My algorithms are failing and more...

[CerealKiller282]

Hey, all! I'm relatively new to cubing and I keep running into an annoying problem:

So I am competent in CFOP, and I can solve the cube, but my OLL sometimes glitches.
For example, I got an L, so i did f (R U R' U') f' and got a bar and so I did F (R U R' U') F' and just got the L again, and back and forth they went. 2 look OLL should mean they are solved hahaha. I have had this with a couple of other algs too, one looping the other. What am i doing wrong?
PS. i do orientate the top layer correctly. Do I need to be matching a corner piece too?

pps. I am averaging 2:40 sec (when the cube doesn't loop!) and desperately need to get my time to below 1min within the next 5 days to win a competition at a local puzzle shop. Any ideas?

thanks.

 

[AlphaSheep]

Hey, all! I'm relatively new to cubing and I keep running into an annoying problem:

So I am competent in CFOP, and I can solve the cube, but my OLL sometimes glitches.
For example, I got an L, so i did f (R U R' U') f' and got a bar and so I did F (R U R' U') F' and just got the L again, and back and forth they went. 2 look OLL should mean they are solved hahaha. I have had this with a couple of other algs too, one looping the other. What am i doing wrong?
PS. i do orientate the top layer correctly. Do I need to be matching a corner piece too?

pps. I am averaging 2:40 sec (when the cube doesn't loop!) and desperately need to get my time to below 1min within the next 5 days to win a competition at a local puzzle shop. Any ideas?

thanks.

The great thing about algorithms is that they do the exact same thing every single time, if you do them right. If they don't do what you expect then I guarantee that either you're not performing the algorithm from the correct side or you're making execution mistakes. In my experience watching beginners, the former seems more common than you'd think.

Sometimes it helps to take a step back, perform the algorithm on a solved cube and look at how it moves the pieces around. For example, F R U R' U' F' leaves the edge on the left alone, moves the front edge to the right, the right edge to the back and the back edge to the front while flipping the front and back edges. When you get stuck in a loop, stop and think about how you're affecting the pieces.

Keep at it. You'll get under a minute before you know it.

 

[RhysC]

Hold the bar Horizontally instead of vertically.

 

[OLLiver]

Hold the bar Horizontally instead of vertically.

speaking of algs failing. hows EP going?

 

[shadowslice e]

Also, if you do f (R U R' U') f', that's the inverse (ish when it comes to orienting edges) of F (R U R' U') F'

 

[RhysC]

speaking of algs failing. hows EP going?

Square-1 broke + procrastination =

 

[OLLiver]

Square-1 broke + procrastination =

I'm sorry