Rw U2 and there is no single inner layer moves.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

For 5x5 PLL recognition, I would say work on spotting bars and headlights just on 3x3. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what squan is your main? i want to get a squan.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

also what clock puzzle is your main?


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

In my opinion this alg is the most efficient in terms of fingertricks and speed:

Rw U2 x Rw U2 Rw U2' Rw' U2 Lw U2 3Rw' U2' Rw U2 Rw' U2' Rw'

For squan I would recommend the XMan Volt and for Clock you could get a lingao in which is probably best until qiyi releases their clock


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

For square-1, I think the Qiyi Square-1 is the best. I had it until I lost it at a comp, plus it's cheaper than the X-man.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

happy thanksgiving


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

new 4x4 pb 2:37.821! my first sub 3 solve ever! I'm so happy!

new 5x5 pb 6:09.586! I'm so happy!

i got both of these today!


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Noah Marsh that is true in terms of price to quality but for overall quality the volt is the best


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

But on theCubicle, the Qiyi has better reviews

https://www.thecubicle.com/products/qiyi-square-1


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

It may but world class cubers use the volt more than the qiyi and In my opinion  the volt is better don't know why you are trying so hard to against that


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Just arguing


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

does either squad pop often, and if so are they easy to put back together?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

question on edge orienting,(I'm learning zz) if the edge in the e slice has u/d color on back, is it oriented?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

it also has l/r color on side.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I'm not sure about ZZ; I don't know it. But If you have your squan tight enough, it won't pop, but they are pretty hard to put back together.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

Volt has never popped for me and I have quite loose tensions the qiyi however I do get pops but once in like 50 solves with loose have gotten a pop for every 100 solve for medium and tight hurts my hands too much. ZZ is quite uncommon and you will have to resort to YouTube to find any ZZ cubers because it is a very uncommon method as CFOP and Roux are much more popular also. It may be better for you to learn Roux as a secondary method more than ZZ


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i wasn't asking about what you think about zz:) i know CFOP and Roux.

i was asking about that edge orientation?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

that wasn't supposed to come out as mean, i value your opinions!


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

What I'm saying is that you really can't ask for advice about ZZ here since it is very uncommon among speedcuber so the best suggestion I could give you is to consult youtube


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

ok sorry.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i want to learn as many methods as possible! anything to get faster on anything.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I would just focus on one method and get faster on that, that will be long term better than learning multiple methods.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm going to mainly use CFOP, but i want to be able to expand if a different method make the solution quicker.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I think CFOP is the fastest method, in general. Not the most efficient, but you can have good lookahead through CFOP.

 

BTW, I posted on the Interviews blog links to videos for the new WR


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

@Benjamin Hendricks  for 5x5, yes, you can use that alg, but the alg Will posted is better. 

And about what you posted, the best thing is to learn alg subsets. For example, learning COLL is a transitional step to learning ZB, without actually learning 700 algs, and learning zeroing tricks help you become Feliks, but zeroing really isn't a method, it's just ways that Feliks incorporates CLS in his solves by taking advantage of 3 cycles(Sorry Feliks for exposing your secret lol)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm planning on learning those too.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

anything to get faster


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

@Benjamin Hendricks  More ways to get faster is just practicing F2L and drilling OLL/PLL. And cross, of course. Are you still sub-40, or are you sub 30?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

im sub 40 still, I'm beginning to learn the 19 OLLs i don't know(except dos OLLs). i like your profile pic! it look cool!


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Thanks! You should be really going for faster LL. What are you averaging for LL?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my PB is now 21.960 seconds!


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Nice!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

~15 seconds, it depends on the OLL case (if its one i know or not) and the PLL case (weather its bad or not).


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

If you can reduce your LL down to around 8, would you be sub 30?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

probably, my F2L is ~20-30 seconds though but cross is usually ~5-10 seconds.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how fast should i be to learn COLL, for after I learn OLL?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

for the scramble:L2 U2 F2 D' U2 B2 U' L2 B2 F' L B F R2 F R' F' D' U' i found a 57 move solution!

R' F B R B U2 B' D2//x-cross 8 moves

L' U L U F' U' F//pair2 7 moves

F U' F' U' L U' L' U B' U B //pair3 11 moves

L' U L U' L' U' L U' L' U L//pair4 11 moves

U' r U' r' U' r U r' y' R' U R//OLL 12 moves

R2 U R' U R' U' R U' R2 D U' R' U R D'//PLL 15 moves

//57 moves


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

next week is 2x2 practice i almost know ortega, and i average 10 seconds, my PB is 4.895 seconds how can i get faster at 2x2?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

master Jamin (Benjamin Without the Ben) was a nickname i got after getting in trouble with my teacher last year.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Just practice the algs for ortega, and start learning CLL. Learning 2-look EG-1 is also useful, and 2-look EG-2 should come from ortega. 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

For COLL, I suggest you be around sub-20 before COLL becomes useful. Doing OLL/PLL will be faster than EO/COLL/EPLL. However, when you get EO done, you might as well do that instead, and start learning it at around sub-25. 

 

Here was my solution to the scramble and timed as well: 

y //inspection

R F' L F2 R U2 R' D2 //x-cross 8moves

R' U R U L' U' L //F2L2 7moves

L U2 L' f R f' //F2L3 6moves

d' R' U R U R' U R U' R' U' R U R' U R //F2L4 + WV 16moves

F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F' //PLL 17moves

U //AUF 1move

//8.470 6.493 tps 55 moves


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Isn't your solution 63 moves stm?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

was it?

i count every move as 1 move


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

should i learn EO/COLL/EPLL at the same time?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

EO is just edge orientation, such as F R U R' U' F'. EPLLs are U perms, H perms, and Z Perms, and COLL is Corners of the Last Layer. Again, save COLL for sub-25, and since you know most PLLs, you should know all the EPLLs


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

ok


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i need top learn 18 OLLs!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

Feliks, can you believe that your oh wr is still there from 2015! its insane to me!


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Nice! Are the 18 OLLs just dots?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

It's insane that there was a 6 single in oh when the average wasn't even faster than that lol


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm not planning learning dots.


William Yang

William Yang Posted 5 years ago

You should and the record has been broken multiple times by Max Park but they were all counted as misscrambles the most recent one was a box turn


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what on earth are misscrambles? and box turns?????


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Misscrambles are when the scrambler doesn't scramble the cube correctly. A box turn is like a misscramble, but when the cube gets turned on it's way to the solving station, in the covering box. You can see WCA regulations for scrambles here


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what are some other types of misscrambles?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

That's basically it, but sometimes the delegate uses an outdated version of tNoodle (WCA's scrable generator), and sometimes they use the wrong scrambles (like the 3x3 OH scrambles for 3x3) you can see a lot of other incidents at the incidents log.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

3.47 reconstruction

scramble:F U2 L2 B2 F' U L2 U R2 D2 L' B L2 B' R2 U2

solution:z y // inspection

U R2 U' F' L F' U' L' // xxcross

U' R U R2 U R // 3rd pair

U2 R' U R // 4th pair

U R' U' R U' R' U2 R // OLL(CP)

U // AUF

really lucky solve!!!


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Yeah, double xcross to anti-sune pll skip


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

if i learn dot OLLs i need to learn 25 cases


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

This realy helped. I average 25 with cfop and am trying to learn full pll. I am aslo trying to improve lookahrad and f2l efficiency


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

make it 23!


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Yes I’m trying to get sub 25. I am going to learn full pll and some easy olls. I know about 12 plls.


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

What is dots?


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Feliks, could you please maybe make a vide with more efficient solutions to differnt f2l cases. Thanks!

 


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Dot cases are cases where only the center is solved on your last layer, all the edges are facing outwards.


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Oh, ok. Thanks


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

the next cases to learn are the line cases, then the knight moves, then 2 of the awkward shapes, then 2 of the l cases, then 4 lightning bolt cases, then 6 dot OLLs. that makes...21 cases; i know 2 dots. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

if i were to do the scramble:Bw F2 L' D L Uw Lw L Rw' Fw' L2 Uw R Bw' Rw' L' U B' R2 Rw2 F2 Bw D2 L D' R' F' R2 L' Rw' Lw' Dw2 U' Uw B Uw2 Dw D2 U Rw2 Fw2 Rw2 D2 R' Fw' B' D' Lw2 D Lw F2 Lw' F' Lw' L2 D U' B2 Fw2 U2 on 5x5 i wold probable get a PB!

centers 84 moves

edges 92 moves

3x3 81 moves

257 total moves

if you want to see my solution just comment, and ill be happy to show you

:)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

next week is skewb practice week. i dont know an intermediate method. i average ~30 seconds or so. how can i get faster?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what is your oh main?


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Feliks’ main is still the sm I think.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

dpoes anyone want to see my 5x5 solution for the scramble above?


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Sure I do

 


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

What would be your solution


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

the scramble is:Bw F2 L' D L Uw Lw L Rw' Fw' L2 Uw R Bw' Rw' L' U B' R2 Rw2 F2 Bw D2 L D' R' F' R2 L' Rw' Lw' Dw2 U' Uw B Uw2 Dw D2 U Rw2 Fw2 Rw2 D2 R' Fw' B' D' Lw2 D Lw F2 Lw' F' Lw' L2 D U' B2 Fw2 U2

The solution is:r' U2 y' l' U2 R2 2U l' U F' D' l' d R2 u d U' l'//white center 18 moves

z2 F l' U l U b U b' l U' l' F B' 3U2 u' U' l' U2 l//yellow center 20 moves

z l' U l U' r U2 r' F' l' F l F' B r2 F r//blue center 17 moves

x r U' r' F l' F l U r U2 r'//red center 12 moves

x U2 r U' r' U' l' U2 l U r U' r' U' r U2 r'//last 2 centers 17 moves

B' u' 3U U F' U' F D2 B R' B' R u2 3U L' U' L R' D2 R u' 3U F U' F' B2 d2 u' R U' R' D2 B2 U2 L B2 L'//first 4 edges 37 moves

z2 u' 3U U R U' R' B U2 B' d2 3U F' U' F L' U' L d B U' B' 3U2 R U R' d//middle 4 edges 27 moves

B' U B' u d L' U L u' d' B' U B d F' U F d' z2 d R U R' F R' F' R d'//last 4 edges 28 moves

x R L' B' D' R F' L F //cross 9 moves

R' U R U' L U' L' U' B' U B//pair1 11 moves

L' U2 L U' L' U L//pair2 7 moves

U2 R U' R' U R U2 R' U2 R U R'//pair3 12 moves

B U' B' U B U' B' U B U B' U2 R' U R//pair4 15 moves

R U R' U' R' F R2 U R' U' F'//OLL 11 moves

U2 R U R' U' D R2 U' R U' R' U R' U R2 D'//PLL 16 moves

//centers 84 moves

//edges 92 moves

//3x3 81 moves

//257 total moves

i could easily get a PB!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

soon... what do you think?

The best centers i ever made!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

new 2x2 PB!!!!!3.702!!!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i am sub 10 on 2x2, but how do i improve on skewb?


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Good job 


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

The 5x4 5 is very efficent

 


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Sorry 5x5

 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thnx!!!!

what do you average on 3x3?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i cant remember what my old oa100 was so i did another and i got a ...33.918! almost sub 30!


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

I average 25 but my times are incinsistent and I get over 25 1 in 15 solves


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Keep practicing for sub 30!


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Im gonna do an ao100 and see what i get


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what did you get Haine?


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

I did 45 solves then my times reset for some reason so i will do it again today


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

ouch!!! never happened to me unless i did it on purpose!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

where are you now?


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Sorry I was at school. I will do the average soon


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Good Luck!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i improve on skewb? i average around 30 seconds i don't know an intermediate method. how do i get faster?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

as i get faster will my TPS naturally get faster as well?


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

I’ve done 32 solves now.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

For skewb, Ben, I would say practice the sledgehammer and hedgeslammer algs and work on your tps for them. It's also helpful to work on lookahead for your first layer, and then also learn a few algs from the intermediate method to do for some inefficient beginner cases. of that makes sense. Yes, as you practice and get faster, your tps will improve.


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

My ao100 was 25.25


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Learn Sarah's Intermediate. Once you're finished with that, you can do other methods like Sarah's Advanced or KM(Which I'm learning after EG-1 and some OLLCPs)


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

My session average (1100/1101) is a 13.960 average with a deviation of 1.27. Average of 100 is 13.280, and average of 1000 is 13.907


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

I'm trying to get to sub-12 afap, but my cross to F2L transition is terrible


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

my F2L is TERRIBLE, and i mean TERRIBLE!same with my transitions.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do i fix that?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Work on doing slow solves, like maybe in the car or on the bus ride to school, and also work on algorithims, so you can recognize them easier.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how slow should my slow solves be?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Turning at 3-4 tps should be good enough for you. 


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

3-4 seems a bit much; if you were to do a 50 move solve, you would be getting 16.6s and 12.4s. I say around 2 tps, but the main thing for slow solves is to never stop turning.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

2tps for F2L. Just turn as fast as you can for LL


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Hi everyone,

 

I currently know all PLLs except for the E, Gb, Gc, Gd, and Nb perms. Anyone have some good algs or tips for learning these?

Thanks,

Noah


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

in 1 hour ive already almost learnt full corners first! just need to learn 3 algs!


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Nice! Where'd you learn it?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

youtube and i fully know it now!

heres a link: m.youtube.com/watch?v=GvFmBd-MEWY


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

wtf is T'?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

RUD for E, and Gs; RUF for Ns

E: x' (R U' R') D (R U R') D' (R U R') D (R U' R') D'

Ga: R2 U R' U' R' U' R U' R2 U' D (R' U R) D'

Gb: (R' U' R) U D' R2 U R' U R U' R U' R2' D

Gc: R2' U' R U' R U R' U R2 D' (U R U' R') D

Gd: (R U R' U') D R2 U' R U' R' U R' U R2 D'

Na: (R U R' U) (R U R' F' (R U R' U') R' F R2 U' R') U2 (R U' R')

Nb: R' (U R U' R') (F' U' F) (R U R') (F R' F' R) U' R


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

top layer.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Thanks. I'm wondering why you're learning corner first when there's Roux and CFOP


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i know almost full LL on cfop, and i know roux! just increasing the methods i learn/know! :) 


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

It's easier to just learn one method and get good at it, so you don't have to learn a whole bunch of algs. It is cool to know a whole bunch of methods tho


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

*insert shrug face here*


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

TBH if you know COLL, then you know full Roux

Unless you're learning full L6E


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what is the normal size 3x3


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Normal size is 56mm


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanx


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

whats the size of a gans 356 air


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

GAN names their cubes in 2 ways. The first digit is the type of cube (e.g. 3 for 3x3, 4 for 4x4.) The last two digits are the physical size of the cube. The 354 is a 3x3 that is 54mm, so the 356 air is 56 mm.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

There's also 249 for their 2x2


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

The only exception is the GAN473, which is in memory of Feliks' Former WR


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what is the smallest size GAN


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

3x3


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

54mm the gan 354M


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Yeah. I used the 460 and the 354 as an example.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i know more OLLs!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

need to learn 22 more! i forgot the c casses so I'm relearning those


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Nice job! Just a tip, you will be better if you learn one or two algs a day, that way you won't forget many easily.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

well i barely get c casses so i forgot.


