CodingCuber
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Don’t worry about how fast you improve, just focus on improving. Everyone learns and improves at different rates so don’t worry.
Agreed, Cubing is about enjoyability but everyone wants to get fast. So practise much and effective. Try to practise certain parts of the Cube likeImprovement speed doesn't really matter, as long as you are having fun.
I practiced an insane amount during quarantine, so I think I improved fairly fast (I average 10-11 and started in February)
what do you average? What method do you use?I don’t know how I can improve except learning more algs, if there any free solve critiquing services out there, please put me in the right Direction!?
You definitely don't need a solve critique. Just keep practicing and watch videos like J Perm's "How to get Sub-30"I average 35-40 seconds, and I use CFOP with 4LLL
you dont need critiques. I was stuck at sub 40 and the thing that helped me get sub 30 is by practicing my f2l and making sure it is good.I average 35-40 seconds, and I use CFOP with 4LLL
work on sub 20 first, and check out:i am averaging around 24 seconds ...pls help me how to be sub 15
1. I am dual colour neutral (white and yellow), though I must confess I am still a little better on white. But in inspection, I cannot determine whether it is better to start on white cross or yellow cross.
2. Though I completely plan out my cross during inspection, I cannot execute it very fast
3. I have a big pause between cross and F2l. I have to pick an corner and spend 2-3 seconds finding its corresponding edge.
4. I often confuse between sune and anti-sune cases for 2-look OLL under fast-turning conditions
5. Though I learn good PLL algorithms with the best finger tricks, I cannot execute them very fast, I just can't
That shouldn't be a problem. Leave to you intuition to determine which color is better to solve. You should be able to solve in your mind before moving the cube. It may take a while to solve in your head as it needs practice. visualize the solutions is not an inherent ability. Take your time to solve in your mind no matter how much time it takes. After a good while you can do it in less than 15 seconds. to know which color you should solve, pick the one you can solve with the less moves / better ergonomic.
badmephisto's video can help with some interesting fingertricks
the key is to learn better fingertricks. study crosses on reconstructions and see what fingetricks were used. are you using wide turns? that influence a lot on your cross solving
the video I posted in the top might help with that
again, at your level that's a very common problem. practice alone can help with that as your vision of the pieces get sharper
Sune : put the solved piece at top/left/front. the corner on the top/right/front points to you
anti-Sune : put the solved piece at top/left/front. the corner on the top/right/front points to the right
with practice you will recognize almost instantly
I remeber how I struggle to devise good fingertricks, watch videos of pll execution and try to incorporate them in your solves.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Just solving again an again and doing some sort of focused drills like pll or cross can help you a ton. I think you will progress quickly if you just do avg50 or avg100 if you can with a good frequency
good luck my friend
@Filipe Teixeira has already answered these, but some further comments:Hello everyone.
I have been cubing for exactly 11 months. I have recently lowered my average under 30 seconds. Now, my average is around 26-27 seconds and I am aiming to get to sub-20 average under 1 year. Can anyone help? Here are some problems to which I cannot find any solution:
1. I am dual colour neutral (white and yellow), though I must confess I am still a little better on white. But in inspection, I cannot determine whether it is better to start on white cross or yellow cross.
2. Though I completely plan out my cross during inspection, I cannot execute it very fast
3. I have a big pause between cross and F2l. I have to pick an corner and spend 2-3 seconds finding its corresponding edge.
4. I often confuse between sune and anti-sune cases for 2-look OLL under fast-turning conditions
5. Though I learn good PLL algorithms with the best finger tricks, I cannot execute them very fast, I just can't
I would really appreciate of someone helps me out