Hi , Belgian noob BenVdd reporting for duty!

[BenVdd]

Also just filmed myself solving. 33.43seconds.

Really poor quality , sorry. Gonna try to get a hold on a better recording device this weekend.

 

[Goosly]

That's a decent solve for a beginner like you
Once you get more familiar with your F2L's, you can try looking forward into the solve - 'look-ahead'. You do not want to be looking at the pieces you are solving, since you should know how to solve them without tracking them. Thus, instead of that, you can look at the pieces you want to solve next.

Btw, how old are you?

 

[MarcelP]

Nice solve Ben! You will be sub 30 in no time at all...

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Nice solve for a beginner??

Folks I haven't even HIT the subs 50 proper yet! looool

Well done Ben!

 

[BenVdd]

Thanks for the nice feedback
I am 21years old.

And yeah goos, as you can tell i hardly have any look-ahead. I am not confident enough in my skills to solve pairs without looking. I tend to misplace them cuz i try to do it quickly, same for the cross alltho that is getting better.

I mean, I know exactly where to put the pairs and wich moves that put them there. But if I look away i lose focus of what i'm doing and misplace them anyway.

Conclusion : Practise!

 

[Goosly]

Try solving F2L pairs without looking at your cube That way you will get more fluent with them

 

[BenVdd]

yeah , will do all i have been doing the last 3 or so weeks is solve alot in public while on the bus/ train, waiting on siad bus/train and inbetween classes. Solving solving solving over and over again. Still only know 2look OLL/PLL. (I don't feel like learning any other PLL/OLL cuz they seem so awkward at first).

So now i'll practice solving the F2L pairs blind as you suggested

EDIT : just did 12 more timed solves :

Best average of 5: 32.21
7-11 - (28.90) 35.48 (36.67) 29.80 31.34

Best average of 12: 34.01
1-12 - 31.08 34.07 (39.25) 37.76 35.86 34.23 (28.90) 35.48 36.67 29.80 31.34 33.84

i'm quite pleased with my results this time, all sub 40 (only just tho , with that very poor 39.25 :/)

 

[BenVdd]

So i started on a longer series of timed solves and had to pause for a second to post this :

33.77, 37.66, 32.07, 28.70, 38.12, 40.16, 35.73, 29.79, 33.12, 33.64, 31.14, 32.50, 32.22, 34.37, 38.04, 26.05 <--- new singles PB

So I ended up doing 30 solves with these stats :

Best Ao5:30.50
best Ao12:32.60
Ao30:33.67

Screenshot of all the times and stats in spoiler :

Spoiler

Edit : woops didnt mean to attach :/

 

[Goosly]

Nice, gogo sub-30!

(Do you know the scramble and timer size can be increased? press 'show timer options' above the time)

 

[BenVdd]

I do but i didn't feel the need...

I fear a big timer may distract me and would make me look at it during the solve.


EDIT: also am quite pleased with my prograss as i have only been cubing for 6-7weeks now (it feels like atleast 4months tho )

 

[BenVdd]

So this morning i decided to learn some PLLs.

I expanded my PLL knowledge with both R perms and the Y perm

Current PLL knowledge :

A(a),A(b),U(a),U(b),E,H,Z,T,J(a),J(b),R(a),R(b),Y

So it's a step in the right direction



(Gonna learn next PLL (1 or 2) when i have done a couple of solves where i got to practice my new PLLs )

 

[bran]

You can learn F perm quite easily 'coz it is R' U' F' (T perm) F U R you can cancel the last F' of t perm with the F of last part.

 

[BenVdd]

So , R' U' F' R U R' U' R' F 2R U' R' U' R U R' U R .. it works and its easy to remember, but it's quite long...

 

[Goosly]

the correct notation is R2, not 2R
2R is for big cubes, meaning: 'turn the 2 outer right layers clockwise'

 

[BenVdd]

Oh okay , but still long alg ^^

Did another average of 12
session avg: 32.18 (σ = 1.57)
session mean: 32.10

Spoiler

28.92, 32.40, 34.99, 31.94, 33.04, 31.25, 35.92, 32.99, 27.44, 33.48, 30.80, 31.99

only 2 sub 30 times this time around but i did beat my previous best (wich was 32.60)

 

[BenVdd]

only have the G perms and the N perms left to learn

 

[MarcelP]

and the G-perms where for me the hardest because I mix all 4 of them up. I still sometimes do..

 

[BenVdd]

I tipped my toe in Roux waters for a change of pace today. not sure what to think of it yet , got a 47s one but i was kinda lucky. Still don't fully understand it all yet.

I will stick to CFOP though..


EDIT: averaging 1:11.xx now ^^ i get stuck on the edge orientation all the time , and also forget to permute corners ^^

 

[BenVdd]

So i did a Ao100

Broke my Ao12 pb and my singles PB ^^ I'm quite pleased, also Sub30 Ao12 ^^

 

[brunovervoort]

So i did a Ao100

Broke my Ao12 pb and my singles PB ^^ I'm quite pleased, also Sub30 Ao12 ^^

Wow Ben, you're improving very quickly
Will you go to Hasselt Open?