Averaging Sub 50 on 3x3 help

[babu2014]

Hello! I average sub 50 when i do 3x3. Most of the time i get 47 seconds. I am currently using CFOP with 2 look OLL and PLL. I do not know how to get faster, I do use fingertricks and I practice about 60 solves a day with my yulong, black, maru lubed. Thanks!

 

[JemFish]

Everyone will tell you to PRACTICE and wave away nooby questions, but it seems like you are practising. The thing is, though, you need to find what you're bad at and really really try hard to improve that certain area. For example, I used to estimate my solve time based on the difficulty of my cross, and that's bad. After deliberately trying to improve my cross and become opposite colour neutral, I gradually dropped my cross averages by about 5 seconds. So don't just practise, practise, practise; make sure that your practice (*3) is deliberate and effective.

Now, based on your starter post, here's what you need to do:

1. Cross: take as much inspection time as you want, and solve the cross blindfolded. Also, look at example solves and watch how the pros/computers would solve the cross. Keep number of turns needed to solve the cross under 9.
2. Look-ahead for cross to F2L and F2L: turn SLOWLY, and with a metronome if you need to.
3. Make each practice session deliberate, and don't be satisfied until you've hammered a certain aspect of your solves.
4. DON'T start threads like these - instead, go to the One Answer-Question Thread, or just read other peoples' posts about improvement.

Hope I helped, and don't forget to check out this article.

~ JemFish

 

[AlphaSheep]

Stop timing your solves for a week or two. Slow down. Try to think of more efficient ways to do things in a solve. Turn slowly, and watch how other pieces are moving instead of watching the pieces that you are busy solving. Think of it this way: if you're busy solving the red-green edge, then you already know exactly where the red-green edge will be when you're done, so why bother looking at it? Look for something else.

 

[DeeDubb]

Yes, Identify a pair and see if you can create/insert it with your eyes closed. If you get better at this, you can start to realize that you can look for the next pair while finishing your current one.

 

[Seanliu]

Hello! I average sub 50 when i do 3x3. Most of the time i get 47 seconds. I am currently using CFOP with 2 look OLL and PLL. I do not know how to get faster, I do use fingertricks and I practice about 60 solves a day with my yulong, black, maru lubed. Thanks!

Well, 60 solves a day is not a lot, but it must be at your times. Still, practice. How long have you been at this time? I have 4 steps for you.

1. Slow down and take your cube with you all the time. Practice.
2. Practice Step 1.
3. Practice.
4. Repeat Step 2 and 3.

 

[Michael Sanchez]

Try learning some other PLL and OLL algorithms. Slow down your F2L. Learn one or two F2L algorithms. But you should learn it intuitively. Practice look ahead and you should be able to get your F2L 30 seconds or less. And for last layer, just learn Full OLL and PLL. Try memorizing one or two algorithms a day and eventually you should be able to finish your last layer in 7 seconds or less. When i was averaging what you're getting, it took me about a year and a half to get to what i get now. Now i average about 24 seconds and i've been cubing for about 4 years now. Hope this helps.

 

[Smiles]

This is the problem - nobody knows what you're good at and what you can work on. We know you're sub-50 and you know 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL, but that's not enough to give you the best advice possible.
And there's no way you can actually practice everything that everyone said all at once, or figure out which thing is the most important.

Hence this: https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/...houghts-on-3x3-improvement-progression-(CFOP)

 

[JasonDL13]

Try learning some other PLL and OLL algorithms. ... And for last layer, just learn Full OLL and PLL. Try memorizing one or two algorithms a day and eventually you should be able to finish your last layer in 7 seconds or less.

Ehm.. you probably should learn Full PLL until you're sub 30, and full OLL until you're sub 20. There's no way him leaning 70+ algs will help him speed up his time when he's averaging 50 seconds.

 

[adimare]

Ehm.. you probably should learn Full PLL until you're sub 30, and full OLL until you're sub 20. There's no way him leaning 70+ algs will help him speed up his time when he's averaging 50 seconds.

Why not? Is learning them gonna slow him down somehow?

 

[Puggins]

Why not? Is learning them gonna slow him down somehow?

There is a way for this to happen. Too many algorithms at once will be hard to recognize, and spending too much time on recognition will not help you, in fact slow you down.

As for advice I can give you, babu, try making more efficient crosses, and learn F2L if you haven't already. Like Smiles said, no one knows what you are good at and what needs improvement so there is not much to say.

I would also recommend becoming color neutral before you get too used to one color. It helped me a LOT and its really not that hard after a few weeks of practice.