Sai Shakthi

Sai Shakthi Posted 5 years ago

I have practised more than 1000 solves still i lag in 40sec


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I started there, and ive done about 2500 solves in cstimer, and now I'm around 18. Like Feliks said in one of his articles, it's not all about unconscious practicing (just doing solves over and over), its also about conscious practicing (learning algs and such).


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

The C Cases are easy

One of them is R' U' Sledge U R and the other one is R U R2' U' R' F R U R U' F' or Sexy B' Sledge B

 

It's all about practice and learning algs. I'm currently trying to learn TTLL with the edges permuted cases


Leandro170 170

Leandro170 170 Posted 5 years ago

What's TTLL?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

TTLL is an algset part of ZZ-CT


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

today, my lookahead is great! lets see if that lasts!


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Heh. Merry Christmas!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

right back at you man :)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

it didn't :(


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Just slow it down enough


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i got a ton of new cubing stuff for christmas! i got a: clock, GAN 2x2, the MF6x6, and a stockman timer! i also got the star puzzles!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

im sub-10 on 2x2 :)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

so........ i got the GAN 249, and my TPS on that is: 8.092485549132949!!!!!! like WHAT?!?!?!?!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

never mind its 9.009 repeating!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

im sub-9 on 2x2


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Nice! I got another WuShuang because I lost my first one, and a Qiyi QiHeng S (Sculpted)

I also registered for my third comp: Hendersonville Winter 2019


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i almost have all the WCA puzzles! i just need a square-1 and 7x7


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

now i just need to learn BLD


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

any tips for feet


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

new ao 100:  33.262!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

im gonna do an ao1000 now


Cyrill Speiser

Cyrill Speiser Posted 5 years ago

A question: I use a timer which makes me scrambles and one scramble was a anti-sune (2 by 2) and i maked just the sune and was done, so i have a sub one solve, and a 10 seconds average, would you call that your record?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do you get better at PLL recognition???

i need help with that!!!


Haine Lim

Haine Lim Posted 5 years ago

Cyrilli, the single would be a pb but the average wouldn’t.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Just learn 2 side PLL recognition and patterns. J Perm is a great place to learn PLL recognition. 

Also, happy new year(but extremely late)


Cyrill Speiser

Cyrill Speiser Posted 5 years ago

I meant the scramble was a anti-sune and a saw the sune but, technically i just made the scramble backwards (sorry for my bad english, i am Swiss) and the question was if you would count that as a countable solve.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

As long as the scramble and solve execution was over 3 moves, the solve counts, because the most efficient solution was a sune alg, and normal solves you don't do the most efficient solution (doing the scramble backwards)


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Whats the best way to learn OLL?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

The best way to learn OLLs are to learn by groups, and reducing algs into triggers, such as sexy move, sledge, R U R', etc. 

The suggested order to learn OLLs imo are: OCLL, OELL, T, Square, Fish, Knight, P, C, W, Big Lightning Bolts, Small Lightning Bolts, Awkward, L, l, NEO


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

are NEOs dots?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Yeah, NEO stands for 'No Edges Oriented'


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thx


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I'm officially learning full OLL! I'm have like 35 algs left!


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

How could I get better at F2L? My splits are 3 seconds for Cross, 10 for F2L, 3 for OLL, and 3 for PLL.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

thanx to felids' practicing module, i learned a good way to learn F2L and OLL at the same time.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

on the GANS 356 air, is there a looser tension than orange?


Silas Lickliter

Silas Lickliter Posted 5 years ago

yeah do yellow


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Yellow is the best.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

today was a deliberate practice day, i worked on F2L algs and i learned 2 more OLLs just by screwing around with my cube!

(the OLLs were knight move cases 16&15)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

i need to learn 13 OLLs!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

never mind 11, but the 12 and 13 i need to tell apart.


Arav Jain

Arav Jain Posted 5 years ago

Thanks allot Feliks for your advice

 


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Hi guys,

The WCA World Championship 2019 is now officially announced. It will be held in Melbourne, Australia, and will be from July 11-14. You can see more information at the link. Should be fun!


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

It's been announced since December lol


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I know it's been announced since then, but they hadn't put a competition page or any other details except for where it would be held.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

I almost know full ELL! I just need to learn 2 more cases!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

ok so i just got an 8.000 +2! 10.000 whoooooooooo!!!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

10.000+   F U' F R' U F R' U2 F R' 

for reference.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

new PB!!!

2.971   F2 R F2 U F' R2 F R2 U


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what side of a megaminx is B


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

What was your solution to your 2.971 PB?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I don't know right now.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

All right, Thanks!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

I'm finding out for you right now


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

scramble:F2 R F2 U F' R2 F R2 U

solution:R F U R U' R' U

7/2.971=2.508 TPS


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what side of a megaminx i s back


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

If you hold the megaminx with dark green facing you and white on top, It would be the light green color on the back of the cube facing down and out. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

what about this algorithm: (R' BR' R BR) (R' F' R BR') (R' BR F R)?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

with pink facing up.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

With light green facing forward, and pink on top, the BR side is the red side


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do you find the ao100?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

should i learn wv or coll first?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Probably COLL, because then you can use it with VHF2L, and be fast.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

suddenly i only want to practice 2x2 3x3 an mega.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Lol. I'm mainly focused on learning 3-style and getting a 4BLD success along with getting to sub-50 on 4x4 and sub-12 on 3x3


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Master Jamin Hendricks said:

scramble:F2 R F2 U F' R2 F R2 U

solution:R F U R U' R' U

7/2.971=2.508 TPS

I did this scramble, and got a faster but less efficient solve. My solve was:

R U' F U2 F R U R' U' R' F R

12 / 2.11 = 5.69 TPS

 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

I did your scramble, also got a 12 move solution, but I got a 1.4


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I just got a 1.38 2x2 solve! Here's the reconstruction:

Scramble: R F' U2 R' F' R2 U' R' U'

Inspection: z'

Solve: U' R U' R' U

 

Super easy. I recognized the OLL skip in inspection, but didn't look hard enough for the PLL skip too.


Avi Garg

Avi Garg Posted 5 years ago

It would be nice if you posted some 2x2 videos. 


Avi Garg

Avi Garg Posted 5 years ago

then I could get fast!


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 5 years ago

Just learn full EG


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

I have the GAN 249 V2 M, and I'm wondering If I should get the MGC 2 M, or the Valk 2 M.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 5 years ago

how do you find the AO100?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

You remove your 5 worst, and your 5 best, solves from the average.


Ariz  Ahmed

Ariz Ahmed Posted 5 years ago

I am wondering if I should continue using Roux.

I currently average 32 seconds in Roux and 24 seconds using CFOP. Do you guys have any ideas or tips as to which method I should use?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 5 years ago

Go with whatever method is fastest. I would say CFOP, because a lot of tips tutorials are out the exclusively for CFOP, and you can learn more advanced alg sets like ZBLL with CFOP.


Leo Venturini

Leo Venturini Posted 5 years ago

Works!


Wei-Yu Liao

Wei-Yu Liao Posted 5 years ago

I am a new member from Taiwan.Thank you Feliks!


Leo Venturini

Leo Venturini Posted 5 years ago

Noah Marsh,

they are both great cubes.

If money does not matter get the Valk 2 M.

But they basicaly perform the same.


Samantha Alexendra

Samantha Alexendra Posted 4 years ago

Which cube is the best?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

The GAN 356 X is probably the best right now, but if you don't want to spend as much money, get the GAN 354 M or the MF3RS3.


dajskdjak snncansicia

dajskdjak snncansicia Posted 4 years ago

I need help so much this is me

o<-< |wall| sub-18

cross:2

f2l:9

oll:3

pll:4

please help me


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

Do you know full OLL and PLL. If you don't know full OLL, that's fine, but learn full PLL, and work on recognizing cases quicker. You should be able to get that down to less than 3 seconds. Also work on recognizing and executing both OLL and PLL.


dajskdjak snncansicia

dajskdjak snncansicia Posted 4 years ago

nah im way past sub 17 now that was 6 days ago im learning full oll now ive finished learning pll(g perms because they are scary) and did some time attacks and stuff i got recognition down to under a second and I can execute almost all of them without regrips. im working on cross-f2l transition and i need tips for learning oll algs I use felik's fingertrick videos


UnKnown Cuber

UnKnown Cuber Posted 4 years ago

can I lube my GAN 356 X (stickered) with WD-40 "lubes are not actually available in my country"


 


dajskdjak snncansicia

dajskdjak snncansicia Posted 4 years ago

Which country do you live in, also WD-40 actually ruins your plastic, I mean you have a pretty expensive cube, I recommend not lubing it at all rather than using WD-40 or whatever


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

i average 8 on 2x2, would now be a good time to learn CLL?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

Get as quick as you can with Ortega, and start learning as many tricks as possible with it, and alt algs. I average sub-4 with Ortega, and I know a few CLL algs.


Samantha Alexendra

Samantha Alexendra Posted 4 years ago

is the moyuweilong gts3 better or the gan 356 x better?

 


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

It depends on how you turn and how you like the feel. i would say try both, or at least watch some reviews, and then decide. I personally think the X is better, but If you're on a budget, you could get the 354 also.


anonymous

anonymous Posted 4 years ago

at this point i  am at:

cross: under 1

f2l:6

oll: 1-2

pll: 1-2

i am trying to learn vls, does anyone know where to learn all algs

 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 4 years ago

Don't learn full VLS. Learn some subsets of VLS like WV, MW, and the VLS algs on this site. Learning full VLS isn't useful. 


Derek  Walker

Derek Walker Posted 4 years ago

Is it weird that I sometimes average 27 then go to averaging 16,Then I get a 12?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 4 years ago

12s are possible for someone averaging 16s


Felix Yu

Felix Yu Posted 4 years ago

if I have two cubes, and get the same times on them, but enjoy the feeling of one over the other, does it make a difference which I use?

 


Eden Funnell

Eden Funnell Posted 4 years ago

How long did it take your to learn full oll and pll


Abhoy Modak

Abhoy Modak Posted 4 years ago

How to solve cross on bottom faster ?


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 4 years ago

@Felix Yu If you average the same time but you enjoy the feeling over another, use the one that you enjoy turning. It doesn't make a difference other than your morale to keep cubing

 

@Eden Funnell It took me 1 month to learn pretty bad algs (I haven't learned G Perms yet because I was stupid) then the next month, I learned better algs(And the G Perms). Then for the next 2 months, I learned full OLL. It only took me 4 months to learn full OLL and PLL but it takes a while getting fingertricks down. 

 

@Abhoy Modak practice your fingertricks and have efficient solutions


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

Hey guys, 

I've been stuck in this rut of 16-18 second 3x3 solves, and it's super hard for me to get out of. I know almost full PLL, save two G perms, and I know 2-look OLL with a few 1-look cases. What should I do? Should I continue learning OLL, or should I focus on getting efficient F2L? I avg 10 seconds for F2L, and about 2 seconds for the other steps.

 

Thanks!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

When should I learn cll on 2x2


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

I know full OLL and PLL, but I'm relearning the g perms to R U F versions and the n perms and maybe the v perm. 2 awkward shape OLLs and 2 knight move OLLs. F2l is inefficient. Can't look ahead. Help.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Is color neutrality a must in cubing or a thing to do only if you want?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

CN is not a must, but in some events, like 2x2 or Pyra it is suggested, in order to get fast.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

At competitions do you have to provide a cube cover and mat?


Tanner Davey

Tanner Davey Posted 4 years ago

i don't think so. i think only a cube.

 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

I'm trying to do D2 double flicks with pinkie ring, and ring pinkie, but it's hard to do it even very slowly. Any tips to help with that?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Never mind ring pinkie is easier to do and I had to do them on an a perm.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

What algorithm is best to learn left handed U2 flicks cause I need some practice with that.


matthew lim

matthew lim Posted 4 years ago

nice bro

 


Richard Leubner

Richard Leubner Posted 4 years ago

Z and H perm

 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

What do you think about roux for OH?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

18.01 3x3 PB!! Previous 18.32!!


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

Roux for OH isn't really a good idea, because it takes a lot of practice to do M moves with one hand, and Roux has a lot of those.


Richard Leubner

Richard Leubner Posted 4 years ago

One of the best methods for OH is zz because you only have to do R U L moves most of the solve 


Richard Leubner

Richard Leubner Posted 4 years ago

To be really fast I would recommend it 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

I have a problem with figuring out misoriented edges. Can you send me a link to the best zz tutorial on YouTube please?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Does anyone have any tips for memorizing color scheme?


Jude Bala

Jude Bala Posted 4 years ago

i luv this


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

If you mean color scheme for 4x4 or 6x6, is just to remember BOGR: blue, orange, green, red. It also looks like "booger" so that helps. And other than that, just get mental/muscle memory so your brain automatically hops to the next color, just like reciting the alphabet.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Thanks this tip is very helpful.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

New question: what do you think of yau 5? I'm a sub 6 minute 5x5 solver.


Le Thanh Vinh

Le Thanh Vinh Posted 4 years ago

I think, free slice is more useful to solve the 5x5 because is more easier than yau5 in solve the center and the edge too

 


Speed Cuber

Speed Cuber Posted 4 years ago

I


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

How do you quickly distinguish the n perms from each other?


Fawaz Ahmed

Fawaz Ahmed Posted 4 years ago

It is actually simple to see which n perm it is. If the bar is one the left and opposite color on the right it is Nb perm and vice versa. 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

What do y'all think of the mf6?

What is the best speed6x6?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

29.75 ao1000!!! Sub 30!!!


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

What do you think of this OLL parity algorithm for 4x4

r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U3 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

The 3 in there was supposed to be a 2.


