Video: me doing 46.79 :(

[andyt1992]

Hey everyone, this is a vid i did of a solve today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04e6KJh1YG4

Basically i have learnt 2L OLL and need some advice to be sub 40/45 avg.

this is a slightly better than avg solve for me, my avg being around 50secs.
I am using cross then intuitive f2l, 2look oll and beginner PLL.

Soooo... what should i do to improve??

 

[MichaelP.]

Your at the stage where just solving over and over will get you better, but if you need something, why not learn full PLL. Also, if that was a U perm at the end, for the love of god get a 2 gen one. Also, you have a lot of pauses in your solve, so try looking ahead more, and use less full wrist turns. That's all I got. Good luck!

 

[andyt1992]

I know this is noobish but what is a U perm? also if you have a link to a nice two gen one please could you show me?
thanks

 

[MichaelP.]

I know this is noobish but what is a U perm? also if you have a link to a nice two gen one please could you show me?
thanks

The U perm is the PLL that rotates 3 edge pieces clock wise or counter clockwise. You can find a bunch of different PLL's for most situations here. http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/PLL#U_Permutation_:_a

I recommend the 7th alg for the U perm A (Counter-clock wise), ( (y2) R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2 ). They can be executed lightning fast. Also learn the U perm B, below it (Clockwise) I use the 5th alg down. ( (y2) R2' U R U R' U' R' U' R' U R' )

 

[cincyaviation]

I know this is noobish but what is a U perm? also if you have a link to a nice two gen one please could you show me?
thanks

wiki, PLL section, also, stop doing those Dw turns during oll and PLL, just do U, or rotate the cube, also, you seem to be lacking a bit in finger speed on your last layer also, but you are still at the point where just mundane practice will get you better

 

[josmil1]

Most plls and olls are listed in the websites below find the best one that suits you and watch these videos on 2 look pll and 2 look oll

2 look pll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S61q3FYVFis

2 look oll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTYv...922B76D76&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7

PLL and OLL algorithms
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/PLL
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/OLL

 

[andyt1992]

thanks for all the advice guys, also whats a Dw turn?

 

[cincyaviation]

thanks for all the advice guys, also whats a Dw turn?

you may know it as a "d" turn, but its turning both the d and e (equator, i think thats what it stands for anyway) layers together

 

[Robert Parker]

Thank you so much for this entertaining video! I rellay liked it impressive time aswell!

 

[Todd]

For starters dont be "sad facing" 46 seconds, that really is an achievment. Just have to think that most people can't solve it and dont give two thoughts to learning it

Anyway...

Cross - You seemed to give it a good inspection but come time to do the cross you seemed to not know what moves you were going to do....

F2L - seemed a bit long, should watch some of the F2L videos on YouTube, there is a few by Badmephisto which are quite good, they also explain some simple yet obvious algs/tips which are useful.

OLL/PLL - Like others have said, learn the PLLs, only 21 and you can do it quite quickly! Make sure you try different algs as opposed to just picking one.... just yesterday I thought 3 of my OLLs were slow so I found different algs and they are much nicer to do