lawofthecube
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Hey, I'm disabled regarding my ability to process information and remember stuff, not just in "time" but in sequencial order like with doing cross. Sometimes it's very difficult and sometimes it's just only so hard to think or process information! I have been enjoying having my cubing hobby for the last almost two years now, getting help from all the celebrities on YT and here and I'm so thankful...
As usual I was at Target buying Star Wars T-shirts and saw a rubiks cube so I tried really hard to do the basic cube method but that took forever and had to buy a $4 QiYi cube cause the Rubiks did not turn well. I then learned reduction for 2x2-7x7 and the Pyraminx and it was only after many months I said to myself maybe I could try the 4LLL method while all along I was always telling myself to never try the full Step CFOP because I can't remember very well but something came from inside myself and I went for it anyway and bought a expensive Gan XS and after learning 16 algs I said maybe if I keep trying I could end up doing Full Color Neutral CFOP and thus that's how my journey began!
I decided early on, about a month into full CFOP learning, that it would be beneficial to learn color neutrality but at the time I think I made that decision not so much about step 1 cross but to have a better understanding of the color scheme and mechanics of a six sided cube. Because of my dificulty in doing cubing I finally decided to do a spreadsheet, as I heard some do, so I could have all my information for all 4 CFOP steps in one place instead of going to different web sites and scrolling through many PDF's. I had to ultimately, to get me to remember stuff, had to learn CFOP backwards starting of course with PLL. I remember spending 5 months on a now gone web page for "color neutral" PLL recognition and by the end of the approximate 5 month PLL studying I had decent recognition, orientation and execution meaning I could do them mostly by heart with a ok finger trick. Also during that time I changed PLL's and found the one's that I could remember in reference to other PLL's.
Then I spent another 5 or 6 months studying/practicing full OLL with also learning decent recognition, orientation and execution's and am still getting to full OLL but my recoginition and finger tricks are ok along with orientation for my algs...
Then as logic dictates I went on the journey of F2L and learning JPerms 42 algs and started to also play with his more advanced and expert F2L algs. I really love F2L and it might be my strong point but I can't say that with absolute truth yet but am so excited to learn all the JPerm algs and more when I, if I can, get confident and finally and hopefully do well with color neutral cross first step!?
I wanted to show a little history of of my learning process so that if anyone with positivity and a supportive nature wants to tune in and help me they would know my mindframe and strategy a little so I might receive some help how I learn and how I'm challenged. I have watched literally every cross video in exsitance generally speaking and hundreds of times so I have the basic cross strategies and guidelines in mind and now I'm seeing what is hard and could use some assistance if anyone can tune into my disability and might have some good counsel or suggested training for me!?
To be honest it isn't the color neutrality necessarily that is hard and I've done much better with color scheme of the six sides but rather my difficulty is with remembering 3-4 steps in sequential order, assuming one cross edge is already solved etc..
I just can't seem to hold onto the simple 4 cross edges and their relation to eachother and order they are placed. I seem to blank out with the 3rd or 4th edge and forget what the 1st and 2nd edge was and it's like the edges vanish in my mind and it's like my mind is blank when I need it to be filled with either a alg or just seeing how I should do it. I have spent 5 months almost just doing cross and a solve after cross but I'm feeling stuck and can't seem to escape "Cross Island" as my post is titled and in being generally a positive person who exists in a more intuitive "using the force" type of mindframe, rather than what I might call a common intellectual state of mind. I might be able to apply good non-partial, non-flawed logic in some situations but I'm generally a intuitive human by nature and it seems to increase daily...
I don't know if this is enough for some rare person to get what is my challenge but I've worked so freaking hard I don't want to give up and even more true I feel if I could just get to a basic consistant cross solve that F2L and the LL part of CFOP would start to come together. I understand F2L through PLL is really about recognition and execution but cross as we know is making up, every time, a new alg or seeing a way to pull it off even when there are no edges done on any 6 sides or having to do 4 edges. I could really use some practice strategies or a master plan to get better at cross and hopefully have cross be more comfortable and good enough where I could start to see a first pair, X's Cross. Just for informations sake I still don't use my timer as I was told to hold off till I got around 20 seconds but if I was to guess my luckiest best solve might be around 35 seconds if everything went right and I remember LL etc...
I know this post may sound strange or maybe one of you may get what I'm saying and describing but I sure could use your help if you have the time and any insight to helping me again, getting off "Cross Island" where I feel stranded and can't seem to waive down down any passing cross teacher ships passing by...
I have attached my spreadsheet if anyone wants to help and needs a clue to how I've organized my mind with cubing...
I have also just yesterday purchased a inexspensive black cube and taken off the corner stickers, so I could just drill color neutral cross, but I usually solve or learn with my Gan 12 which is a pretty cool cube. I'm willing to take baby steps but I feel stuck and with my unique upbringing I was to advised to ask for help when I'm in trouble or feel stuck and after 5 months and not really seeing any improvement I had to make this post...
