Help with learning the Fridrich method?

Best thing to really do is look it up on youtube.
But in steps
1) Practice cross.
2)Learn how to do intuitive F2l. Not very hard at all. Its just putting an edge and corner together and putting them into the correct slot.
3)Learn 2look OLL. Very simple and not long algorithms.
4)Learn 2look PLL. You only really need 3 or 4 algorithms on this one

Try to look at youtube videos like badmephisto. He is REALLYY good at explaining F2l. Like GODLY good.
 
^What he said.
Not trying to convert you or anything, but feel free to try out other methods from the "big 4" (fridrich, roux, petrus, zz). Although fridrich is the most used, it isn't necessarily the fastest. Although you might want to still mess around with fridrich for a bit to get a better understanding of the cube.
 
asportking said:
^What he said.
Not trying to convert you or anything, but feel free to try out other methods from the "big 4" (fridrich, roux, petrus, zz). Although fridrich is the most used, it isn't necessarily the fastest. Although you might want to still mess around with fridrich for a bit to get a better understanding of the cube.
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Yeah this is true.
I learned Petrus before Fridrich but i got really slow times. Now im in the process of learning Roux to see if im better at that one.
Its all about personal preference.
 
Gallifrey said:
I've just mastered the beginners method of solving a 3x3 and I want to learn Jessica Fridrich's method next and I need help to do so.
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I doubt you've 'mastered' it, so I assume you mean "I understand the beginner's method, and I think I'm ready for a better method."
As for advice, pretty much what PandaCuber said, assuming your beginner method is the most common one (there are many types of 'beginner' methods). Practice cross, learn how to do F2L intuitively, and learn, if you haven't already, 4-look last layer.

PS
Hate to be a stick in the mud, but, just as a sidenote: Jessica Fridrich did not invent CFOP; she popularised. Ergo, it's called CFOP, not Fridrich. Not that huge of a deal, just thought I'd mention it.

asportking said:
Not trying to convert you or anything, but feel free to try out other methods from the "big 4" (fridrich, roux, petrus, zz). Although fridrich is the most used, it isn't necessarily the fastest. Although you might want to still mess around with fridrich for a bit to get a better understanding of the cube.
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Actually, I'd much rather say learn/try out a block-building method to get a better understanding of the cube (I'd probably suggest Petrus for now). Of course, you don't have to switch if you still prefer CFOP, but block-building tends to help a lot on how the cube works. (But, yeah, I'd definitely suggest trying out the Big Five)
 
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asportking said:
^What he said.
Not trying to convert you or anything, but feel free to try out other methods from the "big 4" (fridrich, roux, petrus, zz). Although fridrich is the most used, it isn't necessarily the fastest. Although you might want to still mess around with fridrich for a bit to get a better understanding of the cube.
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thx i'll try that:)
 
Gallifrey said:
tried learning F2L and don't understand anything
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Maybe try harder? Pay more attention to w/e it is you are learning from? Do research? I understand you are ten, but F2L isn't exactly common knowledge, so it takes some time to understand (although it's really not THAT hard). If you don't get it, try another method, and if everything seems like it's too difficult and you don't want to put the effort needed to understand the method, then just reconsider whether speedsolving is for you. I hope you get over this stumbling block, though, and become a speedcuber :)
 
Godmil said:
Wee side note, but what would you say is the 5th popular method?
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I like to consider Waterman as the fifth. Sure, it's still not nearly as popular as the other four, but it's an intermediate method that's used far more as a main method than anything like "sandwich" or other methods outside of those five. Plus, you can get decent times with it, and it has a respectable average movecount. Basically, I consider the "Big Five" conveniently the five methods listed in the wiki as "intermediate."
Plus, I just like saying "Big Five" a lot more than "Big Four," because it reminds me of the "Big Five of South Africa" - but that's more of a personal thing :p (hence spoiler)

Anyway, yeah, that was off-topic.
Back to the original topic: Yeah, you pretty much much got solid advice. Try badmephisto's tutorial, or, if that doesn't work for you, I'd suggest RiDo's Hunting Story, as I've already mentioned in post #5.

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Gallifrey said:
tried learning F2L and don't understand anything
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Try, try, and try again. I suppose for simplicity's sake use the Hunting Story.
 
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Yay for waterman.

Edit: look up some algs or do intuitive commutators.
I recommend 4LLL.

Also make sure you try the big 5 first and use them 'alongside each other' for at least a while. So you get a nice foundation.
 
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