Stuck in sub-1:00...

[rubiknewbie]

Why do we give advice on getting faster? He wants to go over 1 min!

 

[Akuma]

So I guess I'm wondering how to break the sub-1:00 times, and get consistent times ranging in the 40 second area. Thanks!

* Learn more F2L cases.
My best guess is that you only know a few F2L cases. They are a lot of F2L cases to learn. You can view my YouTube video for that.
You need to master these cases until you know them VERY well.

* Remove cube rotations, solve form all angles
Learn how to do F2L from all angles. That means without having to rotate and re-grip the cube. When youa re comfortable enough with the F2L cases above you will realize how to execute them from different angles.

* Learn 2-Look OLL and 2-look PLL
It's 2+7 algorithms for OLL and around 5 algorithms for PLL.
You need to practice them to the point that you can preform them by muslce memory alone.


This alone will be able to drop your solves to sub-40

* Learn Look-Ahead
Learn how to solve the F2L pieces while simontaniously planning your next move. More on that here. You can only achieve this after you have mastered the F2L cases *AND* being able to solve them form all angles.

* Learn Full PLL
This is not as a big step as you think.

If you follow all these steps you should e well under sub-30, almost near sub-20

 

[nck]

I also use my wrist on some R turns, so that might also slow things down.

I'm pretty sure most people wrist their R turns.

I use my left ring finger for R turns in F perms

 

[Hiero]

Make sure you are inserting the pieces in the lowest number of moves possible. Then try to make it muscle memory, so when you spot the pair you know exactly what to do and don't have to think about it. Make sure you are practicing about 1-2 hours a day. I didn't really do all that much besides practice to get down to 43-45 second range consistently. At 43 seconds I started learning PLL and revised my F2L by inserting things from different angles instead of flipping the cube around and making sure I was inserting things the most effeciently. In the 43-45 sec. I still flipped the cube around about 10 times during f2l, took 3-4 seconds to spot a pair and 3-4 seconds to insert it. It was really quite bad.

I'm still stuck in the sub 1:00. Can't wait till I get back to 1:20.

 

[penguin009]

nooo I have to go to camp so cant put your guys' great advise to work!

 

[Daniel Que]

I'm also stuck under one minute...

 

[TheCubeMaster5000]

Just yesterday I decided to start turning slow and looking ahead. It kinda works. Better than I though it would.

Hopefully I will never be un-stuck from sub-1:00...