Is there a fast way to spot the pieces for f2l?

[owain curnell]

im avaragin about 40 secs and am very quick on oll and pll. i can identified f2l cases and exutute them quickley after locating the edge and corner on the cube.

however it takes me some time to initially locate corisponding edge and corner pices on the cube. i was just wondering if there is a fast way to scan the cube or to find the pieces quickley.

 

[cuber952]

practice. GO SLOW AND LOOK-AHEAD

 

[Samania]

Look ahead. Insert a pair into the slot and at the same time look for another pair.

There really is no "fast" way. You just need practice.

 

[4Chan]

If you use chrome stickers on the cross colour, you can instantly spot the cross edges and the corner pieces you need for F2L.

 

[cmhardw]

I use what's called corner bias. Basically I don't look for an F2L edge, I look for an F2L corner. Once I spot a corner I then look for the corresponding edge.

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Chris

 

[tfray94]

The three P's man!

Spoiler

Practice, Practice, Practice

It'll come with time...

 

[PCwizCube]

Yes, basically if you practice more your recognition will get faster and faster and you will be able to find pieces more easily.

You also want to be able to look ahead, which helps you find the pieces for the next corner-edge pair while you're solving the current edge pair. This concept is extremely important if you want to get faster. But chances are you probably didn't understand a word I said or don't know how to look ahead. So I made a tutorial on it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfE7jYOXbgg

 

[StachuK1992]

I use what's called corner bias. Basically I don't look for an F2L edge, I look for an F2L corner. Once I spot a corner I then look for the corresponding edge.
Chris

It's cool that you mention this.
I was actually browsing old threads early in the morn, and came across that.
I decided that I would search for corners first, as suggested in the original post and, due to either that and/or loosening my Edison, I've gotten over a second faster today. (which I haven't done in...a long time)

 

[TeddyKGB]

I use what's called corner bias. Basically I don't look for an F2L edge, I look for an F2L corner. Once I spot a corner I then look for the corresponding edge.

Chris

^This

 

[bigbee99]

Look ahead, you will get a little slower at first (like when you first learned F2L) but you will get faster.

 

[Deleted member 2864]

I use what's called corner bias. Basically I don't look for an F2L edge, I look for an F2L corner. Once I spot a corner I then look for the corresponding edge.

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Chris

Very interesting method, Chris.

For me, it kinda just came with time. With practice, the pieces that needed to be paired just began to pop up for me.

 

[Edward]

I use what's called corner bias. Basically I don't look for an F2L edge, I look for an F2L corner. Once I spot a corner I then look for the corresponding edge.

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Chris

Oh wow, I just realised I use this.

 

[hawkmp4]

RE: Corner bias, this is what I do on 3x3.
But on megaminx, those !@#$ing edges are so tiny I use edge bias, I guess the term would be.

I would suggest trying both, to see what works for you. Everyone's different.

 

[owain curnell]

Yes, basically if you practice more your recognition will get faster and faster and you will be able to find pieces more easily.

You also want to be able to look ahead, which helps you find the pieces for the next corner-edge pair while you're solving the current edge pair. This concept is extremely important if you want to get faster. But chances are you probably didn't understand a word I said or don't know how to look ahead. So I made a tutorial on it ]

hey thanks for the vid it really helped that was why i was slowing down

 

[MichaelErskine]

I use what's called corner bias. Basically I don't look for an F2L edge, I look for an F2L corner. Once I spot a corner I then look for the corresponding edge.

Oh my, this is good stuff. That makes for a very good practical strategy Chris. And thanks for doing the math to back it up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfE7jYOXbgg

And that's a good tutorial right there. I enjoyed that.