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[Unofficial] 14.53 3x3 Average of 12 with 11.96 Single-I'd be thankful for advices
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cubernya
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Try to avoid all those rotarions. Also, do the cross on bottom so you can look ahead to improve cross to f2l transition
DaKrazedKyubizt
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Work on scrambling faster. Make faster RA of 12. Or edit your videos if you can.
But no seriously. Here's my actual comments. Please don't take them too harshly.
Some small things I noticed:
- Solve 1 at 0:19 (11.96) -- There were larger than necessary pauses between each F2L pair, but that's normal for a lot of cubers. Just needs more practice.
- Solve 2 at 0:56 (14.71) -- The first thing I saw was that after the cross, there was a Green/white/orange corner already placed in DFL and its corresponding white/orange edge in UF. I would have taken that and done [u' U R U' R' u] due to the edge's orientation, or you could have done [y' R2 U' R' U R2], or for left-handed execution [y L2 U' L' U L2]. Different cubers see different things, of course, but personally, that's the first thing I saw, and I was saddened when you didn't do anything with it and then proceeded to pause for about a second. That's not really so much advice, but more so opinion. BTW, that was an interesting G-perm execution; wasn't bad at all.
- Solve 3 at 1:33 (14.50) -- Holy cow what happened before the Y-perm at the end? Way too many rotations. And you make a lot of cube rotations during F2L too. If you're going to use that many rotations, then work on doing them cleaner and faster.
- Solve 4 at 2:08 (13.82) -- Need better execution of left-handed R-perm, or you should switch R-perms. Try this one: R U' R' U' R U R D R' U' R D' R' U2 R' U'. This one's always been much faster than a left-handed R-perm for me. That doesn't mean you shouldn't master your current left-handed R-perm.
- Solve 5 at 2:42 (16.50) -- Very nice Y-perm! If you can make it any faster, that'd be great too, but for now, it's okay. Work on your other algorithms.
- Solve 6 at 3:18 (13.96) -- That U-perm could have been SO much better, and the PLL recognition was awkward. You looked around the entire cube. You don't need to do that. Get crackin' on some 2-side PLL recognition.
- Solve 7 at 3:53 (13.11 +2) -- IMHO You need better A-perm. If I were you, I'd go on a hunt for a better way to do that A-perm. I've tried doing it the way you do it, and I always lock up or pop or accidentally twist a corner. Check out Breandan Vallance's PLLs (jammyman3014). That might help. If you don't want to switch A-perms, you don't have to, but you better make it faster and more consistent!
- Solve 8 at 4:26 (14.62) -- Pretty good solve, barring the lock up on the F-perm. You paused a bit during after F2L 2. I still do that sometimes, when the F2L slots are diagonal from each other. You should work on it though, if you can.
- Solve 9 at 5:00 (13.96) -- That was a really cool N-perm. Try to make it faster though. Can you make a video on your N-perm method? I'd like to take a closer look at it. I've never seen it done quite like that before. Very peculiar.
- Solve 10 at 5:35 (14.06) -- Like seriously, brah, why is your U-perm so awkward? That doesn't make any sense at your level! See, U-perms in cubing are like lobs in table tennis. When you get them, you should STEAL THE POINT because it's SO RIPE FOR THE TAKING!!! Figure out a better execution.
- Solve 11 at 6:10 (14.54) -- That solve was actually pretty clean. Good job. I liked the T-perm a lot. And the OLL had an intriguing execution too.
- Solve 12 at 6:45 (14.06 +2) -- Lolawlol. It happens. Just means you need to work on your N-perm. But the execution of rest of the solve was pretty good though. There was a huge pause after F2L 2 again, like 14.62 solve at 4:26.
Now for some overall tips:
Big Tip No. 1: Color neutrality. It's good for your brain. It'll mess you up. Still messes me up, but I'm not doing to bad at it. I used to be W/Y semi-neutral. Color neutrality has to be the best thing that's ever happened to me, even though it messes me up sometimes. I could use the new neural connections. This tip is just choice. You don't have to be color neutral. But at least be opposite-color semi-neutral. You could be B/G semi-neutral within a few days, no problem.
