shadowslice e
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Omfg this sums up my current battle with mega...Usually when one of my solves (I'm also a beginner) takes significantly longer than usual it's because I can't find a piece I'm looking for and have to go hunting for it.
But seriously, the more you get used yoi a puzzle the less time you will have to spend trying to find pieces, especially on a 222, 333 or 444.
The variation between steps will also decrease as you work out how to do things more efficiently until all the moves will take roughly the same number of moves.
Also try to do some slow turning solves so you can easily find and track each piece while solving the previous step. This principle can also be used by using longer than usual inspection time during practise (because after all it is only practise) and during that inspection try to plan out and predict as much of the solve as possible.
Another thing that can be done is to practise each step individually so that you can get each step good by itself before having the stress of thinking about all the other steps at the same time as trying to focus on the step you are currently on.
Lastly, don't ramp up tps during practise as this will mean that you will spend more time looking at the cube than actually solving- instead try to aim for a tps where you're constantly turning with only very small (or preferably non-existent) pauses.
Hope this helps!
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