How do I get sub 20?

[J-B]

I've been cubing since two or three months, and i learned the 4 look CFOP, that i still use. I am about to finish PLL, (i have to study only R and G perms.), but i am stuck at 27 seconds, with some good scrambles at 22.
I am able to plan the entire cross in most of the cases, and i do it in about 5-6 seconds, i usually do F2L in about 15 seconds. Then the LL in 7. I am trying to get faster, but i seem stuck. Some tips to get better?

 

[Ryann15778]

哇，我真的很佩服你！我玩魔術方塊兩三年了，成績一直徘徊在40秒左右。最近我在學習ROUX解法，平均成績剛過50秒，但我還是無法彈性運用F2L。

 

[ACubingDude]

finish learning PLL, and prob watch Jperm’s advanced f2l tutorial. It brought me from sub-30 to sub-25

 

[J-B]

Thank you both and good luck for the ROUX method to Ryann15778

 

[Michael Wimberly]

Try to work on lookahead during F2L, it is very important for sub 20. Also finish learning PLL. And for cross, don't just try to plan the whole cross in inspection, but also try to get it in 8 moves or less every time.

 

[J-B]

I also plan to pass to ZZ, will this be helpful in time to get fast times?

 

[Neil Mohacsi]

I've been cubing since two or three months, and i learned the 4 look CFOP, that i still use. I am about to finish PLL, (i have to study only R and G perms.), but i am stuck at 27 seconds, with some good scrambles at 22.
I am able to plan the entire cross in most of the cases, and i do it in about 5-6 seconds, i usually do F2L in about 15 seconds. Then the LL in 7. I am trying to get faster, but i seem stuck. Some tips to get better?

so true!!! I got a good scramble and got 23 secs, but I can never seem to reach sub 20. I need help too!

 

[Neil Mohacsi]

I also plan to pass to ZZ, will this be helpful in time to get fast times?

YES it will!

 

[blenser4]

Finishing full PLL and doing slow, deliberate F2L practice made the biggest difference for me. Once lookahead improves, the times tend to drop without forcing faster turning.

 

[BVCuber13]

YES it will!

no it won’t. ZZ is, in my opinion, one of the worst speedsolving methods. (Sorry Phil) you would have to plan out EOLine or EOCross in 15 seconds of inspection when you could be planning so much more with regular CFOP (cross+1, cross+2 and beyond if you’re really good). I understand that having all edges oriented will help during last layer but it won’t save much time, and in my case it actually loses time. So, my thoughts? Go with CFOP, not ZZ.