Nir1213's Quest to Sub-20 with CFOP!

yea im not sure how to fix my cross i do cross in 5 seconds and its trash
the f2l i kinda stumble upon so yea
i rotate the Z perm and H perm cause if i turn it the corners are not in the right spot which makes it a little harder to recog. If I have a h perm and i turn i would have to AUF to solve the cube.
A HUGE part of being fast is cross. I learned an efficient cross and dropped my times by about 3 seconds. I would recommend that before anything. Also, the sooner you learn to be color neutral, the easier it will be to learn. I am almost sub 20 on white and yellow cross, but because I am not color neutral, it takes a lot to learn to be color near trial because the f2l pairs being different colors really screws up your look ahead.
Heres a playlist to a better cross
 
yea im not sure how to fix my cross i do cross in 5 seconds and its trash
the f2l i kinda stumble upon so yea
i rotate the Z perm and H perm cause if i turn it the corners are not in the right spot which makes it a little harder to recog. If I have a h perm and i turn i would have to AUF to solve the cube.
i also inspect the cross edges that are closest to me but i just forget about the farther ones, and then i rotate to find the cross pieces.
 
i rotate the Z perm and H perm cause if i turn it the corners are not in the right spot which makes it a little harder to recog. If I have a h perm and i turn i would have to AUF to solve the cube.

It's better to AUF instead of rotating because it only involves doing a U, U' or a U2. And recognition isn't hard, if you see, every side has headlights so you just need to see where the edge should go.
 
It's better to AUF instead of rotating because it only involves doing a U, U' or a U2. And recognition isn't hard, if you see, every side has headlights so you just need to see where the edge should go.
oh wait it is easy. You just got to see the pll patterns, kinda like cp recog.

A HUGE part of being fast is cross. I learned an efficient cross and dropped my times by about 3 seconds. I would recommend that before anything. Also, the sooner you learn to be color neutral, the easier it will be to learn. I am almost sub 20 on white and yellow cross, but because I am not color neutral, it takes a lot to learn to be color near trial because the f2l pairs being different colors really screws up your look ahead.
Heres a playlist to a better cross
Here's what I thought in general
Cross: Too many R'FR, the almost sledge for putting in "bad" cross pieces. Although it's ok sometimes, it is best to put in two pieces at once, and it is beneficial to review blind crosses. Also, too many rotations. It's not always bad to use B moves, and you seem to favor seeing the cross piece, signaling myself that you aren't memorizing the cross during inspection.
f2l: Firstly, your algs to solve the pairs aren't too bad, obviously there could be more efficient ones. The biggest time-waster is looking for the pair. You rotate at least once for every pair, and you have to look for the most efficient pair at your angle when you finish the cross. Basically, try to cut down cross-f2l transition by memo your cross during inspection and look for your f2l at LEAST while you put in your last 2 edges, although it should be during the entire cross.
oll: I assume you use 2 look, and it's fine. I can't really see if you use that algs I use for oll, but your speed is fine, especially for your average times.
pll: I think you do 2 look, you should really start full PLL if possible. you rotated too much for the final U,H,Z perm. This kills a solid 2.5 sec of your average. Try to learn what perm you have to do from any angle. U perms are easy because the corners are oriented so you just have to see where the front edge has to go.

Overall, not too much positive, but that's ok. You'll get better by solving and practicing. I can go more in-depth if you'd like, but it might not be worth it for you especially at your stage of cubing.
Thank you guys for the help! I took the advice and the cross video, and it helped my cross get down more than a second!
now before i did crosses around 5.5 seconds, now i do 4.3 - 4.5 seconds. Do you think i should get it down to around 3 seconds or is it fine?
also the B moves in cross advice @Zubin Park umm whenever I try to do it, its awkward and not fingertrick friendly.
Not sure how to do the B moves without regripping which could take off valuable time.
 
Thank you guys for the help! I took the advice and the cross video, and it helped my cross get down more than a second!
now before i did crosses around 5.5 seconds, now i do 4.3 - 4.5 seconds. Do you think i should get it down to around 3 seconds or is it fine?
also the B moves in cross advice @Zubin Park umm whenever I try to do it, its awkward and not fingertrick friendly.
Not sure how to do the B moves without regripping which could take off valuable time.
I'm just saying B move is better than rotating twice to do an F move, which I saw in your solves. If you can select a better cross, however, B moves aren't needed.
 
I'm just saying B move is better than rotating twice to do an F move, which I saw in your solves. If you can select a better cross, however, B moves aren't needed.
i do sometimes the b moves but its only to orient the cross edge in a better position.

i think its fine for my cross to be about 4 seconds, and my f2l is around 24 seconds, which makes me have to do last layer at least 12 seconds to be sub 40.
I may improve on my cross if you think i should improve more though.
Im just gonna do last layer and cross practice, and meanwhile also f2l.

also in one of your tips said that i should improve my cross to f2l transition by finding some pair pieces while solving cross. How do I do that effiencently?
also im going to start learning full pll. Im going with jperm cause wynot?

edit: I found that when i inspect cross i just close my eyes and visualize the cross pieces, and then while i make the moves i can actually solve cross with my eyes closed cause i can see them in my head, pretty cool right. Its the same with f2l.
Might help with cross or f2l.
 
guys im going to improve on my cross and all that, can someone please review my solve videos and see where i can improve my f2l on? My algs might not also be the best.
After improvement on f2l im going to start to learn full pll.
 
This is a thread where i practice and learn cases and algs to get to sub 40.
Right now i learned intuitive f2l but i also need help and tips with it.

so now i have this problem where i see that before i learned intuitive f2l i had a 40 second average on f2l, so i went to learn intuitve f2l to get a lower f2l average, but now that i use intuitvte f2l my solve time is 1 minute and 30 seconds on average??
does this need more practice or i am doing it wrong?
Just practice and practice and practice i used to average 5 minutes with intuitive f2l and 4lll and after grinding solves i now have a 25 second average
 
Just practice and practice and practice i used to average 5 minutes with intuitive f2l and 4lll and after grinding solves i now have a 25 second average
ok but im already sub 40 basically i need to get sub 30 :(

all right im going to practice cross + 1, then when i get that down i will start to learn full pll.
 
Why cross+1? I don't even use it that much in my solves. Not worth it for your level.
and you have to look for the most efficient pair at your angle when you finish the cross. Basically, try to cut down cross-f2l transition by memo your cross during inspection and look for your f2l at LEAST while you put in your last 2 edges, although it should be during the entire cross.

arrgghh i cant track the f2l pieces while i do cross. I can do cross without looking, well most of it, but i cant track the pieces cause its so hard.
 
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