How can I get faster?

[Suratha]

I use a rubiks brand 3x3..i know full OLL and full PLL and F2l..but still i am sub-40...how can i get faster times?

 

[awesomecuber150]

First off! GET A BETTER CUBE! Any dayan cube will be good, most popular is a zhanchi.
Second is just working on execution of algs with that cube.
And then it comes to practice about 23 secs. Then you might want to start learning look ahead.

 

[YddEd]

First off! GET A BETTER CUBE! Any dayan cube will be good, most popular is a zhanchi.
Second is just working on execution of algs with that cube.
And then it comes to practice about 23 secs. Then you might want to start learning look ahead.

Or, Suratha could learn lookahead now.

 

[Suratha]

I am in India....where can i get a dayan cube?

 

[YddEd]

I am in India....where can i get a dayan cube?

At nearly any shop with speedcubes, like wallbuys, lightake, fasttech, icubemart and puzzleaddictions and stuff like that. Just don't think that if you get a good cube you'll *magically* get faster.

 

[immortalchaos29]

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?27870-How-to-practice

This is a fantastic place to start if you haven't read it already. It helped me a lot especially as I was first starting out.

 

[Suratha]

I am solving
cross-in around 5 secs,
f2l-in around 20 secs and
last layer-in around 12 secs..
where can i get faster? and how?

 

[sneaklyfox]

F2L (including cross) vs LL is about normal. It's usually 2:1. Read the link provided by immortalchaos29. Generally...
Cross - Be able to plan all 4 pieces during inspection. Practice doing it blind. Do it on D face.
F2L - You can also practice this blind. Know your cases well. Look ahead is key so try not to have pauses between pairs.
LL - Just practice the same algs over and over. This is the relatively mindless part. Your fingers just need to know what to do and move quickly.

For more specific tips on your own solving habits, try posting a video of a few solves in the Solve Critique Thread.

 

[Suratha]

Can i become color neutral? will it help me for my cross and f2l?

 

[CY]

I don't think getting a faster cube will help much. I used my rubik's brand until I was sub-30 secs, 4 look OLL and PLL. Then I switched to SS Wind. Now I'm using the Fangshi. To tell the truth, I'm only using Fangshi 'cos it doesn't lock up as much and has "potential", but I still have my fastest times on the SS wind. (But I'm out of practise)

What I say is to just practice more, but don't time yourself. Take a look at some "F2L advanced" videos, pick up some tips, and when you get the style of such videos, pretend you're recording and teach someone how you solve a cube. When you're doing it, because of the slow movement, you'll find many faster ways to solve the cross, F2L pairs, etc., and it'll also improve your spacial sense. Hope this helps

 

[cubingawsumness]

Can i become color neutral?

Yes.

will it help me for my cross and f2l?

Technically, yes. You are more likely to find a favorable cross or x-cross (less moves, more fingertricky, etc.) that can boost the start of your solve by giving you a faster cross and possibly more lookahead into the beginning of f2l.
However, switching may be tedious and long, in which time you could probably get faster on non-CN. A lot of people switch to CN because it makes the solve more interesting and not necessarily to be significantly faster. EDIT: Also, CN has no effect on how likely the rest of the solve after cross (and maybe start of f2l) is to be good.
In the end, it's your choice. You could try dual-color neutrality first (just white and yellow for example). Good luck!

 

[ben1996123]

practise

 

[CY]

I'm colour neutral, but idk why it's important. It'a already been proven for every permutation, a cross can always be solved in 8 moves or less.

 

[Username]

practise

This is the best advice

 

[Suratha]

how can i become color neutral?

 

[ben1996123]

how can i become color neutral?

practise colour neutral solves

it dosent take a genuis to think of that

 

[CY]

how can i become color neutral?

Um idk. What colour do you currently use for the cross? Use the opposite colour. That's what I've heard, I guess it's natural for some ppl and requires practise for others

 

[Suratha]

i use white color for the cross..what type of practise should i do?

 

[YddEd]

i use white color for the cross..what type of practise should i do?

So basically.. you just force yourself to do the easiest cross even if the easiest cross is white, I did this and became colour neutral in a week.

 

[ben1996123]

i use white color for the cross..what type of practise should i do?

not white