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Doing awkward moves like wide d during a solve can have a bad impact on your time since it's in most cases faster to do a rotation. It also keeps the U face from turning which can make some pairs easier to see/insert.
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brododragon
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Try doing two Ao5's, one d2 U2, and one y2. y2 is always faster.
Or you could use Petrus.
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So, when I orient the only LL edges during F2L- 2 and do WV during F2L-1, i'm using the Petrus method?
brododragon
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Kinda. You're doing 2x2x3, EO, F2L, LL.
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I (think?) i made this alg for OLL 29. is it good? : R U R' U' M' R' F R F' U' M U M' U' M
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It's not anywhere on alg.db so I'd say you made it.
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This week, I'm going to try to become CN and sub 10 simultaneously. I think, it's going to be challenging.
I want to pick the best cross for every solve.
I want to pick the best cross for every solve.
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Example solve :
(12.76) U' B2 U' R U2 D' F U B2 L2 D' F2 L2 F2 D2 F2 D F2 D B U2 :
y y' z2 // Inspection
D U2 R' F2 U' L2 // Cross
U' R U R' U' R U R' U' y2 R' U R // First Pair
U' R U R' U' y' L' U' L // Second Pair
U' y L' U L U F' U F // Third pair
U2 L' U2 L U' F U F' // Fourth Pair
f' L' U' L U f U' F R U R' U' F' // OLL
U2 M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2 U2 // PLL
// Comment : I still use the beginner OLL and F moves to insert F2L pairs, but I did now use y2 instead of d2 to insert into the back to improve lookahead overall, Since the lookahead is pretty good in this solve, I didn't turn very fast to achieve this 12 second solve.
68 HTM. 5 TPS!
(12.76) U' B2 U' R U2 D' F U B2 L2 D' F2 L2 F2 D2 F2 D F2 D B U2 :
y y' z2 // Inspection
D U2 R' F2 U' L2 // Cross
U' R U R' U' R U R' U' y2 R' U R // First Pair
U' R U R' U' y' L' U' L // Second Pair
U' y L' U L U F' U F // Third pair
U2 L' U2 L U' F U F' // Fourth Pair
f' L' U' L U f U' F R U R' U' F' // OLL
U2 M2 U' M U2 M' U' M2 U2 // PLL
// Comment : I still use the beginner OLL and F moves to insert F2L pairs, but I did now use y2 instead of d2 to insert into the back to improve lookahead overall, Since the lookahead is pretty good in this solve, I didn't turn very fast to achieve this 12 second solve.
68 HTM. 5 TPS!
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A better way to do the first pair would be L' U2 L U L' U' L.
I'm not sure if you already knew that insertion or you fumbled during that part, but its best to know the most efficient insertions early on.
I would suggest you spend some time away from the timer, and do some slow solves, where you look at two pieces of a pair and try to figure out the most efficient way to solve them.
Some good general rules of thumb/ helpful tips:
- Try to solve every pair in 8 moves or less
- Some pairs will take 11 moves but those are exceptions
- Never rotate more than once to solve a pair.
I think you will find this video helpful
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Do anyone say sorry to their keyboard lol
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Lol I use phone cause my laptop broke... he tho I'm breaking my screen, thank gosh for screen protdctor
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What is the fastest pure CFOP solve, and I mean only Cross, F2L, OLL, and PLL and not with things like COLL and ZBLL but with F2L techniques. I want to see if you could be world class using just pure CFOP and no additional things.
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Max park is the best example of getting fast with pure CFOP and very little add-ons. Most of his solves were pure CFOP, and he managed to become one of the best in the world, and 2017 world champion (his 4.40 single is the fastest fullstep single in comp).
It turns out tMax was being limited in terms of his solve speed as he did not use many extensions compared to others on his level. Max has started learning more ZBLL algorithms and began incorporating more of them in his solves.
Based on that, I would say with great certainty that you can 100% be sub 7 with pure CFOP (Maybe sub 6.5 if you try really hard).
Learning alg sets would still be very helpful for you.
If you ever consider learning any additional alg sets, I would recommend learning COLL and WV (Not all WV algs, cus some are garbage) as they will help you reach the higher levels of speedcubing.
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Max's 4.40 Reconstruction:
Scramble: R2 U2 F2 R2 D2 U2 B2 U' L2 F R D2 U L' B L' U2 F' U'
49 moves in 4.40 seconds: 11.13 TPS
reconstruction by Cubeologist42
Scramble: R2 U2 F2 R2 D2 U2 B2 U' L2 F R D2 U L' B L' U2 F' U'
| Step | Moves |
|---|---|
| Inspection | y' |
| Cross +1 | R2 U' D R' L F' |
| 2nd Pair | L U' L' |
| 3rd Pair | U R' U R |
| 4th Pair | U (U R U' R')*3 |
| OLL | U' (F R U' R' U' R U R' F') |
| PLL | U' (R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R) U |
reconstruction by Cubeologist42
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I actually made a mistake here. Sub 6 is 100% possible with pure CFOP.
Max's 5.84 Average was pure CFOP, and his 5.59 NAR was also done with pure CFOP and no skips.
You can watch the reconstruction to learn from those solves
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This week I'm focusing on being able to pick cross colour and (colour neutral) and also control my turning and not pause too much.
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This blog by Feliks has some useful information about improving your turning style and controlling your turns
Improving Turning Speed
A couple of tips and thoughts on improving the turning speed in your solves.
www.cubeskills.com
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Does anyone know how to do lefty finger tricks like push U and lefty U2 fingerflick? I think it might be useful.
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Anyone want to critique my solve? (9.68) Almost PB lol : F2 R2 B2 U B2 U2 F2 D' L2 B2 F2 R D F' L' F' D' B2 F' R2 U'
z2 x' x x2 x2 // Inspection
B F' R' L F2 U r U' r' D2 // Cross + 2 Pairs
R' U R U' R' F R F' // First Pair
d2 U' R U R' U' B U' B' U R U' R' // Second Pair plus Third pair
U' F U2 F' U L' U L // Fourth Pair
U' f R U R' U' f' // OLL
U' x R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 // A Perm Pll
B' // Adjust B Layer
// Comment : When I made the first pair (lol need to correct that), I didn't know I was accidentally making another pair and when I did that, I turned so fast that when I was doing the fourth pair, I lost grip of the cube, but got it back and I think LL was okay, except of the weird Adjust of B layer.
57 HTM. I think it could have been more efficient.
Edit :
Anyone want to critique my solve? (9.68) Almost PB lol : F2 R2 B2 U B2 U2 F2 D' L2 B2 F2 R D F' L' F' D' B2 F' R2 U'
z2 x' x x2 x2 // Inspection
B F' R' L F2 U r U' r' D2 // Cross + 2 Pairs
R' U R U' R' F R F' // First Pair
d2 U' R U R' U' B U' B' U R U' R' // Second Pair plus Third pair
U' F U2 F' U L' U L // Fourth Pair
U' f R U R' U' f' // OLL
U' x R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 // A Perm Pll
B' // Adjust B Layer
// Comment : When I made the first pair (lol need to correct that), I didn't know I was accidentally making another pair and when I did that, I turned so fast that when I was doing the fourth pair, I lost grip of the cube, but got it back and I think LL was okay, except of the weird Adjust of B layer.
57 HTM. I think it could have been more efficient.
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PetrusQuber
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Watch some OH videos for lefty pushes and things.
brododragon
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Just mirror righty U' pushes and do index-middle lefty U2's.