Thanks you for listening and I hope in writing this embarrising post I might gain some insight and move through whatever is keeping me stuck and not getting Cross yet...
Kelly
As usual I was at Target buying Star Wars T-shirts and saw a rubiks cube so I tried really hard to do the basic cube method but that took forever and had to buy a $4 QiYi cube cause the Rubiks did not turn well. I then learned reduction for 2x2-7x7 and the Pyraminx and it was only after many months I said to myself maybe I could try the 4LLL method while all along I was always telling myself to never try the full Step CFOP because I can't remember very well but something came from inside myself and I went for it anyway and bought a expensive Gan XS and after learning 16 algs I said maybe if I keep trying I could end up doing Full Color Neutral CFOP and thus that's how my journey began!
I decided early on, about a month into full CFOP learning, that it would be beneficial to learn color neutrality but at the time I think I made that decision not so much about step 1 cross but to have a better understanding of the color scheme and mechanics of a six sided cube. Because of my dificulty in doing cubing I finally decided to do a spreadsheet, as I heard some do, so I could have all my information for all 4 CFOP steps in one place instead of going to different web sites and scrolling through many PDF's. I had to ultimately, to get me to remember stuff, had to learn CFOP backwards starting of course with PLL. I remember spending 5 months on a now gone web page for "color neutral" PLL recognition and by the end of the approximate 5 month PLL studying I had decent recognition, orientation and execution meaning I could do them mostly by heart with a ok finger trick. Also during that time I changed PLL's and found the one's that I could remember in reference to other PLL's.
Then I spent another 5 or 6 months studying/practicing full OLL with also learning decent recognition, orientation and execution's and am still getting to full OLL but my recoginition and finger tricks are ok along with orientation for my algs...
Then as logic dictates I went on the journey of F2L and learning JPerms 42 algs and started to also play with his more advanced and expert F2L algs. I really love F2L and it might be my strong point but I can't say that with absolute truth yet but am so excited to learn all the JPerm algs and more when I, if I can, get confident and finally and hopefully do well with color neutral cross first step!?
I wanted to show a little history of of my learning process so that if anyone with positivity and a supportive nature wants to tune in and help me they would know my mindframe and strategy a little so I might receive some help how I learn and how I'm challenged. I have watched literally every cross video in exsitance generally speaking and hundreds of times so I have the basic cross strategies and guidelines in mind and now I'm seeing what is hard and could use some assistance if anyone can tune into my disability and might have some good counsel or suggested training for me!?
To be honest it isn't the color neutrality necessarily that is hard and I've done much better with color scheme of the six sides but rather my difficulty is with remembering 3-4 steps in sequential order, assuming one cross edge is already solved etc..
I just can't seem to hold onto the simple 4 cross edges and their relation to eachother and order they are placed. I seem to blank out with the 3rd or 4th edge and forget what the 1st and 2nd edge was and it's like the edges vanish in my mind and it's like my mind is blank when I need it to be filled with either a alg or just seeing how I should do it. I have spent 5 months almost just doing cross and a solve after cross but I'm feeling stuck and can't seem to escape "Cross Island" as my post is titled and in being generally a positive person who exists in a more intuitive "using the force" type of mindframe, rather than what I might call a common intellectual state of mind. I might be able to apply good non-partial, non-flawed logic in some situations but I'm generally a intuitive human by nature and it seems to increase daily...
I don't know if this is enough for some rare person to get what is my challenge but I've worked so freaking hard I don't want to give up and even more true I feel if I could just get to a basic consistant cross solve that F2L and the LL part of CFOP would start to come together. I understand F2L through PLL is really about recognition and execution but cross as we know is making up, every time, a new alg or seeing a way to pull it off even when there are no edges done on any 6 sides or having to do 4 edges. I could really use some practice strategies or a master plan to get better at cross and hopefully have cross be more comfortable and good enough where I could start to see a first pair, X's Cross. Just for informations sake I still don't use my timer as I was told to hold off till I got around 20 seconds but if I was to guess my luckiest best solve might be around 35 seconds if everything went right and I remember LL etc...
I know this post may sound strange or maybe one of you may get what I'm saying and describing but I sure could use your help if you have the time and any insight to helping me again, getting off "Cross Island" where I feel stranded and can't seem to waive down down any passing cross teacher ships passing by...
I have attached my spreadsheet if anyone wants to help and needs a clue to how I've organized my mind with cubing...
I have also just yesterday purchased a inexspensive black cube and taken off the corner stickers, so I could just drill color neutral cross, but I usually solve or learn with my Gan 12 which is a pretty cool cube. I'm willing to take baby steps but I feel stuck and with my unique upbringing I was to advised to ask for help when I'm in trouble or feel stuck and after 5 months and not really seeing any improvement I had to make this post...
Thanks you for listening and I hope in writing this embarrising post I might gain some insight and move through whatever is keeping me stuck and not getting Cross yet...
Kelly
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