Hi.. let me introduce myself...

[WeNG]

Hi all, my name is We.., ops, almost forgot, you can call me WeNG
I'm from Indonesia, where is Indonesia?
If you don't know Indonesia, maybe you know Bali, Bali is a part of Indonesia.
I'm an undergraduate student in Information System (still aroung the thing that we called "computer")

ok, let's change the topics, about rubik's cube.
Recently i bought an 3x3x3 original rubik's Cube (just about 3 weeks from now), I had one 3x3x3 chinese rubik's cube that i never solved before, i don't know how to solved it. :confused:

A month ago during my spare time, i search Youtube and i just curious how to solve my old "unidentified" cube, and that's how my "cube fever" started. After watching that tutorial video by Dan Brown, i bought storebought Rubik's Cube in a big bookstore.
i practice the method from the video, which is a layer by layer / beginner method, and i can solved my new 3x3x3 cube after 4 days, fiuhhh....

Now i really really want to improve my time and become speedcuber, so i search a video and tutorial about Fridrich method, that almost speedcubers use on the competition.

One big question in my mind now, how can i understand what algorithm that i have to use form many algorithm in Fridrich method?? :rolleyes:

 

[Cyrus C.]

First of all welcome!

Second of all, don't be tied down to the Fridrich method. Many good cubers use it, & it is a good method, but you should probably try exploring other methods. Like Roux, or Petrus.

If you do decide to go along with Fridrich, try searching in the forum search bar, or on google: 2-Look OLL, & 2-Look PLL, you only need to learn about 10 more algorithms instead of 70, and you can get pretty fast with it.

 

[Edward]

Watch badephisto's tutorials on youtube

Welcome to the forums.

 

[Jake Gouldon]

Just practice. I wouldn't switch to fridrich yet, I would wait until you can consistently solve the cube in under 50 seconds. Then you might want to switch to 4-look OLL, and 2-3 (maybe 4?) look PLL. After that, learn the F2L algs (or come up with your own, you decide) and move on to 2-look last layer.

Welcome to the forums and happy cubing!

 

[Cyrus C.]

Just practice. I wouldn't switch to fridrich yet, I would wait until you can consistently solve the cube in under 50 seconds. Then you might want to switch to 4-look OLL, and 2-3 (maybe 4?) look PLL. After that, learn intuitive F2L and move on to 2-look last layer.

Welcome to the forums and happy cubing!

fixed.

 

[Zane_C]

Welcome,

Once your've got the hang of Fridrich F2L, It's mostly intuitive, barely any algorithms should be used for the first 2 layers.
I learnt 2 step OLL then all 21 Pll algorithms. For the last layer, rather then see where the pieces have to go, reconise the pattern, this should make it a bit easier.
Also, sought the algorithms into catorgories, like corners only, edges only etc.

 

[JLarsen]

The main question you answered; how to know which alg to use, basically, you won't be able to learn and recognize all of the fridrich algorithms yet. You must start by using more applications of algs, like how now, you probably solve the last layer in 4 steps. Fridrich merely combines these steps into 2, and the cases are much more plentiful. Basically you need to practice at your level for a while, then learn 2 look oll, and 2 look pll, then finally full oll and pll will be very straight forward.