Cubing Tips

[Johnny.d.p]

I have made this thread to help out other cubers and me!

Post your cubing problem and hopefully someone else shall reply with your solution.
Please do not just say practise.

Here is my current problem: I do not want to learn all OLL and PLL I have come up with my own last layer method and I use a method of Fridrich mix mine.
I always get solves around 30-40 seconds so sub-40.

Any tips?

-Johnny.d.p

 

[Godmil]

Sounds interesting, can you break down how your method works?
Also if you're getting scared off by the number of OLLs remember, many people are sub-20 only knowing 9 OLLs

 

[Johnny.d.p]

Sounds interesting, can you break down how your method works?
Also if you're getting scared off by the number of OLLs remember, many people are sub-20 only knowing 9 OLLs

I use a nooby F2L by doing basic R,U2,R',etc.
hard to explain I set up 2 edges first (F,R,U,R',U',F' (and reverse/other way)) orientate next edges, basic oll by doing R',U,L',U',R,U,L' and reverse/other way which I know from which position of the cube to do it. Next if edges are out of place I do u-perm. If 2 edges right place other 2 swapped (wrong place) I do double u perm. Then finish off with a-perm. Lucky cases h-perm.

I also fail with inspection, I don't make very good use of it, I just don't know how to inspect properly...

I also use a GuHong self Lubix Elite modded and lubed with silicone spray.

 

[ilikecubing]

I have made this thread to help out other cubers and me!

Post your problem and hopefully someone else shall reply with your solution.
Please do not just say practise.

One answer question thread is already there,we don't need another

 

[Johnny.d.p]

One answer question thread is already there,we don't need another

I meant if we need cubing tips

 

[ilikecubing]

I meant if we need cubing tips

OAQT is/can be used for that purpose too

 

[wontolla]

How is your lookahead during F2L? Do you look for the next pair whilst your fingers insert the previous one?

 

[amostay2004]

Your last layer method (which is pretty similar to beginner methods) sounds terribly time consuming. Just learn 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL, you already know some of the algs, probably just need to learn about 10 more or so. Never let the amount of algs scare you, they're very, very easy to learn.

 

[Magix]

You should really learn 2 look pll + oll. It's much easier than it sounds. My method is a bit different than most people, but here's how I got the algs to make sense to me. Learn the fingertricks:

Sexy move = R U R' U'
Sledgehammer = R' F R F'
Don't know the english term for this one = R U R' F' .. let's call it the thumby for the lulz of it

From then line/bar OLL is just F + sexy + F'.
L OLL is just f + sexy + f' (same thing except drag middle layer along)

You already know U perm and A perm..

J perm (adjacent edges) (R U R' F') (R U R' U') (R' F) R2 U' R' U'
Which is thumby + sexy + R' F + R2 + U' R' U'. The last part will go into your muscle memory easily if you do it with fingertricks.

T perm (opposite edges) (R U R' U') (R' F) R2 U' R' U' (R U R' F')
It's the exact same thing except you take out the thumby from the beginning and put it to the end.

Then you learn the mirror for A perm and you're good. Oh and you also have E perm, which is if none of the corners are correctly permuted.
(z) U2 R2 F (R U R' U')3 F' R2 U2 (z')

This is sort of the lazy peoples algorithm. You turn the cube around, set up with U2, R2 and F, then you do sexy move 3 times and do the reverse of the setup. And bang, 2 look PLL is down.

I can break down the rest of the 2 look OLL algs as well if you want lol

 

[Pyjam]

I use a nooby F2L by doing basic R,U2,R',etc.
hard to explain I set up 2 edges first (F,R,U,R',U',F' (and reverse' other way)) orientate next edges, basic oll by doing R',U,L',U',R,U,L' and reverse/other way which I know from which position of the cube to do it. Next if edges are out of place I do u-perm. If 2 edges right place other 2 swapped (wrong place) I do double u perm. Then finish off with a-perm.

I also fail with inspection, I don't make very good use of it, I just don't know how to inspect properly...

