Metronome discussion thread

[blakedacuber]

i jump from 45 to 38 secs just using a metronome for 10 mins lol

 

[dada222]

i bought myself a portable digital metronome after reading the "slow" thread. just dropping 3-4 secs on my ao12 on 2 weeks practice

i only do it to practice F2L. and never use a metronome for a full solve.

looking ahead is fun

Me too. My average dropped by five seconds in half a week just because I got a digital metronome. Awesome, I'm finally sub50!!

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Using a metronome is something that changed my cubing completely. I struggled to break sub20. I was stuck around 20-23 seconds for almost a year, until one day I did 30 minutes of metronome solving. After that, I did an 18 second average. Since then, I probably do about 30-60 minutes of metronome solving every day as practice. It's helping me a lot!

How fast do you do the practicing to break sub 20?

I tend to practice with the metronome at about 132 bpm, but I'm thinking that I should speed it up a bit. I actually started with it MUCH slower, around 80 IIRC, but VERY soon, it was just too easy there, and I just started pushing it up all the time.

It's REALLY helped me a lot. Have a look at the avg of 5 I did yesterday:

That coming from someone who had only ever done ONE sub-20 avg a month ago.

 

[FatBoyXPC]

I've yet to even sub25 more than maybe once or twice. 132? That's just over 2tps. Now did you do it for full solve, full F2L (including cross) and not LL, or F2L excluding cross and not LL?

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

I've yet to even sub25 more than maybe once or twice. 132? That's just over 2tps. Now did you do it for full solve, full F2L (including cross) and not LL, or F2L excluding cross and not LL?

I only do it for F2L. There's no point in using a metronome for the cross, because you plan the whole cross before you start. There's also no point in using a metronome for LL because those are all quick recognition & execution situations.

 

[miniGOINGS]

I'm never, ever, using a metronome.

 

[jms_gears1]

I'm never, ever, using a metronome.

it made me slower >: O
i went from 22 second average to a 25ish...

 

[dunpeal2064]

I wonder how this experiment would work with a drummer who has already used a metronome and has a good idea of the tempo for different BPMs. I might try tapping my foot at 6o bpms and see if it has any affect. or if I can stay on beat whilst cubing.

 

[koreancuber]

Yeah, I recently also saw a thread stating that chewing gum helps you solve a cube faster. I think it is because of the constant tempo of the chewing. Any other ideas?

 

[dillonbladez]

i solve the cube at 144 BPM. sometimes, i mess up, but not often.

my F2L cube has black LL stickers since i use white on white plastic :fp
i still haven't improved much though.

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

i solve the cube at 144 BPM. sometimes, i mess up, but not often.

I find it INCREDIBLY difficult to believe that you can do metronome solves at 144bpm (and do it without screwing up all the time), but your average is 25 seconds (according to your sig). One of those two values can't be right.

As I said before, I do metronome solves at about 132 - 140, and I average around 18-19 seconds.

So either you have a good F2L and a TERRIBLE cross/last layer, or something here's not making sense

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

Metrenome always helps. Just sux u cant use music in a competiton

 

[mehdi-roshan]

record cube 3*3

single:25:20 s
average 5 :32:62 s

 

[dabmasta]

F2L slow

Hey guys, I've stalked your forums for sometime now, and i finally got around to registering. But anyway, I would consider myself an intermediate cuber, I know 2 look oll and 2 look pll, and im learning full pll. My average is anywhere from 50 secs to 1:00. So not fast at all. Im sure that my major slow down is f2l. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Chapuunka]

Practice.

Work on going slow and looking ahead.

Practice.

Use a metronome and try to not miss a beat.

Practice.

Watch badmephisto's videos.

Practice.

 

[EVH]

Practice.

Work on going slow and looking ahead.

Practice.

Use a metronome and try to not miss a beat.

Practice.

Watch badmephisto's videos.

Practice.

This.

 

[Luigimamo]

Just Practise ... ALOT

 

[FatBoyXPC]

Metronome helped me a good bit the first week I used it. My problem though is that I don't have a lot of time at home so I have limited use of any metronome. An F2L cube also helped me quite a bit, as it let me ignore the whole last layer. I honestly think it's a mental thing though, so if I can focus on going real slow with F2L and lower it on my own, and still do LL so I don't slack on PLL recog (mine PLL recog is terrible).

 

[dabmasta]

Cool thanks. But what will a metronome do for me?

 

[Inf3rn0]

Cool thanks. But what will a metronome do for me?

It helps with constant turning, so as to have little or no pauses during F2L