The best video about look-ahead that currently exists (probably)

[ottozing]

If you're a newer cuber who's just getting into more serious speedcubing (especially if you're using CFOP), this video will break down what to work on if you want to pause less aka have better look-ahead and get you ahead of the curve while suckers watch out of date channels discussing look-ahead through slow turning as if it's some woke meditative state of being

Gonna post more tidbits like these on my channel as I think they're quite useful. Of course let me know what you think (minus production quality plz I'm a lazy man)

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TL;DW

1. Work on understanding how to solve pairs with confidence (As in you find two pieces, can close your eyes and let muscle memory take over, and be ultra confident that the pair will be solved). This will minimize mental resources needed to solve the pair you're currently doing which opens up the opportunity for mental resources being used on your next pair(s)

2. If you're still having trouble with look-ahead after implementing the above try upping your knowledge on how pieces get affected with certain triggers and eventually whole pair solutions (IE knowing that R U2 R' U' R U R' preserves pairs in the FR slot as well as with the UBL/UL pieces)

3. If you're STILL having some trouble with look-ahead (very unlikely after impementing #1 and #2), make your rotation decisions more efficient. If you're a right hand dominant solver my suggestion is to prioritize solving in this order, BL, BR, FL, FR. The rationale being that righty solvers don't hold the cube straight on or in what I call a tunnel vision fashion. Rather, they hold the cube with a slight tilt to reveal the face of the dominant hand, in this case the right layer because righty. Please don't ask what order is optimal for lefty solvers because the logic should be clear

4. Slow solves and metronome practice and anything along these lines won't do crap after a certain point, which is usually the point where you try them for the first time honestly. These methods of improving look-ahead are doodoo and don't address why you're pausing in the first place

 

[Julio974]

How I learnt F2L Lookahead: just try to track where pieces go where I insert a pair. That way, I not only take less time to find pieces for my next pair, but also I get better and better to prepare my hands and I could, in some special cases, do 2 pairs in a row without having to spend any looking time, just using the movements from my previous pair to localise the second pair. My only flaw is preserving and preparing pairs during cross.