Big Tip No. 2: Don't neglect your left hand. Especially during F2L. Anything you can do on your right, you should be able to do on your left. Not just during F2L, but for OLL and PLL too. Don't be lopsided. Don't waste a perfectly good left hand. Master any algorithm or finger trick you use on BOTH sides.
Big Tip No. 3: Learn a little bit of multi-slotting. If you already know some, learn some more. Wouldn't hurt.
Big Tip No. 4: Why do you only take 3 seconds to inspect? That's a whole 12 seconds you're wasting, pal. Find an x-cross or something, or figure out where F2L 1 will be once the cross is finished. All that beautiful time, and you're wasting it.
Big Tip No. 5: Slow down during F2L. It would probably be more continuous if you did. Do more slow solves, and spend a lot of time AWAY from the timer. The timer is super distracting.
Big Tip No. 6: Your cross takes way too long. Even if it's supposed to take more moves for single-color users, it still shouldn't take that long. A good goal would be to try to average sub-1.5 for cross.
Big Tip No. 7: Many of your LL algs just aren't as fast as they could be. Work on them. Your F2L algs are great though. Less pausing/better look-ahead would be nice, but you could probably drop about 0.5-1.0 seconds with a better LL. I think improving your PLLs would be a good place to start, then improve the OLLs, but split them into chunks. Also you had THREE +2s in there. That's a HUGE red light that you need to work on your LL algorithms.
Overall:
Out of everything you do, your F2L seems to shine a lot more than everything else, especially in terms of F2L alg execution. Your pausing could be reduced, but your F2L alg execution is very, very good. I think for a little while, you should work on anything but F2L. It would be good for you to lay off F2L for a while, and when you start to focus on it again later, your mind will (hopefully) be a bit fresher.
Now, this is a lot of stuff to work on. No matter what you decide to work on, you should make a schedule and stick with it. Don't try to take a bunch of advice all at once, or you might never get improve. Take one step at a time, and you'll improve by leaps and bounds.
Happy cubing!
But no seriously. Here's my actual comments. Please don't take them too harshly.
Some small things I noticed:
- Solve 1 at 0:19 (11.96) -- There were larger than necessary pauses between each F2L pair, but that's normal for a lot of cubers. Just needs more practice.
- Solve 2 at 0:56 (14.71) -- The first thing I saw was that after the cross, there was a Green/white/orange corner already placed in DFL and its corresponding white/orange edge in UF. I would have taken that and done [u' U R U' R' u] due to the edge's orientation, or you could have done [y' R2 U' R' U R2], or for left-handed execution [y L2 U' L' U L2]. Different cubers see different things, of course, but personally, that's the first thing I saw, and I was saddened when you didn't do anything with it and then proceeded to pause for about a second. That's not really so much advice, but more so opinion. BTW, that was an interesting G-perm execution; wasn't bad at all.
- Solve 3 at 1:33 (14.50) -- Holy cow what happened before the Y-perm at the end? Way too many rotations. And you make a lot of cube rotations during F2L too. If you're going to use that many rotations, then work on doing them cleaner and faster.
- Solve 4 at 2:08 (13.82) -- Need better execution of left-handed R-perm, or you should switch R-perms. Try this one: R U' R' U' R U R D R' U' R D' R' U2 R' U'. This one's always been much faster than a left-handed R-perm for me. That doesn't mean you shouldn't master your current left-handed R-perm.
- Solve 5 at 2:42 (16.50) -- Very nice Y-perm! If you can make it any faster, that'd be great too, but for now, it's okay. Work on your other algorithms.
- Solve 6 at 3:18 (13.96) -- That U-perm could have been SO much better, and the PLL recognition was awkward. You looked around the entire cube. You don't need to do that. Get crackin' on some 2-side PLL recognition.
