Introducing myself

[Petro Leum]

ah okay.. that makes sense... do you think it's possible to get sub 25 by the end of august with lookahead?

sure, why not? depends on your time spent and your efficiency while training/learning. if you practice 2-3 hrs a day with serious exercises you can easily be sub20

[uniacto]

sure, why not? depends on your time spent and your efficiency while training/learning. if you practice 2-3 hrs a day with serious exercises you can easily be sub20

serious exercises? such as? thanks for all your help btw

[Hunter]

I don't really know what he means but it might be something like practicing just the cross for 2 hours.

[ben1996123]

hi

roux

[Hunter]

Yes I agree.
Learn Roux.
Be happy.
Cube fast.

[JonnyWhoopes]

Welcome to the forums! Being confused about how to practice is pretty common. There are ways to make your practice worth it and to know what you need to practice. Just follow the tips in this thread and in this one. Good luck and Godspeed!

[uniacto]

thanks for the tips all, i'll be sure to take a look at Roux, but i'm not sure if i'll use it. thanks again!

[god of rubic 2]

Welcome.

[Alcuber]

Welcome!

As others said look-ahead could improve your times significantly. Your turning speed seems pretty good but slowing down a bit so that you can track pieces in your F2L or identifying cases can help your solves have less pauses. Once you get comfortable with that you can slowly increase your turn speed.

I think you can be sub-20 soon

[MarcelP]

Welcome! I am a beginner myself. Started about two and a half month ago. My times went from 2 minute averages to averages of 1 minute with CFOP. Now that I am getting the hang of looking ahead my averages dropped to about 45 - 50 seconds. I am working on cross currently but no matter how many hours I practice I can't do crosses blind. I am pretty ok at the cross (for a beginner) with looking.