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

generally there is a better one that SpeedCubeReview uses, which doesn't use slices.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

What's the algorithm?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

Rw' U2 (Rw U2 Rw U2) Rw2 F2 (Rw’ U2 Rw’ U2) F2 Rw2 F2


Siva Srinivas

Siva Srinivas Posted 4 years ago

How to memorise algorithms???

 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Do them a lot.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

What is efficient F2L for someone who averages 29 seconds?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

I'm trying to make my F2L as efficient as possible. For the case (last pair in front right slot) with the edge oriented in its slot, and the corner's in the slot with white facing you. I do R U' R' U' R U R' U2 R U' R', but I feel there's a better algorithm that I don't know. If anyone could tell me if I'm using the correct alg, please let me know. This will help my improvement a lot. Thanks for the help.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 4 years ago

That's the best you can get without using keyhole stuff


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Thanks. I also have a problem with the mirrored case, where white is facing the side.


ketchup cuber

ketchup cuber Posted 4 years ago

hi guys im also working on my f2l and im wondering about the case where the corner and edge peice are in the correct place but the edge is the wrong way around if that makes sense, i currently use the alg.R U R' U2  R U2 R' U F' U' F but that is very awkwar does anyone have a faster way?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Try getting rid of the case with keyhole before it becomes your last pair.

If it is your last pair, what you're doing is fine, or you could use: R U' R' U y' R' U2 R U2 R' U R is also fine.


Tarun Rajkumar

Tarun Rajkumar Posted 4 years ago

Or you could do triple sexy(R U R' U' three times). After this is you just have to insert. This is Preeti effective when it's your last Pair, else you can use keyhole. 


Timothy Brand

Timothy Brand Posted 4 years ago

Hello, So I am Color Neutral, use intuitive F2L, know Full PLL, Full OLL and Average 22 Seconds or so, What should I improve on? (Anyone can answer) Thank you!


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

I would suggest improving on F2L lookahead and just getting comfortable solving. I'm not CN, 2-look OLL, 10Look PLL, and I average 17 secs.


Ainslie Bell

Ainslie Bell Posted 4 years ago

I know some oll and pll algorithms and I do f2l mostly intuitively. I average sub 30 and I have a 13.85 pb a really should get a new cube and learn more cfop algs


Ainslie Bell

Ainslie Bell Posted 4 years ago

(my cube is a Rubik's brand 'speed' cube)


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Is RW2 B2 U2 LW U2 RW' U2 RW U2 F2 RW F2 LW' B2 RW2 A good OLL parity algorithm or should I switch to a different one?


Ian Kim

Ian Kim Posted 4 years ago

Hi


Anyomus   Cuber

Anyomus Cuber Posted 4 years ago

Thanks feliks


Tanvir Ahmed

Tanvir Ahmed Posted 4 years ago

Thanks feliks

 


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Is RW2 B2 U2 LW U2 RW' U2 RW U2 F2 RW F2 LW' B2 RW2 A good OLL parity algorithm or should I switch to a different one?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

Jamin, I use this algorithm from SpeedCubeReview:

Rw' U2 (Rw U2 Rw U2) Rw2 F2 (Rw’ U2 Rw’ U2) F2 Rw2 F2

I find that it's really fast and easy to learn, so go ahead and give this one a try.


Vaibhav Khurana

Vaibhav Khurana Posted 4 years ago

HI FELIKS

i use intuitive f2l and i know pll and oll yet i average 1 min 30 sec

plese help me or give me a guide to improve

mail me - 0705vaibhav@gmail.com


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 4 years ago

Haven't been on here in a while, but I reached sub-10 a few months back. 

I mainly improved on my Cross+F2L transition and better crosses. Solving more intuitive solutions than low-movecount ones really helped as well. Hope people can learn from what I have achieved. 


Andrew Erickson

Andrew Erickson Posted 4 years ago

Hello,

I avg. 1:17-ish  :(

Should I go to a competition (Just for funsies, and to see where I am in the world of speedcubing)?


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

Always go to a competition if possible. You won't regret it. I recently went to my first competition. So much fun.


John Mobey

John Mobey Posted 4 years ago

Feliks, do you know of a pdf or video tutorial for full ZBLL? I'm struggling to find one.


Vrishab  Bharath

Vrishab Bharath Posted 4 years ago

John mobey go to ruwix.com to learn the full zbll 


Feliks Zemdegs

Feliks Zemdegs from CubeSkills Posted 4 years ago

I use algdb.net as a starting point for ZBLL algs but to be honest there are a lot of cases on there which don't have good algorithms and so I've had to use other sources and ask people for specific cases.


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

For 5x5 should I stick to reduction or switch to yau5?

I average around 3:30 minutes now.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 4 years ago

When I learn algs I use Train Yu by Tao Yu, it's a really good trainer
https://tao-yu.github.io/Alg-Trainer/


Leo Auty

Leo Auty Posted 4 years ago

Is 40 secs for a 3x3 using intermediate CFOP good? 


eric zhou

eric zhou Posted 4 years ago

i avarage 10seconds and i dont know how to be sub10


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 4 years ago

If you average 10s, your cross+f2l is probably your weak point


Master Jamin Hendricks

Master Jamin Hendricks Posted 4 years ago

I average 3:30 minutes on 5x5. Is yau5 or reduction better?


Cyrill Speiser

Cyrill Speiser Posted 4 years ago

Jamin for 4x4 the method is yau, for 6x6 and higher it is reduction, but for 5x5 it is booth, whatever works better, you should use.


Harvey Saunders

Harvey Saunders Posted 4 years ago

yo any good sites to get lube in uk?

 

 


Keanu Vanhoutte

Keanu Vanhoutte Posted 4 years ago

I got 44s with a 3x3 while I used the beginners method. Is that good enough to switch to F2L?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

Keanu,

Do whatever you want. I switched to F2L at the 23-second mark, but by then I knew two-look OLL and 1-look PLL. I would suggest switching to F2L as soon as possible, so you can have less trouble switching later on. It's like color neutrality. If you switch early, it will be easier to switch then than later.


Keanu Vanhoutte

Keanu Vanhoutte Posted 4 years ago

Noah Marsh,

thank you for explaining.


Kavindu Wimalaratne

Kavindu Wimalaratne Posted 4 years ago

I wish I can reply to comments so I can give some advice to some novices:(

Average about 38 seconds


Mitchell Wipfel

Mitchell Wipfel Posted 4 years ago

my average is about 40 seconds is there any advice i can get for f2l look ahead because thats by far my weakest?


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 4 years ago

Mitchell, 

 

Do slow solves! If you practice turning slow yet fluently, you can gradually get your TPS up.


Mitchell Wipfel

Mitchell Wipfel Posted 4 years ago

one day in with slow solves and i already have an average 35 seconds instead of 40, much appreciated noah marsh. ill keep practicing


Tristan Rujano

Tristan Rujano Posted 4 years ago

@Mitchell that was me 2 months ago, I now average around 21 seconds! You can do that too, f2l is definitely my biggest weakness as it is inconsistent and ranges from 7-14 seconds. I'm practicing slowing down to look-ahead because I know that people say it's the most important, but really it's better to always be solving it slowly, then do an algorithm, stop, look for the next one and repeat. learning oll and pll does help cut some time. cross to f2l is also really important. just doing solves that aren't necessarily "slow" but they are not your fastest speed, and you think throughout are great for improving f2l, as well as trying to reduce movements.


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 4 years ago

Slowing down to lookahead is not the best option, being efficient at F2L solutions first is better. I'm global 9.3 right now, and having speed-optimal solutions are better than lookahead. Lookahead only matters once you get to sub-15


Trần Bách

Trần Bách Posted 4 years ago

I'm a intermediate and i don't know: HOW TO GET FASTER! But after i read this blog i am ready to get SUB-30! Yes,i'm a NOOB CUBER !

Finaly, thank you Feliks.

 


Murtaza abbas

Murtaza abbas Posted 4 years ago

My average is 35 sec now I am learning F2L algorithm from your videos please I waana your advice's

 

 

 

 


Jacob Shum

Jacob Shum Posted 4 years ago

So don't learn F2L algs, they are not beneficial at your level yet. Learn how to pair your F2L pieces efficiently, that will make you faster. Sure, it feels slower, but in the end, you will be faster


Noel Caduhada

Noel Caduhada Posted 4 years ago

Feliks do you know how to improve lookahead also congratulations to your Wr 3x3 Avg


Mirza Bosnjak

Mirza Bosnjak Posted 4 years ago

I am having trouble learning f2l,oll,pll.

Can some one help?


Branson Kelley

Branson Kelley Posted 4 years ago

Mirza Bosnjak, first learn one look all and all and also learn initiative f2l but iff you already know that or it doesn't help then i don't know what to say.


Cyrill Speiser

Cyrill Speiser Posted 4 years ago

Feliks, what do you think about Pseudo F2L?


Frederick Oehen

Frederick Oehen Posted 4 years ago

Feliks I can't get sub20, my f2l is way to bad I tried everything what should I do?


承霖 杜

承霖 杜 Posted 3 years ago

I wanna be a speedsolving player


Noah Marsh

Noah Marsh Posted 3 years ago

Frederick, the way I got sub20 was to just go really hard with TPS. Generally if you have inefficient F2L you can fix that with tps but you want to focus on lookahead too


Leo Auty

Leo Auty Posted 3 years ago

i average 30 i dont know how to be sub 30

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Thanks Feliks- you're the best!!


Luca Goodridge

Luca Goodridge Posted 3 years ago

Leo Auty same


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

What megaminx model do you have?

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Feliks,

I have been solving for 4 weeks, my average was 37.845 with beginner method, now I use CFOP with average of 47.351. Do you have any tips?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Shuichi Madina- My tips are to just keep practicing without a timer because you are more relaxed so recognising cases and getting fast at algorithms is easier

Jamie


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I got 4 sub 20s....

 

But how to get sub 20 AO5,

 

(AO5 PB is 24 secs...)

 

Helpful answers?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Thanks


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

scratch that, new ao5 pb is 22


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Learn colour neutrality?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

did that

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

What method? If CFOP practise recognition


Timmy Carroll

Timmy Carroll Posted 3 years ago

I am using C-FOP (I don't know full PLL or OLL) and last night I got 3 PBs in a row and averaged 24 seconds. I still need to learn full PLL...


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

yes CFOP

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I need to learn PLLs too maybe that'll help

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Do you already know OLL? If you do, then practise recognition on jperm.net. and also improve f2l cases


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I know 2 look oll


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

and I'm working on look ahead

 


Kostas Kormpetis

Kostas Kormpetis Posted 3 years ago

I average ~30 seconds, know full oll & pll, now what? do i learn winter variation or just grind some solves?


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

I would recommend learning F2L algorithms if you're struggling with F2L, also get fluent in PLL Algorithm execution and recognition. Maybe learn CLS?


Xuefei Hu

Xuefei Hu Posted 3 years ago

Hi, my average is 3 min, learnt a lot from this website.


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

for 3x3?

 

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Random tip : Z perm is M2 U M2 U M' U2 M2 U2 M' U2

   Alternate algorithm which I find easier to execute : y M2 U' M2 U' M' U2 M2 U2 M' U2   *Finger Friendly*

 


Xuefei Hu

Xuefei Hu Posted 3 years ago

yes.

 


Xuefei Hu

Xuefei Hu Posted 3 years ago

how did the person take the cube apart so quickly in the https://www.cubeskills.com/tutorials/the-beginners-method-for-solving-the-rubiks-cube/cube-structure video?

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Beginner Method, I assume?

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Work on first layer corner and first layer edge insertion

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

EASON!!!!!!!!!!


Xuefei Hu

Xuefei Hu Posted 3 years ago

or you can cheat.

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Thanks for all the help!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I have been cubing for over a year now and still can't seem to get sub 20. I know full Pll except for G perms, 2 look OLL and about half the OLL's, Im not color neutral but I can do white or yellow. How can I become sub 20


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Dude do 100 solves a day your times will zoom


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Also, Timmy Caroll are you from IL


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Oh yeah and buy and good speedcube (such as gan or moyu) and learn some good dunger tricks


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Finger not dunger

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

thanks


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

what would you say is the best cube that is cheap? Like under 20$


Allan Aguilar

Allan Aguilar Posted 3 years ago

If you want a budget cube, then go with something like the Thunderclap V3 or the new QiYi Magnetic Speedcube 3x3.  The MGC Elite is a good option if you want something that has customization and would last you until at least sub-10 seconds. Thunderclap V3 is only $9.95, the QiYi MS is $7.95 and the MGC Elite is $22.95. Here are the links if you're interested in purchasing any:

Thunderclap V3: https://speedcubeshop.com/products/qiyi-thunderclap-v3-m-3x3?_pos=1&_sid=1798af110&_ss=r

QiYi MS: https://speedcubeshop.com/collections/3x3-speed-cubes/products/qiyi-ms-magnetic-3x3-speedcube

MGC Elite: https://speedcubeshop.com/products/yj-mgc-elite-magnetic-3x3?_pos=1&_sid=9f1437d31&_ss=r


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

thank you, would you suggest stickerless or no?

If it makes any difference :D


Alex Rawlings

Alex Rawlings Posted 3 years ago

not that much of a difference depending on if you like the color scheme or not


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

ok, that's what I thought


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Gan came out with a budget cube, the 356 RS at 17 dollars 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

ooh that looks good, thanks


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

and I know your probably sick of hearing this, but slow down and look ahead. checkout lookahead progression framework on this very site, it is helpful


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

and try to get cross down to 2-5 secs


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

is it a bad thing that I don't know the names of most of the PLLs but I just know what alg to do when I see the case?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

yes I do the same

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Wait no it is fine to not know the names sorry


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Just a random thing I thought of : What if you see a solved F2L pair during inspection, then solve 2 cross edges and insert the pair, solve the rest of the cross and insert the other three? 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

should you be disappointed if you go to a competition and get worse times at all your events?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

no, that's just nerves, Jamie. perfectly normal


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Thanks Matthew


Collin  Sprouse

Collin Sprouse Posted 3 years ago

I just can't get f2l down. I average around 25.2, am currently in the process of learning full OLL, but I can't grasp the concept of f2l. Can anyone help?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Jperm.net


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

My cross is average 4-7 secs and I cannot improve even with color neutral. I have tried to plan out the whole cross but that is still slow. 

Help me


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Maybe just practice cross slowly to improve lookahead?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

ok thanks

 


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Hey guys, can you tell me your average and when you started cubing. I want to see if I'm improving slow or fast. Thanks.


