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Hi, my name is Dylan and I'm a beginner speed solver. I've been cubing for 2 months now. I use the beginners method and my best time is 59.07 seconds, but I usually get 1:10 - 1:30. I use a Rubiks brand rubiks cube, but I ordered a black Dayan Zhanchi that will be arriving tomorrow.

Now, people say that the stickerless zhanchi is better than stickered. Did I make the wrong choice? also, if anyone could throw in some tips for improving my time, that would be great :D Thank you.
 
Welcome!

I think you should start learning F2L, Badmephisto on youtube (just search badmephisto F2L) has a great tutorial on it. I personally prefer stickered cubes (they are competition legal ;)), but stickerless cubes are maybe a little bit smoother. I don't see or feel any difference in speed though, and personally colored plastic doesn't help my recognition. Soon you could start learning 2-look OLL and 2-Look PLL (badmephisto aswell). That will make your last layer faster.

Don't be afraid to ask for help :) And a video of your solves would be great :D
 
Username said:
Welcome!

I think you should start learning F2L, Badmephisto on youtube (just search badmephisto F2L) has a great tutorial on it. I personally prefer stickered cubes (they are competition legal ;)), but stickerless cubes are maybe a little bit smoother. I don't see or feel any difference in speed though, and personally colored plastic doesn't help my recognition. Soon you could start learning 2-look OLL and 2-Look PLL (badmephisto aswell). That will make your last layer faster.

Don't be afraid to ask for help :) And a video of your solves would be great :D
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Thank you! And I also forgot to put a video of one of my solves. This was a while ago when I was getting bad times, but I'll record one of myself doing a solve right now and then post it when it uploads to youtube.

I HAVE been trying to learn F2L but it takes me about a minute where normally, the beginners method would take me about 40 sec (for the first 2 layers.)

 
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Dylan Michael said:
Thank you! And I also forgot to put a video of one of my solves. This was a while ago when I was getting bad times, but I'll record one of myself doing a solve right now and then post it when it uploads to youtube.

I HAVE been trying to learn F2L but it takes me about a minute where normally, the beginners method would take me about 40 sec (for the first 2 layers.)

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F2L at first makes you slower, but when you get used to it it is way faster. Just keep practicing :)
 
Honestly, until you're very very good at cubing, getting the best possible cube doesn't matter much. Sure, maybe there are better cubes than a stickered Zhanchi - but sub-10 averages are totally possible with it, so why worry? Most people won't ever even get to that level.
 
qqwref said:
Honestly, until you're very very good at cubing, getting the best possible cube doesn't matter much. Sure, maybe there are better cubes than a stickered Zhanchi - but sub-10 averages are totally possible with it, so why worry? Most people won't ever even get to that level.
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Holy...8.71 for a 3x3... teach me
 
Hey Dylan from the United States. I'm Dylan from the United Kingdom.

We can be friends.

(LEARN THE FRIDRICH METHOD AND TURN COLOUR NEUTRAL NOW YOU WILL BENEFIT LATER ON)
 
Dylann said:
Hey Dylan from the United States. I'm Dylan from the United Kingdom.

We can be friends.

(LEARN THE FRIDRICH METHOD AND TURN COLOUR NEUTRAL NOW YOU WILL BENEFIT LATER ON)
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Hi Dylan from the UK :D Also, I was looking into Roux also, but I think I wanna go with Fridrich. It seems easier for me, and Feliks Zemdegs uses it, so it must have high potential.
Also, wayyy ahead of you, Already color neutral :)
 
Dylan Michael said:
Holy...8.71 for a 3x3... teach me
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You don't even know.

Pretty much, if you wanna get better, you need to practice one section of the solve at once and just drill it. Start with cross, and just scramble (you can hand scramble to work on cross, as you won't be finishing the rest of the solve) and do the cross in the most time and move saving way. Your cross should be 6-8 moves, so try and think about that. Then, work on F2L, for now, 2LOLL and 2LPLL. (two look orient last layer and two look permute last layer) Good luck!

And, roux doesn't have potential? Lookup 5BLD on youtube and tell me Roux doesn't have potential.
 
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And, roux doesn't have potential? Lookup 5BLD on youtube and tell me Roux doesn't have potential.
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I agree with SpeedSolve. 5BLD is the third fastest cuber in the world and he uses Roux. Roux actually has less moves than Fridrich and so do other methods like Petrus and ZZ.
But still, the learning full fridrich may only make you sub 1 minute. Practice is pretty much the key and it will help you become sub 20.
Check out badmephisto's videos and if you haven't done so, check out this thread.
Anyway, welcome to the forum(sorry if this is kind of late) and I hope you benefit greatly for it!
 
cxinlee said:
I agree with SpeedSolve. 5BLD is the third fastest cuber in the world and he uses Roux. Roux actually has less moves than Fridrich and so do other methods like Petrus and ZZ.
But still, the learning full fridrich may only make you sub 1 minute. Practice is pretty much the key and it will help you become sub 20.
Check out badmephisto's videos and if you haven't done so, check out this thread.
Anyway, welcome to the forum(sorry if this is kind of late) and I hope you benefit greatly for it!
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I wasnt saying that roux DOESNT have potential. But Feliks Zemdegs got sub-6 using Fridrich (I understand I will probably never even get down to 20 sec, let alone 5.66) so we know it is possible to get to that level. And I also understand that roux can get to sub-7 also, but for some reason I have it set in my mind that fridrich is faster :P

anyway, my main reason for choosing fridrich is because I feel it is easier (for me) than roux. But I will try out roux again. And thank you everyone for the warm welcomes and introductions :D!
 
Hi, Dylan, welcome (even though I'm nearly as new to the forum as you are :p)
Definitely learn F2L and keep practicing, keep going, and maybe pick up more PLL's and 2-look oll on the way
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with the stickered zhanchi lol
 
Dylan Michael said:
I wasnt saying that roux DOESNT have potential. But Feliks Zemdegs got sub-6 using Fridrich (I understand I will probably never even get down to 20 sec, let alone 5.66) so we know it is possible to get to that level. And I also understand that roux can get to sub-7 also, but for some reason I have it set in my mind that fridrich is faster :P

anyway, my main reason for choosing fridrich is because I feel it is easier (for me) than roux. But I will try out roux again. And thank you everyone for the warm welcomes and introductions :D!
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Honestly even if there is a best method (doubt it will ever be proven), the best cubers in the world are likely proficient with all the common methods. There are so many skills and techniques from other methods that can and should be applied to your main method of choice. This is one of the best ways to improve and can be applied early on. Best of luck. Hope you enjoy your time here. :)
 
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