5BLD's And PandaCuber's Roux Tutorial

[PandaCuber]

Inspection x2z’
U2L2U’x (3) right square
U’R2U (6) left square
r RU’R’ (10)right block
U2 M U’ l’ U l (16) left block
R’FRUR’U’F’UR (25) KCMLL
M2U2M2 (28) LR edges
U’M’U2MU’ (33) finish

I wouldve been too focused on First block to see that xD If it works for you, thats all that matters i guess.

 

[95Rifles]

What about this as an FB followed by SB

Here

This is more hypothetical at the moment, but I guess it's my most efficient yet... Second block is still confusing me but I'm going through some reconstructions to try and improve. To me just now, from CFOP, I want to insert D edge and then do both edges, as you can see.

I'm going to play around with the 2nd block a bit on the solve I've posted and try and finish that efficiently.

pijok - M U R' F that was genius.

 

[emolover]

Are these times good for LSE?

5.60, 2.74, 4.06, 3.53, 4.28, 6.28, 3.34, 4.68, 4.66, 3.63, 5.00, 3.59, 4.36, 6.16, 4.98, 3.78, 5.87, 3.93, 3.98, 3.79, 7.20, 4.23, 2.66, 2.09, 4.94

number of times: 25/25
best time: 2.09
worst time: 7.20

current avg5: 3.94 (σ = 1.17)
best avg5: 3.56 (σ = 0.81)

current avg12: 4.43 (σ = 1.06)
best avg12: 4.11 (σ = 0.57)

session avg: 4.34 (σ = 0.86)
session mean: 4.37

Current average is 21.5.

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

What's with the random spikes? You should be relatively consistent in your times.

 

[PandaCuber]

For someone who avgs 21, its pretty good.

 

[emolover]

What's with the random spikes? You should be relatively consistent in your times.

Isn't it like that for everyone? Getting a 3 move orientation, Line(?) skip, and a 3 move permutation makes sometimes a lot faster than others.

Also I am more consistent in regular solves.

 

[PandaCuber]

Okay fellow Rouxers. Im going to make a serious video this time. Something that I could put a lot of effort/work into. (making scripts,camera angle,background,onscreen text,etc)

What EXACTLY do you guys want? Series with short videos, or a long detailed video about a specific subject?
If so, about what?

PS: I know I asked before, but there was a problem with the internet and couldnt upload. Everything is fixed now.

 

[SpeedSolve]

I say a long, detailed video about a specific subject.

 

[Endgame]

Okay fellow Rouxers. Im going to make a serious video this time. Something that I could put a lot of effort/work into. (making scripts,camera angle,background,onscreen text,etc)

What EXACTLY do you guys want? Series with short videos, or a long detailed video about a specific subject?
If so, about what?

PS: I know I asked before, but there was a problem with the internet and couldnt upload. Everything is fixed now.

A very long video about blockbuilding

 

[Iggy]

Finally got a sub-30 average of 5!

29.30, 28.05, 35.04, 27.34, 32.03 = 29.79

By the way, how long does it usually take to fully get used to Roux?

 

[5BLD]

Nice
It takes as long as it takes. It depends on the quality of your practice.

 

[Speedmaster]

Is it possible to average sub 10 with Roux in 6 months? I'm nearly sub 10 with CFOP, I know how to do blockbuilding with Roux, my slices are fast, I practice a lot and I have a very good look ahead during f2l I'm cubing for 1 year now

 

[SpeedSolve]

Is it possible to average sub 10 with Roux in 6 months? I'm nearly sub 10 with CFOP, I know how to do blockbuilding with Roux, my slices are fast, I practice a lot and I have a very good look ahead during f2l I'm cubing for 1 year now

Sure it's possible. All you need to do is practice. Say, for every 5 CFOP solves, do a Roux solve. Then when you get better with Roux, bring down the amount of CFOP. For every 3 solves do a Roux, and so on. Or, you could just practice Roux all day long. I know that 5BLD cut about 2 seconds off of his average when he did the 10,000 solve challenge.