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

P.S I'm having trouble with the PLL algorithms(not the only edges or only corners)


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Any tips?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

I started in January and average 24 on 3x3. For the pll's, are you having trouble learning them, recognising them, or executing them? For learning, just drill them with the algs in front of you and eventually (like 5 mins) you'll learn one. For recognition, jperm.net pll trainer or the cubeskills one and for execution just start off doing them slowly and then you will build up confidence.

Jamie


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

also does anyone know of a fast e perm (not the RUR'D one) currently i use U' R U R' U R' U' R F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R2 U R


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I started 3 years ago. 

BUT.

I never really started 'speedcubing' until maybe February. At the time I averaged 40-50 secs. Now, 4 months later, I average about 23-25 secs.

PB is 18 secs


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

i am nearly exact same as Matthew, i learned to solve a little over a year ago now but started speedcubing about 6 months ago and average 23-25 seconds with a pb of 18


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

wow


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

that is a weird coincidence- I avg the same but my pb is 11

also for 4x4 I'm trying to avg sub-2. currently, I avg 2. I use the redux method which feliks explains in his beginner tutorial. Should I learn yau or just practice


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I suggest learning yau its not that hard to learn and a lot faster


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

thanks. I personally average 24-29. I started 3 years ago but I only did started learning things 8 months ago. However, I haven't been learning a lot. I don't do a lot. But now I'm doing a lot more. PB is 14. Thanks again.


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I don't know any E perms. I suggest searching up them


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I use x' (R U' R' D) (R U R' D') (R U R' D) (R U' R' D') x. It's not bad if you're used to it. I forgot what E perm was


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

What brand do you guys like anyways? I like GAN like Felix.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

i like gan and use the 356 Air SM on green springs

thanks bob


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

What's the best in here, 354m, 356m, 356 air sm?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

356 air sm is the most popular but stickered

356m is cheaper, but no interchangeable magnets, only GES- stickerless

354m is the same just 2 mm smaller

 

So, if you have small hands, I would go for the 354m, if you want cheap i would go for the 356m. The 356 air sm is still stickered and more expensive, and my stickers are peeling. My favourite out of all of them is the 356m.

Hope this helps,

Jamie


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

It depends on my mood. Most often I like the fast cubes.

I am maining the dayan tengyun right now, I also like my gts3m. But sometimes I like to use my gan(not Valk :p)


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

I was just wondering how far you can take the beginner method? I use CFOP but i got a PB with beginner's method(colour neutral) of 20 seconds. I average 30 seconds with beginner's method.

Thanks,

Jamie


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

if you use the beginner's method it really can't take you much farther than the 20 seconds you got. even if you do solve faster than you do with CFOP I still suggest using CFOP because with practice it will take you much farther then beginners method. 

you just need more practice and start taking steps to improve f2l and your OLL and PLL algs


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

CFOP will slow for a WHILE after the transition. but then you start speeding up after a moth or so.

Its totally worth it


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

yes, I use 4lll but I'm learning 2lll. I'm gonna learn f2l after too. Thanks Jamie btw.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Thanks Bob and Matthew!


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

and BTW Jamie that is impressive about getting 20 secs with beginners method 

I was only able to get a 32 and couldn't get past there until I learned CFOP :P


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

PB is 16, cubing for 1.5 months

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

PB Ao5 is 20sec


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

I managed to get a sub-20 with beginner method

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

356 XS!!

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

That sounds a bit exaggerated, no offense


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Well, my 20 second was VERY lucky, I got an x-cross and pll skip so...


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I don't think that it's possible to get sub 20 with beginners method, even with the best cube. Unless, you get a skip with Jamie got. I think that Matthew's right though. It does sound quite exaggerated. BUT... I would like to know what you guys want to progress to. I mean, what would you want to be able to do in a few years? Get sub __ or what? Also, I'm interested in what's your main cube (or cubes if you switch every now and then).


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I meant which not with in the second sentence btw


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

My main 3x3 is 356 air sm and goal is sub 10 avg and top 100 single in 4/5 years

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

High hopes...


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

What is an x-cross


Ashrith Yeddula

Ashrith Yeddula Posted 3 years ago

an xcross is when you do the cross and the first f2l pair at the same time

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

ok thank you


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I want 7 sec a05 (:


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

And eventually a sub-5 single XD


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

what do you suggest doing first of the more advanced methods? Beyond standard CFOF. What should I learn first after finishing learning OLL and PLL, should I do COLL, WV, BLE? Or something else? What advanced method should I start with


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

CFOP sorry


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

What does a05 mean?

Jamie, I was wondering if I could help predict if you will achieve your goal. If you tell me what your average and what you use (e.g Full OLL), I might be able to help. Also telling me your practice times per day would be useful too.


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

AO5 = average of five


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Zihan- 24 second avg, F2L, Full PLL, nearly Full OLL. I usually practise 1/2 an hour a day on weekdays, and anything from 1 hour -2 hours on the weekend. 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I do 100 solves a day, no matter what


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

wow

Thats a lot of solves!


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I know :P


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

for me its kinda the 100 pushups a day challenge, b


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Jamie, I think that you would be able to get at least sub 20, in a few months. You might be able to get sub 15 in a few months but that depends of if you keep practicing and if you learn some new finger tricks or COLL. I suggest you to learn some more advanced stuff after you finish learning OLL.

Hope this helps,


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Sub 10 is unlikely but if you practice more and learn more things, you might have a higher chance of succeeding.


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

What are all the things you can get a +2 penalty for?

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Thanks Zihan

Shuichi- going under 2 seconds over inspection, one move away from solved when you stop the timer. That's all I know


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

You are right Jamie, what you know about +2 penalty is exactly what I know.

DNF can happen if you take over 17 seconds of inspection, two or more moves away from solved when you stop the timer.


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I got a +2 yesterday.


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Yay my new PB is 17.57


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

nice


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Cool! What are ur PB's without skips? I got a PB of 12 with yellow cross skip and headlights straight after. I also got easy F2L cases so yeah. I got a PB of 18 when I did the cross quickly and then happened to know the exactly OLL case algorithm and I got a T perm which I knew how to do.


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Omg I  literally just got 16 secs no skips XD


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Yesterday I decided to slow down and look ahead and its working (:


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Got 14 this morning

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Thanks Jamie

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

No problem


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

How fast should I be able to do F2L on an average solve if I want to be sub 20


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

about 10 secs


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I say 8-10 secs. The cross would take like 2 secs if you're good at it. Then you have 8-10 secs left for oll and pll. Who's sub 20 here?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

me I a m sub 20


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Ok thank you, my OLL and PLL are about 2-4 seconds each so it really is only F2L that I need to work on to get sub 20. My cross is usually about 2-5 seconds so I  do need to improve that as well but F2L is definitely the most important part right now. Do you have any suggestions for what to do to improve F2L? I know I need to practice lookahead but how exactly do I improve my lookahead? 


Tanner Davey

Tanner Davey Posted 3 years ago

According to what it said up there I think I am intermediate :) I think I usually average from 25-30 seconds but my single is like 13 seconds


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

try watching example solves and just practice practice practice. And definitely slow down for f2l. you'd be surprised


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

and lube your cube


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

how do you change your name


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

click bob on the top right of the blue bar


Shrihari K R

Shrihari K R Posted 3 years ago

I am a beginner averaging 1:30.  Please tell me how to drop my time to sub 1

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

just practice more learn some finger tricks and practice your algorithms so you can execute them more efficiently.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Also maybe learn two look oll/pll


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

finally, only 3 more plls to go


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

I am halfway through learning full OLL and I'm finding it really hard. Does anyone have any tips?

Thanks, Jamie


Tanner Davey

Tanner Davey Posted 3 years ago

Just learn one and practice it for like 15 minutes until you have it down, then another ect...


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

OK thanks


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

A speedcuber, I'm feeling exactly the same


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Bob Bill, if you can do oll and pll that fast, f2l shouldn't be a problem. I suggest learning intuitive f2l and learning all the algorithms after. If you already know intuitive but you're slow at it, just learn the algorithms. It can't be too hard since you already know the oll and pll algorithms.

Hope this helps,

 

P.s What is your main?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I don't even know my main because it was a gift and the person that gave it to me does not know what it was and it has no logo. It is a really good cube though lol


Ashrith Yeddula

Ashrith Yeddula Posted 3 years ago

I wonder what times you have to be to watch each video ( not for 3x3 or 5x5) for all of the puzzles in cube skills


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

you should only have to watch each video once or twice depending on the video and how fast you learn. But you will probably go back and watch the same part of one video multiple times while watching it.


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Bob bill, do you know how much it costed? Was it a budget cube? Can it cornercut well? HAs magnets?


SpeedCUBER .

SpeedCUBER . Posted 3 years ago

Hi What would Be better OLL or COLL?????

Thanks!


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

OLL


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Zihan, I know it was at least under $20. I think about 17. It does have pretty good corner cutting but does not have magnets. I did loosen it because it was a little tight.


SpeedCUBER .

SpeedCUBER . Posted 3 years ago

Thanks Jamie A! I just thought that 57 was far too much and COLL is only 43 so I thought that would be better.


Tanner Davey

Tanner Davey Posted 3 years ago

My main is the GAN 354 M

 


Tanner Davey

Tanner Davey Posted 3 years ago

How many Competitions have you all been to?


Tanner Davey

Tanner Davey Posted 3 years ago

I have only been to one. It was in August. :(


Tanner Davey

Tanner Davey Posted 3 years ago

Also, what do you guys use for timing yourself. I use cstimer.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I have never been to a competition. For timing, I have a smart cube so it will tell me my tps, how long it takes for each step, will start when I start and stop when I stop, and it will take an average of all my solves give ao5a in ao12. I also like to use ruwix.com because they have a good timer and it works well on my phone.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

SpeedCUBER, COLL is only for when you have already done the last layer cross, so OLL is better I think.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

I use CSTimer and I have not been to any comps


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I use QQTimer and I have not been to any comps (:


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

And SC learn OLL first


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I use cs timer on computer and CHAOtimer on ipad


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

What should you learn after full CFOP? I was thinking ZBLL, but should I learn WV first or something else?


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Finally! Now I know Full PLL!!

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

2 algs away ._.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Well done!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I just finished learning PLL a few days ago. I still need to practice some of the algs though. I mess them up sometimes. xd


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Thanks guys!!

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Yeah, maybe try a few OLS sets before ZBLL or COLL, Jamie


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Thanks Shuichi :)


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I'n learning PLL rn. I still have 6 algorithms- G perms and R perms. Who knows full pll and oll?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

me


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I know full pll but still, need to learn about half of the olls


SpeedCUBER .

SpeedCUBER . Posted 3 years ago

Jamie How long did it take for you to learn all the OLL's?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Like 2 months on and off- but for some of them I was just playing around and found them and for others I use left hand mirrors


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Where can I find the 3x3 subsets in qqtimer like Feliks mentions in the video, [Practice Drill] Last Slot + Last Layer


GJ N

GJ N Posted 3 years ago

Hello Folks, as a very new 42 year old to this, prior to "lockdown" I had never before even picked up a cube and can now solve it in a very novice beginners way of 2-3 minutes.  I'm trying to do the F2L and can do but get stuck when separating two pieces on the top layer when I have to upset an already solved F2L with no where to move to, hope I make sense.  Any advice would be great.  Thanks.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

GJ N, there will always be somewhere to move it to, because there is the slot where it has to go, so a U/U' move will make it so you can separate them


Joseph Louis

Joseph Louis Posted 3 years ago

Hi I just joined recently and am using the C+ is there any other way to get faster 


GJ N

GJ N Posted 3 years ago

Thank you Jamie A, much appreciated.  I think a lot more practice required!!  Take care.  G


Gabriel Raftopoulos

Gabriel Raftopoulos Posted 3 years ago

I know full PLL and full OLL


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Gabriel, start to learn WV or VLS or some other OLS set

 


Anh Tunh

Anh Tunh Posted 3 years ago

nice

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

15 secs


Julian Mirenda

Julian Mirenda Posted 3 years ago

This is awesome thanks!


jony derover

jony derover Posted 3 years ago

cool

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

YAY!! I just got my first sub-20 Ao5 (18.2) along with a new PB of 15.6! 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

I got 17 Ao5! And 11 sec PB!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Nice


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

nice guys


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Played with a stackmat for the first time in my life, a lot of fun but my stickerless GAN 356 XS got a lot of scratches :)


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

You could use a mat to stop scratches


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I have been having the same kind of problem, my stickers are peeling at the edges and I just got the cube very recently but it doesn't really bother me much. I will just get some new stickers when it gets really bad.


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Yeah.


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Just a heads-up - There's a new GANCUBE, its a transparent green, and comes with stickers. A so called "vita cube", based on the 356 XS. Hurry, only 32 left in stock as of 4/6 6pm Sydney time.


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Sorry for sounding like a GAN advertisement

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

LOL


Sarah  Hannah

Sarah Hannah Posted 3 years ago

What level is everyone at? I am at 35 sec average after one month, so i am in intermediate.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I am at 22 seconds in just short of 1 year so I am also intermediate. The average cuber is at the intermediate level like Feliks said.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

im at 20 seconds at 6 months so intermediate


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

I'm 20 sec at 2.5 months


hayden evans

hayden evans Posted 3 years ago

I am at 36 seconds at 2.5 months, sadly


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Am I improving too slow if I am slower than you guys in a longer time?


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

The GAN 460M is great

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

You might be, but we might have more time to practise


Ayush Sahoo

Ayush Sahoo Posted 3 years ago

That helped a lot.

 


Atharva  Bhat

Atharva Bhat Posted 3 years ago

This is helping me a lot


max aranibar

max aranibar Posted 3 years ago

promedio12 como le ago para el sub 10?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

promedio de 18 segundos, pero escucho esa anticipación es muy importants


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

importantes


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

LOL


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

I'm not that great at spanish...


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

GANINFINITY


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Why is Feliks never on here these days?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

He's on the video lesson posts

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

He only responds to his premium members.


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I'm intermediate. I started cubing like 3 years ago but didn't really try to improve my speed, just tried learning it but I started trying to improve my speed 6 months ago. I wasn't trying very hard though


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

What is your average time now?


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I say 30 but my cube is quite bad. I expect to have around 25 when my GAN 356M arrives.


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Its tge cuber, not the cube 

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

if you have a really bad cube now the new one will help. I would not say you will get 5 seconds faster from a new cube though.


