New Member/Cuber looking for tips

[Cubemaestro]

Well I believe that u should first get a Dayan cube, then after you can get at least 55 seconds with your LBL method, then u should start learning fridrich. Using the beginner method at rubiks.com I could average 42 seconds but only after loads of practice

 

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The best and easiest thing for you to do when you want to start learning Fridrich is to forget about the OLL and PLL for a while, and just work on your F2L. You want to solve the first 2 layer corners and edges simultaneously in the most efficient way possible. Once you start to get better at this, then it's a good idea to start working on your last layer. A lot of people try to push Roux on people thinking about switching to more advanced methods because Roux users usually hate Fridrich, but Fridrich is definitely the easiest method to switch to after using LBL, since its basically just a simplified version of LBL. Roux is a bit confusing at first. It requires block building and solving the rest of the cube more intuitively, whereas Fridrich is combining steps of the beginner's method.

why did you even have to say that part...
way more people push fridrich onto beginners than they do roux.
i remember there was a thread by someone who used corners first. obviously this person is not accustomed to LBL and could do better in Roux considering they already know some CLL. however, almost everyone suggested to switch to fridrich.
just because roux differs from LBL more than fridrich doesn't mean it's any less viable of a method to switch to. there are world class solvers who use roux because it's a great method.

honestly, just because you're accustomed to LBL it doesn't mean you have any more potential in CFOP than other methods.
cfop still requires learning tons of new F2L concepts and AT LEAST 78 algs for LL. a lot of people never even learn full OLL because they get discouraged by the alg count. roux also has a lower move count, meaning you don't have to be such a fast turner to get good results with it. you also don't need to learn as many algs (about 40?).

i'm not saying cfop is bad, i use cfop. i'm just saying that roux is being suggested to beginners for the same reasons as cfop.