Mistakes Made as a Noob

[Eduard Khil]

Learnt Roux as a beginner and bought the Dianma.

 

[sqAree]

Learnt Roux as a beginner and bought the Dianma.

What is wrong with learning Roux as a beginner though.

 

[Joel2274]

Don't worry about that last mistake too much, I'm almost averaging sub-20 and still don't know but 2-3 f2l algs.......

Did you learn those algs because you are an alg learner or have you tried intuitive f2l yet?

 

[IAmEpic2004]

I really wanted to get the Rubik's brand speed cube as I though it was the best cube out there.

This was like 2 years ago.

I did that too a couple years ago. lol But the main reason that I bought it is that i could actually buy it in a store.

 

[LyrikTech]

Did you learn those algs because you are an alg learner or have you tried intuitive f2l yet?

I can do intuitive f2l, It's just that in the time it takes me to think about what to do I could have already inserted all the corners and edges separately, I'm still practicing it though.

 

[TheFearlessPro]

Don't worry about that last mistake too much, I'm almost averaging sub-20 and still don't know but 2-3 f2l algs.......

I would say average sub-25. Lol. If you don't got a sub-20 ao5 atleast i wouldnt say i was sub-20. Im sub-25

 

[Earfolds]

I've only started learning to speed cube for a few days, but I can already tell I'm making some mistakes; when I turn F, I move my whole left hand and grip the front face, then turn my wrist, then put my hand back on L. That can't be right, so what's the correct way to do it?

 

[turtwig]

Use your right index finger, kind of like U.

 

[Earfolds]

I definitely need to practice that. Thank you.

 

[YouCubing]

CFOP wasn't my first method. Neither was Roux. Or Petrus. Or ZZ. Or really anything worth learning.

 

[shadowslice e]

Use your right index finger, kind of like U.

Tou could also use your thumbs and push down or up with your left or right thumb depending.

 

[Knut]

What is wrong with learning Roux as a beginner though.

It's a lot harder to wrap your head around it as a beginner. It's a bit more standard to do Beginner's and then Roux, but it's still possible to start with it.

For me I didn't learn CMLL. Now here I am at sub-15 and I still have 3/7 sets left. :/ I guess at least I know where I should put my effort now...

 

[shadowslice e]

It's a lot harder to wrap your head around it as a beginner. It's a bit more standard to do Beginner's and then Roux, but it's still possible to start with it.

For me I didn't learn CMLL. Now here I am at sub-15 and I still have 3/7 sets left. :/ I guess at least I know where I should put my effort now...

I still wouldn't call that a "mistake" per se. It just means a bit more work but not doing it just means more work in the long run.

And yeah, I was lazy learning CMLL and didn't even start learning 1-look until I was around 18 and didn't finish until a was about 14-15s

 

[Gordon]

I used to buy lots of cubes because I thought that they would make me faster. Nearly every new 2x2 - 5x5.

Now I am still slow but have much to many cubes.

 

[Yetiowin]

CFOP wasn't my first method. Neither was Roux. Or Petrus. Or ZZ. Or really anything worth learning.

What was your first method? I thought that most people started with LBL and not a speed method like CFOP or Roux.

 

[YouCubing]

What was your first method? I thought that most people started with LBL and not a speed method like CFOP or Roux.

not even LBL basically first layer is the same as LBL, but then you do corners on the top layer (swap 2 - F' U' F U R U R', orient - R' D' R D), put the edges in on the top layer using U-perms, and then do the middle layer (orient - M' U M' U M' d2 M' U M' U M').

 

[guysensei1]

not even LBL basically first layer is the same as LBL, but then you do corners on the top layer (swap 2 - F' U' F U R U R', orient - R' D' R D), put the edges in on the top layer using U-perms, and then do the middle layer (orient - M' U M' U M' d2 M' U M' U M').

Wat is that even

 

[shadowslice e]

Wat is that even

It looks like an interesting sandwich/waterman hybrid. It could actually have been pretty efficient of you actually got food with it.

 

[biscuit]

It looks like an interesting sandwich/waterman hybrid. It could actually have been pretty efficient of you actually got food with it.

I personally love anything I get food with. Oh wait... That's not what you meant.

 

[KevinM]

Traded a broken in aolong V2 for a CLOCK