I don't think you really need multislotting, I don't know of many, who use it.
See how a certai F2L move affects slots, then use that to your advantage. As you are going through F2L know which slots are empty, to reduce moves needed.
I don't think you really need multislotting, I don't know of many, who use it.
See how a certai F2L move affects slots, then use that to your advantage. As you are going through F2L know which slots are empty, to reduce moves needed.
I don't really know that many F2L tricks, and the ones I do know I've figured out on my own. R2 U2 R U2 R2 and its inverse can be useful quite a bit (The first U2 can usually be shortened to U or U', depending on the situation), and R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 is a good one to know. Anyone know any other useful ones?
The most helpful thing for getting better at my F2L, by far, was metronome solving. http://www.metronomeonline.com Set it to a beat, say 60, and you have to do a turn every beat while solving F2L. If you miss a beat you have to stop and rescramble and start over. Try to get all the way through the F2L. If 60 is too fast try 40, just find a tempo that's good for you. Try to work your way up as high as you can. Remember though, the key is that if you ever miss a beat without doing a turn you have to stop and rescramble and start over. The solve is either perfect all the way through F2L or you stop and try again.
It can get frustrating, but when you turn the metronome off and try a regular solve you'll be surprised how much easier it will feel to look ahead.
Chris
The fastest I could do was 90. :) But I still don't see how having extra slots open can be an advantage. :/
When you have empty slots, you can avoid cube rotations.
Empty slots are very helpful and can minimize the move count of the F2L around 5-10 moves, which could mean 1,2, even 3 seconds.
I haven't practiced metronome solving lately as much as I used to, but I just tried and I'm about 50% successful at 184 tempo. If I can get past the cross/1st pair transition it's pretty easy, but that is the time when I tend to delay the most when I solve. This taught me though to focus real hard as I finish the cross when I am solving to make sure I can spot a pair without much, or hopefully any, of a delay.
As for empty slots, search online and read up on those. They are the key to speeding up your F2L. There is a lot of literature out there for how to use them, you just have to look for it.
Hope that helps,
Chris
Thanks, Chris, The metronome tip is REAL great. I did 63 tempo fluently (I listend to 18x and it seems impossible to do at that speed :blink: )
I can't seem to notice any empty slots literature. (not looking properly?) I just google it.
Macky has some F2L empty slots tips on his site: www.cubefreak.net (under empty slots section in the F2L section).
Hello,
Practice is one of the best tips... F2L takes a lot of time to really 'master'. But there are some tips I'd like to give you:
1. During your practice, try to solve with different kinds of speed. A VERY good way of practicing is to solve the cube as SLOWLY as you want, but without stopping. This forces you to look ahead during solving. Of course, this will only work if you know all your F2L algs really well.
2. Another tip for when you just learned the F2L algs: Solve the cube without timing, and try to minimize the number of moves as much as possible. Move count isn't everything, but when you are still learning, I recommend optimizing your solution. You did probably not learn any bad habits yet, that's your advantage. So try to find you own shortcuts. Also search the internet for shorcuts.
3. Mirror the algorithms so you can solve the F2L cases from all angles.
There's a lot more to say about F2L, but I'll stop now :).
- Jo?l.
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