help me solve the cube

[Anonymous]

It's pretty much the same as most LBL beginner methods, but the LL is a good system. Keep with that until you're under a minute, I'd say, and then experiment with more advanced methods.

GL!

 

[ahmedkl]

back with some more questions , i am able to solve the cube almost under 4mins every time ive also solved it under 3 mins , and yesterday average of 3 was 03:18.67 , how can i get it fast ? i want to get it under 3mins the goal set for the week . So how do i get fast?i have seen cubers examine the cube first and then solve it, but what is that for?and how can i do that what to keep in mind when examining the cube?

 

[AvidCuber]

Practice. When you are inspecting, look for the cross pieces, for example, if you start with a white cross, start looking for the white edge pieces so that when you do the cross in your solve, you're not looking around for pieces that much. Or, you can be colour neutral, and you look for the side that has the most edge pieces already in place, so that you solve on different colors, such as blue, yellow, etc, not just white. Some people think that being colour neutral doesn't really help you get faster, but when you're a beginner, you can try it and see if you like it. If you end up wanting to be colour neutral when you're faster, it's a whole lot easier if you start out now, but it's your decision.

You also might want to try finger tricks, where you just flick a side with your finger rather than turning with your whole hand. If you have a cube that turns badly, you can try lubricating it. The finger tricks take a little bit of getting used to/practice, but it will help your times tremendously.

Other than that, just practice a lot, and you should improve.

 

[Cubenovice]

Perhaps you could learn some mirrors or inverses of some of the algs you are using.

This way you do not have to repeat some of the algs to get the desired result.

Other than that: just keep practicing. Not perse for speed, just keep solving. Sometimes go extra slow and look closely how the pieces are affected by the algs you are doing.
Your speed will improve, don't worry too much.

 

[Cool Frog]

Hmm, the first case he came across( first post) how would you fix that if you did cross on the bottom. right now I would start with cross on the top and do a double rotation to get to cross on bottom

 

[ahmedkl]

hello people i am back with some more questions
well now i can do it under 2mins 20sec using the LBL method . So how can i improve my time now ? should i learn some other algorithm or just stick with this one? and any more ideas if you people have

 

[jiggy]

Hi! Well done for sticking with it!

You're starting to get to about the time when you should be trying out a few methods to see which one suits you. You can still get your time down with your beginner's LBL method but, now you're becoming a bit more comfortable with the cube, you can start to decide what you want to learn next.

The wiki has quite a good overview of the main methods:
Fridrich
Petrus
Roux
ZZ

Do some research into these methods and read through/watch a few tutorials and see which of them take your fancy. There's no reason you can't learn more than one of these methods, but before long you'll probably want to start specialising in one particular method.

Each method has it's pros and cons, and no one will be able to tell you which method you should choose. It's up to you!

Fridrich is certainly the most similar to the method you're using, and I find it's fairly easy to get the idea behind Peturs. I remember finding Roux a bit confusing initially, but now I think it's one of the most interesting methods out there. The concept of good and bad edge orientation can also be quite challenging if you're just starting out, and is a main aspect of ZZ. Anyway, those were just some of my initial impressions of those methods, but perhaps yours will be different.

Remember, there are many options open to you now, so try and gather as much information through your research as you can. While you can always ask for as much help as you need on this site, many of the decisions now will need to be your own. That's part of the fun, though!

Good luck! =)

 

[ahmedkl]

thanks for the reply jiggy , well the methods you mentioned are faster then the LBL method? I think i will start with Fridrich method

 

[jiggy]

Yeah, those four are all speedsolving methods. Fridrich is the most popular and has just been used by Feliks to set a new world record average of 8.52. However, I believe Roux has also been used to break sub-10 average. I'm not sure what the fastest averages are for the other two, though. Either way, all are certainly able to be used to get a sub-20 time.

If you're looking into the Fridrich method, your first step should probably be intuitive F2L. You should also start learning 2-look OLL and 2-look PLL at the same time. Here are some excellent tutorials on those.

F2L Part 1
F2L Part 2
2-look OLL
2-look PLL

If you stick with the Fridrich method, that guy has many more relevant tutorials. Don't forget to give the other methods a quick play too, though! Good luck!

 

[ahmedkl]

so the fridrich method starts from F2L or is that just a part of it ?

 

[waffle=ijm]

so the fridrich method starts from F2L or is that just a part of it ?

fridrich also called CFOP is Cross, F2L, Orientation, Permutation.

F2L is a part of it.

Personally, I'm a Roux user. You can get away with only 2 algs with Roux and still be sub-15 (proven by kirjava)

 

[Cubenovice]

Hi Ahmed, good to see you are making progress.

Jiggy has linked you to an excellent resource for Fridrich.
Badmephisto has some of the best tutorails out there.

F2l is the 2nd step, after the cross, of the Fridrich (or CFOP) method in which you solve the corners of the 1st layer together with the 2nd layer edges.
So basically you are completing the first twoi layers at the same time.

 

[ahmedkl]

thanks i am surely gona give a try to fridrich method and thanks for the replies more comments will be appreciated

 

[ahmedkl]

so people i have started to look for the method and so far i can't find some good tutorial that actually makes me understand the fridrich method