I think it's worth learning algs when you're comfortable with it. Look for your worst cases, i.e. any that take more than 8 moves. For example, I didn't like this one:
Lookahead. OLLs aren't very important, though you could learn some of the easy ones. Learning ~30 OLLs takes very little effort; it's the other half that are hard
Learn full CFOP if you haven't already. Once thing I would definitely suggest would be to try other methods. I've found I learned a lot by experimenting with ZZ and Roux, and I've learned some F2L tricks I wouldn't have known about otherwise. Also, remember to do untimed solves and see if you can find any tricks for preserving pairs etc. during cross/F2L.
Learn some basic blockbuilding skills and just try some solves trying to incorporate it
Not without some non-RU moves. It's impossible to change the permutation of corners using only 2 sides. F (R U R' U') F' does a diagonal swap of corners though, so you can permute corners with sexy move if you have a non-RU move as a set-up.
What is a good OH beginning average time? Just started trying it and wanna know what to shoot for.
I think a more reasonable answer would be sub-10. CFOP users have got sub-10 official averages without full OLL, so it's definitely possible. However, you'll probably want to learn it (or switch method
) by that time anyway.
