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[RouxpertMurdoch]

Hey there!

I'm pretty new to cubing, just a few weeks in actually. I've been lurking on this forum during that time and thought I'd better make a user.

I'm still really slow, so I don't bother timing myself often, but think between 90 and 120 seconds (almost all of that is spent on building blocks, letting the cube slip out of my hand whenever I turn the front and using the wrong algs for orientation of corners). Slowly getting better though! I've been learning first from DeeDubbs excellent videos, and then mr. Waffles written guide. In case anyone didn't guess, I'm practicing with Roux.

If anyone has any tips for practicing blockbuilding, I'd love to hear them. I mostly try to keep the move count as low as I can and don't think about the times too much, but I keep ending up having to look around the cube. Whenever I try to just plan everything out during inspection, I end up losing track of something. Which is more important then, practicing without ever looking, or taking your time to check everything and then do it in as few moves as possible?

 

[Hssandwich]

I can't give you any advice on blockbuilding, since I use CFOP and I can't blockbuild for my life . But I chuckled when I saw your name, it reminds me of theROUXbik'scube

 

[waffle=ijm]

Welcome. Two things you might want to check out with your endeavors with Roux.

Roux help and discussion
Roux Facebook Group

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

hello. you can ask me and waffo pretty much anything about roux. (him obviously way more)

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

I can't give you any advice on blockbuilding, since I use CFOP and I can't blockbuild for my life . But I chuckled when I saw your name, it reminds me of theROUXbik'scube

-You can also ask me stuff on Roux, GuRoux_ as well

 

[cashis]

For second block, knowing how to do some basic F2L stuff might help. It definitely did with me.

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

Hey there!

I'm pretty new to cubing, just a few weeks in actually. I've been lurking on this forum during that time and thought I'd better make a user.

I'm still really slow, so I don't bother timing myself often, but think between 90 and 120 seconds (almost all of that is spent on building blocks, letting the cube slip out of my hand whenever I turn the front and using the wrong algs for orientation of corners). Slowly getting better though! I've been learning first from DeeDubbs excellent videos, and then mr. Waffles written guide. In case anyone didn't guess, I'm practicing with Roux.

If anyone has any tips for practicing blockbuilding, I'd love to hear them. I mostly try to keep the move count as low as I can and don't think about the times too much, but I keep ending up having to look around the cube. Whenever I try to just plan everything out during inspection, I end up losing track of something. Which is more important then, practicing without ever looking, or taking your time to check everything and then do it in as few moves as possible?

Both, you should have a nice balance between the two,

 

[Berd]

Welcome! Nice name haha.

 

[RouxpertMurdoch]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone who replied, I'm sure I'll have some better questions eventually!

cashis: I'll definitely have a look at some F2L guides, I didn't really consider looking into it. Sometimes I figure so many people have experience with CFOP first that there's bound to be stuff that is trivial to everyone else, but not-at-all obvious to someone who started out with Roux.

theROUXbiksCube: Alright, that's pretty much what I've been doing until now, so I guess I'll just keep practicing. Thanks!