How I think New cubers should start out ;)

[Cubing]

First off you have just learned how to solve a rubik's cube. You will most likely average around 2min correct?

#1 rule:

NEVER EVER get the best rubik's cube on the internet, like the dayan guhong, well in my opinion its the best, but still. The reason why, is that you will have the same speed for months and months. You will get so comfortable with the speed, that you will barely improve, after 40 seconds I think.
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Keep using your Rubik's brand for this until I tell you to in this paragraph. Ok now, this may be difficult, but learn intermediate fridrich ( 2 LOOK PLL AND 2 LOOK OLL, HAPPY? )until 35 seconds. Then you learn full PLL and a little bit of OLL. You will then buy a better cube, not best cube on the internet, and use it till 25 ish seconds. then buy the best cube on the internet, and finish learning your advanced fridrich.

Hoped it helped Also, if you can't have a credit card, open up a paypal account and buy a visa gift card from a supermarket. Or just use snail mail on cube depot or speedcubeshop.
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I average 17-20 seconds. Best time: 14.33 seconds.

 

[Erzz]

You skipped 2 look PLL and 2 look OLL.

 

[Cubing]

Thats intermediate fridrich. I explained that in my rule.

 

[Erzz]

Someone new to cubing probably wouldn't know that, might want to clarify.

 

[Cubing]

Just type it in on Youtube, Most videos are based on it. They learned how to solve a rubik's cube, so why not?

 

[marthaurion]

WRONG

 

[Your Mother]

Good guide, but the Wiki has one just like it.

 

[ElectricDoodie]

I averaged 1 mins with a Rubik's Brand, and Beginner's method.
I learned 2Look OLL and PLL, and averaged 40-45 seconds.
I bought an AV and modded it to Haiyan Memory. Thne learned Full PLL. Started averaging 27-33.
I am now focusing on F2L, and average around 20 seconds.

I win.

 

[tx789]

I didn't buy a speed cube to my first torment a fll and a lanlan 2x2 1 1/2 years after learning 3x3x3 then I was aving 50-55sec on a rubik brand lubed faster that a normal one but slower than a speedcube

 

[Cyrus C.]

I don't get it.

 

[Johan444]

When you buy your "speed cube" doesn't matter.

Scenario a: 10 months Rubik's brand + 1 month GuHong = x seconds average.
Scenario b: 1 month Rubik's brand + 10 months GuHong = x seconds average.

I cannot see why this wouldn't be true.

 

[TheMachanga]

When you buy your "speed cube" doesn't matter.

Scenario a: 10 months Rubik's brand + 1 month GuHong = x seconds average.
Scenario b: 1 month Rubik's brand + 10 months GuHong = x seconds average.

I cannot see why this wouldn't be true.

Cubing style and fingertricks will develop differently. Slow cube promotes look-a-head.

 

[~Adam~]

I got a GuHong at 42 second average with 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL with a type C.
In 3 months I knocked 20 seconds off my average while learning full OLL and PLL.

@OP So you think I would of gotten faster quicker with your method?

 

[Stefan]

Slow cube promotes frustration and quitting.

 

[Juju]

Yeah I agree with Stefan. Get a cube that you are comfortable with, and you really like the feel of, regardless of how fast you are. Seriously I couldn't imagine trying to learn full PLL on a storebought. You want to learn fingertricks early on imo.


I got a Guhong at around a 40 second average, and now I'm down to a 21 second average and still improving.

 

[David0794]

maybe you should learn to be color neutral from the beginning...i think it's useful and it's not that hard if you are a beginner.

 

[cincyaviation]

Why is it that these threads are always made by the people least qualified to make them? (Actually not the case if you consider the How To Be Sub-20 Thread or the FAQ) This "guide" or whatever you want to call it was biased towards fridrich for one. It gave no information on different methods, or any of the other branches of cubing, or any sub methods that could be used instead of OLL/PLL.

Also, why would you wait to buy a new cube? First of all, it can tend to delay/alter the development of fingertricks because it may be too hard to turn. It also, as Stefan said, might just cause a new cuber to quit. I think it would be nice to update our stuff for beginners, as i see people sometimes thinking that QJ 4x4's and Rubik's DIY's are the best cubes in their classes (Not that they couldn't be to some).

 

[Whyusosrs?]

Epic nubbery.

 

[gundamslicer]

I got a alpha 1 when I just started... 7mins to 1:30 in one week. Barely 2 hours of practice.... I think that's wrong

 

[~Adam~]

My 3rd solve was sub 2 mins, with a 1980's unlubed Rubik's. What's wrong with your scenario?