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Don't worry about it LT. I have been doing the cube for a month and a half, but I have been completely absorbed by it. I do it a few hundred times a day. I have brought my average from above 3 minutes down to my current average of 35 seconds. It'll amaze you how fast you can improve just by doing the cube a lot. Of course you reach an asymptote, but duh... So buck up and don't get discouraged. I posted times in two of the competitions on here, one was just over a minute, and the other was just over 40 seconds, they were only a couple weeks apart. I'm sure you'll catch a method that works for you and you'll begin to get fast.
 
Originally posted by longshot789@Dec 7 2006, 04:49 AM
Don't worry about it LT. I have been doing the cube for a month and a half, but I have been completely absorbed by it. I do it a few hundred times a day. I have brought my average from above 3 minutes down to my current average of 35 seconds. It'll amaze you how fast you can improve just by doing the cube a lot. Of course you reach an asymptote, but duh... So buck up and don't get discouraged. I posted times in two of the competitions on here, one was just over a minute, and the other was just over 40 seconds, they were only a couple weeks apart. I'm sure you'll catch a method that works for you and you'll begin to get fast.
Ah, thanks. :) I just do not know where to find out where to get faster, but longer algorithms. I've searched everywhere.
 
"Faster, but longer algorithms" sounds to me like 2 generators. These are algorithms that only move 2 sides of the cube (R and U for example)

example short(12): (R2 U R2 U') (R2 F2 R2) (U' F2 U) (R2 U2)
example 2-gen(16): (R' U' R U') (R U R U') (R' U R U) (R2 U' R' U2)

The 2-gen can be executed faster eventhough it requires more moves.


But when you are still above 1 minute, don't focus on finding better algorithms. Focus on finding a better method and on faster recognition of cases.

This is probably the level you are at now: http://www.deepcube.net/beginner.html?

And this is were I am now (30.xx seconds average): http://www.deepcube.net/intermediate.html?
 
Originally posted by AvGalen@Dec 8 2006, 11:32 AM
"Faster, but longer algorithms" sounds to me like 2 generators. These are algorithms that only move 2 sides of the cube (R and U for example)

example short(12): (R2 U R2 U') (R2 F2 R2) (U' F2 U) (R2 U2)
example 2-gen(16): (R' U' R U') (R U R U') (R' U R U) (R2 U' R' U2)

The 2-gen can be executed faster eventhough it requires more moves.


But when you are still above 1 minute, don't focus on finding better algorithms. Focus on finding a better method and on faster recognition of cases.

This is probably the level you are at now: http://www.deepcube.net/beginner.html?

And this is were I am now (30.xx seconds average): http://www.deepcube.net/intermediate.html?
Oh cool, but what I meant though was faster algorithms, and to solve more sides. Say I wanted to solve a corner on the white side, but maybe I could solve the piece above that too, all in the same algorithm?
And yep, that level is about where I am at. ;)
 
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