one handed cross

[skinnyandweak]

i've been solving with one hand a lot lately, since cubing has become something i do as a side task, such as while i'm doing homework, on the laptop, on the phone, etc. i average around 33, and one of my problems is probably the cross. maybe all of f2l in general. for the cross, i seem to rotate the cube many times to get the pieces to where they need to be. are there any tips on how i can reduce this? my cross is probably 5+ seconds. and for f2l, i also seem to be cube rotating multiple times, but sometimes i can't help it when i can't solve the case from where it is. any suggestions on this as well?

 

[Dene]

Practise doing moves from all angles. Practise scrambling OH.

 

[skinnyandweak]

well, solving certain f2l pairs is really time consuming when you do it at another angle, so that's why i just rotate the cube. i rarely use my thumbs, because they don't help much either. i use my right hand for one handed cubing. i use to make the cross on the bottom like how i normally would, but i started doing it on the left side, which didn't really help much either. what should i do about this?

 

[Escher]

try using fingertricky cross moves instead of optimal?
and why is doing f2l pairs from other angles slow?
surely doing pairs from other angles is actually a bit faster than spending a load of time messing around moving the cube?
why not just use wide d turns instead?
perhaps try and integrate your cross more into your f2l, as in do 'extended keyhole'?
mess around with multislotting too (the L/L' move is extremely important).

 

[skinnyandweak]

when i said that doing f2l pairs from other angels is slow, i meant the ones that involve many F and B moves, so i just rotate the cube once. d' works for me, but not d, since i'm a right hand cuber. i don't know, i'll just try to figure out some things. i do quite a bit of cube rotations, but it doesn't slow me down by a tremendous amount. like i said, i average around 33, but that number is still very unsatisfying to me. i'll just keep on practicing

 

[Escher]

i see

i do very, very much like multislotting though.

i swear, if i could do my OH f2ls at full speed i'd be like sub 13...