How to improve at square-1

[vcuber13]

yes, but the same applies to cubeshape
same as say f2l pairs, its intuitive and you learn it yourself, but after many times of solving it you basically dont need to think about it and is muscle memorized. for double u perms i know that i do opp-opp U D adj-adj

 

[ArcticxWolf]

okay, let me rephrase - for me, square 1 is fairly recog-alg-recog-alg compared to other puzzles which i solve.
Since I'm telling people the way that I know sq-1, I'm assuming it's going to be fairly similar for the people which are going to follow that, in which case, learning the algs earlier would be better as it reduces the recognition time needed.

I don't understand why you're arguing this though, it's not too relevant to the point I'm trying to make.

 

[TheCubeMaster5000]

Thanks for the site. This is going to be very helpful to me over the next few months.

 

[Neo63]

i dont agree with this, for the people of us who only know the basic eps, which is almost everyone, ep is kind of like cubeshape, you have to intuitively reduce the case to something like adj-adj which then leads to solved.

I don't think for anyone averaging 20s that cubeshape, or EPs, are intuitive. It's not intuitive just because you don't know how to solve it in one alg. After a while, even if you use three algs, you would instantly recognize, say, O perm and W perm to be (O+opp) + (U) and you would one-look it. Other than the fact that you're using a longer algorithm, there's no difference.

 

[Dex]

Just made a small site to help all those people I see on the weekly competition getting like, 1:25.xx on sq1 when they average like, 25 on 3x3.

http://backtosquare1.webs.com/

Hope it helps.

P.S. Go through the site in order, lol.

It's not completely finished yet, but I'm working on it

I also plan to add videos to many of the descriptions, so that hopefully helps.

Hey there, getting into square one now and cubing not too long ago. This site seems like a great resource! Is there any remaining copy of it? Or a similar one?

 

[Garf]

Hey there, getting into square one now and cubing not too long ago. This site seems like a great resource! Is there any remaining copy of it? Or a similar one?

I wouldn't be so hipped for a guide back in 2010. There are probably way better sources that you could use.

 

[PiKeeper]

Hey there, getting into square one now and cubing not too long ago. This site seems like a great resource! Is there any remaining copy of it? Or a similar one?

Look at cubemaster's "how to get faster at square one (beginner to sub-30)" if you want to learn how to improve.

 

[Dex]

Look at cubemaster's "how to get faster at square one (beginner to sub-30)" if you want to learn how to improve.

lmao I just found that lol, really comprehensive and helpful!