New member saying hello, and asking a question

[slowsolver]

First of all, hello everyone. I am new here and thought i'd finally register and say hi.

My question: I learned to solve a 3x3 with very basic moves. I can solve the cube from between 1:13 to 2:10, with an average of 1:50. I really want to break under one minute.

I learned to solve the cube using this video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LHFiZrVSGeA&mode=related&search=

What would be the next step in decreasing my time. Thanks in advance.

-slowsolver

 

[aznfury]

Try learning the solution taught by Tyson Mao on www.rubiks.com
He explains the basic solution very well and when I started learning this method, I was solving the cube from 53 seconds to 1:20 with an unlubed store cube.

 

[adragast]

Hello and welcome to this forum !
You can improve by simply practising or you could consider moving to Fridrich
I did not watch the video you are linking completely but I suppose your method and Fridrich one are quite close, the main difference being: instead of fixing corners first (after the cross) and then the second layer, you solve both at the same time.
Dan made a wonderful site about it:
http://www.cubestation.co.uk/cs2/index.php?page=3x3x3/3x3x3 (then choose CFOP)
Or if you more into video, you could look at the great video of Erik:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HbKvOXE__CM
I suppose you could also search a little bit in this forum for useful hints/advice...

 

[slowsolver]

I think that I will use the F2L move. great next step. I guess it removes one of my steps completely. Instead of solving corners after the cross, and then layer 2, i can complete layer 2 while solving corners in almost the same amount of time with a little practice.

Thanks guys. I think this will shave 30-40 seconds.

 

[pjk]

Welcome to the forum!