Tips on getting sub 30?

[Sahid Velji]

I think that when you're trying to get sub-30, you should just keep practicing, 2 months really is a very short amount of time. I would say, give it some more time because I am pretty sure you will sub-30 easily, get a good cube as well. I think my signature may help you further as well. If you are not sub-30 in another 2-3 months, then post here again, but for now I think you should just follow the advice given already. Unless you're like me and you don't like to leave things unfinished, you should do what PandaCuber said in post #16, otherwise just finish up your OLL, but remember, full PLL is more useful then full OLL, especially if you know half of the OLL's already.

To sum everything up, I would say, finish your PLL's and OLL's first. Then, once you have those out of the way, you can start focusing on cross, and F2L and the whole "look ahead" aspect of CFOP. Remember though, get good algorithms for your OLL and PLL. Find the best one for you here. (OLL and PLL)

[MichaelErskine]

Hmmm, I've been chasing sub-30 since 2008 and I can tell you from experience that there's more to being crap at speedcubing than can be remedied with repetition of the usual advice! If you haven't cracked it in by summer 2015 you are qualified to join my support group

[skeletonboy]

Hmmm, I've been chasing sub-30 since 2008 and I can tell you from experience that there's more to being crap at speedcubing than can be remedied with repetition of the usual advice! If you haven't cracked it in by summer 2015 you are qualified to join my support group

I recommend really trying to improve. For me it took 2 months to get full sub-30. For faz...well...I might estimate 2 weeks maybe?

[aznanimedude]

i think fully learning all the plls is what got me sub-30
that plus realizing that faster is not better when you're doing f2l helped alot too

and practice is not to be underestimated =D

good luck

[radmin]

For me sub 30 just means not making any mistakes. Usually if anything goes wrong I go above 30.

As far as look ahead, if I go too slow, I have a hard time detaching from the pair I'm working on. If I go too fast its all a blur.
I do corner preference, which means when I see a corner, I try to find it's edge second. I don't look for corners. I wait until they move into sight then I kind of look for it's edge. F2l has to be in muscle memory for it to work.

[MichaelErskine]

I recommend really trying to improve.

...as opposed to what? Not really trying to improve? I try dammit

[blakedacuber]

...as opposed to what? Not really trying to improve? I try dammit

have you got any sub 30 avg:P? and how many OLL's and PLL's do you know?

[ellwd]

Hmmm, I've been chasing sub-30 since 2008 and I can tell you from experience that there's more to being crap at speedcubing than can be remedied with repetition of the usual advice! If you haven't cracked it in by summer 2015 you are qualified to join my support group

I've been in the race to sub-30 for six months...where do I sign up?

[MichaelErskine]

have you got any sub 30 avg:P? and how many OLL's and PLL's do you know?

Hi Blake, I don't want to hijack Joe's thread but just to let you know, I've had countless sub 30 averages of 5 (but not in competition) and maybe about 40 sub 30 averages of 12, but I've never achieved a sub-30 average of 100 (the last one was about 33). My first sub-30 single was on Xmas day 2008. I've had full PLL for probably two years and I have enough OLLs to be getting along with! (I'm not at all adept at learning and retaining algorithms BTW). I'm living proof that some people just ain't got what it takes -- and yeah, I'm probably doing it wrong!

[radmin]

Maybe it would help to trick you brain back into learning/improving mode. There was a thread on this a while back.

Perhaps it would help to switch cube colors, black to white or white to black. Then go color neutral for a while. Just to get your brain off auto pilot. You can also try using a metronome and making one turn per click. The goal is to shake up your thinking.