[Help Thread] F2L Discussion and Help

[iSpinz]

o_O I have a 13 second F2L and average 23...

 

[Sherwood]

Holy cow my LL must suck.

Edit: It's not my LL, I just realized how slow I am at the cross. I averaged 22 seconds if I just started solving after the cross. So an 8 second cross I guess?

 

[Anthony]

Holy **** my LL must suck.

Apparently. How do you solve the LL?

 

[Jokerman5656]

Isn't cross part of the F2L?

 

[gamemeister27]

Edit: It's not my LL, I just realized how slow I am at the cross. I averaged 22 seconds if I just started solving after the cross. So an 8 second cross I guess?

Try solving it Blindfolded for a while, it will improve it, and you will be able to look for your first pair while doing it in the future.

 

[Sherwood]

Oh thanks I'll try doing it blindfolded. And Anthony I do 2 look OLL and I'm learning PLL (about 10 algorithms left)

 

[Anthony]

And Anthony I do 2 look OLL and I'm learning PLL (about 10 algorithms left)

Finish PLL and practice. If you really do average around 13 seconds for F2L (and btw, F2L includes cross) then you should be able to get sub 20 relatively easily.

 

[Sherwood]

Oh lol I didn't know it included cross. I actually average about 12 with f2l (not including cross) so I guess that doesn't count. But I'm currently working on cross. Thanks for your help

 

[jackdexter75]

What do they mean when the say " Solve the cross blindfolded"? Do they mean look at where the white pieces are and then close your eyes? Or what?

 

[Caedus]

What do they mean when the say " Solve the cross blindfolded"? Do they mean look at where the white pieces are and then close your eyes? Or what?

Yes. Look at the cube and plan the cross out in your head. Then close your eyes and solve the cross.

 

[irontwig]

Badmephisto's videos+Macky's famous line=Fast F2L

who is macky, and what is his famous line?

@original thread prompt:

just practice. no additional learning is necessary at this point.

IamWEB answered the "what is his famous line" part, but Macky is actually Shotaro Makisumi (hope I spelled that right), and he is a speedcuber who used to have the WR average. His website is cubefreak.net

I think it's worth to add he was first to be sub-15, both officially and un-officially.

 

[MrSupercubefreak]

Do average of 5 everyday and like others guy say "SLOW DOWN AND LOOKAHEADEAD''

 

[dada222]

Do average of 5 everyday and like others guy say "SLOW DOWN AND LOOKAHEADEAD''

Obviously, not one per day. 10 would be more like it.

The thread is old and I believe the OP doesn't need an answer anymore, but for the record, when you average 55 seconds, you definitely shouldn't worry about looking ahead. Turning speed is all that matters at this point.

 

[robindeun]

first I should learn the Oll's were the cross olready is done
and oll the pll's

 

[Dimeg]

getting faster step by step
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6085

and of course the 4 p's of cubing!

 

[riffz]

Contrary to what some believe, I don't think learning 2-look OLL or PLL is a bad idea at this stage.

Check out badmephisto and watch his videos on 2-look OLL and 2-look PLL. As for getting faster at f2l, just practice, practice, practice, look ahead, practice, practice.

 

[shredhead]

is there anyone who has created the f2l as clean as the one rubiks official site explaining the basic method...of course rubiks method is beginner but the way it looks and illustration are the best i have ever seen...there are so many crappy f2l pages...maybe someday i'll make a actual clean and easy to 'see' f2l as rubiks...if i ever figure f2l out..heheh

 

[bigbee99]

is there anyone who has created the f2l as clean as the one rubiks official site explaining the basic method...of course rubiks method is beginner but the way it looks and illustration are the best i have ever seen...there are so many crappy f2l pages...maybe someday i'll make a actual clean and easy to 'see' f2l as rubiks...if i ever figure f2l out..heheh

ummm, you just bumped a 2-year old thread. As for a F2L tutorial, take a look at badmephisto's F2L video.

 

[da25centz]

ummm, you just bumped a 2-year old thread. As for a F2L tutorial, take a look at badmephisto's F2L video.

this. badmephistos vid is easily the best f2l tutorial i have ever seen. also, his website has a decent explanation in text along with all of the algs if you were to learn alg based f2l, which is not reccommended

 

[Mike Crozack]

Just for a little mention, vaseline APPARENTLY destroys the inside of your cube over time, and the the algorithm F2L for cases over 8 moves.

I lubed my storebought with vaseline :O
then a used CRC