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

true, i got it last week and it helped a lot, my average decreased by 3 seconds, from 28 to 25 seconds


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

P.s It's partly the cube too (mostly the cuber) e.g i doubt that felik's zemdegs would be able to get a sub 10 using a trash cube


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

it is like 85% the cuber. you would be suprised how fast feliks could go with a trash cube though i bet he could do sub 10 with alsmost any cube. he is REALLY good


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Felik's zemdegs is really good, like soooooooo good, but what trash cube i mean is a realllllllllllllllllllllllly trash cube.


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

E.g A rubik's brand cube 


Efan Dang

Efan Dang Posted 3 years ago

BrodytheCuber solved a rubik's brand under 8 seconds and Cubing Encoded can get a sub 10 too. I am sure that Feliks could do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP3nzseKim4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOls2BtXs-c


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

What happened to the "I'll be putting up a new blog every 2 weeks or so" thing!?!?


Tanishq SHARMA

Tanishq SHARMA Posted 3 years ago

What cube do I use right now I am using a GAN 356 X 

What cube do you prefer ?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Shuichi- I don't think he has anything to blog cos no comps

Tanishq- I use the 356 Air SM


Shrihari K R

Shrihari K R Posted 3 years ago

I am learning Full PLL. I learnt every other PLL but I am stuck with R and G perms. Pls help.

I average around 38 seconds

 


Shrihari K R

Shrihari K R Posted 3 years ago

I am struggling to learn them

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

For Ra I use (R U R' F') (R U2' R' U2') (R' F R U) (R U2' R') [U'], and for Rb I use (R' U2 R U2') R' F (R U R' U') R' F' R2 [U']. They are quite similar. Ra is basically the start of J then the start of Rb.

 

My Ga is R2 u (R' U R' U') R u' R2 y' (R' U R), my Gc is the Ga mirror on the left side, my Gd is (R U R') y' (R2 u' R U') (R' U R' u) R2, my Gb is left mirror.


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

How should i be sub 1 min with 4x4?


Aiyana Dinolang

Aiyana Dinolang Posted 3 years ago

im stuck in sub 13, any tips to be sub 10? i know full pll and oll

 


Tanush  K P

Tanush K P Posted 3 years ago

LOL

 


Tanush  K P

Tanush K P Posted 3 years ago

The Best Answer To A Hard Question


fedaa555 omar

fedaa555 omar Posted 3 years ago

go on


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

IF you really need tips, you shouldn't be using this blog because ppl here aren't that good. IF you need tips then just watch some youtube tips.

Tanishq- I use the 356 M


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

I use a GAN XS


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, Angstrom, or Celeritas, that is the question.


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Any tips on learning full OLL?


Nico Reunion

Nico Reunion Posted 3 years ago

Hello Zihan Jin,

I am in the process of learning full OLL with CubeHead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysy1S8ADzqw.

I like the pdf and the schedule however I come on here for different algs (too many "r"s) and fingertricks.

Good luck with the learning


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

I chose Angstrom


Unknown User

Unknown User Posted 3 years ago

Any sub 25 tips? I am sub 30 and learning full pll


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

I average 23 but I’m not very stable. In ten solves, I usually get 3 Sub 20s, 6 sub 25s and one sub 30.

 

i suggest learning intuitive f2l if u haven’t and/or easy OLLs


Surya Narayanan

Surya Narayanan Posted 3 years ago

Learn plls 2 per day

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

I'm not falling for that one- I recognise the Never gonna give you up url


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

also im subbed to feliks


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

wow you recognized the link?? i could never tell any apart lol


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

my friend rickrolled me so many times on discord that I have a phobia of it now :)


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

lol


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

yh lol :)


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Can ppl not do randumb stuff that r fake? It's annoying!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

lol did you fall for it 


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

nup, I'm didn't recognise the url but I could tell that it was fake.


Patrick Q

Patrick Q Posted 3 years ago

Lol imagine competing. In Melbourne (where Feliks lives) everyone is in lock down cause of the virus. No one can compete. How can we fall for that? 


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

yea true.


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Indeed!


Aiden L.

Aiden L. Posted 3 years ago

@Patrick precisely


Aiden L.

Aiden L. Posted 3 years ago

Hi Feliks,

I just watched your speedcubing documentary on Netflix. Loved it!

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

Yes, it's good, isn't it.


Jeongwon Park

Jeongwon Park Posted 3 years ago

Oooh! That tip is so good! Thanks Feliks!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

have you guys seen feliks's new 3x3 world record? 3.33 seconds. idk if it counts though


Aiden L.

Aiden L. Posted 3 years ago

MELBOURNE IS ON LOCKDOWN


Anvay Vaidya

Anvay Vaidya Posted 3 years ago

India is on lockdown


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

nah its not at comp but he got a 3.33 at home its on his YT channel


Dhruv Gupta

Dhruv Gupta Posted 3 years ago

r u going to the world championship in 2021 felix ?

 


Aiden L.

Aiden L. Posted 3 years ago

Bob - If it is on his youtube channel obviously it is unofficial

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

yeash but its still pretty cool and he did get it in 3.33 im not lying about that


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 3 years ago

What events do people practice here?

 

I do 3x3, OH, 2x2, 4x4,5x5,7x7, skewb, mega.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

3x3,2x2,4x4,OH,FMC,squan,pyra and occasional mega


Aiden L.

Aiden L. Posted 3 years ago

Everything except clock, sq1 and feet


Arbish Ali Shah

Arbish Ali Shah Posted 3 years ago

I practice 3x3x3.


Aiden L.

Aiden L. Posted 3 years ago

Only?


Aiden L.

Aiden L. Posted 3 years ago

Hi Feliks,

Are you going to do a breakdown of your 4.16 solve? I know it has been half a year but just patiently waiting

Thanks


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

4.16 when was this??


Jonathan Michadick

Jonathan Michadick Posted 3 years ago

Feliks got the 4.16 earlier this year somewhere between January and March. I don't remember the exact date.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

noice


Aiden L.

Aiden L. Posted 3 years ago

it was official

in comp

march i think 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb4H5jCocW0


MAD  VLOGZZZ

MAD VLOGZZZ Posted 3 years ago

hi. thx soo much Felix. This website especially this post is really gonna help me achieve my dreams:). Also.....plz subscribe to my channel..
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Qynn2TNPQ1lhjxpBePU4Q     thx:)

happy cubing:)


MAD  VLOGZZZ

MAD VLOGZZZ Posted 3 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Qynn2TNPQ1lhjxpBePU4Q 

 

 


MAD  VLOGZZZ

MAD VLOGZZZ Posted 3 years ago

hi. thx soo much Felix. This website and post is really gonna help me achieve my dreams:)....Also...plz subscribe to my chennel and promote it..   it would mean the world to me:)  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Qynn2TNPQ1lhjxpBePU4Q?sub_confirmation=1


Aiden L.

Aiden L. Posted 3 years ago

Rolls eye

He never replies


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

he only replies to the people that have the premium 

we are below him


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

even if he did he aint gonna promote your channel


Atharva  Bhat

Atharva Bhat Posted 3 years ago

@mad Vlogzzz help me get 125 subs I subscribed you subscribe me here https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCdKPMtuNZlx5aUzugTbhNwQ


Atharva  Bhat

Atharva Bhat Posted 3 years ago


Atharva  Bhat

Atharva Bhat Posted 3 years ago

Sub please


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

what do you post on your channel


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

can we keep the conversation related to the post pls?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

feliks' post that is :)

 


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

Yes. Who's been 2 comps????


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

was going to go but cancelled :(


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

oof


Austin Xiao

Austin Xiao Posted 3 years ago

my ao5 is like 1:20 but my pb single happens to be 1:13 and i dont know how to get faster. Maybe f2l works but its kinda diffiult


Austin Xiao

Austin Xiao Posted 3 years ago

plz help


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

4lll and practise


Lewis potts

Lewis potts Posted 3 years ago

why do i have to read


tperm

tperm Posted 3 years ago

2look oll and 2look pll I average 20.Oh yeah 2look oll and p


tperm

tperm Posted 3 years ago

ll are only 16 algorithms long added together.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

hey guys my speed cube just broke today and I've got a bit of a larger budget this time around and I'm wondering what cubes you would say is the best? I've been looking into a few and I was considering getting YongJun (YJ) YuLong V2 M because it's cheap and also I've heard good things but I want a really good cube as well that I am willing to spend quite a bit more on


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

I think that the Gan Air M is very good, but the RS3M 2020 is almost as good and for much cheaper.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

what do you think of the YJ MGC Elite


jp w

jp w Posted 3 years ago

I think you should either get the supernova  QiYi ms from speedcubeshop or the Angstrom RS3M 2020 from thecubicle.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

which one would you say is best out of those the YJ mgc elite and the 2 Jamie suggested. Although I'm not sure I'm up for buying a $50 cube but the rest price doesn't really matter since they are pretty cheap


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

And does the RS3M 2020 have customizable magnet strength?


Ben Lim

Ben Lim Posted 3 years ago

i am new i hope you could teach me how to play and thanks a lot after i watch your video i learn some thing new


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

My friend has the mgc and its crap- locky and trash cornercutting. I would say that if you don't want to pay for the gan, that the RS3M is your best option. On adjustable magnets:I think that you can get an upgrade kit from the Cubicle/SCS


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

ok, I really only was interested in the mgc because of the customizability but if everything else is trash then yeah I think ill go with the RS3M. jperm likes it so that's good and imma look into the magnet upgrade kit as well thank you


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

oh boy that's a bargain if i get the cube ill be sure to add it on thank you for letting me know


yashwanth balasundaram

yashwanth balasundaram Posted 3 years ago

hey Bob,

i would recommend the gan 356 R or RS

cause it has very good corner cutting as the corner of the center piece has a circular bending


Piyush Jayswal

Piyush Jayswal Posted 3 years ago

Thanks for guide

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

ooh that one also looks good I've got many options now imma be looking into a few


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

I need a new min any suggestions 


yashwanth balasundaram

yashwanth balasundaram Posted 3 years ago

My suggestion is try to learn CFOP

as it would help complete first 2 layers faster

And if you want go get very fast hoj have to learn oll,pll

And if you want to get to sub 5 you need to learn oll,pll,coll,cls and other things on cubeskills


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I think he meant a new main cube yashwanth


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

and I'm also looking for a new main and I think I'm going with R3RM 2020 or the GAN 356 R


yashwanth balasundaram

yashwanth balasundaram Posted 3 years ago

that is great!

buying any of these cubes is a good decision!


yashwanth balasundaram

yashwanth balasundaram Posted 3 years ago

hi cassidi,

just in case you need a "new main cube" you can either buy the RS3M (or) the gans 356 air


yashwanth balasundaram

yashwanth balasundaram Posted 3 years ago

and bob 

if you see the name"cassidi"

it is mostly not a "he"

but then it is"she"


CHIADIKA ONONYE

CHIADIKA ONONYE Posted 3 years ago

how?

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Oops lol sorry cassidi


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

You know actually I realize Christmas is coming up so maybe I’ll be able to get the Han 356 ax and until then I’ve got plenty of time to learn bld on my rubies brand lol


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Gan 356 xs*


yashwanth balasundaram

yashwanth balasundaram Posted 3 years ago

Great Bob!


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

cool


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

ugh, the gan 11 pro is out now and sixty dollars was already pushing it but i wouldn't want the xs if i could have the 11 pro so i think ill get the other one


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

so, would you say its better to get a magnetized gan 356 R or a R3RM 2020

 


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

BTW thanks for the suggestions and yes I am a she, and two I got my my little brother a gan 356 r s as a Christmas present but the non-magnetic version bc I was I was on a budget i forgot I have spare magnets so should I magnetize it for him?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

I'd say its better to get the rs3m 2020 (I'm a gan fanboy btw)

Cassidi, I think that it gets much better with magnets, but it is still ok without them.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Ok thank you Jamie I think I will look into it a bit more and most likely buy the rs3m people seem to think highly of it thanks a lot


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

There we go Now I got to wait a few days and I’ll have it


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

Thanks Jamie I'm also a gan fan myself all tho sometimes I don't have the money for them


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

No problem!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

oooh shoot, I forgot about the extra magnets.

I almost don't even want them now the cubicle is a real hassle to order from


yashwanth balasundaram

yashwanth balasundaram Posted 3 years ago

hey cassidi,

to magnetise a gan cube you can check out the dailypuzzles magnetizing a gan cube cube video in youtube

 


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

will do


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

wow, i got my rs3m 2020 in the mail today and it is a HUGE upgrade from my old one thanks guys for all the suggestions I've been soling all day its sooo good


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Np, glad you like it!


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Hi, I now average 22 secs with a pb of 14 secs. I know, not much improvement, but I lost interest for a few months ): and yeah, the. rs3m is gr8 (:


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

hey, a speedcuber! haven't seen you in a while. i literally have the exact same stuff tho, avg 22 PB 14


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

omg lol


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

BTW my PB average of 5 is 18 secs


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

LETS GOOOO!!!!! New pb!! 13.9


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Nice!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! new pb!! 11.8


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

this cube is amazing thanks jamie


Cold AsIce

Cold AsIce Posted 3 years ago

Leta's GOOOO! New PB guys!!! 18.96s!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Nice!


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

No problem Bob, good I could help!


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

noice


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

How did you get that fast?


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

i got faster by taking a year break

 


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

any tips on how to got faster on f2l


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

learn algs for the tricky ones and then just practice


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

ok thx


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

thx i really need to learn multislottingit takes me like 20 to 25 secs to finish f2l if i can reduce that time i would be sub 20


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Nah you just need to slow down and look ahead

And I mean really look ahead


Zihan Jin

Zihan Jin Posted 3 years ago

what lube do you ppl suggest? like if u only had one choice or a few choices. bc i don't want to buy a lube and find out that it doesn't suit me. (i like fast cubes btw and too fast isn't a problem as i have magnets)


yashwanth balasundaram

yashwanth balasundaram Posted 3 years ago

Hi again cassidi,

if you can solve F2L in around 12 to 15 secs you can reach 20 seconds 

but that does not mean you should learn multislotting right away you can start doing "triggers" to help you turn faster and achieve solving f2l faster and eventually make be able to solve the rubiks cube faster 

 

yashwanth

 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

i like weight 3 Zihan


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

!new pb! 36.95!!!!!


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

well now its 33.47


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

lube? 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

whats that


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

https://www.kewbz.co.uk/collections/speed-cube-lube-rubiks

its what you put in your cubes to make them smoother, faster, slower


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Ohhhh, is it that gooey stuff?

