Metronome discussion thread

KevinK said:
Badmephisto's newest video is about practicing and getting better at F2L; you should watch that.
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I second this, he has several videos showing his thought process (how he keeps track of moves) that I just saw two days ago, they're a great help

(I average around 35 seconds, and found them helpful)
 
My method. Run while cubing. Look ahead literally. It actually does work. That's how I got better at OH. ;)

It forces you to slow down your execution and take a few fast looks rather than staring at the cube the whole time.
 
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3 things that helped me:
1) metronome
2) metronome
3) metronome

Once you get to where you can do 2-3 tps on a metronome then start working on advanced techniques like starting slow and constantly accelerating your speed (no metronome obviously). Start at 40 bpm if you have to, but do a turn on every beat. If you miss a beat, you have to rescramble and start all over. Don't do this for LL, it defeats the purpose of LL. Just do this for F2L.

Hope this helps,
Chris

P.S. http://www.metronomeonline.com/
 
badmephisto said:
KevinK said:
Badmephisto's newest video is about practicing and getting better at F2L; you should watch that.
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yea... doowon doubted its accuracy though, it hurt :( But he didn't give any specifics, he just called me a noob.
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That's just the internet and its trolls...you'll notice that the real achievers (like Erik or Yu) do not behave that way--so something is fishy; pay it no mind.
 
Doowon seems to be jealous...never mind. I have a question here about F2L:
lets say I have the last pair left and the case is the first
http://www.cubestation.co.uk/cs2/index.php?page=3x3x3/cfop/f2l/frf
and lets say if I do the U' R U' R' U2 R U' R' there will be (for example) a bad case for the OLL (I do 2 look OLL, so that means an extra F R U R`U`F`), but if I do
(Y) U`L`U`L U2 L`U` L I will have an faster OLL(only an example). Can you guys see the right choise of these two cases and have the reaction to choose the right one? Sorry if my question seems to be stupid.
 
@Mr Cubism:
Check out the "Partial Edge Control" section of Jason Baum's F2L page here:
http://jmbaum.110mb.com/f2l.htm

What I would do in that situation, is first connect the pair by doing U' R U' R', then, depending on the orientation of the FR edge, if the LL color sticker is facing me, I would do U2 R U' R' to insert it, but if it that sticker in on the side, I would use a "sledgehammer", U R' F R F', so that a 0-oriented-edges OLL case (dot case) would instead have 2 edges oriented, and a 2-edges-oriented case could become a cross-case.
 
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Good Suggestions

Thanks for the suggestions! I will check out the websites mentioned and start using a metrodome.
 
Lol, I was confused there for a second until I read the rest of your post.
And if you do use a metronome, don't set it too fast, because then you will be trying to turn to fast, and will likely mess up and go slower.
 
I've checked out badmephisto's videos and think they are great. Does anyone know of any others focusing on F2L?
 
On every tick of the metronome, you have to make a turn. Do it slowly at first so you can practise looking ahead for the next pieces while turning. Increase the speed gradually.

My question: how many pieces ahead do people look for usually?
 
I have a similar doubt. A friend told me to start at 100 but when I put 100 into the metronome speed in the CCT it goes way to fast. Can somebody help me?
 
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