How to practice

[Cube321]

THANK YOU. Sticky.

 

[CubicNL]

Very nice tutorial!

 

[Selkie]

Indeed great post, read the lot at work at lunch, and again this evening. It is certainly going to shape the way I practice in future.

Have to say 3 weeks on and the improvement in that time with this advise has eclipsed my prior progression. This should be required reading matter for any cuber :tu

 

[Pandadudex96]

For all the new cubers, this guide would be in my opinion one the most helpful intros into speedcubing with CFOP method. Good job!!!

 

[chicken9290]

average your F2L and ull be amazing. i started doing it and started averaging 10-12.95

 

[Jorghi]

... Or you can just look up optimal F2L algorithms for cases you are bad at. You improve a lot faster xD

 

[jla]

THANK YOU!!

 

[jaywong88]

wow..nice one..i'm just playing cube for this last 4 month..right now my best time only 30s (lucky) and avg 50s...stil finding the fastest to solve the cube
this thread really help a lot..
practice make perfect

 

[shiqi peng]

Thanks for you sharing,I find a new way of my cubing career！

 

[jaywong88]

really .. nice advice...practice makes perfect

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

really .. nice advice...practice makes perfect

Perfect practice makes perfect. However you practice becomes permanent, which is why you must practice in a profitable manner. That's what this thread is for.

 

[pribic]

It is really a helpful one. Thanks for uploading this. This will certainly help many to improve their time.

 

[rebuttal]

Many thanks, i just heard from someone that i make things simple if take the magic cube as an analogy.

 

[deathmaths11]

I don't really understand, can you make it shorter and more simple for me?

 

[Escher]

I don't really understand, can you make it shorter and more simple for me?

I tried to make it as short and clear as it can be, a mini-list slightly defeats the point, but I'll do my best:

- Think about what is objectively good, compared to just what the fast people are doing; try and do that. If some fast people are already doing what you thought of - the easier for you to emulate them.
- Good practice breaks big things down so it is easier to annihilate your mistakes.
- Always be hyper-critical of your mistakes and drive to get rid of them - there is always something you're doing wrong, whether you're sup 2:30 or sub 8.
- Focus on making simple substeps as easy and fluid as possible.
- Lookahead is basically meditative, which is why speedcubing is so satisfying; you have to take yourself away from what is literally happening with the cube (the turns themselves) and identify other pieces, and 'the bigger picture' of the solve.

Hope this helps. Please do re-read the thread though, I feel I included very little that isn't essential to thinking about practising.

 

[Petro Leum]

In regards to lookahead, it's important to keep your mind empty and relaxed. The pieces are right in front of you, there is little need to frantically search. Once you allow yourself to see more of the cube rather than just 'gotta find that green/red edge!!!' you'll realise that CFOP is very flexible. Speedcubing is about taking a complex process and reducing it to a simple process and finally an unconscious process. This can happen a lot faster than you think, but often doesn't, ironically because we 'think' too much.

easier said than done. thats what i noticed however. whenever i try hard to get good times and start "looking for pieces really fast" my times are often over 5 secs worse than when im just relaxed and dont expect anything.

 

[kevinccce]

Very nice article. Thanks!

 

[Rubiksfreak]

12 Average

So I've been averaging 12 seconds for probably three years, I need to get faster. I know practice is the key but if three years of practice doesn't do it I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas? Sorry i don't have a video for you but maybe you guys could put your person experiences and what helped you guys to get to sub 10 or even sub 11

 

[ben1996123]

practise

 

[Snoutmol]

What method do you use? Do you already know all of Fridrich, for example?