I think my rs3m had some on it when I got it although I took apart the cube and it all stemmed to go away


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Yeah, the gooey stuff :)


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I recommend Lubicle speedy and some dnm-37

 

Gan lube is also good


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Does it make that big of a difference?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Yes


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

has anyone tried lunar from the speedcubeshop or any of the speed lube bc I just order too many like 7 packs


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I have not tried it but if I were you I'd cancel the order and order more lube varieties instead so you can experiment with them and see which ones you like


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

ok i know my friend let me try out some of the dnm-37 from the cubical and i know ive wanted to try the max lubes or the lubical black


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG

 

i hurt my finger and now it hurts to turn my cubes :(


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I got an RSI from cubing too much and had to take a few weeks off around may


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Which annoys you more:

 

When people spell "rubix" cube

Or when people say that they can only solve one side


Al S

Al S Posted 3 years ago

When they spell 'rubix' cube.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

When people spell "rubix" cube


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

it is most annoying tho when they say they got every side but one on the rubix cube


Chino Gumabon

Chino Gumabon Posted 3 years ago

Hi Felik's I'm 8 Years Old I'm your fan I'm from the Phillipines I have average of 16:00 In 3x3 average and 2:59:528 In 4x4 Rubik's Cube please teach me to get faster.


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

tell me some of your most embarrassing moments in comp


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

never been to one ):


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Bob I agree that is very annoying. Similarly, it annoys me when like, I tell someone I can solve the Rubik’s cube, then they ask for proof, then once I complete OLL then they’re like “almost there”


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

Me too Jamie ):


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

And chino, if you really are that fast, then you will have to submit a video of you solving maybe an average of 5, to someone at least sub 10 to critique your solves. Feliks doesn’t do that anymore. 

and anyway, this website is his way of teaching you to get faster! you can check out his blog post here, CFOP splits tool. with that, you can find which areas of your solving needs improvement, and focus on watching vids for those.

i would also go to JPerm.net, which has some very helpful videos, after you do some CFOP splits. I actually learned f2l on jperm.net.

hope this helps!


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Oooo wait do you mean average of 16 mins? If so, then pretty much just practice cubing whenever you can. You can also find some helpful videos here.

same with 4x4, but I’d focus on 3x3 until you’re at least sub 1 minute on it, then start solving bigger cubes


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Don’t forget finger tricks! And buy at least a $10 speed cube. May I reccommend the Moyu rsm 3?


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

yea if you are still using the beginner method I recommend learning cfop it put my times from 1 min to like 40-35 secs and def a good speedcube 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

don't learn cfop until at least sub 1 min


דור  ביט

דור ביט Posted 3 years ago

Do you have methods on how to remember and practice algorithms?


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

i make a schedule like ill get up eat watch vids then go to jperm.net


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/how-to-practise-and-learn-ll-algs.78892/

Might help


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

yep


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

try these websites and i wanna know how u are improving 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

What cubes are you guys gonna get for Christmas?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

probably a new 4x4 and 5x5 but I've got to find out which ones to get


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

I recommend the MGC 4 and 5


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

thanks

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I want to try my hand at 6x6 and 7x7.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I’ve never even tried those


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Jamie the yj right?


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Yeah


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Quick think of another useful cube to get for like 15 dollars so it will be over 60 and I can get the lego cube


Mulky Cubing

Mulky Cubing Posted 3 years ago

Do you guys want the pyraminx tutorials from Feliks Zemdegs?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I hate pyraminx, but skews even worse


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I would like some more tutorials 

pyramid would be nice but 2x2 and blindfolded tutorials would be too on my list 


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

valk mini 3x3


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

actually the lego cubes sold out :(


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

):


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

:(

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Any good 2x2s?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

no


Caleb Hickox

Caleb Hickox Posted 3 years ago

Hey guys, what timer would you recommend for solves. 


ryan to

ryan to Posted 3 years ago

Yes there's the DaYan Tengyun 2x2 m. It's really quiet, cheap and good. The cornercutting's good, it's so quiet and its just really epic. Read some of the reviews. I got mine from AliExpress since it's way cheaper (like by 50%) and I found a coupon for £3 off lol. Plus there's another really good but not as good as the DaYan cube. It's a Yuxin Little Magic 2x2 M. Its really good but £4 cheaper. However, the DaYan is like way better and you can customise stuff way more easily. I got mine on eBay by searching yuxin little magic 2x2 m and found the cheapest one. Hope that helped! By the way, can someone recommend a fast, magnetic and controllable 3x3 like the QiYi MS. Please tell me your thoughts on all of the cubes you think are good. I only have a non-magnetic YuXin Little Magic 3x3.


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

um...

RS3M 2020, Qiyi MS, Air SM 2019...


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

I would recommend the stackmat timer G4 or CStimer if you have a computer or laptop


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

My G4 works great and CStimer is a good timer if you want to have a long session of solving.


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Also ryan to i would recommend the Dayan Tengyun M because it is very quiet but the magnets aren't the strongest, it is fast and it only costs about $26 on SpeedCubeShop.com


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Im new to cubeskills so tell me anything i need to know

 


Caleb Hickox

Caleb Hickox Posted 3 years ago

Thank you guys.

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

SupperSS here is what you need to know, cubeskills is awesome, if you get premium you can talk to Feliks and do comments on the videos too + more, and if you need to know stuff get advice are looking for a cube or any other cubing question this is where you go


Nihir Mandalika

Nihir Mandalika Posted 3 years ago

Hey guys I'm excited to be part of cubeskills. I recently joined this site. I'm a 9 year old. I average about 40 secs. My best timing so far is 20 secs. I want to get to the 20 secs range. I'd love to get some tips about it.

-ForniteWarrior


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

What method are you using to solve the rubiks cube?


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Thanks Bob


Nihir Mandalika

Nihir Mandalika Posted 3 years ago

CFOP

 


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Ok, so I would recommend anything in the intermiedieate section (i know i spelled that wrong) and jut find your level and start learning from there that is what i did and i never moved on from intermiediate and i am sub 24


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Also for cubes i would recommend the dayan tengyun m 3x3 it is $26 on speedcubeshop.com and dont forget to use code JPERM when you buy your cubes :)


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Look at my comment to ryan to about the dayan tengyun m 3x3


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I wonder if feliks reads these conversations 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I’m sure he scams through em every now and then but he’s not very active 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

If you look at the video comments he only says anything every few weeks granite people don’t ask many questions there either


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Ya i think that finding someone with premium is pretty rare


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

i want to get premium i just don't feel like its worth it


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

What time are you because if you are like sub 25-sub15 premium is good


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

MY PB is 14 secs and average of 23


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

i average 19ish and on is 11


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Pb is 11


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

hello


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

hi


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

i'm in a dilemma i don't know what cube i want to buy bc i really want both DaYan TengYun V2  or the gan 11m pro


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

the DaYan TengYun V2 is cheaper but the gan is probably better, i haven't tried either tho but i have seen reviews on both


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Tengyun v2 is better


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I haven't tried the new gan but I did get the x and it was not for me


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

just opened my 11 m pro

amazing


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

gan ftw


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Nice


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

my parents would never let me spend $70 on a little plastic square 


Ary Leet

Ary Leet Posted 3 years ago

lol


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

lol


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

lol...


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

lol thanks for the suggestions


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

I want the gan 11 m pro for christmas


ryan to

ryan to Posted 3 years ago

lol thanks for the answers I think I'm gonna get the RS3M or QiYi MS. Have you guys felt a Gan 356 XS? My friend has one and the texture is rlly grippy and it feels so good


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

i have the 11 m pro, REALLY INSANE cube


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Really? How does it compare to gan x in terms of feel/turning speed?


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

I am going to buy the gan 356 air m because i turned it before and it is very niccce


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

never tried the xs, but 11 m pro is fast, light, stable, crunchy, primary internals


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

The x is kinda not relevant to the gan 11 m pro bc the gan 11 m pro is more of the xs than the x


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Also i bought the gan 11 m pro bc the gan 356 air m was not in their storage.


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

I think that the gan 11 m pro will be arriving on friday or saturday


Jack Li

Jack Li Posted 3 years ago

Thanks a lot!!!


Almish Almish

Almish Almish Posted 3 years ago

bruh


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Ok thx


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyzTiPvwjA8YsFOZRrwNvLA If i can get to at least one hundred subs on my channel I will give away $10 bc thats all i got thats all i want for christmas (also bc i need a new phone and camera)


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

subbed :)

btw if we're doing this, then my channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk6BuvtKUyHusaSme_VCMzA


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

My little sister just threw my rs3m at me and I hurt my finger so it’s painful to cube :(


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

AND....

MY Cube feels all crunchy now :((((


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

my brother did the same thing to me with gan 356x and it jammed my finger and i had to glue a corner piece back in


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

ouch


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Thank goodness I'm the youngest :P


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

and im the oldest but at least i get to bully him u should be glad your the youngest bc you would get blamed for things u didn't do


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

lol, I'm stuck as the middle child :(


Cassidi Murphy

Cassidi Murphy Posted 3 years ago

lucky


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

no thats not lucky


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Being the youngest sucks too tho. Like my mom believes everything my brother says, but everything I say is suspicious and not believable and were 3 year apart.

Plus as the youngest you are perpetually just the youngest. All they think about is the fact that you are younger than everyone else. No matter how old you are


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

And its funny you say that bc I'm the one who gets blamed for everything:P


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Hey guys i just opened my gan 11 m pro IT IS INSANELY GOOD IMG_20201218_141753

 

SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

It is the best cube ive ever turned


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

oof


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

When your in the middle you get all the bad things from being older but also the bad from being younger. And you only get a few perks cause you always have someone older but also younger


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

I am in middle


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

I am currently sub-20 btw and need help (closer to sub 18)


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

my comment thing says join the discussion


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

i think Feliks changed a little but of the display


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Ya it does that cool


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

bob, he doesnt code it

 


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

K im gunnna work on look ahead


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

Hey, if you like supporting people, and would like to see my face soon, i am doing face reveal at 10 subs. also, check out my friends channel here    this is his first video


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL3HDdZGwwQ&feature=youtu.be


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I got a new 4x4 for Christmas so I’m trying to learn yau but it’s SOOOO FRUSTRATING 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

I got a 6x6 yet but im too scared to scramble it 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Lmao


SupperSS

SupperSS Posted 3 years ago

I also got a 4x4 and i use reduction but i for some reson dont know pll parity


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

it's very very easy to learn pll parity, its like 2 moves repeated


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

yeah the parities seem hard, but it only takes like an hour of repeating them to get it memorized (:


Harsha Kumbharathi

Harsha Kumbharathi Posted 3 years ago

I average 22 seconds, but I know Full PLL, Full OLL, and even advanced F2l. I Think I need to work on F2L because it takes me until about 14 seconds to do it. I'm trying to do Look Ahead, but it is very hard. Do you have any tips or advice?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

to get sub 20 i think you need cross sub 4, F2L sub 12, the OLL and PLL 4 seconds each. whichever takes longer, work on


Speed Cuber

Speed Cuber Posted 3 years ago

Has anyone tried the Layer-by-layer method for a 4x4?

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I used reduction then learned yau now I’m trying to practice yau I’m averaging 2 mins, never tried LBL


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Does anyone have a good time breakup for yau method like what steps should take up what percent of the total time


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Dude you copied my name XD


Speed Cuber

Speed Cuber Posted 3 years ago

I did not copy.

It is surely a coincidence. 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

I mean it seems a pretty generic name for a speedcubing website lol


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 3 years ago

I started cubing about 5 weeks ago, but I average 30 seconds and I know beginner PLL, OLL, and F2L. should I keep practicing beginners method or keep going CFOP.

 


Speed Cuber

Speed Cuber Posted 3 years ago

I would suggest going with the CFOP method, as it is easier to get to sub-x than beginner's method.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

yes definitely go with cfop 30 seconds is probably the best you will get with beginners method. even 30 seconds is impressive without cfop


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 3 years ago

What is your fastest time? mine is 24 seconds.

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 3 years ago

And what cubes do you use?

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 3 years ago

And thanks for the feedback!

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

my fastest time is 14 secs


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

My fastest time is 11 seconds with an RS3M 2020


Speed Cuber

Speed Cuber Posted 3 years ago

My fastest time is 27.64 seconds with Qiyi Warrior W.

Thinking of changing my cube ...


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

the rs3m is pretty cheap and a great cube


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 3 years ago

I have the Moyu Gts3.

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 3 years ago

should i get a new one?

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

you have the magnetic version right?


Speed Cuber

Speed Cuber Posted 3 years ago

the rs3m is pretty cheap and a great cube


Thanks for the suggestion Bob! 


imaperson imapersn2.0

imaperson imapersn2.0 Posted 3 years ago

check out the gan 356 air


Speed Cuber

Speed Cuber Posted 3 years ago

It is not in my budget range.

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

Even if it was cheaper there are better gans for around the same price


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

Nice try. All you have to do is hover over the link, and you see the rickroll address


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

This is not a rickroll I promise guys


Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 3 years ago

im really believing u rn

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

i was about to click it then thought, pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffft i don't need to learn more of f2l transition


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 3 years ago

Hmph.

 


Seth Alexander

Seth Alexander Posted 3 years ago

I hAve a Rubik’s brand Rubik’s cube


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

you should fix that


bob bill

bob bill Posted 3 years ago

is the MGC Elite 2x2 a good 2x2 and are there any better ones i should buy instead?

 

Jamie A

Jamie A Posted 2 years ago

It's ok, maybe take a look at the qiyi ms or the valk 2m.

 


Shuichi Madina

Shuichi Madina Posted 2 years ago

Bob probs a X - man Flare, or Vlak 2m


Amaan Patel

Amaan Patel Posted 2 years ago

Hello feliks I average 30-50sec.I am struggling on edge pairing on 4x4.last time i wrote I did not solve the 3x3 Rubik’s cube in sec but cubeskills made that possible.also I got some advice and got a gan 354 mv2.I also love your deliberate practice video.


OA Cuber

OA Cuber Posted 2 years ago

Can someone tell me a good 2x2 i can get for less than $60?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

^ go like 5 messages up ^


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

I like potatoes


mateo lopez

mateo lopez Posted 2 years ago

wew I like them to, I main the GAN 356 X, and I average around 25 to 26 seconds and can't get bellow that, I'm to lazy to learn new algs (I usually forget them so ya) I use CFOP btw

my average on 4x4 is rlly bad (like 1 to 2 min or something I have a gan one 2 ;-;) 


Adhvik Harikrishnan

Adhvik Harikrishnan Posted 2 years ago

Hello Feliks,

What is your email so I could ask some questions?

