Waffle's Roux Tutorial

[kunz]

thanks for the help and im starting to get my first block down quick

but im wondering what else i should get better at

9 seconds first block
9 seconds second block
6 seconds corners (2 look)
3 seconds permutation
8 seconds finish
45 seconds total

 

[waffle=ijm]

thanks for the help and im starting to get my first block down quick

but im wondering what else i should get better at

9 seconds first block
9 seconds second block
6 seconds corners (2 look)
3 seconds permutation
8 seconds finish
45 seconds total

blocks. both of them need work...then L6E

 

[Ness]

hey,
I'm finally able to see the first block (at least 1x2x2) in inspection and I usually get sub-5 for the first block. But I still end up with 12-16 seconds for F2B.
Could you give me some tips how to improve my transition from first to second block.
Well, I guess it's just practise.. I always try to locate some second block pieces while doing the first block to continue w/ them faster, but I often can't manage that. So I get delays up to 2 seconds while doing the second block... That's quite frustrating because approximately every tenth solve is sub-18 without any skips, because I had no delay (and probably also knew the CMLL)..
Just practise looking ahead?

 

[miniGOINGS]

hey,
I'm finally able to see the first block (at least 1x2x2) in inspection and I usually get sub-5 for the first block. But I still end up with 12-16 seconds for F2B.
Could you give me some tips how to improve my transition from first to second block.
Well, I guess it's just practise.. I always try to locate some second block pieces while doing the first block to continue w/ them faster, but I often can't manage that. So I get delays up to 2 seconds while doing the second block... That's quite frustrating because approximately every tenth solve is sub-18 without any skips, because I had no delay (and probably also knew the CMLL)..
Just practise looking ahead?

A lot of people insert the DR edge while looking for F2L pairs. Because I used Matt's Block, I can do MBC really quickly.

 

[waffle=ijm]

hey,
I'm finally able to see the first block (at least 1x2x2) in inspection and I usually get sub-5 for the first block. But I still end up with 12-16 seconds for F2B.
Could you give me some tips how to improve my transition from first to second block.
Well, I guess it's just practise.. I always try to locate some second block pieces while doing the first block to continue w/ them faster, but I often can't manage that. So I get delays up to 2 seconds while doing the second block... That's quite frustrating because approximately every tenth solve is sub-18 without any skips, because I had no delay (and probably also knew the CMLL)..
Just practise looking ahead?

Practice second block...a lot...like you should know where all the pieces are at all times and try to solve without pauses no matter how slow you are and gradually build up speed.

 

[Ness]

@ waffle: That's what I expected

@mini: At the the beginning I did it that way. But isn't it very inefficent, because you limit your moves again? I mean you have to do 2 f2l pairs then. Instead you can blockbuild the second "block" in order to save some moves...

 

[miniGOINGS]

@mini: At the the beginning I did it that way. But isn't it very efficent, because you limit your moves again? I mean you have to do 2 f2l pairs then. Instead you can blockbuild the second "block" in order to save some moves...

I agree, it's very inefficent. I actually find that MBR works pretty well (at least for me). Right after first block, I find the optimal solution for the second block corners, and as I'm doing that I find a way to place the edge between them. Once I connect that block to R, I simply pair the other 2 edges with their corner. Very fun. A lot of M slice.

 

[jms_gears1]

@mini: At the the beginning I did it that way. But isn't it very efficent, because you limit your moves again? I mean you have to do 2 f2l pairs then. Instead you can blockbuild the second "block" in order to save some moves...

I agree, it's very inefficent. I actually find that MBR works pretty well (at least for me). Right after first block, I find the optimal solution for the second block corners, and as I'm doing that I find a way to place the edge between them. Once I connect that block to R, I simply pair the other 2 edges with their corner. Very fun. A lot of M slice.

i would like to see vids of you solving

 

[miniGOINGS]

i would like to see vids of you solving

Slow or fast? I might do some next week (spring break).

 

[jms_gears1]

i would like to see vids of you solving

Slow or fast? I might do some next week (spring break).

both.
What about those vids you were supposed to have?

 

[miniGOINGS]

both.
What about those vids you were supposed to have?

I've pretty much given up on them. What angle do you want?

 

[jms_gears1]

both.
What about those vids you were supposed to have?

I've pretty much given up on them. What angle do you want?

lol that bad huh?
umm what ever angle shows how you solve them best.

 

[miniGOINGS]

lol that bad huh?
umm what ever angle shows how you solve them best.

Yup.

POV like Waffle for slow, Over-Shoulder like Faz for speed? I'll video my best average of 12, my best average of 5, and my best single (unless any are in one of the other videos), as well as a couple slow solves.

Should I explain what I'm doing in the slow solves, point it out like Yau, or just do it slowly?

EDIT: Nice sig.

 

[jms_gears1]

lol that bad huh?
umm what ever angle shows how you solve them best.

Yup.

POV like Waffle for slow, Over-Shoulder like Faz for speed? I'll video my best average of 12, my best average of 5, and my best single (unless any are in one of the other videos), as well as a couple slow solves.

Should I explain what I'm doing in the slow solves, point it out like Yau, or just do it slowly?

EDIT: Nice sig.

lol that sounds like a good idea.

and if you want you could explain, that way you can use it as a sort of supplementary type vid when you tell someone about MB

 

[Kirjava]

13:41:36 <+Venim> 3x3 Scramble #3180: R' U' R2 F' R2 F R' L U R B' U2 D' F2 D' U2 R L2 D R' D F2 R2 F' R2
13:41:47 <+Kirjava> I wanna type out a solution
13:41:49 <+Kirjava> just cause
13:43:35 <+Kirjava> x2y2U2RF'Lx'BLU2L'yx
13:44:41 <+Kirjava> U2M2UR'U2rU'MUr
13:45:31 <+Kirjava> U'FR'F'RU2RU2r'
13:45:48 <+Kirjava> U2M'UM2U2M2
13:46:11 <+Kirjava> wtf
13:46:13 <+Kirjava> 33 moves?!

 

[miniGOINGS]

Waffle, after recently switching to 1x2x2 for 2nd block, I have a quick question.

What do you look for at the second block?

 

[waffle=ijm]

Waffle, after recently switching to 1x2x2 for 2nd block, I have a quick question.

What do you look for at the second block?

neutral 1x2x2 -> 1x2x3

 

[miniGOINGS]

Let me rephrase that, are you looking for a corner edge pair, and then looking for the other edge to build the 1x2x2?

 

[waffle=ijm]

Let me rephrase that, are you looking for a corner edge pair, and then looking for the other edge to build the 1x2x2?

whichever is easier for that case. I just wing it.

 

[miniGOINGS]

whichever is easier for that case. I just wing it.

Sounds good to me.

By winging it, do you usually try to take a quick look for an easy block, or just start right away?