freshcuber
Veteran
I've only been cubing for a little over a month and have so far been using a LBL method. I've peaked with this method at averages of about a minute and a PB of 52.06 (I have maybe fifteen sub-minute times). I know I could grind through and drop my averages maybe a few seconds but I figured that since I've built up (what I think is sufficient) knowledge of the cube I'm trying to learn a CFOP System. I'm currently trying to learn a 2loll Fridrich Method but so far haven't really memorized any algorithms. I'm just familiarizing myself with the steps. My questions for now are:
What makes a J-Permutation a J-Permutation? Or a G-Permutation a G-Permutation ect ect. It probably doesn't matter but if I could break down the algorithms into groups and each group has shared characteristics I could identify them better on my cube when they come up and then I'd atleast have a situation associated with a permutation group and eventually the correct permutation.
Should I be learning how to finger trick? I know that to get times that are sub-30 or less you need to be pretty good at this. I avoid most wristy moves whenever I can but it seems like I re-grip a ton. I feel like finger tricking well would make many of the F2L algorithms feel much smoother and I'd be able to memorize them faster.
Should I learn certain algorithms first? F2L algorithms are currently my main focus since I know that most time solving is spent on this step but are OLL or PLL algorithms more important when first learning to speed solve?
I've only started learning this method yesterday so I can still change to anything. I'm learning it all out of Dan Harris's "Speedsolvong the Cube" so anyone who is familiar with the algorithms he provides but knows better ones I'd love to learn those instead of trying to get out of a rut later. I know it probably seems like I'm really ambitious but I want to learn the best way possible so that I improve quickly and don't need to change things once I already have a bunch of algorithms memorized.
What makes a J-Permutation a J-Permutation? Or a G-Permutation a G-Permutation ect ect. It probably doesn't matter but if I could break down the algorithms into groups and each group has shared characteristics I could identify them better on my cube when they come up and then I'd atleast have a situation associated with a permutation group and eventually the correct permutation.
Should I be learning how to finger trick? I know that to get times that are sub-30 or less you need to be pretty good at this. I avoid most wristy moves whenever I can but it seems like I re-grip a ton. I feel like finger tricking well would make many of the F2L algorithms feel much smoother and I'd be able to memorize them faster.
Should I learn certain algorithms first? F2L algorithms are currently my main focus since I know that most time solving is spent on this step but are OLL or PLL algorithms more important when first learning to speed solve?
I've only started learning this method yesterday so I can still change to anything. I'm learning it all out of Dan Harris's "Speedsolvong the Cube" so anyone who is familiar with the algorithms he provides but knows better ones I'd love to learn those instead of trying to get out of a rut later. I know it probably seems like I'm really ambitious but I want to learn the best way possible so that I improve quickly and don't need to change things once I already have a bunch of algorithms memorized.
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