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MarcelP said:
I had an awefull Ao100 today. Sup 25 (ARRGGGG!!!), But this one made my day:

With two step OLL since I am to lazy to learn this last one ;)

18. 15.52 D' R2 L2 D F2 D' U R2 U F2 R2 F D2 L U' L' F D' L F2 U2 R

[video=youtube_share;kkGMjZxvH3o]http://youtu.be/kkGMjZxvH3o[/video]
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Very nice... hardly any pauses... love that reaction (chair squeak).

Oh yeah, and I will take a big mug of milk please.
 
sneaklyfox said:
love that reaction (chair squeak).
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It was not until I saw the video before I realized it did really happen. ;) LOL

mark49152 said:
Wow you made that look easy like you weren't even trying to be fast :D
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I have had a some comments from Facebook friends that I should try to turn faster. I can turn faster actually. All F2L cases are so very much settled in I can do each and every one sub 1.5 probably. However, that cost me my lookahead. So the whole Cross + F2L solve I try to do a max speed that gives me look ahead. ;) If I solve at as fast as possible my averages are over 25 secs. ;)
 
MarcelP said:
It was not until I saw the video before I realized it did really happen. ;) LOL



I have had a some comments from Facebook friends that I should try to turn faster. I can turn faster actually. All F2L cases are so very much settled in I can do each and every one sub 1.5 probably. However, that cost me my lookahead. So the whole Cross + F2L solve I try to do a max speed that gives me look ahead. ;) If I solve at as fast as possible my averages are over 25 secs. ;)
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If you can turn faster, definitely do it. I can tell you now that turnspeed is holding you back. (On a separate Note, that's how you'll drop your 2x2 times immediately)
 
Try using faster turnspeed; lookahead should come with time. I don't even know full PLL and I can solve sub-20; mainly because I can average 3-4 TPS.
 
ThomasJE said:
Try using faster turnspeed; lookahead should come with time. I don't even know full PLL and I can solve sub-20; mainly because I can average 3-4 TPS.
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Every time I have the urge to turn faster I watch this awesome video of Sneaklyfox

[video=youtube_share;Lzrlf2yNXtU]http://youtu.be/Lzrlf2yNXtU[/video]

Melody is awesome. When I can do that, then I will look into faster turning.. LOL
 
I'm just kidding. Anyway, I agree with Marcel. I turn as fast as I can in OLL/PLL and can manage 4-5 tps with my creaky old hands. My F2L averages half that, and the reason is pauses, not slowness. Once my brain can see the emerging solution at 4-5 tps my hands will be able to keep up just fine.
 
mark49152 said:
I'm just kidding. Anyway, I agree with Marcel. I turn as fast as I can in OLL/PLL and can manage 4-5 tps with my creaky old hands. My F2L averages half that, and the reason is pauses, not slowness. Once my brain can see the emerging solution at 4-5 tps my hands will be able to keep up just fine.
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I suppose. I did basically the opposite of you lol. I said, "I'll turn as fast as I can and lookahead can come later". It worked :D
 
mark49152 said:
I'm just kidding. Anyway, I agree with Marcel. I turn as fast as I can in OLL/PLL and can manage 4-5 tps with my creaky old hands. My F2L averages half that, and the reason is pauses, not slowness. Once my brain can see the emerging solution at 4-5 tps my hands will be able to keep up just fine.
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I suppose. I did basically the opposite of you lol. I said, "I'll turn as fast as I can and lookahead can come later". It worked :D
 
kclejeune said:
Never know ;)

I simply cannot "train" lookahead. It didn't work for me. It just magically showed up haha
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Well, I've been kind of stuck in a rut for awhile. I'm improving ever so slowly. Slow like... a year ago I would only get one good sub-x solve if I was really lucky which is almost never. Then month after I would get maybe one for the month. Then maybe next month I would get a few... next month: one a week... next month: one every few days... then one a day... then a few a day... etc. Well, I will try going as fast as possible and see if my look ahead will catch up. I'll try this for a week or two and see what happens.

Ok... about 10 minutes in the new strategy:
- my hands are tired keeping up this pace (must be age factor in part)
- I don't think my look ahead is suffering as badly as I thought it would
- I fumble with the cube a lot more because I'm not used to the speed, but I'm sure I can get used to this after some practice
- my times are faster by about 2 seconds on average
 
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kclejeune said:
I suppose. I did basically the opposite of you lol. I said, "I'll turn as fast as I can and lookahead can come later". It worked :D
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It probably worked because you have fast hands and eyes and a natural aptitude for cubing, as shown by your PBs. I am basically the opposite of you lol :). Just solving over and over does nothing for me at all, but I don't mind, because I enjoy systematic practice and feel rewarded by small but hard-won gains.
 
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