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[OliverAndresKonchevlosky]

Hello..I'm new here!
Just thought I'll intro myself a bit.

Call me Oliver. I'm from Singapore.
I've been cubing for about 1 month or so now.


3x3 Personal Best: 1 min 18.10 secs
Method: Vanilla Layer By Layer Method

Hmm my average is around 1 min 40 secs I guess.

I can solve 2x2 too, but my cube's a cheapo and its stuck, so I never bothered timing myself.

4x4 and 5x5, I'm totally hopeless at it.

I don't know how you people solve in sub-1 min at all, even after lubricating my cube.

I got a question. Would it be more advisable to learn a faster method (e.g. Fridrich, Petrus, Roux etc.), or can I just jump straight into blindsolving?

Thats for now. Hope to learn a thing or two from you people!

 

[LarsN]

Hi Oliver, welcome to the forum.

I remember when I had been cubing for a month, I found it unbelievable to reach sub-2min. But it is possible and you will get there soon with just a little training.

I would recommend learning friedrich F2L. It comes to you very fast because you don't have to learn long algorithms.

 

[Lofty]

Hey!
Welcome to the forum! You could jump right into BLD solving if you would like. Blindsolving is very different form normal solving and only uses a few algorithms.
It is very beneficial to learn Fridrich F2L it is easy to learn but tricky to get fast at it. Look into a basic 4 look last layer then move on from there.

 

[Dene]

Practise a lot, and you will find, as you get to learn the algorithms better, your times will jump down in blocks of around 10 seconds, you will be sub-40 in no time

 

[pjk]

Welcome! Feel free to jump right in. Lots of info already in the BLD forum. Feel free to ask if you can't find your problem/question in there.

 

[OliverAndresKonchevlosky]

Hi Oliver, welcome to the forum.

I remember when I had been cubing for a month, I found it unbelievable to reach sub-2min. But it is possible and you will get there soon with just a little training.

I would recommend learning friedrich F2L. It comes to you very fast because you don't have to learn long algorithms.

Uhh..do you mean intutive Fridrich?

 

[pjk]

Yes, he does.