Can someone give me some tips on getting faster?

[Fluffy]

Learn CFOP and practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice.

That pretty much says it all.

 

[Vinny]

Here is a video of one of my solves a couple weeks ago:

So... what did uploading a video of you solving the cube do exactly?

 

[AvidCuber]

So... what did uploading a video of you solving the cube do exactly?

Got him more YouTube views, probably.

@ the OP: I can't really tell what's going on because of the low frame rate, but it looks like some of your finger tricks are a little awkward, try to work on those a bit. Also, you don't need to get a different cube to get faster. I got to nearly sub-30 with a Rubik's brand, and it was one of my main cubes when I was averaging around 21-23 until it broke. And I know of a few others that had a Rubik's brand until after they were sub-20. Just practise a lot, especially the F2L. (but really everything)

 

[y3k9]

What not to do:
Run out and get the most popular cube because some idiot told you to.
Run out and get the most expensive/popular lube because some idiot told you to.

What to do:
Learn fingertricks.
Time each part of your solve, and determine what you need to work on.
Evaluate your solve, meaning look at what's slowing you down. (note: This should be something different than above.)
Watch badmephisto's tutorials.
Practice a lot and with your alot.
Drink orangina. (optional)
Try to be very efficient.


These are all just suggestions, they are not commands. They are also not intended to be flames.
Hope it helps.
I LIEK PEANUT BUTTER

 

[Cool Frog]

practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice.

That pretty much says it all.

Fixed

 

[Adrian]

My friend has a rubik's storebought, very well broken in and lubed.

He can average sub-20 with it.
Of course once you get faster (sub-20) a rubik's brand does slow you down.

 

[chinese cuber]

feliks said practice pcactice and more practice

 

[Magix]

Am I seeing it really wrong here or are parts of his cube still scrambled at the end of the first 2 solves? lol

About the people that are saying you can get great times with a rubiks brand: It all depends. Some of them are really crap even after lube and breaking in.

But yeah, practice. If you're doing something, just hold your cube at the same time and move it around at random or do fingertricks (sexy move and sledgehammer are really nice since they're used in algorithms as well) so you can get your fingers more used to moving around the cube.

 

[FatBoyXPC]

About the people that are saying you can get great times with a rubiks brand: It all depends. Some of them are really crap even after lube and breaking in.

Since "great" isn't defined, would you consider sub20 great? Waffle as a youtube video of doing sub20 average with a storebought. So does yockee. Waffle's youtube: cubes4lyfe. yocke's youtube: xxoxia.

I've even sub20'd averages with my girlfriend's storebought that's been lubed only once (right out of the package which was at least 2 years ago) and has the full bright sticker set which hurts my eyes.

I doubt we'll see a sub8 on a storebought, but I'm not saying it's impossible. Yes a DIY cube helps, but you can get great times on it (makes me want to have Anthony, Rowe, Rowan, Breandan, or obviously Feliks to get a storebought, lube it up with some CRC and bust out a sub15 average with it. I really hope you'd agree they'd be able to pull that off with relative ease).

 

[Sa967St]

I don't think so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnS0EAfpmw

His main cube was a storebought.

 

[Magix]

Yeah, now I'd like to give him MY old rubiks and see him get the same results.