Edit: Why 6 months?

 

[Speedmaster]

Because there's an important competition for my, and I want to win it,but the question is, can I get the same times, with Roux, or should I stay solving with CFOP. The reason for switching to Roux is, because I think the method has more potencial to be faster, if you watch Feliks and Alexander, you see that Alexander is turning a lot slower, but he is getting better times, and that's what want ! And Alexander's slices look sexy xDD
Sry if you couldn't really understand what i wanted to say, I don'T speak English very well....

 

[SpeedSolve]

Because there's an important competition for my, and I want to win it,but the question is, can I get the same times, with Roux, or should I stay solving with CFOP. The reason for switching to Roux is, because I think the method has more potencial to be faster, if you watch Feliks and Alexander, you see that Alexander is turning a lot slower, but he is getting better times, and that's what want ! And Alexander's slices look sexy xDD
Sry if you couldn't really understand what i wanted to say, I don'T speak English very well....

No problem. What do you average with Roux? And if this is how you want it to be, do the first thing I suggested. ( xCFOP, 1 Roux) so that you are still getting practice with CFOP, and then if you aren't good enough with Roux, you have been practicing CFOP as well so it's not going to need dusting off. And, you may even increase times with CFOP as well. If you're already averaging 10 seconds with CFOP, there's the good chance that you will at LEAST place, considering it's not like a huge competition.

Spoiler

And yes, Alex's slices are sexy.

 

[Speedmaster]

D
Thank you so much
And when I'M sub 10 with Roux, I will pracitce both methods, because then I will be good at big cubes too, and I can switch the methods if there's an easy cross, for example
I'm averaging about 25-30s but I did only 50 solves at all. If I would practice 1 week I'm sure i will be sub 20 or sub 15
Should I make a video?
Could you give me some special tips?
And what i learned from Alexander's roux tut is, pairing with the M slice, I use that very often now

 

[PandaCuber]

I say a long, detailed video about a specific subject.

What should the subject be?

 

[SpeedSolve]

What should the subject be?

Blockbuilding

 

[5BLD]

D
Thank you so much
And when I'M sub 10 with Roux, I will pracitce both methods, because then I will be good at big cubes too, and I can switch the methods if there's an easy cross, for example
I'm averaging about 25-30s but I did only 50 solves at all. If I would practice 1 week I'm sure i will be sub 20 or sub 15
Should I make a video?
Could you give me some special tips?
And what i learned from Alexander's roux tut is, pairing with the M slice, I use that very often now

So you're trying to get fast at Roux while still practising CFOP? I recommend you chuck away all CFOP for a while until you're faster with Roux.
Oh for bigcubes. Meh. Freefop is good enough for me lol.

Movecount is really important. I recommend you average movecount to be:
FB - 8
SB- 13
CMLL- bleh/about 10
LSE- 14

Also, don't pause at all. If you struggle with pauses, turn slower. Until you don't pause at all. If you struggle with low movecounts, well, sit there on each scramble and work at it until you get a decent movecount. I didn't do much of that when I started but I'm happy I got it quickly, otherwise my movecount wouldn't be as low. I have trouble lowering my overall SB movecount now despite the efficient things I can see untimed.

psst. metronome practice is good. if you can do it. even if you have to go at 0.25 tps, it is still useful, just keep pushing turnspeed up.

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Oh, does anyone want a tutorial from me? My tutorials are like, short but detailed. I talk fast and don't hesitate. Because pauses are for nubs
Enter exhibit A (lol i made this so long ago when my voice still sounded high on camera):

 

[Speedmaster]

I'm sub 25 now
Ok I will only do 50 solves with CFOP now..., and practise more with Roux
Please do a LSE and a FB tutorial, I really need them, but please explain it slowly xD