I need a new method

[Noahaha]

Noah, you're doing ZZ in a manner that should be unapproved by any experienced cuber
Come on man, don't try to CFOP the ZZ!

Sorry

I'm not much of a sighted solver.

 

[aznanimedude]

Sorry

I'm not much of a sighted solver.

silly blind man

 

[Noahaha]

silly blind man

I tried to practice 3x3 today, but I couldn't bring myself to turn the cube with my eyes open.

 

[Smiles]

Try PCMS (columns first). Technically there are no blocks, since it's just F2L pairs without the cross. It's very similar to Roux, but without the actual blockbuilding part of it. There are no rotations during the columns part, and you get this CxLL part that is almost like 2x2 CLL since it ignores the M and S slices. After adding some edges to the D layer, it's pretty much like Roux.

 

[TheNextFeliks]

try this for TF: Triangle, Keyhole any 3 edges in, solve last corner and edge like an F2L pair, orient edges simultaneously permutind the final 2 D layer edges. Then you have normal LL, with Cross on top. so you could COLL, OCLL PLL etc...

example: scramble B on front yellow ontop...

D2 R' U2 F2 R B L' B2 F U R2 D'

y' L2 U2 L' y' D2 R2 F L' F2 L' // Triangle (9 moves)
D R U R' E2 F R' F' R u2 R U2 R' // 3 edges (13, 22)
to avoid trapped edge in pair... D' U M' U M (D u) // (6, 28)
U2 R' U2 R2 U R2 U R // last pair (8, 36)
U M' U M U' M' U2 M D2 // EO and D layer (9, 45)
y R U' L' U R' U L U L' U L // COLL (11, 56)
U2 R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2 // EPLL (12, 68)

okay that turned out bad, oh well, at least it shows the idea...

I like that variation. I have gotten consistent 45 second solves. Once I learn the edge algs I will probably increase a lot.

 

[BPM]

ESO Algs are here.

I support your decision for Tri-Fran, I suck at blockbuilding as well and I switched from CFOP to Trifran as you did.

If you can, learn WV (later) and while you insert the last F2L pair you have all corners oriented, then you can do an ESO alg that preserves EO (which most do)

I'm still in the process of learning double spins, but I average around 35 seconds. No WV yet.

http://mzrg.com/rubik/methods/LEEO.htm

 

[Noahaha]

ESO Algs are here.

I support your decision for Tri-Fran, I suck at blockbuilding as well and I switched from CFOP to Trifran as you did.

If you can, learn WV (later) and while you insert the last F2L pair you have all corners oriented, then you can do an ESO alg that preserves EO (which most do)

I'm still in the process of learning double spins, but I average around 35 seconds. No WV yet.

http://mzrg.com/rubik/methods/LEEO.htm

But but but it was created a a joke. I seriously respect this though.

 

[TheNextFeliks]

But but but it was created a a joke. I seriously respect this though.

I know. My problem is the high move count. ZZ is so much better in that aspect.

 

[Ranzha]

Suck it up and blockbuild. Honestly. The more you understand about how to manipulate the pieces around the cube restrictionlessly now, the better off you'll be improvising in the future.
Blockbuilding has seriously helped my improvement from about 20 to about 13 (along with various other LL transition techniques).
Gogogo

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

Suck it up and blockbuild. Honestly. The more you understand about how to manipulate the pieces around the cube restrictionlessly now, the better off you'll be improvising in the future.
Blockbuilding has seriously helped my improvement from about 20 to about 13 (along with various other LL transition techniques).
Gogogo

Did you ever learn your G-perms?

 

[Edward]

lol @ thinking you can leave CFOP and NOT blockbuild

 

[Ranzha]

Did you ever learn your G-perms?

A couple.

One, for speedsolving: (R U R' F') (R U R' U) (R U' R' U') (R' F R2 U R' U') (R U' R'). (I call it "Jewfro".)
One, for FMC: R2' S2 (U l2' U' l2') (u R2 U' r2' F2).

I still have never learned the "standard" G-perms.

 

[Freddy123cubes]

My method is reverse keyhole, theres one tutorial, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8-_5LHFLIU
It will be slow at first, but you'll get faster

 

[TheNextFeliks]

My method is reverse keyhole, theres one tutorial, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8-_5LHFLIU
It will be slow at first, but you'll get faster

That's no better than fridrich. At least in CFOP you do f2l so it is so much faster.

 

[qqwref]

But but but it was created a a joke.

Yeah, and it's funny how it is actually a semi-decent method o_0 I'm faster with it than with Petrus.

 

[TheNextFeliks]

Yeah, and it's funny how it is actually a semi-decent method o_0 I'm faster with it than with Petrus.

I would hope so. It is really hard to get fast at petrus.

 

[aznanimedude]

not really, but then again Petrus really shines as a CN method, not so much with a fixed orientation

 

[A Leman]

Why do you need a new method? Trying other methods to improve your general cubing knowledge can be good, but if you are going to resist learning blockbuilding and other essential parts of these methods, you will get much less out of them. Also, you are probably nowhere near mastering the method you already use and should be able to come up with many specific areas where you still need to improve.