Looking ahead?

[Austin91]

Hey everyone.
i've been cubing for a couple months now, and i've learned most of fridrich cept a couple OLLS left.
i realized that the F2L is EXTREMELY important to have sub20 times. it still takes me bout 17 secs on the F2L, which is wayyy to long to get under 20.

i've heard of going slow and looking ahead, but sometimes its impossible for me to see the edges and corners on the BackDown layer :S any tips?

also, i heard i shouldnt rotate the cube as much during f2l, but i find it awkward putting pairs in using F and B. Is this just something i have to get used to? or is it okay to still turn the cube?

thx

 

[Dene]

Watch videos of Harris Chan. He uses a d rotation instead of rotating the whole cube. Seeing as he is Mr F2L, that would be the best place to start.

 

[darkzelkova]

Try doing the cross BLD. Then do each pair BLD. Take as much inspection time as you need. Eventually your times will go down.