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Okay, I'm tired, I get it. ;)

anyway, thanks for the answer.

(I double-checked my post for grammatical errors this time.)
 
So, I think K4 is cool. I'd like to switch (as I find it much more fun than Reduction/Yau), but there are two primary problems I'd like tips on:

1. For F3L, I'm only inserting one piece at a time (unless they're already connected), and finding it rather slow. I read somewhere else there are tricks to doing this more efficiently. Are there? If so, how do they work? Or is this just sheer speed?

2. So, my ELL still sucks as it always has. I'm currently just doing basic 3-cycles. I figure there's better ways to doing this, but for now I also figure I should simply experiment as it's meant to be very intuitive. However, how should I approach parity? Currently, I just do a "single edge flip" algorithm and finish off with a 3-cycle (if necessary). I also heard somewhere that in order to solve parity you're actually also switching two centre pieces of the same colour. Is this true?

PS: Sorry for relatively nub question. I really need to work on my commutators, it seems.
 
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Blindfolded freestyle edges what's the best way to do double transpositions? Like two edge 2-cycles?.

For double 2-cycles of the kind A -> B -> A and C -> D -> C, if I can't see an easy way to setup it into a H-perm/Z-perm/(L2U2)^3/(M2U2)^2 I do A -> B -> C -> A then A -> D -> C -> A.
For double 2-cycles of the kind A -> B -> A' (A' means A flipped) and C -> D -> C' I do A -> B -> C -> A then A -> D -> C' -> A.
 
Hmm. I think I take a look at DR and guess where it ends up, but I never plan how it goes solved during inspection...

Also, this thread moves too damn quickly.

Oh I don't plan the whole second block :D
I find the pieces of it (and, like you, figure out how DR is solved) then track them.

And ye this thread moves way too quickly. But itis the one question answer thread.

Edit: oh i see what you mean. Well i just track the pieces of the second block. After finding pieces in inspection. I usually forget the last pair though, which I can find during solving.
 
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I have a 30second avg, sub 35 time.
How many solves a day do you guys recommend for me, if i wanted to reach sub 20 in a few months?
 
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