- Solve 7 at 3:53 (13.11 +2) -- IMHO You need better A-perm. If I were you, I'd go on a hunt for a better way to do that A-perm. I've tried doing it the way you do it, and I always lock up or pop or accidentally twist a corner. Check out Breandan Vallance's PLLs (jammyman3014). That might help. If you don't want to switch A-perms, you don't have to, but you better make it faster and more consistent!
- Solve 8 at 4:26 (14.62) -- Pretty good solve, barring the lock up on the F-perm. You paused a bit during after F2L 2. I still do that sometimes, when the F2L slots are diagonal from each other. You should work on it though, if you can.
- Solve 9 at 5:00 (13.96) -- That was a really cool N-perm. Try to make it faster though. Can you make a video on your N-perm method? I'd like to take a closer look at it. I've never seen it done quite like that before. Very peculiar.
- Solve 10 at 5:35 (14.06) -- Like seriously, brah, why is your U-perm so awkward? That doesn't make any sense at your level! See, U-perms in cubing are like lobs in table tennis. When you get them, you should STEAL THE POINT because it's SO RIPE FOR THE TAKING!!! Figure out a better execution.
- Solve 11 at 6:10 (14.54) -- That solve was actually pretty clean. Good job. I liked the T-perm a lot. And the OLL had an intriguing execution too.
- Solve 12 at 6:45 (14.06 +2) -- Lolawlol. It happens. Just means you need to work on your N-perm. But the execution of rest of the solve was pretty good though. There was a huge pause after F2L 2 again, like 14.62 solve at 4:26.
Now for some overall tips:
Big Tip No. 1: Color neutrality. It's good for your brain. It'll mess you up. Still messes me up, but I'm not doing to bad at it. I used to be W/Y semi-neutral. Color neutrality has to be the best thing that's ever happened to me, even though it messes me up sometimes. I could use the new neural connections. This tip is just choice. You don't have to be color neutral. But at least be opposite-color semi-neutral. You could be B/G semi-neutral within a few days, no problem.
Big Tip No. 2: Don't neglect your left hand. Especially during F2L. Anything you can do on your right, you should be able to do on your left. Not just during F2L, but for OLL and PLL too. Don't be lopsided. Don't waste a perfectly good left hand. Master any algorithm or finger trick you use on BOTH sides.
Big Tip No. 3: Learn a little bit of multi-slotting. If you already know some, learn some more. Wouldn't hurt.
Big Tip No. 4: Why do you only take 3 seconds to inspect? That's a whole 12 seconds you're wasting, pal. Find an x-cross or something, or figure out where F2L 1 will be once the cross is finished. All that beautiful time, and you're wasting it.
Big Tip No. 5: Slow down during F2L. It would probably be more continuous if you did. Do more slow solves, and spend a lot of time AWAY from the timer. The timer is super distracting.
Big Tip No. 6: Your cross takes way too long. Even if it's supposed to take more moves for single-color users, it still shouldn't take that long. A good goal would be to try to average sub-1.5 for cross.
Big Tip No. 7: Many of your LL algs just aren't as fast as they could be. Work on them. Your F2L algs are great though. Less pausing/better look-ahead would be nice, but you could probably drop about 0.5-1.0 seconds with a better LL. I think improving your PLLs would be a good place to start, then improve the OLLs, but split them into chunks. Also you had THREE +2s in there. That's a HUGE red light that you need to work on your LL algorithms.
Overall:
Out of everything you do, your F2L seems to shine a lot more than everything else, especially in terms of F2L alg execution. Your pausing could be reduced, but your F2L alg execution is very, very good. I think for a little while, you should work on anything but F2L. It would be good for you to lay off F2L for a while, and when you start to focus on it again later, your mind will (hopefully) be a bit fresher.
Now, this is a lot of stuff to work on. No matter what you decide to work on, you should make a schedule and stick with it. Don't try to take a bunch of advice all at once, or you might never get improve. Take one step at a time, and you'll improve by leaps and bounds.
Happy cubing!
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Ezy Ryder
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THANK YOU!!! That was the most helping post I've ever seen. Also thanks for taking the time for doing this. Mark my words: I'll do everything You said in here.
Ps.: I Subscirbed to Your channel.
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