in what order should I do this in?

[tom0989123]

I know what I need to learn but how do I start to learn Lookahead?
what do I do to begin? because it's not as simple as learning an alg
any one can do that, but learning some thing that requires IDK some thing
that I feel like seems Impossible.

 

[F'prime]

I know what I need to learn but how do I start to learn Lookahead?
what do I do to begin? because it's not as simple as learning an alg
any one can do that, but learning some thing that requires IDK some thing
that I feel like seems Impossible.

It is pretty simple! You don't even need to be that efficient at F2L! To start, first do some very, very, VERY slow F2L, like 1 TPS F2L. Once you think you can predict your next pair in 1 TPS, try a bit faster, and repeat.

 

[SpeakCuba]

It is pretty simple! You don't even need to be that efficient at F2L! To start, first do some very, very, VERY slow F2L, like 1 TPS F2L. Once you think you can predict your next pair in 1 TPS, try a bit faster, and repeat.

Pretty much what he said. Just do F2L as slow as you need to in order to see your next pair. Say you’re doing 1 TPS in the beginning. Once you get comfortable with 1TPS, and your lookahead is pretty good (with 1 TPS), you can then increase your turn speed to, say, 2 TPS. And then you keep repeating the cycle. Chris Olson (Aka, Cyotheking) has a great video on this topic on YouTube.

 

[tom0989123]

Pretty much what he said. Just do F2L as slow as you need to in order to see your next pair. Say you’re doing 1 TPS in the beginning. Once you get comfortable with 1TPS, and your lookahead is pretty good (with 1 TPS), you can then increase your turn speed to, say, 2 TPS. And then you keep repeating the cycle. Chris Olson (Aka, Cyotheking) has a great video on this topic on YouTube.

ok thank you I will try that and let you all know how im getting on.

 

[tom0989123]

It is pretty simple! You don't even need to be that efficient at F2L! To start, first do some very, very, VERY slow F2L, like 1 TPS F2L. Once you think you can predict your next pair in 1 TPS, try a bit faster, and repeat.

thanks for the help I appreacate it.

 

[Thom S.]

The turning point for most with lookahead is when you start to understand the principle of it.
Imagine a CFOP solve
You find your cross solution during inspection.

You are most likely wired to look at your solution while performing it, making sure you are doing everything right.
Now you have a pause for your first pair
No lookahead

looking ahead means that you don't look at the cross solution you are currently doing, but instead look at the pieces required for your first pair.
So when you are done with cross, you know where your two pieces are so you just need to recognise the case(or eventually predict it, eliminating the pause entirely)
lookahead

This is just an example for your first pair.
You do the same thing for all the other 3 pairs. Once you recognise the case, let muscle memory take over and find your next target. Eventually, this opens up things like predicting cases beforehand, EO during F2L.

How do you start to do that?
Start by turning real slow. Maybe not 1 TPS, because that get's boring quickly and you'll end up speeding up by the second solve. Somewhere between 2 and 3 TPS is a better start. Take that turning speed constant and start looking ahead.
If you still make pauses, drop the speed, if you start to get the hang of it, increase speed.
Decreasing your turning speed until you can lookahead with your normal speed will help you in the long run.

Same thing of course applies to any other method, difference being that writing this text CFOP-centered leads to the least angry comments.

 

[OldSwiss]

I shouldn't give advices for lookahead, because mine is very bad, but one good method to train it is this:

Do inspection as long as you need, then close your eyes and solve the cross.
If you can't plan the entire cross, do it for 2 or 3 pieces an try to remember where the next one could be.

After cross, have a look at the cube, plan your solution for the next pair, close your eyes and execute the solution, then open your eyes, plan your next pair and repeat.
In the beginning you may need a couple of seconds to plan the next pair, the more you practice, the shorter you need to see the cube and plan.

 

[tom0989123]

I shouldn't give advices for lookahead, because mine is very bad, but one good method to train it is this:

Do inspection as long as you need, then close your eyes and solve the cross.
If you can't plan the entire cross, do it for 2 or 3 pieces an try to remember where the next one could be.

After cross, have a look at the cube, plan your solution for the next pair, close your eyes and execute the solution, then open your eyes, plan your next pair and repeat.
In the beginning you may need a couple of seconds to plan the next pair, the more you practice, the shorter you need to see the cube and plan.

thanks you guys seem to know your stuf

 

[tom0989123]

The turning point for most with lookahead is when you start to understand the principle of it.
Imagine a CFOP solve
You find your cross solution during inspection.

You are most likely wired to look at your solution while performing it, making sure you are doing everything right.
Now you have a pause for your first pair
No lookahead

looking ahead means that you don't look at the cross solution you are currently doing, but instead look at the pieces required for your first pair.
So when you are done with cross, you know where your two pieces are so you just need to recognise the case(or eventually predict it, eliminating the pause entirely)
lookahead

This is just an example for your first pair.
You do the same thing for all the other 3 pairs. Once you recognise the case, let muscle memory take over and find your next target. Eventually, this opens up things like predicting cases beforehand, EO during F2L.

How do you start to do that?
Start by turning real slow. Maybe not 1 TPS, because that get's boring quickly and you'll end up speeding up by the second solve. Somewhere between 2 and 3 TPS is a better start. Take that turning speed constant and start looking ahead.
If you still make pauses, drop the speed, if you start to get the hang of it, increase speed.
Decreasing your turning speed until you can lookahead with your normal speed will help you in the long run.

Same thing of course applies to any other method, difference being that writing this text CFOP-centered leads to the least angry comments.

thank you for taking the time to fully explain on what I thought was some thing quite hard to learn.