Few queries

[FredZ]

Hello, ive been cubing just over a month and im on the verge of breaking sub 50. I jumped into fridrich quite early instead of perfecting LBL which i dunno was a good or bad idea. Ive got a few queries and tips im hoping you guys could answer.

1. Ive been learning a lot of the OLL/PLL algs but im having difficulty remembering them as a lot of them are very similar, is there anything that i can do to help me remember them ?

2. I bought two DIY's from cube4you, they're ace but the centre caps are solid, how do you get them off? Ive tried with the smallest knife possible and still no luck.

3. My Cross/F2L is about 30 sec, i learnt f2l intuatively, should i learn algs for this or keep doing it intuatively?


Cheers guys, h43r:

 

[Rama]

Hi there,

1) DON'T try to learn 10 LL algo's per day, but learn just 1 alg per day and practise it constantly I suggest you'll first learn the PLL's

2) http://www.speedcubing.com/ton/images/Center_Remove.JPG

I am not sure if you mean trying to get a center cap off...

3) I started with some basic F2L-tricks, the rest I learned by myself.

 

[Dirk BerGuRK]

Hey FredZ,

1. If you are going to learn LL algs, learn all the PLLs first. If you have trouble remembering an alg, just practice it over and over again until you do not have to think about it anymore.

3. Stick with intuitive f2l (really look hard for quick shortcuts when you practice).

Have fun!

 

[AvGalen]

Rama + Dirk + Avgalen advice:
3a. Start with some basic F2L-tricks
3b. Stick with intuitive f2l (really look hard for quick shortcuts when you practice).
3c. Look up algs for cases where you use >8 moves or feel that you haven't found a good way to do it yourself.

 

[FredZ]

ok thanks guys thats great, just broken sub 50 and about to break sub 40