Outline of Your Speedcubing Method, Tricks, and Techniques

[LamentConfiguration]

My times are horrible, I'm lucky to get sub 2 minutes on a solve.

For a diagonal swap I use an E-perm that does not change the edges followed by whatever I have to do to the edges.

 

[David]

Cross 2-3 sec
F2L 9-11 secs
OLL 4-6 sec
PLL 2-3 sec

Somewhere around 18 sec average depending on case, if everything is at the minimum 15-16 secs are there. It's usually around there. My Cross and F2L can be done under 10 secs if I really focus and look ahead, but if I don't 12 secs. My OLL's are really bad I need to relearn some of them, and I'm in the process of learning COLL which will help some. PLL there's only the usual cases that everybody hates. But for those of you that are looking for better algs use http://opticubes.com/speedcubing.php they have a great list of PLL and F2L algs.

 

[n00bcubix]

Breakdowns:

F2l and the cross, 11 seconds
OLL- 3 seconds
PLL- sub 3 seconds
So 17 second avg which is what i avg

 

[mizzle]

I really like your approach to solving with different methods. I'm looking into different methods at the moment.
Do you pause while switching methods during a solve?

Nope. It's natural enough now that it's pretty fluid. Generally, I do it without really thinking about it. When you first start, you'll probably notice a pause as you learn to switch over thought patterns and get into the other method's mindset.

Eventually, they all just meld into one, and you don't think about using separate methods most of the time.

As for the times, it varies wildly with the day, not with the method. Some days I can manage a 17 average no matter what I do, some days I can get all ZB finishes, some days under very specific conditions, I can be sub 15 all the time. Other days, I'm super 21.

 

[MistArts]

Cross: 1-6 seconds
F2L: 12-18 seconds
Edge Orient if need: 1-3 seconds
OLL(30/57): <1-3 seconds
PLL: 1-4 seconds
+ Pauses 1-4 seconds

Average: ~17-~38

Real Average: ~25

 

[Alex DiTuro]

1. cross: 3-4s
2. F2L: 11-15
3. 2-Look OLL: 4-8s
4. PLL :5s??

Avg solve: 29.xxs
I only need to learn 2 more of the G-Perms to have a full PLL.

My cross and LL are horrible. I've never taken the time to be able to fully memorize the cross. And my LL is way to slow.

It all comes with practice I guess...

 

[noobcuber]

what do you mean fully memorise the cross you dont use algs or anything for it do you? ort do you mean been able to do it without looking at it after insepction??

 

[Hadley4000]

After inspection you should have an idea on how to do the cross. It is the shortest step, so you can get it down easy.

 

[mrbiggs]

cross
F2L (almost completely intuitive, I know 1 algorithm and its inverse for one hard case)
eOLL
cOLL
PLL

My averages are usually a little higher than 25 seconds, a little lower on a good day, a few seconds higher on a bad day. I don't know the breakdown, but cross+F2L usually takes 15-18s.

Oh, I also use 2-look PLL for G perms and 2 Sunes for two cOLL cases. Working on it...