Speeding up the F2L

[Hadley4000]

I want to knock a few seconds off my times before upcoming tournaments.

I use Fridrich for the f2l, but am hitting around 20 seconds on average. Any tips on getting the f2l around 15 or below?

 

[Bounb]

I can only suggest look ahead. Look ahead to the first pair whilst solving the cross, the second whilst solving the first etc. solve slowly at first to help you with this.

 

[Inusagi]

I got to say that look ahead is important. You don't need to turn fast as long as you don't take much pauses.

 

[Todd]

When you say 20 seconds, is that just F2L with or withour cross? Or is that the entire solve?

 

[Hadley4000]

When you say 20 seconds, is that just F2L with or withour cross? Or is that the entire solve?

That includes cross.

So I guess it breaks down to, cross-3/F2L-17

 

[MistArts]

My break down is like 2.1/20 because I need better stickers. (The orange-green and green-red edge became white-white edges.)

I suggest using a metronome for practice.

 

[Todd]

It might just pay to just pratice F2L alone, and by that i mean scramble it and do f2l and rescramble, but dont do it quickly, just see if you can see an optimal way to solve each case.