Sub-3 on 5x5

[pcharles93]

Wow, your centers are so consistent, 45-45?

 

[Leviticus]

Wow, your centers are so consistent, 45-45?

:L 45-55. I sometimes get really good centres like 35-40 but thats occasionally.

 

[AvGalen]

I think it's about time I learned AVG edges.

If you already know 2-at-a-time pairing for 4x4x4, you can learn AVG edges in 1 minute

Mastering it takes a little longer though

Ummmm I don't think that I do... I just improvise 4x4x4 edges like I do with 5x5x5 >.< . Whatever I see, I pair.

That gives bad look-ahead, more weird cases and probably results in needing more algs for the last edges (parities). The whole point of AVG edges is that you work from a fixed position (buffer) so you basically get a large chain of edge-pairing with very good look-ahead.

 

[cpt.Justice]

Where can I learn AVG edges then?
I tried using 6-pair on the 5x5, but it took me about a minute longer than the pairing shown on bigcubes.com :S

 

[AvGalen]

Where can I learn AVG edges then?
I tried using 6-pair on the 5x5, but it took me about a minute longer than the pairing shown on bigcubes.com :S

I really hope that smiley means that you already know where you can learn it, but because you talk about 6-pair (basically a bad idea unless you are really good and lucky) I figure you don't:
http://speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=761
http://speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1447

 

[Dene]

Mr. van Galen: Sometimes I go for long chains if I see them. I don't think my lookahead is too bad - I can generally see the next pair I will go for before I do it. The only problem is it involves a bit of rotating.

 

[AvGalen]

Going for long chains can save a couple of moves, but it can also backfire very bad (dFL -> dFR -> dBR -> dFL) especially if you don't "memo" the pieces that are already in the chain. You might end up looking all over the cube before you realize the chain is bad and all you needed was a B-turn for a nice 3-cycle.

 

[starcuber]

For a sub-3 minutes average you should aim for:

60 seconds for centers
80 seconds for edges
40 seconds for 3x3x3

This is based on my personal experience, corrected for the fact that others seem to be slower on edges and faster on 3x3x3.

My times now are about
40
55
40

Please give your times for reduction so we can analyse your strong and weak points. Also, posting a video might help

some times i sub 1 centers but for edges i am terrible it takes me 2 minutes so i get 4 5 minutes so is there anything i can do to sub 80 seconds for 5x5

 

[Praetorian]

some times i sub 1 centers but for edges i am terrible it takes me 2 minutes so i get 4 5 minutes so is there anything i can do to sub 80 seconds for 5x5

nice 7 year bump

 

[collppllzbf2lll]

some times i sub 2 centers but for edges i am terrible it takes me 4 minutes so i get 45 minutes so is there anything i can do to sub 80 seconds for 5x5

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