Thanks,

Adhvik


vishagan karthik

vishagan karthik Posted 2 years ago

Hi Feliks

I am 9 years old and a fan of you. like you told at the last part if one colour is solved and the rest are not then you should take the opposite side and start solving at the last method... And am I right?

 


vishagan karthik

vishagan karthik Posted 2 years ago

Thank you Feliks now because of you I am a Devotee of cubing

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Have you got any tips on how to memorise all of CFOP? I`ve got about 5-6 algorithms down and its looking a bit steep to learn all the rest.

My current time is 1 minute 19 seconds (not new), any tips on turning the D, L, B, and F faces?


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

I've learned that d moves are tricky. They seem to get to me. so I found a finger that feels nice while I'm cubing. use you left ring finger. it feels nice on my hand and I just thing it feels nice. don't like it? just use whatever you used before.


Albin Binoy

Albin Binoy Posted 2 years ago

Hello Felik's Zemdegs Can you make a giveaway of gan 356xs because i don't have a gan I have a rubik's brand Can you Please make a giveaway

 

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I think you`re right with the ring finger thing, I tried a minute ago and it works a treat

and in response to my comment, i am here


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Also, any tips on what GAN cube to get? I've noticed there a bit expensive and I don`t have a lot of money.

Hope to hear soon :)


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I timed today for a solve and I got 59.74 seconds so I'm getting faster


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

nice!


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

get the GAN 356 air. its 35$ and its the best and smoothest GAN cube I've ever cubed with. My main is the RS3M 2020. Its amazing and one of the best cubes in my perspective. its only 9.89$ at speedcubeshop.com! and only 12$ on amazon! go check it out!

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

I totally recommend the RS3M 2020


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

don't get the gan because there super expensive and "Fancy". if you do want cheap GAN then get the GAN 356 R S 18$

But totally recommend the MOYU RS3M 2020.


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I timed again and my new best is 52.55 seconds, average s 57.76 seconds.

I was thinking of getting a Gan 356 RS, is there really any difference between Gan and MOYU?


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

not really. MOYU is better to me.  I

like that they don't overprice there cubes.

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

Do you know J Perm?

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

His main is the rs3m 2020

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

It really depends in the cube, but moyu generally goes for faster, and gan generally smoother. Don't take my word for it though, get a few cubes and see which feels/speeds you like, then do your research and pick one based on that.


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

Your right. I  like MOYU because some of there cubes are both smooth and fast like the RS3M 2020. whichever one you want.

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I don't watch youtube so I can't watch any videos


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

my best is 15 secs and I avg 25 secs

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

no youtube?

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

get the GAN monster go cube or the rs3m 2020. Both are good starter cubes.

 

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

if you can not look up reviews, ask me for any suggestions!

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

There is not really such thing as a "starter" cube. I would recommend trying a few cheaper ones from different brands though before investing in a more expensive cube. My fav is DaYan Tengyun M. It's very smooth and has an almost paper-y feel and is only $25. And don't forget lubricant!


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

Also, there are lots of customer reviews on speedcubeshop.com or (the one I use) thecubicle.com


nitesh deshmukh

nitesh deshmukh Posted 2 years ago

I guess to get faster in Rubik's cube, it is also important to take care of Rubik's cube, for this, I recommend using lubricants. I found Cubelelo lubricants very effective. You should try it once.


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

hey y'alls. I lost motivation a while ago, but recently started again. My goal is to have a lower pb by the end of the month, and a 17 sec average of 5. RN im averaging abt 21 and my pb is still 14. I started learning OLLS, but do you have any other advice?


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Any tips for memorizing all the OLLs and PLLs?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

dont go to fast, take it a few at a time and practice all the ones you have learned every day to keep sharp in your mind


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

OMG BOB BILL IS BAAACK


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

yah just learn maybe 2 a day and learn them through muscle memory and memorize them in sections not the whole thing


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

Thats how I learned pll. go that way. it always helps to go slow. I learned 2 algs per day. And it is so helpful that I did full pll in 2 months.


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

Welcome @Bob Bill!

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

New PB: 12.61

 

scramble: U2 R D2 B' U R' D2 B L U' R U2 B2 U2 D2 R D2 R' B2 (white top green front)

Make orange front white top

X cross: D2 R2 U L F'. 2nd pair: Y' U L' U L. 3RD:  Y U2' R' U' R. 4TH; L' U' L U2 L' U L. T2 Oll Then Z perm

 

 

 


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

The X cross and already solved first pair was an accident


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

race to a sub-10

my PB is 11.84 but that was over spring break from school and I haven't had much time to cube since then so I've been doing worse. school just got out for me and I will be able to cube all day again and get faster :)

 

A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

That's great, Bob! 

I won't be racing you to sub 10 as I cube only for myself. But if you're more competitive, you should definitely do that!


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

im sub 25. any advice?

 


The  Kuber

The Kuber Posted 2 years ago

I'm not sub-10 bob bill.


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

OMG I JUST GOT MY THIRD SUB 15 SOLVE BUT WITH ZERO SKIPS.

 

I'd try the solve splits tool and Jperm has a lot of good advice. remember to slow down and look ahead! I get fastest solves when going slow


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Just a question Feliks, do you think you could make pdfs for more things? It's just that I've noticed the videos don't work.


Arnav vaidya

Arnav vaidya Posted 2 years ago

i mean 28


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

Let's gooooo: new pbs

Ao5: 17.37

Ao12: 18.52

Ao50: 19.88 (first sub 20!)

 

Still need to crack sub 20 Ao100 XD


Jayce Li

Jayce Li Posted 2 years ago

6.93 single on 3x3! Second best time ever!

Reconstruction:

Scramble: F2 R2 L2 U' L' B R2 F U R' B2 R F2 R2 U2 D2 F2 R D2 L2 F (white top green front)

 

Inspection: y x' (white front orange top)

Cross: R D' L x' F D' L (bad technique, shouldn't have rotations)

1st + 2nd Pair: U' R U2 R2' U' R (Didn't know I solved the second pair with the first)

3rd Pair: L' U' L y' U' L' U L

4th Pair + OLL Skip: y' R' U' R y R U R' (Recognized OLL Skip, so I knew to look for PLL)

PLL: x' R U' R D2 R' U R D2 R2

PB Single: 6.89 | PB average: 9.66 | Normal average: sub-12

5.62 tps

 

 

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

Wow


Jayce Li

Jayce Li Posted 2 years ago

edit: 4th pair: y’ R’ U’ R y U’ R U R’


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

Danggggg


Brody B

Brody B Posted 2 years ago

Sub seven, wow I don't thing i'll ever get that good of a solve


Jayce Li

Jayce Li Posted 2 years ago

That’s probably what Feliks Zemdegs thought. That’s probably what Max Park thought. That’s definetely what I thought. If you believe, you can do it.


Brody B

Brody B Posted 2 years ago

Ive been sub 30 for over 5 months and i cant figure out why im not improving


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

learn new things, don't just do solves over and over again, practice areas where you need to improve to learn new techniques. Do slow solves to practice f2l and improve lookahead


Tevin Ullas

Tevin Ullas Posted 2 years ago

I just got 12 seconds using the advanced method.


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I got a heap of new personal bests! My single is now 34 secs, and my ao5 is now 42 secs. Yay!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

congrats


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

My splits for sub40 are as they should be, although I can't seem to get consistent sub40. My last layer isn't the problem, my cross is perfect, I've tried f2l, we'll have to see how that goes. I'm also getting a new cube the QiYi MS. Maybe that will help. I'll take tips from any one, too.


Aarav Rastogi

Aarav Rastogi Posted 2 years ago

 

How To Go Really Fast


Aarav Rastogi

Aarav Rastogi Posted 2 years ago

I Also Don't Think I Can Get A Sub 7.

 


Aarav Rastogi

Aarav Rastogi Posted 2 years ago

Congrats eli


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Any recognition tips?


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Case that is.


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Argghhh help the videos aren't loading at all.


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Might be my internet connection, it's school wifi.


mateo lopez

mateo lopez Posted 2 years ago

Can someone help me my 6x6 popped (center edge piece) I loosened it but can't fix it


mateo lopez

mateo lopez Posted 2 years ago

oh and by the way Eli if you don't know OLL or PLL the here- OLL:https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/OLL |PLL:https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/PLL 


mateo lopez

mateo lopez Posted 2 years ago

I fixed my 6x6 so its ok


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

good thing


mateo lopez

mateo lopez Posted 2 years ago

yes sirrr


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I've got the LL pdfs, I said recognition not memorizing.


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I officially got two sub-30 times! (29.95 and 29.98)


H K

H K Posted 2 years ago

I cant seem to get Sub-20! my PB is 20.88 I average around 25 sec. someone give me some pointers

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Learn full OLL and PLL, make sure your cross is 4-5 seconds max, and make sure you've got a decent cube (preferably magnetic).


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

My PB is now 26.65 seconds!


H K

H K Posted 2 years ago

My cross is 3 sec., f2l around 14sec., oll 3sec., and pll 4sec. (the only pll's left are the g perms)


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

Your f2l is what needs work so slow down your turn speed for a couple days to improve your lookahead


H K

H K Posted 2 years ago

Wow thanks for the advice! I tried that and I just got 20.83! It really works!


Cuber Karthik

Cuber Karthik Posted 2 years ago

My best speed is just 48seconds :(


Cuber Karthik

Cuber Karthik Posted 2 years ago

I'll try the above though!

 


H K

H K Posted 2 years ago

Sub 20!! My first sub-20 solve! 19.84!  D' F2 U' F L2 D2 B' D2 R2 D2 B2 U2 B2 U F L' D' R D U'  


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Noice


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Wish I could go that fast


H K

H K Posted 2 years ago

It took me about a 3 months to get that time after being sub-30


H K

H K Posted 2 years ago

@Eli Carr, are you sub 30?


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

No, I'm sub 45, am learning OLL and PLL. Need a lot of improvement in f2l, can't watch any videos. (Not even Cubeskills one on the website).


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I'm thinking of getting the QiYi MS series, any ideas on what lube to get?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

I don't lube my cubes


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I was thinking on getting some lunar.


H K

H K Posted 2 years ago

I don't really use lube that much, I have the Gan lube though, not sure why, its the only lube I've tried but I thinks it works well

But yes, I think you should go with lunar I've heard it works good if you mix it with stardust (jperm reference)


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

How do you recognize the R and G perms?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

the way I recognize r perms is when I see the headlights I then look if there is a block and then whichever side it is on is how I determine which r perm. G perms are tricky but I also look for the block after seeing the headlights but this time the block is not the same color as the headlights


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Ok


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

How to improve cross? (I'm CN)


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

scramble the cube and try to think of a cross solution that is under 8 moves then solve the cross with your eyes closed and repeat that a lot until you can solve cross super-fast without thinking every time. (also this helps so eventually you can start planning some f2l with your inspection when you get better at it)


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I did an Ao100 on the weekend, got 39.03, does this I'm sub 40?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

I guess so


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Yay!


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I know F2L is more for sub-30, but I know 2/3 PLL, a few OLL, and my F2L takes about 25 seconds. Any tips for improvement?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

learn full cfop and do slow solves for better lookahead in f2l


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

But how do I learn lookahead?


A SpeedCuber

A SpeedCuber Posted 2 years ago

look ahead


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Okay, but how? I get the tracking, and I can do it (just), but how do I make sure I'm applying it to each solve?


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Is anyone here sub-10?


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Does anyone know how to get the best out of a Rubik's brand?


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Feliks, could you please add some more PDF's? I want to learn more stuff and I can't watch a single video. (It's my internet connection).


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

To learn look ahead you do slow untimed solves and it helps


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

Just solve slow so you can think about what your doing


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Ok


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

should I switch to roux cause I’m not getting anywhere with cfop. Been averaging 20 seconds for over a year now I know full cfop I’ve spent weeks practicing specific things and using special practice techniques to get only a fraction of a second faster averages and then to add it back on over just a couple days without a proper practice session


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

If you know full CFOP, maybe learn some OLS subsets (WV, MW, SV)? The cube's not the problem, maybe you could try Roux. 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

@bob bill, what are your splits?


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

What does MW stand for?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

my splits are cross: 4 F2L: 10 OLL: 3 PLL: 3


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I think you need to drill everything real good, especially F2L.


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

How do you do F2l paring?


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Is anyone here?


Gardes Valencia

Gardes Valencia Posted 2 years ago

apenas estoy aprendiendo y entrado a conocer esta pagina, agradesco de antemano a Feliks por esta pagina :D.
voy a aprender CFOP reducido y promediar almenos 30s


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Is anyone here? It's been ages, and there's not a single comment. If you're replying on a different blog, just tell me and I'll go there.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

click the word bubble in the top right to see the latest comments


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Oh ok.


Dark Thunder X

Dark Thunder X Posted 2 years ago

oh i know cfop but then i wanna get more better 


Dark Thunder X

Dark Thunder X Posted 2 years ago

can someone suggest me where to view the videos as a lot of them are there

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

What do you mean? There's lots of videos here and on YouTube.


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Almost sub-30! Did an Ao100 a few weeks ago and got 30.875.


RANDOLFO RODRIGUEZ

RANDOLFO RODRIGUEZ Posted 2 years ago

I just started Cubing in August. I am past F2l and learning OLL. Can anyone recommend a good tutorial on basic 2-Look OLL and 2-Look PLL? 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Bro there's one on this website


RANDOLFO RODRIGUEZ

RANDOLFO RODRIGUEZ Posted 2 years ago

Thanks, Eli! I hadn't perused the website at the time I posted. :)


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

Hey Eli, What parts of CFOP have you learned so far to get you to sub 30?

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

I'm sub 25 and I started 6 months ago.

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

I've got f2l and pll down.

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I know 16 PLL's, 10 OLL's and some F2L's. My cube is QiYi MS, and I used csTimer. I started cubing in March.


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

Awesome!

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

2 PLL's away!

 

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

How does everyone like cfop?

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

CFOP is OK, it just takes a while memorise 113 algorithms.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

It’s not 113

i don’t suggest learning f2l alga until you've gotten very good at basic cfop using intuitive f2l then you can move onto learning some f2l alga as you go


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Oh. I counted all the OLL's, PLL's and F2L algorithms from the pdfs on this website, and I got 113. Is there anywhere (other than YouTube), where I can learn intuitive F2L?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

Intuitively


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

What


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

Learn it intuitively

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Ok but where can I learn it? You're not making sense.


