[Unofficial] Looking for advice

[danthecuber]

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=nbupls&s=7
Please don't just say practice. I am looking for specific advice to help me in my solves, especially for my first competition this Saturday. Thanks. BTW, the 18.77 is my second best solve ever.

 

[uberCuber]

turn faster and still lookahead that good or better.

 

[danthecuber]

turn faster and still lookahead that good or better.

zomg i didn't think my lookahead was that great, so thanks

anyone else got some advice?

 

[maggot]

1 look PLL? or at least whatever you did in the first solve that you needed to do H perm. for f2l it looks like you are rushed but have slow turnspeed, much like me when i try to rush. the 18 sec solve could have been sub 15 if you would have been more calm when you seen all the already finished pairs lol. when you slow down and turn more buttery, you not only get better lookahead capabilities, but in a pinch, you're not rushed feeling when you see really good things happen.

 

[danthecuber]

I know 15 plls so some are 1 look some 2 look
I don't know V, Nb, and 4 Gs
i hope to learn v and nb before the comp
any suggestions on the algs i should use?

 

[Vinny]

I'd suggest tryign to learn as many G perms as you can instead. The V and N perms are less common.

 

[ianography]

I know 15 plls so some are 1 look some 2 look
I don't know V, Nb, and 4 Gs
i hope to learn v and nb before the comp
any suggestions on the algs i should use?

This may only be good if you have a fast Jb perm, but for Nb I just do the Jb perm twice. You'll have to rotate the top layer a few times after the first Jb perm though

 

[danthecuber]

I can do Jb in ~1.5s, is that fast enough?
is the rotation U, U', or U2?

 

[danthecuber]

ok so I did a little fiddling around with that concept and I found out that it is actually Na! For that I use R U R' U-J perm-f2l insert

what to use for Nb...:confused:

 

[theace]

I mirror the same thing with my left hand.

 

[MrIndianTeen]

For N(b) use the alg below -


F U F' (J perm) F U' F'

sorry but i don't know how to explain how to hold the cube when you do it. please experiment this is a great alg.

 

[danthecuber]

Theace: but I suck with my left hand I tried that with Ra, Which is at best 3.5+, while my Rb can get down to 1.5 sometimes
mrindianteen: i tried it but still ended up with an Na perm, maybe i'm doing something wrong
Nb is this

I end up with this

 

[freshcuber]

Mirrors are almost always crap unless you're mirroring an awesome alg like the T-Perm and even then unless you drill it a lot it's probably going to be slower than an R U dominant alg.

 

[hic0057]

Don't worry too much about N perms. They only come up 1/72 each according to Badmephisto
http://www.badmephisto.com/pll.php

These threads help me alot
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?6085-How-to-Get-Faster-using-the-Fridrich-Method
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?14009-How-to-be-sub-20

This post that Chris posted on this page is very useful
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?14009-How-to-be-sub-20/page5

Go through your F2l algs and compare them to the ones on the wiki. Don't choose move optimum solution but Speed optimum.
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/F2L

Practice F2L blind folded. Work out how you solve the first one then solve it while tracking the two pieces then solve those.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnkSZZ6OoQ4

Learn A couple of the basic OLL
T,P W, C, Square and the two easy fish cases. Most of these cases are already in your muscle memory from PLL. T perm is made up of 2 OLLs.
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/OLL

 

[danthecuber]

ok thanks but could you give me specific advice based on the video?
Not trying to be hypocrite, I just want to know want I can improve, based on it.

 

[hic0057]

Work on F2l

What is the breakdown of your times on average
Cross
F2l
OLL
Pll

Use a metronome. Put it so you are doing 3 turns per second. You turn too slowly
Practice fast triggers. RUR'U' R'FRF'

Your cross isn't that great either. Try Colour Neutral or Colour Duel

 

[Cubenovice]

Comp this saturday?

Then do not learn any new algs right now, you do not want to "stumble" over new stuff during the comp....