Bad Cubing Habits?

[lordchriszhou]

Counting down inspection time seconds instead of inspecting

 

[Dane man]

The Bad Habits

I've noticed that cubing is a very disciplined skill, requiring tons of practice and effort to get at least a semi-decent speed. There are many bad habits that I still need to break and many habits I'm looking forward to gaining.

Bad Habits (to break):
-Doing a back-twist on some of the moves due to experience with bad cubes (had no corner cutting).
-Looking at the timer, even out of the edge of my vision (I freak out when I see that I will make it super fast, or it'll be super slow, and I trip up).
-Doing F2L pairs too fast to do proper look-ahead.
-Getting overly eager to start and starting instead of using all of my inspection time to maximize speed.
-Deleting solve times I don't like from timers (I must accept my slowness in order to improve).
-Turning the cube instead of turning a side to see or perform certain actions.
-Not being color neutral (stupid crosses).
-More that I find out later...

Good Habits (to gain):
-The opposite of all my bad habits.
-Keeping my cool as I solve.
-Practicing daily and efficiently (some F2Ls, some completes).
-Better finger-tricks and corresponding algs.
-etc.

So what are y'alls bad cubing habits, and what are the good habits that you want to gain?

 

[yoshinator]

I need to use my inspection, I never plan cross+1, and sometimes (when it's hard) I don't even plan the whole cross.

 

[penguinz7]

I have many of the ones you have Dane, including looking at the timer during solves, and deleting times I don't like. Another is not always counting a plus 2.. I'm getting better though..

 

[TDM]

Some of my bad habits are similar to yours, some aren't. Mine include:

Just solving and not doing target practise (until a few days ago).
Continuously solving even when my wrist is hurting a lot.
Using CFOP (it's boring).
Not being colour neutral.
Not using inspection (I don't even plan my cross some of the time).
Looking up at the timer.
Not doing penalties (but only when I think the lockup cost me more time than it would have taken to do the last move(s)... still a bad habit though, but I'm starting to do +2s when I should now).
Not learning any algs because I don't have the motivation and expecting to improve.

 

[Antonie faz fan]

Time my self to much, should practice look ahead.

 

[Vesper Sword]

Fooling around with other methods when I should be practicing roux!
Being too lazy to learn new algorithms.
Being inconsistent as hell on 4x4.
Practicing only one event mainly.

 

[maps600]

I solve with Roux btw.
Mine include:
-Only planning the 1x2x2 part of the first block during inspection, and not thinking about the other two pieces
-Not turning slowly enough on the second block
-Using way too many moves
-Not looking for skips in the L4E permutation step
-Being too CFOPy

 

[antoineccantin]

Not using inspection enough
Giving up on terrible solves
Just being ultra inconsistent

 

[Chree]

Like everyone else... not using all of inspection. And like Jacob & TDM, not even fully planning the cross all the time.

Recognizing that I'm handling a certain case inefficiently, but not trying to find a better way to do it.

Sometimes if I'm having a bad session I'll just stop solving and walk away from the puzzle. Maybe it's good to take a break, but the flipside is that any practice is good practice, even if I'm not performing at my best.

 

[Rocky0701]

-Not using enough inspection
-Mindlessly solving
-Looking up at the timer
-Being very inconsistent
-Deleting bad times
-Focusing too much on 3x3 VS other events too
-Putting off the last 20 OLLs that I need to learn
-Using hand scrambles on 5x5 and up

 

[Chree]

-Using hand scrambles on 5x5 and up

Kevin Hays said on his Google+ Hangout with Felix that he "doesn't remember the last time he read an internet scramble for 7x7". So I think you're OK there. After hearing that, I stopped reading scrambles for 7x7 and 6x6. Although I do separate my records for hand scrambles from normal scrambles.

I still use scramblers for 5x5. But I think different people have different standards.

 

[3LEVAS3]

BAD HABITS:
-I'm usually too busy inspecting the cross and not planning out my F2L pairs... so that means MANY cube rotations. So that's a bad habit.
-Um... also I delete my bad times xD which isn't good obviously.
-For cross inspection I automatically look for parts of the white cross which is a habit I need to break.
-I don't slow down a lot when I practise F2L
-Sometimes I get distracted by looking at something and I screw up.
-Oh yeah, I'm not that colour neutral, I freak out whenever I start on something not white or yellow....

GOOD HABITS
-I practise every day
-I try to memorise at least one OLL or PLL a day (slow, but I'll get there)
-Getting better at finger-tricks although for me F and B is kind of hard
- Cross on bottom ftw!

 

[cuberkid10]

I do cross on top, although I'm trying to stop because it's stopping me from being consistently sub-12.

 

[rsquaredcuber]

Don't worry about deleting your bad times, because I think I speak for a lot of cubers when I say that we all, at one point or another, do it. xD back at you! lol, so don't worry about that 2nd one .

 

[IRNjuggle28]

I do cross on top, although I'm trying to stop because it's stopping me from being consistently sub-12.

You might have the UWR for fastest cross on U solver.

But seriously. Have it on D. Just cold turkey off solving it on top. Do nothing but crosses on D, and after a few weeks of insane frustration, you'll get used to it and it'll be faster.

 

[kcl]

I need to plan cross+1 more..

 

[WinterCub3r]

U3... ya instead of doing U' I will sometimes accendentaly go the wrong way through out the solve.

 

[Genesis]

How is not being cn a bad habit? :confused:

 

[waffle=ijm]

Bad Habits
< - Does not practice meticulously

Good Habits
< -Does practice 10 minutes before competing