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[wontolla]

R' F R F', this is one that I can't seem to do at speed, how do you guys trick this one?

Start: right hand on R, right index on BRU corner, holding cube with left hand
R' - whole hand
F - flick with right index
R - whole hand
F' - flick with left index
Obviously for the R face, don't do a full wrist turn.

I do this, except the F' which I do with the right thumb.

It is awkward at the begining but it becomes natural with time. And it has the advantage of no regrip your left hand.

 

[CoryThigpen]

R' F R F', this is one that I can't seem to do at speed, how do you guys trick this one?

For (R' F R F') (R' F R F') you can do x (R' U R U') (R' U R U') x'.

 

[TheWitcher]

Who is the fastest cuber that is not color neutral/dual color?

 

[jonlin]

Who is the fastest cuber that is not color neutral/dual color?

Mats Valk.
Solves on blue.

 

[JasonK]

Who is the fastest cuber that is not color neutral/dual color?

Top 10 averages:
Feliks Zemdegs - CN
Rowe Hessler - CN
Cornelius Dieckmann - white
Piti Pichedpan - white
Giovanni Contardi - orange
Michal Pleskowicz - white/yellow
Breandan Vallance - yellow
Kanneti Sae Han - orange
Yu Nakajima - blue (japanese scheme)
Mats Valk - blue

 

[mmullen1024]

Fridrichs Method (intuitive f2l)

First: what are some good guides for learning the next steps cuz I just learned f2l. Next: how do I get faster at f2l.... I'm spookier slow! Thanks guys I'm new to forums and cubing.

 

[Kirjava]

badmephisto.com

 

[mmullen1024]

F2l Pll Oll

First:
I just learned f2l and IM SLOW! How I cut my time? (i learned beginners a week ago ish so im moving along)

Second:
I need a good guide for OLL and PLL please.

Thanks guys im new to this.

 

[emolover]

Everything you need is on the wiki.

 

[Jaycee]

Pretty much what emolover said.

I also find it kinda strange that last week there was a guy (the accompanist that played with my all-male-ensemble) who showed interest in me solving the cube. His last name is McMullen. You know, like your username. mmullen. O.o

 

[mmullen1024]

Not me sorry

 

[hyunchoi98]

First:
I just learned f2l and IM SLOW! How I cut my time? (i learned beginners a week ago ish so im moving along)

Second:
I need a good guide for OLL and PLL please.

Thanks guys im new to this.

Wait... mmullen... i've heard that name before!
Wait... you're in my school!
For the sake of privacy, i will not say who i think you are.

I'm Hyun if you really are you.

for OLL and PLL, HERE is a good 2 look guide. I'm trying to use this too.

 

[Arkwell]

I do this, except the F' which I do with the right thumb.

It is awkward at the begining but it becomes natural with time. And it has the advantage of no regrip your left hand.

Thanks guys!

 

[AvidCuber]

I'm trying to dabble in other/more interesting methods than CFOP, but my block-building skills are abysmal. I've seen lots of threads about block-building, but where's a good place to start? (I'm okay with either videos or text.) Thanks!

 

[PandaCuber]

I'm trying to dabble in other/more interesting methods than CFOP, but my block-building skills are abysmal. I've seen lots of threads about block-building, but where's a good place to start? (I'm okay with either videos or text.) Thanks!

Here are some good tutorials, that all deal with blockbuilding.:
Roux:
Waffle
PandaCuber and 5BLD
Donovan
Gilles Roux

Petrus:
Lars Petrus

Waterman

Heise

 

[scrubofcubes]

Has anybody tried silicube? is it better than lubix?

 

[skeletonboy]

First: what are some good guides for learning the next steps cuz I just learned f2l. Next: how do I get faster at f2l.... I'm spookier slow! Thanks guys I'm new to forums and cubing.

Welcome to the forums.

It depends on what step you want to learn. I would actually recommend you master or at least get good with your F2L before moving on. Tips on this are shortcuts- of which you can find MANY tutorials of this type of tutorial on youtube. Just type in "Advanced F2L" and voila, a lot of tutorials. I find the best ones to move to are from badmephisto and

If you are done that, I say go onto the LL part of Fridrich. Learn some super easy algorithms such as "sune" or "anti-sune" or "Chameleon" or "Bowtie" etc...not hard to learn at all.
Then, move onto some harder algorithms. To start off, try learning 2look LL first. PLLs tend to be easier to remember/execute or is quite friendly to learn too. I would say learn PLL first, then move on to harder OLL cases.

For F2L, as I mentioned above, search for some tutorials online. Whilst you search that up, here are some tips.

Master your F2L pairing. You must know in every situation how to solve it using F2L. Try to find the most efficient way to solve it. I'm not saying that you must go into advanced F2L detail, but try to do it efficiently, rather than doing the "Sexy Move" until you see a case that you know.

Then, once you are comfortable with that, try doing it blind. When you are comfortable with that, you can try lookahead, where you look for other F2L pairs while sub-consciously doing the current pair. That'll come into discussion with further practice.

First:
I just learned f2l and IM SLOW! How I cut my time? (i learned beginners a week ago ish so im moving along)

Second:
I need a good guide for OLL and PLL please.

Thanks guys im new to this.

First: Self-contradiction/answered. You have just started and is a beginner. Ponder no more, you need much much more practice than a week to request for help. F2L with increase your times a lot, which isn't good. But with gradual practice and technique, you'll soon become better and better until you are better than you have started. For me, it took around 2 months (7-8 weeks) to just get down and fully memorize solutions to F2L.
Second: You can either just type it in Google, to find some recommended algorithms, or you can find your "somewhat" custom algorithms. As emolover said, the wiki has a great source of most of the great algorithms. Has a big variety of them too, so you can go along with that to find the one you prefer most.

 

[Photon]

I was using the Prisma Puzzle Timer (0.4) yesterday, and because I didn't want my 3x3 times changed, I used the Rubik's Cube with Feet category for 2H solves. My average using that category was significantly lower than my average using default Rubik's Cube scrambles. I got an all time pb of 19.28 when my current average is hovering around 35 seconds. Did I simply get lucky/ have a really good session, or does the application deliver sub-optimal scrambles for 3x3 feet solving?

 

[Godmil]

I was using the Prisma Puzzle Timer (0.4) yesterday, and because I didn't want my 3x3 times changed, I used the Rubik's Cube with Feet category for 2H solves. My average using that category was significantly lower than my average using default Rubik's Cube scrambles. I got an all time pb of 19.28 when my current average is hovering around 35 seconds. Did I simply get lucky/ have a really good session, or does the application deliver sub-optimal scrambles for 3x3 feet solving?

Feet uses the exact same random scrambler as normal 3x3... there is a catagory manager where you can see the different scrambler types.

 

[rubikmaster]

Are there any other fast methods other than the big 4(CFOP,Roux,Petrus,ZZ)?I am asking for a method that doesn't use more than about 60 moves to solve the cube and doesn't use a huge amount of algorithms(like ZZ)?