Tips on Getting FASTER times

[e1337noob]

Well, I'm an awful cuber.
My best is probably 1:15 and that was luck.

My average is 1:30 Beginner (Dan Brown)
And the same 1:30 with f2l, then the rest beginner.

Can anyone help me lower my times? If I can get 1 minute, I'll be insanely happy =)

 

[Dene]

Practise, practise, practise.

 

[Cuber1974]

Either go keyhole, or since you're already learning F2L, take it the next step with 2 Look OLL and 1 or 2 look PLL.

Even with 4LLL you should be able to break 1 min pretty easily with practise.

...and that's all it comes down to at the end of the day. Practise!

 

[waffle=ijm]

Practise, practise, practise.

what dene said

and oh yeah, practice

 

[e1337noob]

Thanks for all your tips! =)

Noob Question = What is a 2 look pll/oll and the other "looks" you are talking about?

 

[waffle=ijm]

Thanks for all your tips! =)

Noob Question = What is a 2 look pll/oll and the other "looks" you are talking about?

2 look means corners and edges done separately for PLL and OLL

so 2 look OLL = orient edges. then orient corners

 

[e1337noob]

Hmm.. I don't really understand=( :confused:

 

[IamWEB]

You make the edges the same color on top, and then the corners.

Do you know what corners and edges are?

 

[IamWEB]

Other Tips:
Lube your cube.
/end other tips.

Visit Badmephisto's youtube channel for videos, and search this forum for answers to any other questions. If you can't find a solid answer, just ask anyone.

 

[imaghost]

I got 23 seconds 2 times with Dan Brown, beginner method, but I did the first side with logic, no algorithms. It just takes practice.

 

[Lord Voldemort]

That's really impressive...
23 seconds with Dan Brown method, which is supposed to be uber-crap? You should learn Fridrich. I bet you'll be sub 15 or something in a week

 

[RuNeSCaPeR133]

Practice or practise?

 

[Davey Boy]

I got to my first milestone by practicing looking ahead on f2l, and learning th simplest way to solve each case intuitively.

 

[ThatGuy]

How about posting a video of you? Don't try to go fast and tense up. You don't want to be omgomgomgomgomgwhereisthenextpieceican'tfindit. Relax and turn steadily. Also, do what everyone else said.

 

[Johannes91]

Practice or practise?

Practise if you need practice.

 

[ThatGuy]

I finally know the difference between practice and practise.

 

[imaghost]

To solve the corner where you would have to do R' D' R D once backwards, or like 4 originally... I would do F D F', I can get the cross in like 3 seconds, maybe less... I'm learning the F2L that you don't need to do the algorithm for. It takes me longer to do that than the algorithms. I could recognize it really fast and do everything. The last algorithm, R' D' R D, I can do that 6 times in like a second. I have learned 2 look PLL, but still don't know the counterclockwise edge cycle, which I might learn next. I have learned a couple more PLL's and need to learn the OLL's. School just got out so I will have time to do this. My average with the beginners method was around 32 seconds.
I also solved the cross on the left, because i solved the corners doing R U' R' U, and holding it sideways. This way, I could use my index fingers instead of my ring finger.

 

[eragg0]

2-look OLL = Making last layer 1 solid color. First flip edges then twist corners
2-look PLL = Putting all pieces to right places. First shift corners and then edges.
badmephisto has GREAT tutorials to look up.

 

[penfold1992]

learn badmephisto's beginner method..

i can get 40-50's average which i thought is quite good by strictly following the beginner method. just not learning the 2 looks. also from badmephisto