New to cubing

[Raverde]

Hello,

I'm Raverde and i'm new to the whole cubing. I started about a month ago with just learning to solve the cube (3x3). Now i can solve it with the layer for layer method in about 4-5 min.

Now i'm really interested in speed solving (atleast te get under 1 min solving time) but have some questions about it.

What is a good method to start with? (I myself looked in the Petrus method)

What is a good cube to start with i now have a basic speedcube from Jumbo.

Any other tips or advise are always welcome.

Kind regards,
Raverde

 

[wir3sandfir3s]

Hello,

I'm Raverde and i'm new to the whole cubing. I started about a month ago with just learning to solve the cube (3x3). Now i can solve it with the layer for layer method in about 4-5 min.

Now i'm really interested in speed solving (atleast te get under 1 min solving time) but have some questions about it.

What is a good method to start with? (I myself looked in the Petrus method)

What is a good cube to start with i now have a basic speedcube from Jumbo.

Any other tips or advise are always welcome.

Kind regards,
Raverde

Hi! Petrus is a great method to start with because it uses many useful techniques that you can apply pretty much everywhere, such as edge orientation. It may take you a bit to learn though, so stay as patient as possible as you can with this method. Other ones to learn later and try out are ZZ, Roux, and CFOP, but I recommend Roux (all are very good methods, though)

A nice cube to start with is the Weilong 2, which most people seem to like, or the Yuxin fire which is only 5$ and a great starting cube. Both of these can be found on the thecubicle.us website.

 

[Raverde]

Thanks for a quick response. I will look into both cubes. I'll start with the petrus method then. Found some good tutorials on this forum. After that ill look into the other named methodes.

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[Abo]

In my opinion, the Qiyi sail is the best cube for cheap, the Qiyi thunderclap is also a really good option for most people, learn whatever you want to start, most people go from layer by layer to CFOP, because they are really similar. You said that your solves are 4-5 minutes, which makes me think that you could learn things such as finger tricks, but you can switch if you want, just trying to help out with a little extra info

 

[Raverde]

I'll look at the cubes thanks. And is Petrus much different from layer by layer? Finger tricks help with all methodes i assume? Sorry don't know all the terms yet ;p

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[turtwig]

Petrus uses blockbuilding, so it's quite different, much more intuitive than LBL. CFOP is the closest method to LBL, if that's what you want.

 

[Raverde]

Hmm mabye i should try CFOP then. It is so hard to chose when you are new to this. I will take a look at some tutorials of CFOP.

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[wir3sandfir3s]

Hmm mabye i should try CFOP then. It is so hard to chose when you are new to this. I will take a look at some tutorials of CFOP.

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The thing is, pretty much everyone uses CFOP so beginners are bombarded with all this info on CFOP and don't really get much more info on other methods. Just be open and aware that there are other, just as viable methods.

 

[Raverde]

Yeah thanks ill look and try both methodes to find out what fits me best.

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[shadowslice e]

Welcome to the forums!

 

[newtonbase]

Welcome. Any of the big methods mentioned above are fine. CFOP has the most info available and probably Roux after that. I'd vote for the Thunderclap v1 as a starter cube but you can't really go wrong with any of the suggestions above while learning. You'll hit that 1 min target before you know it. Good luck.

 

[Raverde]

Thanks for the warm welcome all. Hope to hit that 1 min soon but think it gonna take some time ;p

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[Raverde]

Heey guys just wanted to give a update ;p. Just got my weilong cube in and really like how smooth it goes. Also waiting for a thunderclap to arive. Now busy with learning CFOP but it is gonna take some time.

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[Solvador Cubi]

Hi Raverde,

I assembled some 3x3 methods that can be used to solve the cube in under a minute without memorizing of a bunch of algorithms. However, both of these methods have useful steps and algs that are used for more advanced CFOP.

The first is called DSEF and it uses known algs and steps in such a way so that a beginner only has to memorize 1 alg (sune) and 2 sequences (4 moves each). I turned this method into a step-by-step website and app. http://solvexio.cf

The second method is called FIXLL and has a 4 Look Last Layer. My goal for it was to use the fewest number of algorithms to memorize instead of 16 mostly unrelated ones. It uses only 9 main algorithms to complete the last layer in at most 4 steps.

Links to one-page quick reference guides are below:
http://solvexio.cf/app/#/DSEF_OnePage
http://solvexio.cf/app/#/FIXLL_OnePage

I hope some of that will help you!
Solvador Cubi

 

[Raverde]

Thanks Salvador it looks usefull i will make sure to use them .

 

[YungJules]

Regarding the last question on your original post, I would say to just have fun and be patient. Don't get too frustrated if you get "bad" times. We were all at that point when we started. Part of what is great about cubing is that you can really see how much you've improved after a while, making your original worries seem like nothing. Just have fun with it, you'll learn many things along the way.
Also, I would probably say to keep a global list of your times if you're into data. In retrospect, I wish I would have recorded my exact times from when I started back in 2012 and maybe do "official" averages on a fixed schedule and carry it on to the present day to see my progression through periods of time.