loqueelviento
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I'm relatively new to cubing and I'm starting to feel ok with CFOP (but slow on the CF part). Is doing getting acquainted with 4x4x4 helping (or on the contrary a distraction) for progress in 3x3x3?
Does 4x4x4 help with 3x3x3
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it doesnt nessicarly help, but id say do 4x4 sometimes, just to reset the process for learn needed 3x3 concepts
abunickabhi
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4x4 does not directly help.
Indirectly doing any puzzle helps your overall cognitive and recognition ability.
Indirectly doing any puzzle helps your overall cognitive and recognition ability.
SkewbIsTheBestEvent
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If you average above Sub-20, 4x4 does not help that much, but if you average below that, than any big cube 4-7 or megaminx helps a lot with lookahead.
helloimcubedup
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yea i agree. dont be like me and only practice 4x4 for a month. do 4x4 sometimes.
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ive been doing strictly 4 for about 2-3 months, bc summer
Abram Grimsley
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I've been doing 4x4 and 5x5 an immense amount all summer long!
UnknownCorrespondent
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With modern methods, and solvers who know what they're doing, the answer appears to be no. The first time I took up cubing, in 1982, things were different. My time on the 3x3 was 10 min. with a cobbled-together method when I started solving the 4x4. I didn't touch the 3x3 again until I could solve the 4x4 in 15 min. When I returned to the 3x3, I could do it in 3 minutes. I was disappointed when I re-learned everything 35 years later and didn't get any improvement from the 4x4.
helloimcubedup
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well i only did 4x4 in the fall or winter
