speed cubing pausing

[adamb123]

How do you go through F2L without pauses. I always have to search for the corresponding edges.

 

[Jack]

Go slowly and look for another corner edge pair as you are solving one.

 

[mahajarama]

Metronome training is also supposed to help train you to look ahead.

www.metronomeonline.com

(Start slowly, try to keep up with the beat of the metronome. If you miss a beat start over.)

 

[AvGalen]

Don't look at the pieces you are solving.

Look for the next pieces while you are solving instead. This is called look-ahead

 

[Dennis]

Don't look at the pieces you are solving.

Look for the next pieces while you are solving instead. This is called look-ahead

So easy, yet so difficult. Took me 2 years to realize that... (and another 2 years not to fall back into the old bad habit NOT looking ahead)...Now I'm looking ahead but I have a high turn rate so I still have to pause now and then looking. Yeye, I know go slow (been practising that for some time as well) :rolleyes:

 

[roinuj2]

Metronome training is also supposed to help train you to look ahead.

www.metronomeonline.com

(Start slowly, try to keep up with the beat of the metronome. If you miss a beat start over.)

OMG i just went to that site www.metronomeonline.com and tried solve using metronome and boy do i SUCK!!!
I'm curious though, what pulse or beat (or whatever its measured in) do you guys solve at successfuly???

 

[hdskull]

It only started working for me yesterday, when i slowed down, i was avg 18s, when i usually avg 19s and 20.xs. and today when i was cubing in class, i got 14, 14, 16, (with first 14 being PLL skip), because i moved slow as heck during F2L. it really Works!! I hope i can calm myself down and practice slow F2L always so i can do decent at caltech.

 

[KConny]

120 is think is my normal solving speed, of three solves with that BPM i only missed 2 beats. But when you practise you should go much slower than your normal speed.