Seemingly Silly Question

[yeee707]

Hello, I average about 30 seconds using Friedrich, and I am working on F2L look ahead. My question is: How did YOU specifically learn look ahead? I just want to know the strategies out there, and see which is most popular, as most tutorials just give many strategies to use, but don't say which helped them most. I did use the search function BTW, and tried to look this question up, but couldn't find one, so I'm sorry if this has been posted/answered before.

 

[PatrickJameson]

Practice. A lot.

 

[Dark_Cube]

Ouch the practice word :/ Haha. What I do to practice is use a metronome. Then I am assuming it will start to come second nature

 

[4Chan]

Me specifically?

I just woke up one day and realized I could look ahead.
Comes with time.and PRACTICE.

 

[shelley]

Slow down. Rather than turning as fast as you can, slow down your turning rate and give yourself time to look ahead. Your goal is to do the entire F2L without stopping to look for pieces. If you can do that, then you can start increasing your turn speed little by little.

 

[Lucas]

Hello, I average about 30 seconds using Friedrich, and I am working on F2L look ahead. My question is: How did YOU specifically learn look ahead? I just want to know the strategies out there, and see which is most popular, as most tutorials just give many strategies to use, but don't say which helped them most. I did use the search function BTW, and tried to look this question up, but couldn't find one, so I'm sorry if this has been posted/answered before.

Mmm, the answer is... search. My fifth search result for "look ahead" is the "going slow and looking ahead" thread. Perhaps the problem may be that you don't know how to use search options.

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15213&highlight=look+ahead

Edit: maybe if you search around here you may find something useful....

 

[4Chan]

The going slow approach works for lots of people, but it didn't work for me. d:
I've always tried to go as fast as my fingers would let me.

 

[PatrickJameson]

Ouch the practice word :/ Haha.

Hey, he said to say what I did/do, so I did.

 

[cmhardw]

1) metronome practice
2) more metronome practice
3) Did I mention metronome practice?

Definitely what helped me the most personally.

Chris

 

[V-te]

Me specifically?

I just woke up one day and realized I could look ahead.
Comes with time.and PRACTICE.

Haha yes! It's like the cubing gods just send us powers if we are patient enough.

 

[vuaquyen92]

Slow down--> that's the way to practice

 

[JTW2007]

You see, no one wants to hear the word practice, but the truth of the matter is that practice is how you get better. Try to look for the next pair while you're inserting one.

 

[Sa967St]

I just did lots and lots and lots of solves until I was able to find the pieces faster...

 

[Ton]

Hello, I average about 30 seconds using Friedrich, and I am working on F2L look ahead. My question is: How did YOU specifically learn look ahead? I just want to know the strategies out there, and see which is most popular, as most tutorials just give many strategies to use, but don't say which helped them most. I did use the search function BTW, and tried to look this question up, but couldn't find one, so I'm sorry if this has been posted/answered before.

Slow turning is the trick
And try not to turn the cube to much

Look ahead means looking, so while positioning the F2L look already what comes next, if you go for speed, you will notice that you do stop and go stop and go and have no lookahead, That means your hands are faster that your eye. That's why when practice turn slower until you see the next F2L, you notice you might be even faster at your full speed. btw This helps also to warm up.....

 

[yeee707]

Thanks for the answers guys.(and girls?) I have a couple more questions, so instead of creating a new thread, i'll just recycle this one.
1. Is there any way to get a type F back to it's godliness?
2. I'm currently using the ghost hand as my main cube; Should I stick with it, or should I invest in an F-II and/or C-II with cube4you internals?
3. When I solve for time, I seem to get "the jitters" and I get MANY lock ups. However, when i'm just solving without timing myself, I seem to turn the cube with good precision. How do I get rid of this locking up jitter bug?