So!
I'm in a very strange and, to be honest, embarrassing position.
I've been cubing for the past 10 years. My pb is 112. My average is in the 20s. My efficiency is essentially mediocre due to the plethora of bad habits from CFOP and Roux.
The choice in front of me is relatively stark. It's either I learn to undo my bad habits from the methods I know and use, OR, I bypass this entirely by learning a new method, made by myself, entirely from scratch. I rationalized that, if I learned a new method that is completely different from whatever I've learned before, I'd stand a significantly greater chance at becoming fast because Instead of undoing bad habits, I'd be building good habits completely from scratch on an otherwise clean slate.
So, what method did I pick?
I decided that, instead of learning a pre-existing method, I'd be learning a ZZ-Petrus Adjacent method I co-made named "Meow." Meow is an EO-First method that utilizes a large algorithmic step that shoots straight to PLL, effectively making the last two layers two-look.
Steps:
1) EO222
2) "The paw" (Finish the D layer and solve the LF edge intuitively)
3) FAS (Simultaneously solve the RF and RB edges while orienting the last layer corners; it's a vast expansion of BLE)
4) PLL.
I figure that this method is extremely unusual compared to what I am used to, without being too overwhelming. Furthermore, I figure that it will force me to learn how to do the following things:
1) Learn how to do EO early in the solve
2) Force me to learn better block-building habits
3) Learn how to learn large volumes of algorithms (I have and still do struggle significantly learning new algorithms, be it due to uncomfortable ergonomics and not being able to find good blocks of moves to memorize by)
4) Force me to turn slower and more efficiently so I can properly learn how to speed up.
It is my goal to **TRY** and learn all 204 FAS cases and EO222 as fast as I can, but methodically enough to where I'm not forcing myself to learn new bad habits.
If ANYONE has any advice as to how I can learn good EO habits, good block-building habits, AND good algorithm-learning habits, PLEASE tell me. I want to use any advice so I can figure out how I can build the appropriate practice and training regimen to become good at Meow; my ideal is to maybe be sub-7 by the end of next year, if at all possible.
I am treating this as me learning how to solve the cube from scratch. I understand the method itself might not be groundbreaking or even necessarily optimal, but I feel like it's the right mix of intuition and algorithmic steps that will get me energized to learn how to solve the cube from scratch.
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I'm in a very strange and, to be honest, embarrassing position.
I've been cubing for the past 10 years. My pb is 112. My average is in the 20s. My efficiency is essentially mediocre due to the plethora of bad habits from CFOP and Roux.
The choice in front of me is relatively stark. It's either I learn to undo my bad habits from the methods I know and use, OR, I bypass this entirely by learning a new method, made by myself, entirely from scratch. I rationalized that, if I learned a new method that is completely different from whatever I've learned before, I'd stand a significantly greater chance at becoming fast because Instead of undoing bad habits, I'd be building good habits completely from scratch on an otherwise clean slate.
So, what method did I pick?
I decided that, instead of learning a pre-existing method, I'd be learning a ZZ-Petrus Adjacent method I co-made named "Meow." Meow is an EO-First method that utilizes a large algorithmic step that shoots straight to PLL, effectively making the last two layers two-look.
Steps:
1) EO222
2) "The paw" (Finish the D layer and solve the LF edge intuitively)
3) FAS (Simultaneously solve the RF and RB edges while orienting the last layer corners; it's a vast expansion of BLE)
4) PLL.
I figure that this method is extremely unusual compared to what I am used to, without being too overwhelming. Furthermore, I figure that it will force me to learn how to do the following things:
1) Learn how to do EO early in the solve
2) Force me to learn better block-building habits
3) Learn how to learn large volumes of algorithms (I have and still do struggle significantly learning new algorithms, be it due to uncomfortable ergonomics and not being able to find good blocks of moves to memorize by)
4) Force me to turn slower and more efficiently so I can properly learn how to speed up.
It is my goal to **TRY** and learn all 204 FAS cases and EO222 as fast as I can, but methodically enough to where I'm not forcing myself to learn new bad habits.
If ANYONE has any advice as to how I can learn good EO habits, good block-building habits, AND good algorithm-learning habits, PLEASE tell me. I want to use any advice so I can figure out how I can build the appropriate practice and training regimen to become good at Meow; my ideal is to maybe be sub-7 by the end of next year, if at all possible.
I am treating this as me learning how to solve the cube from scratch. I understand the method itself might not be groundbreaking or even necessarily optimal, but I feel like it's the right mix of intuition and algorithmic steps that will get me energized to learn how to solve the cube from scratch.
Meow Method
The Meow Method Co-Developed by Moffun, Moony, and Truffle Introduction The Meow method is a method that works to provide an ergonomically friendly solution that offers minimal regrips, <RUD> gen optimization, moderate lookahead difficulty, and an acceptable number of algorithms. The method...
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