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I've been speedcubing for over 2 years, and currently I'm struggling to become sub-20 :/ does that make me below average when it comes to rate of improvements?
 
Robinbar said:
What is the best method then?
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Roux and CFOP are, in my opinion, the two fastest 2H methods. I prefer Roux, but others like CFOP. The main reason for CFOP's popularity is that it's easy to progress to from the beginner's method; Roux requires more effort initially, but after a bit of practise that "advantage" CFOP has is no longer an advantage.

You can read about four good methods here; I'd recommend reading through that post and deciding which method you would prefer. I don't think choosing between Roux, CFOP or ZZ matters too much, but few people consider Petrus to be as fast.
 
TDM said:
Roux and CFOP are, in my opinion, the two fastest 2H methods. I prefer Roux, but others like CFOP. The main reason for CFOP's popularity is that it's easy to progress to from the beginner's method; Roux requires more effort initially, but after a bit of practise that "advantage" CFOP has is no longer an advantage.

You can read about four good methods here; I'd recommend reading through that post and deciding which method you would prefer. I don't think choosing between Roux, CFOP or ZZ matters too much, but few people consider Petrus to be as fast.
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Totally agree. Only comment I'd add is that, unless you are already familiar with the cube and some concepts like edge orientation, ZZ can be a bit discouraging at the beginning as the EOLine stage is a bit more difficult to grasp than CFOP cross or Roux FB. I only have seriously tried CFOP and Roux myself, also had some successes with ZZ but I cannot say I am anywhere near proficient with it so maybe I have some bias here.
 
I have tried Roux and Petrus. The thing is with Petrus is that I dont know what "bad edges are" . After building a 3x2x2 you must flip bad edges but I dont know what bad edges are and how to flip them
 
Robinbar said:
I have tried Roux and Petrus. The thing is with Petrus is that I dont know what "bad edges are" . After building a 3x2x2 you must flip bad edges but I dont know what bad edges are and how to flip them
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Bad edges are misoriented ones which cannot be solved using either U or R moves (ie they must use F or B). If you've tried ZZ it's basically the same as the first step
 
What does it mean when someone says "I'm sub 20"? Does it mean his best average of 5 is 20 or he can consistently (like with 80% chance) do average of 5 below 20, or his average of 100 is 20?
 
jaredye said:
What does it mean when someone says "I'm sub 20"? Does it mean his best average of 5 is 20 or he can consistently (like with 80% chance) do average of 5 below 20, or his average of 100 is 20?
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imo its you have to be globally sub-x, I think most people will agree with that though you differ as to what globally means.
The best way I've seen someone put it is: "it's the time you would tell a random person in the street you can solve a cube in" therefore I would say around 18 though my ao100s are sub-17
 
Hi,
Are there any people who can get sub 10 seconds with Petrus? I heard alot about it using less moves then Fridrich. But why are so many people using fridrich if Petrus and Roux use less moves?
 
Robinbar said:
Hi,
Are there any people who can get sub 10 seconds with Petrus? I heard alot about it using less moves then Fridrich. But why are so many people using fridrich if Petrus and Roux use less moves?
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Because it's more algorithmic and hence easier to get fast quickly by just spamming algs at high TPS. Roux and Petrus require a bit more thinking so, the learning curve is less steep, meaning, it takes more time to get fast with the method, I guess.
 
I am from the Netherlands and bought a Moyu Weilong v2 from a dutch site. The small white box with a picture of zemdegs says Weilong, but the squares are slightly curved towards the middle. I looked up pictures on the internet and it 100% looks like an aolong. When I look up pictures of a Weilong v2 all the cubies are square. But all my cubies on my Weilong are slightly curved exactly like an Aolong. Is this normal?
 
Robinbar said:
I am from the Netherlands and bought a Moyu Weilong v2 from a dutch site. The small white box with a picture of zemdegs says Weilong, but the squares are slightly curved towards the middle. I looked up pictures on the internet and it 100% looks like an aolong. When I look up pictures of a Weilong v2 all the cubies are square. But all my cubies on my Weilong are slightly curved exactly like an Aolong. Is this normal?
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Take a corner and edge out and send a photo. There is a forum thread devoted to that: [Help thread] Is my cube / puzzle a dud? where you can get advice, in case it is a fake or, as you suggest, maybe just a different cube.
 
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