I also use a GuHong self Lubix Elite modded and lubed with silicone spray.

If you can recognize edge orientation easily, you shoud try “my method”: after the cross, orient all 8 edges before you start the F2L. It's easy and faster than your method, I believe. Did you see my thread?

During inspection, plan your cross.

 

[Johnny.d.p]

How is your lookahead during F2L? Do you look for the next pair whilst your fingers insert the previous one?

Kinda, half/half, I look at next one and finish the one I am doing then kick in next F2L ASAP. I can sometimes see the next pair, sometimes not, depending on edge placement.

 

[Johnny.d.p]

You should really learn 2 look pll + oll. It's much easier than it sounds. My method is a bit different than most people, but here's how I got the algs to make sense to me. Learn the fingertricks:

Sexy move = R U R' U'
Sledgehammer = R' F R F'
Don't know the english term for this one = R U R' F' .. let's call it the thumby for the lulz of it

From then line/bar OLL is just F + sexy + F'.
L OLL is just f + sexy + f' (same thing except drag middle layer along)

You already know U perm and A perm..

J perm (adjacent edges) (R U R' F') (R U R' U') (R' F) R2 U' R' U'
Which is thumby + sexy + R' F + R2 + U' R' U'. The last part will go into your muscle memory easily if you do it with fingertricks.

T perm (opposite edges) (R U R' U') (R' F) R2 U' R' U' (R U R' F')
It's the exact same thing except you take out the thumby from the beginning and put it to the end.

Then you learn the mirror for A perm and you're good. Oh and you also have E perm, which is if none of the corners are correctly permuted.
(z) U2 R2 F (R U R' U')3 F' R2 U2 (z')

This is sort of the lazy peoples algorithm. You turn the cube around, set up with U2, R2 and F, then you do sexy move 3 times and do the reverse of the setup. And bang, 2 look PLL is down.

I can break down the rest of the 2 look OLL algs as well if you want lol

What's the x,y,z thing? IDK about it

 

[Johnny.d.p]

You should really learn 2 look pll + oll. It's much easier than it sounds. My method is a bit different than most people, but here's how I got the algs to make sense to me. Learn the fingertricks:

Sexy move = R U R' U'
Sledgehammer = R' F R F'
Don't know the english term for this one = R U R' F' .. let's call it the thumby for the lulz of it

From then line/bar OLL is just F + sexy + F'.
L OLL is just f + sexy + f' (same thing except drag middle layer along)

You already know U perm and A perm..

J perm (adjacent edges) (R U R' F') (R U R' U') (R' F) R2 U' R' U'
Which is thumby + sexy + R' F + R2 + U' R' U'. The last part will go into your muscle memory easily if you do it with fingertricks.

T perm (opposite edges) (R U R' U') (R' F) R2 U' R' U' (R U R' F')
It's the exact same thing except you take out the thumby from the beginning and put it to the end.

Then you learn the mirror for A perm and you're good. Oh and you also have E perm, which is if none of the corners are correctly permuted.
(z) U2 R2 F (R U R' U')3 F' R2 U2 (z')

This is sort of the lazy peoples algorithm. You turn the cube around, set up with U2, R2 and F, then you do sexy move 3 times and do the reverse of the setup. And bang, 2 look PLL is down.

I can break down the rest of the 2 look OLL algs as well if you want lol

I didn't notice that was already part of my method :fp

 

[Rpotts]

your method is 2 look oll pll, idk why people don't notice that. he's using fsexy, niklas (for CO,) u perm, a perm. It's just not *full* 4LLL so you may end up repeating algs a few times per step.

 

[Magix]

your method is 2 look oll pll, idk why people don't notice that. he's using fsexy, niklas (for CO,) u perm, a perm. It's just not *full* 4LLL so you may end up repeating algs a few times per step.

He uses like 6 look LL atm. 4LLL is if you never use more than 4 algs to solve the last layer, and never have to repeat them.

What's the x,y,z thing? IDK about it

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