List all the ways to practice F2L here

[soccerking813]

That's what I meant by my post.

Personally, I waste more time trying to find the pieces than actually executing the moves.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Solve the cube with F2L over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...and over, and eventually, you'll master it. That's how I mastered it

 

[(X)]

I built a cube especially for F2L practice with an unstickered LL. This would've been a good tool but I had to dismantle it to build a cube for friends.

You don't get realistic times then because the recognition is way easier because there are less colors on the cube( no yellow/green piece etc...)

It's not about getting realistic times, it's about practising, if you want to get realistic times you would of course use a normal cube:rolleyes:

 

[Edam]

gosh, i caused a little misunderstanding it seems!

8 moves or less means i'm not doing too much in the way of 'extra' moves.. Just need to learn some better ways to deal with stuff that takes me a while.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

Solve the cube with F2L over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...and over, and eventually, you'll master it. That's how I mastered it

That's a rather inefficient way of practicing F2L, though. You aren't focusing specifically on improving F2L by solving the cube again and again. You may be improving a little by just solving the cube, but you will improve even more if you practice F2L by itself.

 

[deco122392]

7. Memorize the 41 case algorithms and be able to execute them from all angles (How did I forget to add this? )
8. If you're aiming to be color neutral, practice solving the cross and the F2L for all sides. If you're aiming to be opposite color neutral, practice solving the cross and F2L for two opposite colors (like white and yellow).
9. Use a cube with an unstickered LL specifically for F2L practice.

Anything else I missed?

you forgot praying to the flying spagetti monster everyday for a minimum of 5 min everday ;-) (back on topic) yes practice makes perfect and take a bit of time to just mess around with the cube (not speedsolviing) try to understand what it is that your algs are doing and/or use the pair up preserve and insert mentality

 

[kjeldsen]

Context: I think Raff meant to say that Edam isn't wasting any more moves than he has to, to adhere to the notion that any f2l case can be solved in 8 moves or less.

Why do you have to waste moves?

If you're not skilled enough. It's pretty simple We're not talking about wasting moves on purpose. I expect i'm at the same place Edam is. Around 40 moves. Wasting a rotation here and there because i don't know my algs from every possible position, etc.

 

[badmephisto]

i dont know if its a good idea to use a cube with LL stickers taken off... You have to learn how to disregard the things that have yellow on them. of course, im just guessing, but it makes sense to me more that way

 

[Sa967St]

Solve the cube with F2L over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...and over, and eventually, you'll master it. That's how I mastered it

thats exactly what I did! No metronome thing, no practicing slow-turning solves, no taking off LL stickers, just solving the cube over and over and over and over and over again.
Of course it would have been more efficient to practicing specific things, but this worked anyway.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

i dont know if its a good idea to use a cube with LL stickers taken off... You have to learn how to disregard the things that have yellow on them. of course, im just guessing, but it makes sense to me more that way

Whoa! Badmephisto posted in my thread.

Since everyone seems to think that solving a cube with an unstickered LL is a bad idea, I hereby replace 9. with:
9. Just solve the cube over and over and over again (not as effective as other methods of practicing).

Anything else?

 

[sneaklyfox]

How about alternating between slow practice focusing on look ahead and fast practice executing as fast as possible? I have done this for music practice before. 3x slow, 1x fast... repeat... I think the idea is that eventually you'll be able to look ahead some or almost predict where the next pair will be when you do it fast. The "slow" practice would eventually get faster too. Slow speed should be without any pauses at all. Even a little slower than that to see other things to track might be helpful. Fast should be as fast as you can execute.

 

[jeff081692]

How about alternating between slow practice focusing on look ahead and fast practice executing as fast as possible? I have done this for music practice before. 3x slow, 1x fast... repeat... I think the idea is that eventually you'll be able to look ahead some or almost predict where the next pair will be when you do it fast. The "slow" practice would eventually get faster too. Slow speed should be without any pauses at all. Even a little slower than that to see other things to track might be helpful. Fast should be as fast as you can execute.

An important thing to keep in mind while doing this is that when you go as fast as possible, pay attention to note where you are making mistakes for example, having a hard time predicting which pieces are in the back slots, and then focus your attention there when you do your slow solves.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Practice solving OH. Because it's slower.

 

[Quadrescence]

One of the most common ways to practice F2L is to solve the F2L.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

I am relatively new, but I managed the F2Ls simply by doing them over and over and over again. So when the second layer was done I scrambled the cube and started over. I was looking for ages to find pairs, but that soon improved.

Now I try and do them slowly and as I see the pair forming and locate where it needs to go (after which inserting is slowly going on auto-pilot) I also try and find the next corner and edge to match up the next F2L pair. Needless to say that this speed will improve in time, and every time all the pairs are in, I scramble the cube again.

So.. yeah.. practice practice and... umm.. practice

 

[RubiXer]

I just do the 3x3 stage on big cubes to practice lookahead. :tu
Works really well for me.

 

[NEONCUBES]

For me I used to just practice F2L and then scramble just to try work it out but now I just keep solving the cube and I am just finding some little tricks and becoming more confident in inserting pairs from different angles (Not a hundred percent on that yet but working on it). But I would say that I need to greatly improve my look ahead. I think that if you have more than one way of practicing you will improve quicker. Just my opinion.

 

[RubiksJake12]

HAha, I had to share this. I decided it was finally time to buckle down and actually practice my F2L for real. I average around just under 20 seconds 18-19 usually. I've never practiced my F2L other than the occasional fiddling with a case to see if I could do it in fewer moves. anyway, I came accross this link http://jmbaum.110mb.com/f2l.htm earlier, opened it in a new tab. I use cs cube timer because it allows me to use a scramble that has the cross solved (perfect for practicing F2L). When I came across a case I knew was a little bit difficult for me to execute, I went to this tab and the very first case I tried out amazed me. The website has some very good solutions for the more difficult cases and some of them have never crossed my mind

 

[carbon131]

I use metronome with look ahead also move metronome to 180 bpm or 100 you can get sub 30 easily

 

[manqiuw]

You forgot the most important part of f2l, the use of empty slot. And I think multislotting is another big part of the f2l