Older cubers discussions

[guusrs]

Well done Marcel!
We can compete against each other soon!

 

[MarcelP]

Hi Guus, it will not be soon before I am in your league However it will be fun to compete against you.

 

[ben1996123]

Use qqtimer. Don't practise with only R and U scrambles for F2L because some cases are impossible to get with only R and U moves.

 

[bluecloe45]

Use qqtimer. Don't practise with only R and U scrambles for F2L because some cases are impossible to get with only R and U moves.

Engrish

 

[MarcelP]

New PB. 33 seconds. I am training 'slow' turning to improve look ahead. Had some good averages today (below 50 seconds).

[video=youtube_share;aJ2frPbsqRA]http://youtu.be/aJ2frPbsqRA[/video]

 

[arcio1]

Use qqtimer and don't do hand-scrambles
And you should plan cross during inspection, so that you can look for first F2L pair while doing cross You can practice it by doing cross blindfolded

 

[sneaklyfox]

It looks like you had no inspection.

 

[MarcelP]

It looks like you had no inspection.

Yes, really. I seem to do faster crosses by just doing them as I go. When I do inspect I mix correct edges with bad egdes. I have not spend time on doing fast crosses. Building pairs had been my weakest thing. It is on the calendar though..

@arcio1 Yes I must look into the scramble thing.

 

[Endgame]

Engrish

practise is a verb. stop complaining

 

[sneaklyfox]

Yes, really. I seem to do faster crosses by just doing them as I go. When I do inspect I mix correct edges with bad egdes. I have not spend time on doing fast crosses. Building pairs had been my weakest thing. It is on the calendar though..

I guess when you are a beginner, it helps to do crosses by looking at the pieces to get used to how they move around the cube, but I think you want to move beyond that and seeing how you've already had such good improvement, I think you are comfortable enough with the cube to start doing the cross blindfolded and learn to use inspection time for that. I'm glad you have it on the calendar, but I recommend bumping that up into your solves now instead of later. Even if it is hard to plan the entire cross, try using inspecting to plan at least one or two pieces of the cross (better than none). And having a cross planned really does help your look ahead into the first F2L pair which in turn helps the whole F2L become smoother and better. Just a suggestion.

 

[MarcelP]

I know you are right. I will focus on blind crosses for a while and see if it makes some difference. I know when I have difficult crosses now it could take up to 8 seconds or so.. That is waaaay to long.

 

[Kattenvriendin]

Your timer has scrambles, right in the top of the screen it gives them

 

[MarcelP]

Ah, thanks. I never saw that. LOL Too much focussed on getting better times. Ha ha ha..

 

[Kattenvriendin]

*chuckles*

Well you are doing a great job with those times!

I am finally sub 1:30 on average, ah well.. snails get to the finish too hihi

 

[drogg]

Sneaklyfox is wise!

 

[MarcelP]

Sneaklyfox is wise!

Indeed! I have been practising cross for a week for about an hour a day. I still can't do blind crosses. But however, I finally understand where to put pieces so that they are opposite no matter where the white middle piece is My times have improved.

32 seconds full solve:
[video=youtube_share;41xEFqX55HY]http://youtu.be/41xEFqX55HY[/video]


31 seconds PLL with skip http://youtu.be/UJ-2GNoqmf8
32 secons lucky scramble :http://youtu.be/Ak_d8_n_ISU

That sub 30 PB is comming soon I hope (although I am not in any hurry)

 

[arcio1]

Actually it's 34.77+
Learn more advanced cross techniques (e.g. instead of doing R U R' F2 for last piece, you could just do D R' D') and do it in 8 or less moves.
And once again, use scrambles

 

[sneaklyfox]

Low 30s solves. Cool. You're improving quickly. No longer trying to break sub-1 min barrier. Already at 30s barrier. Haha.

I used badmephisto's advice about cross. Have you watched his video on cross? And yes, like arcio1 says, try to do cross in 8 or less moves.

 

[MarcelP]

Actually it's 34.77+
Learn more advanced cross techniques (e.g. instead of doing R U R' F2 for last piece, you could just do D R' D') and do it in 8 or less moves.
And once again, use scrambles

32.77+ LOL Yes, I was looking at the screen when hitting the space bar, so I did not realise I had a U trun left. And you are right about learning more advanced techniques. But at this point in my beginner-state brain there is only so much I can remember. I leave advanced F2L pairing en Advanced cross untill I can do full PLL. Now I only know half the cases.

Low 30s solves. Cool. You're improving quickly. No longer trying to break sub-1 min barrier. Already at 30s barrier. Haha.

I used badmephisto's advice about cross. Have you watched his video on cross? And yes, like arcio1 says, try to do cross in 8 or less moves.

Yes, I have seen it ten times at least. My brain just does not have this quick recognising thing on bad edges and good edges. But I keep trying

Oh, btw I know now that my look ahead on black cubes is much better that on color cubes and white cubes. My averages of let's say 50 solves is each time few seconds better with black. I am in the 45 seconds averages range now.

 

[MarcelP]

And once again, use scrambles

After I had a nice hand scramble and broke my PB ( http://youtu.be/lWkqLfplJpo ) to 29 seconds I figured I must start using scrambles like you said. I must say, I really find it a hassle. I really like random handscrambles because you do not have to concentrate

anyway, I got this one on a scrambe: It nearly gave me heartattack. I would have never never dreamed of getting this fast.
[video=youtube_share;VnBz_zZcgT4]http://youtu.be/VnBz_zZcgT4[/video]
And I must say, my averages are still way way higher (up in the 40-ies). I have done a 1000 solves (bit exagerated) after this one and none came even close.

Thanks for watching.

Cheers,