[Help Thread] 2x2 Discussion

i never figured out how to solve a 3x3 :( im kind-of new to cubing. i've been cubing for a few years but never found out how to solve a 3x3. i gave up on soving it after a few weeks. (i know im dumb)
 
NateIsMeh said:
i never figured out how to solve a 3x3 :( im kind-of new to cubing. i've been cubing for a few years but never found out how to solve a 3x3. i gave up on soving it after a few weeks. (i know im dumb)
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you're not dumb. It's kinda hard to memorize the algs because we're not used to do that kind of stuff
In my case I just wrote down the algs I needed and solved it looking on the paper. With time I memorized the necessary to solve it in a few minutes.
With practice I lowered my times and learned more algs.

just don't give up

I don't know about the other cubers but I think it might be better to begin with the 3x3, here is an easy to follow tutorial from jperm


for 2x2 ortega will give you good times but with what you learned with 3x3 you manage to solve faster than your current times without learning too much new stuff. i'm talking about sub10 seconds averages

and... practice
 
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Yeah, I know this is a weird question. I use a mix of cll and ortega and wanted to get a sub 1 officialy(I had a chance, but slow turning made me get a 2.6.) I just wanted to get some help. Thanks.
 
Cuber2s said:
Yeah, I know this is a weird question. I use a mix of cll and ortega and wanted to get a sub 1 officialy(I had a chance, but slow turning made me get a 2.6.) I just wanted to get some help. Thanks.
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Get lucky. That’s actually all there is to say because otherwise you’d have to learn EG-1 and practise 24/7.
 
if you want a sub 1 officially the easiest way is to just go to a bunch of comps and hope for an easy solve, but if you would like to increase the chance at getting a sub 1 here are a few tips. One looking is very important, recognizing a ll skip costs a lot of time, which if you want a sub 1 you don't have a lot of time, also you can find cool cancellations that can drastically reduce the movecount of a solve. If you want to learn how to 1 look I suggest learning CLL and EG-1 and then doing solves with unlimited inspection and try to 1 look most solves (early on it's ok to skip hard scrambles like no bars), alternatively you can try looking ahead to what oll you get if you don't want to learn EG and you use ortega. Turning is very important when trying to sub-1, drilling algs and just doing solves can help with this. Lastly your timer start/stop can factor into you getting a sub 1 or not, just doing solves can help with this, setting up scrambles and seeing how fast you can do them can also help, but make sure you are doing legal starts and stops.
 
TipsterTrickster said:
if you want a sub 1 officially the easiest way is to just go to a bunch of comps and hope for an easy solve, but if you would like to increase the chance at getting a sub 1 here are a few tips. One looking is very important, recognizing a ll skip costs a lot of time, which if you want a sub 1 you don't have a lot of time, also you can find cool cancellations that can drastically reduce the movecount of a solve. If you want to learn how to 1 look I suggest learning CLL and EG-1 and then doing solves with unlimited inspection and try to 1 look most solves (early on it's ok to skip hard scrambles like no bars), alternatively you can try looking ahead to what oll you get if you don't want to learn EG and you use ortega. Turning is very important when trying to sub-1, drilling algs and just doing solves can help with this. Lastly your timer start/stop can factor into you getting a sub 1 or not, just doing solves can help with this, setting up scrambles and seeing how fast you can do them can also help, but make sure you are doing legal starts and stop
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Thanks. I just wanted a chance to get better singles, and people like Ram Thakkar and Zayn Khanani gets sub 1s all the time
 
I’ve gotten a 2x2 a few months ago and after learning Ortega, I have a sub 8 average. I was trying to find out what I should do to move on, having a goal of getting sub 5 average or even lower.
 
Yeah, you should plan the first face in inspection, and try also figuring out what the OLL will be and which type of first layer you will have (adj, opp, solved). This way with Ortega you won't do pauses between first face and OLL, and your OLL to PBL transition will be much faster since you'll have to look just to the top layer (since you planned which type of first layer you have).
More algs to reduce rotations may be useful too.
I think those are useful skills not only for Ortega but also for more advanced methods (CLL and EG), so I think this is a good way to improve on 2x2.
( I might not be a 2x2 expert though)

Am I right?
 
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bulkocuber said:
Yeah, you should plan the first face in inspection, and try also figuring out what the OLL will be and which type of first layer you will have (adj, opp, solved). This way with Ortega you won't do pauses between first face and OLL, and your OLL to PBL transition will be much faster since you'll have to look just to the top layer (since you planned which type of first layer you have).
More algs to reduce rotations may be useful too.
I think those are useful skills not only for Ortega but also for more advanced methods (CLL and EG), so I think this is a good way to improve on 2x2.
( I might not be a 2x2 expert though)

Am I right?
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After a bit of practicing planing, my average went down to about 6 so thanks
 
Soo you want to get faster at 2x2? Well you've come to the right place. Its pretty simple.
I would reccomend to use the ortega method. Here is a quick overlook.
1. Solve one side
2. solve the opposite side
3. One PBL algorithm to solve the rest.

It took me about a week to get pretty good at this.
I would reccomend to write the the algorithms.

Go watch a jperm video or visit
www.jperm.net

Thanks!
 
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