[Help Thread] Roux Discussion and Help

[GuRoux]

first U with right index, second U with right middle finger. its like a double flick with R' in between kinda. U2 with left hand.I'll do it differently depending on my initial hand position after OLL

this seems pretty good too. middle finger is hard for me. ring seems much easier.

 

[lerenard]

I do R U (right index) R' U (right ring) R U2 (right index/middle) but I prefer doing L U' L' U L U2 using my right hand for the U's and my left for the L's.

 

[Smiles]

this seems pretty good too. middle finger is hard for me. ring seems much easier.

yeah ring finger was easier for me too but I practiced this one a lot. if my thumb starts on D, I'll use my ring finger. if my thumb starts on F, I'll use my middle finger. doesn't really matter to me anymore both are fast.

 

[TDM]

I can sub-0.5 sune quite easily. This is how I fingertrick it (except I don't usually make as many mistakes as I did in that video).

 

[markfiend]

I'm almost ashamed of putting my new PB of 33.57 in this thread, you guys are so fast!

I still need to work on my blocks, I'm sure that's what's slowing me.

 

[lerenard]

I'm almost ashamed of putting my new PB of 33.57 in this thread, you guys are so fast!

I still need to work on my blocks, I'm sure that's what's slowing me.

Everybody fast used to be slow. How long have you been using roux? What do you average?

 

[Berd]

I'm almost ashamed of putting my new PB of 33.57 in this thread, you guys are so fast!

I still need to work on my blocks, I'm sure that's what's slowing me.

Gj man!

 

[GuRoux]

I can sub-0.5 sune quite easily. This is how I fingertrick it (except I don't usually make as many mistakes as I did in that video).

that's what smiles was talking about. the first U seems really weird for me, but i guess that's what practice is for.

 

[TDM]

that's what smiles was talking about. the first U seems really weird for me, but i guess that's what practice is for.

Oops, I misread his post as something else. I remember checking through and not seeing anyone describe my fingertricks

 

[markfiend]

Everybody fast used to be slow. How long have you been using roux? What do you average?

I've been using Roux for maybe 4 or 5 months I think. If you had told me this time last year that I'd have a PB below 40 seconds, I'd have laughed.

I'm averaging around 45 sec at the moment. I am noticing a gradual decrease in my times, so I'm not entirely dispirited; I was averaging 65 in November.

Gj man!

Thanks

 

[abomb2o11]

At what times should I start learning full CMLL?

 

[lerenard]

I've been using Roux for maybe 4 or 5 months I think. If you had told me this time last year that I'd have a PB below 40 seconds, I'd have laughed.

I'm averaging around 45 sec at the moment. I am noticing a gradual decrease in my times, so I'm not entirely dispirited; I was averaging 65 in November.


Thanks

How much are you practicing? An ao100 a day has dropped my times almost 20% in less than a month, although at your speed I would recommend a lot of untimed solves. Maybe you could post a video of an ao5 here so we can critique you. What are your long term goals?

 

[GuRoux]

At what times should I start learning full CMLL?

usually around 20-25 seconds is when people start.

 

[DeeDubb]

At what times should I start learning full CMLL?

My opinion: The sooner the better.

As long as you are the type of person who won't be frustrated by having bad times while you're learning, there's nothing stopping you from learning now regardless of your current times.

The sooner you learn, the more exposure you'll have to recognizing and executing the algorithms, which will help you in the long run. It's gonna frustrate you and make you slower now though, so be ready for that.

However, like GuRoux said, most people wait until at least sub-30 to start learning CMLL and even Sub-25.

 

[supercavitation]

My opinion: The sooner the better.

As long as you are the type of person who won't be frustrated by having bad times while you're learning, there's nothing stopping you from learning now regardless of your current times.

The sooner you learn, the more exposure you'll have to recognizing and executing the algorithms, which will help you in the long run. It's gonna frustrate you and make you slower now though, so be ready for that.

Seconded. I made the mistake of waiting, and it destroyed my confidence in my CMLL abilities as well as my recognition.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Seconded. I made the mistake of waiting, and it destroyed my confidence in my CMLL abilities as well as my recognition.

My cmll execution is still pretty garbage. I had a solve yesterday that was split like 2-4-4-3. Amazing right? Yeahget started early and pick the good algs not the ones that are easy to learn. I made that mistake too.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

usually around 20-25 seconds is when people start.

Guroux what are your splits?

 

[markfiend]

How much are you practicing? An ao100 a day has dropped my times almost 20% in less than a month, although at your speed I would recommend a lot of untimed solves. Maybe you could post a video of an ao5 here so we can critique you. What are your long term goals?

Yeah I do a lot of untimed solves, and a lot of just playing around with the cube. Although not as much as I'd like; I do have to work for a living, and my wife does like to talk to me occasionally without a cube in my hands

I have a timer app on my phone and looking at that, actually my average timed solve over the past couple of days is currently down at about 42, so I am doing better than I thought. And my last three timed were all sub-40 solves. I've been doing maybe 15 timed solves a day, plus another 15 where I try to hit low move-counts; plus maybe 40 or so untimed solves. I do things like repeated practice spamming on the CMLL algs too (those I've learned so far, anyway lol - I'm still using 2-look)

In the short-to-medium-term I'd like to be sub-30; given my progress so far I don't think it's unfeasible to aim to hit that by my 45th birthday at the end of March. Longer term than that? I'll see...

 

[GuRoux]

Guroux what are your splits?

1.9-3-1.9-2.7

something around this,

 

[lerenard]

Yeah I do a lot of untimed solves, and a lot of just playing around with the cube. Although not as much as I'd like; I do have to work for a living, and my wife does like to talk to me occasionally without a cube in my hands

I have a timer app on my phone and looking at that, actually my average timed solve over the past couple of days is currently down at about 42, so I am doing better than I thought. And my last three timed were all sub-40 solves. I've been doing maybe 15 timed solves a day, plus another 15 where I try to hit low move-counts; plus maybe 40 or so untimed solves. I do things like repeated practice spamming on the CMLL algs too (those I've learned so far, anyway lol - I'm still using 2-look)
In the short-to-medium-term I'd like to be sub-30; given my progress so far I don't think it's unfeasible to aim to hit that by my 45th birthday at the end of March. Longer term than that? I'll see...

I see. My ex didn't like talking to me when I was cubing either. It seems like you're doing everything right for the amount of time you have to practice. I recommend you track your progress so you can see how quickly you're improving. I think a 33% decrease in two months is a tough, but reachable goal.