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

What I'm after is F2L pairing techniques, I know how to put them in.


Alex Reid

Alex Reid Posted 2 years ago

Hey! You can probably learn it by finding beginner F2L or just looking at basic pairings! Hope this helps

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

The J perm video on beginner f2l

 

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

Or on this website

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

I can't watch videos, is the problem. I'll see what I can do though.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

If anyone wants a cool cubing discord server the you can come to this one made by my friend to talk about cubing and such

https://discord.gg/Y8kjgGkw


Abdullah Ali

Abdullah Ali Posted 2 years ago

I am averaging sub-15 and I need a new cube. Could anyone tell me what cubes are good for my level?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

What is your main cube right now?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

And what is your price range?


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

Hey @Bob Bill!

Do you know if you could possibly send that discord link again?

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

 

 

@Abdullah Ali What is your main cube now? And, you could get a MoYu Weilong WR M 2020.

 

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

why did that go to small print I wonder


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

That discord link was invalid btw

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

https://discord.gg/A3RJYJyykV

This is small cubing server made by my friend if anyone wants to come hang out and talk about cubing (hopefully the link should work this time)


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Sorry, I can't access discord.


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

What is your user name @Bob Bill? In the discord server?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

yellow


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

what speedcubes should i ask for Christmas? Looking for a 3x3 that's not too expensive but very good none the less. On top of that, any accessories are useful to go along with it?


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

What cubes do you already have?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

rs3m


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

I own, the rs3m 2020, the gan 356m, wr m 2021 maglev, the QiYi MS 3x3, The Moyu GTS3M, The QiYi, the Yulong v2 m, and finally, the QiYi worrier S.

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

@Bob bill get the WR M 2021 or the QiYi MS 3x3


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

The QiYi MS Is my main

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

I put Lubicle speedy in it to make it better

 


Kahyl RB

Kahyl RB Posted 2 years ago

How much you average with that cube?

 


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Yeah get the MS. If you put a little bit of DNM-37 in it when you get it, it becomes very speedy. (about 2-3 drops)


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

@ Kahyl RB I avg about 20 on it

 


Calvin Murray

Calvin Murray Posted 2 years ago

Ha!, only 20? My PB is 7.89. Beat that!!


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

Ha!, only 7.89? My PB is 7.41. Beat that!!


Ethan Swinney

Ethan Swinney Posted 2 years ago

My PB is 8.97 I average 14 lol.


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

How many different cases could there be for solving the cross and would it be possible to make algs for every single one


VALLIRAJA M

VALLIRAJA M Posted 2 years ago

MY PB IS 16 SECONDS ANY TIPS?

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

be more specific. What methods do you use and what parts have you found that you struggle with the most?


Lew Yi Chen

Lew Yi Chen Posted 2 years ago

F2L is the part when most speedcubers struggles the most. Just remember 41. No need to remember 167. 


Lew Yi Chen

Lew Yi Chen Posted 2 years ago

Well, CFOP is the easiest but some still use roux and ZZ


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

This is true.

 


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

I use CFOP and I am trying to learn full F2L

 


Abhijot Singh 83

Abhijot Singh 83 Posted 2 years ago

Hi I don't know any f2l algs but I can solve first two layers in 50sec using f2l(including tine to make a cross).any advice for me for improving my time


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

I stuck with the Beginners method until like a month ago. You can learn f2l at sub 30. I learned PLL at sub 35. Definitely, a good place to start.


Zeke B

Zeke B Posted 2 years ago

I'm avging 21 rn

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

I do not recommend learning f2l algs as they vary so much with your position. Learn full PLL then OLL. When you are struggling with a certain f2l insert then you can go and find an alg for it


A Person

A Person Posted 2 years ago

Do you guys recommend learning the 2 look olls and plls before i learn the 71 algs?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

Yes, then learn pll before oll


Asher Pruske

Asher Pruske Posted 2 years ago

I average 37-1:05 using a blend of beginners and my own mix, Any advice


Asher Pruske

Asher Pruske Posted 2 years ago

Also I know some f2l


Lev Bloom

Lev Bloom Posted 2 years ago

Asher Pruske some advise is to try some new algorithms, like once a day, few hours or less per day (if you have time) and to just dive right into it! Cubing rocks!!


Aryan Chaithanya

Aryan Chaithanya Posted 2 years ago

I use the beginner's method and have an average of 1 mins 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

learn f2l

f2l should be the first step up from be ginner method BUT, make sure you learn it color neutral because that is a huge help later on and after you know f2l it becomes very difficult


Asher Pruske

Asher Pruske Posted 2 years ago

Lev Bloom thank you, and cubing does rock


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

yes it does


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Haven't been here in a while, but here are some updates:

3x3 PB: 15.811 (QiYi MS)

Know all PLL's, 24 OLL's

Average of 500: 25.396


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

nice


Abdullah Ali

Abdullah Ali Posted 2 years ago

I am struggling to get past 15 second average for 3x3. I think it is because of F2L, any tips?


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

I suggest learning x-cross


Abdullah Ali

Abdullah Ali Posted 2 years ago

Ok thank u


Eli Carr

Eli Carr Posted 2 years ago

Do you know things like F2L pairing, and efficient inserts? Also, this video might help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwCvP15Fic


Flynn Ennis

Flynn Ennis Posted 2 years ago

Learn full OLL. I know it and it helps me a lot


Flynn Ennis

Flynn Ennis Posted 2 years ago

And full PLL. I also know it. Learn full PLL before full OLL. If you haven't already that is.


Eric Ye

Eric Ye Posted 2 years ago

there are also many useful tips in Bilibili.

 


Flynn Ennis

Flynn Ennis Posted 2 years ago

Bilibili? Whats that?


Abdullah Ali

Abdullah Ali Posted 2 years ago

I know most F2L algs and pll algs. OLL is i have nearly finshed learning, i think it is the hardest thing. I think cross slows me down as well as f2l so i think cross is what i should focus on. What is the best website for me to learn efficient cross? 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

this one


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

jperm also has good tutorials obv


Clay Bowne

Clay Bowne Posted 2 years ago

hello i average 35 seconds plz help i need help Idk how but help


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

Don't just say what you average,

There are a million different ways you could improve, but which areas do you need to improve in the most? 

Do you know full OLL or PLL? How fast is your cross and f2l?


Asher Pruske

Asher Pruske Posted 2 years ago

I average 45 seconds, cross takes 5-10 secs, f2l takes 10-20, and oll and pll take 20


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

I assume you don't know full OLL/PLL

I suggest learning that (PLL first) then the rest will improve over time as you practice, nothing stands out too much


Aiden  Zhu

Aiden Zhu Posted 2 years ago

3 cube - sub 10

4 cube - sub 40

5 cube sub 1

6 cube Sub 1:30

7 cube sub 2

pyraminx sub 5

skewb sub 10

3 by 3 OH - sub 30


bob bill

bob bill Posted 2 years ago

Dang that's pretty good


かんた 織田

かんた 織田 Posted 2 years ago

i got sub 50


Xabier Chan

Xabier Chan Posted 2 years ago

How do I improve my OH solves?

(im just sub 40)


かんた 織田

かんた 織田 Posted 1 year ago

hi 


Iris Smith

Iris Smith Posted 1 year ago

Hello there.

I just wanted to say this. One thing that helped me get sub 25 or even sub 30 was that I learned and practiced a lot more oll algs and pll algs. You can also try slow solving to help you out a bit. That way you can critique yourself and know what to get better on solving.


かんた 織田

かんた 織田 Posted 1 year ago

i got 42sec


かんた 織田

かんた 織田 Posted 1 year ago

i just got 32sec 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 1 year ago

wow!

congratulations!!

 

Hayden Phan

Hayden Phan Posted 1 year ago

Hey :)

I'm an Australian Speedcuber with roughly a 9 months of experience. I've been hovering around the 20 second mark for a while now and I am wondering if there are any videos or tutorials I should watch in order to finally always be sub 20. 

My solves usually look like this:

- Finish Cross at 3 seconds 

- Finish F2L at 14 seconds 

- Finish OLL at 18 seconds 

- Finish OLL at 20 seconds 

If you've read this far, can you please suggest which steps I should improve upon and show me any tutorials on YouTube that you think is worthwhile watching. 

Thank you! :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Frogger Conundrum

Frogger Conundrum Posted 1 year ago

I stil don get how to solve the megaminx .

 


かんた 織田

かんた 織田 Posted 1 year ago

the pll algs is too hard to remember


かんた 織田

かんた 織田 Posted 1 year ago

and my best time is27(finallysub30)


かんた 織田

かんた 織田 Posted 1 year ago

i like feliks

フィーリックスが一番好きなスピードキューバ―


Anthony Tighe

Anthony Tighe Posted 1 year ago

I'd say to learn full PLL once you become sub 25. After learning PLL you should be averaging around 20/sub20. Then you can learn some easy OLLs. You should learn the rest of OLL once you become sub 15. Practicing F2L is key to getting faster and you should be always trying to get better solutions. I know a lot of people would say to learn OLLs and PLLs at different stages but this is what I think. ( You can learn different OLLs during the time between 20-14 seconds that are easy to recognise or that just stand out to you


Roman Gigliotti

Roman Gigliotti Posted 1 year ago

I average around sub 30 and started about a month ago and i cant seem to remember any new pll algs, can any one give me some tips on remembering them?


Alexander  Ecke

Alexander Ecke Posted 1 year ago

What should I learn After Full PLL?

 


Alexander  Ecke

Alexander Ecke Posted 1 year ago

And After oll


Abdullah Ali

Abdullah Ali Posted 1 year ago

Alexander Ecke have u learnt all f2l algs


juampii cubing

juampii cubing Posted 1 year ago

for now i average 30-40 using intuitive f2l 2look oll and A U Z H J perms so i think i will learn more plls first :) do you have any tips/suggestions about what to learn? (yeah my english is bad but im 12 so yeah)

 


Chucky Cheese

Chucky Cheese Posted 1 year ago

im sub 25 what cube should i get


Muhammad hashir

Muhammad hashir Posted 1 year ago

what ZBLL algorithms should I learn. I'm sub 12

 


Leonardo  Caramellino

Leonardo Caramellino Posted 1 year ago

Io raga imparo prima gli OLL che i PLL. Voi direte:Ma i PLL sono 21!! E gli OLL 57!! Peccato che dei PLL non ci capisco niente.

E poi so già più di 7 OLL non mi manca tantissimo 


Leonardo  Caramellino

Leonardo Caramellino Posted 1 year ago

E poi non riesco a vedere il video di F2L avanzato mi potete dire dove si guarda? Grazie


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 1 year ago

Average around minute 30 trying to get sub minute f2l needs some work and working on 2 look oll and pll any advice would be appreciated 

 


Atharva Gaikar

Atharva Gaikar Posted 1 year ago

(Keith Reed) Seems like you are identfying the problems for FOP part of CFOP so maybe try working on your cross more. Tips exclusive to cross is to try to be color neutral and try to find all cross pieces before you solve during inspection time.


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 1 year ago

Atharva thanks. I have and it helps a lot

 

 


Jds Soo

Jds Soo Posted 1 year ago

How can I get a faster TPS ?

 


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 1 year ago

Jds soo Felix covers it in fundamentals of solve speed

 


Austin Bouman

Austin Bouman Posted 1 year ago

You should make one of these for 2x2x2.


Alex Seguin

Alex Seguin Posted 1 year ago

How do you figure out ur average?


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 1 year ago

Alex Seguin use cs timer

 


Bradford Marvine

Bradford Marvine Posted 1 year ago

I want to get better in memorizing intermediate help me


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 1 year ago

Bradford Marvine could you be more specific. I was having trouble with 2 look oll and pll and once I learned certain triggers it made remembering algs easier

 


Chucky Cheese

Chucky Cheese Posted 1 year ago

Feliks, do you know what the 4 by 4 time limit for a solve in wca is?

I learned how to solve a 4 by 4 yesterday on your 4 by 4  tutorial.

 


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 1 year ago

Chucky Cheese you can find times here

https://archive.cubingusa.org/usnationals2015/events.php the 4x4 is 4 minutes according to this

 


Chucky Cheese

Chucky Cheese Posted 1 year ago

Thanks a lot Keith Reed

 

 

 

 


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 1 year ago

Chucky Cheese your welcome and good luck with 4x4

 


Chucky Cheese

Chucky Cheese Posted 1 year ago

Um,Keith Reed do you know if the judge in a competition will give us a cube to use or do we have to get our own cube and will they give us a stackmat timer our do we have to get our own?

Im going to my first competition :) 

 

 


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 1 year ago

Chucky Cheese sorry never been to a comp yet but you should be able to find that info if the comp has a website or if the organizer has contact info. Sorry I'm not much help please if anyone else reads this help him out

 


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 1 year ago

Chucky Cheese try this website hope it helps

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#3 has different wca regulations 

 


Chucky Cheese

Chucky Cheese Posted 1 year ago

thanks again

 

 


Charlie Graham

Charlie Graham Posted 1 year ago

they provide every thing but u hav to bring cubes but u can ask  a delagate  to use one

 


Charlie Graham

Charlie Graham Posted 1 year ago

chucky how did the comp go

 


Chucky Cheese

Chucky Cheese Posted 1 year ago

thanks Charlie

 

 

 


Chucky Cheese

Chucky Cheese Posted 1 year ago

The comp will happen in 2 days

 


bob bill

bob bill Posted 1 year ago

Any tips for learning x-cross?


Constantin Persaud

Constantin Persaud Posted 1 year ago

Great guide, it helped alot


Andrew Do

Andrew Do Posted 1 year ago

 Great guide


Gavin Stover

Gavin Stover Posted 11 months ago

When should i learn full pll?

 


Chucky Cheese

Chucky Cheese Posted 11 months ago

you should start learning full pll once you are confident and used to the beginners method

 


Hrishikesh Kakati

Hrishikesh Kakati Posted 11 months ago

I agree with that Chucky Cheese. That is the same route I followed. I’m sub 14 now learning my OLLs from the OLL module on CubeSkills.


Keith Reed

Keith Reed Posted 11 months ago

Jperm.net has a good tool for learning pll and oll and other algorithms 

 


Marcus Rasmussen

Marcus Rasmussen Posted 11 months ago

I agree with Keith. jperm.net also has modules for learning other algorithms that are not related to 3x3 such as 2x2 cll 

 



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