Please Help

[keenanbrown]

It takes me about a min and twenty seconds to solve a standard cube. I'm looking for a quicker method than the layer by layer. I've looked online but all the ones I find either have missing algorithms or missing useful info.

 

[ShadenSmith]

Search around this forum. It has all the information you need. Especially check out the wiki.

 

[keenanbrown]

And what would you recommended for lubing the cube?

 

[ShadenSmith]

Search around this forum. It has all the information you need. Especially check out the wiki.

 

[PCwizCube]

Here's a list of the most common speedcubing methods speedcubers use. The Fridrich method is by far the most popular speedcubing method with over half of the speedcubing population using it.
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/3x3x3_Speedcubing_Methods

Here's a list of common lubricants cubers use. Silicone Lubricant Spray is the most popular lubricant.
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Lubrication

And.... remember to use the search function on this forum, and look around on the Speedsolving Wiki!

 

[JLarsen]

Be special, use Petrus, It's a little more difficult, but my god it means so much more if you're good with it and it's so much funner than friedrich.

Lar5.com/cube

I use CRC Heavy Duty Silicone in my white type a diy cube.

 

[not_kevin]

Or Roux. The world needs more Roux solvers.

Or, if you're really bored, you could do Heise for speed. That would be amusing.

 

[JLarsen]

Or Roux. The world needs more Roux solvers.

Or, if you're really bored, you could do Heise for speed. That would be amusing.

Yeah Roux is also acceptable, just not Friedrich. =]

Why does it seem that in everything I do I'm against the majority?

Music- Metal }Odd combo

Cubing- Petrus, or the fact that I speedsolve.... }

Clothing- Moderately tight =]

Hair- Pretty long

Interesting

 

[Brett]

Be special, use Petrus, It's a little more difficult, but my god it means so much more if you're good with it and it's so much funner than friedrich.

This is true. I am like 6 seconds faster with Fridrich, but that doesn't even mean anything to me after getting around 23 seconds with Petrus. Definetely a hard but fulfilling method to get good at.

 

[fanwuq]

Or Roux. The world needs more Roux solvers.

Or, if you're really bored, you could do Heise for speed. That would be amusing.

Hey! I'm not really bored, and I do use Heise for most of my solves, nowadays, using Heise. I can get speed solves around 1 min. But I prefer to spend longer on a solve.

 

[not_kevin]

Or Roux. The world needs more Roux solvers.

Or, if you're really bored, you could do Heise for speed. That would be amusing.

Hey! I'm not really bored, and I do use Heise for most of my solves, nowadays, using Heise. I can get speed solves around 1 min. But I prefer to spend longer on a solve.

You think you can get sub-20?

 

[keenanbrown]

Thanks for all the advice. I started with the Frindrich because I just didn't understand what the other methods were saying. I still haven't learned the last layer however. I've been using videos to learn it, and regretfully I have Hughes Net.

 

[keenanbrown]

I'm no where near that, it takes me like 2.5-3 minutes to solve it because I haven't learned the last layer.