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[goodatthis]

I can't break sub 20 with CFOP. Should I switch methods?

I've seen some of your other posts, and you need to calm down a bit. Not many people are sub 20 in two months. In two months, I was barely sub 30. You need to stop being so impatient and start practicing. Because if you're expecting to not be able to break 20 with CFOP, then you most certainly will not break 20 with another method. You don't need to be CN, you don't need to know ZBLL or even full OLL, and you don't need to turn at 10 TPS. You need to wait, and start practicing more. By learning lookahead and practicing more I got from 25-26 seconds to right on the edge of sub 20 (where I am now) in a little more than a month. It really justs takes time and patience, because otherwise you might as well stop now, because it's only going to get tougher.

Also, with your sig, you're going to need a good bit more patience if you want to learn BLD, it takes a good deal of it sometimes lol. Especially if you want to learn BH.

 

[slinky773]

I've seen some of your other posts, and you need to calm down a bit. Not many people are sub 20 in two months. In two months, I was barely sub 30. You need to stop being so impatient and start practicing. Because if you're expecting to not be able to break 20 with CFOP, then you most certainly will not break 20 with another method. You don't need to be CN, you don't need to know ZBLL or even full OLL, and you don't need to turn at 10 TPS. You need to wait, and start practicing more. By learning lookahead and practicing more I got from 25-26 seconds to right on the edge of sub 20 (where I am now) in a little more than a month. It really justs takes time and patience, because otherwise you might as well stop now, because it's only going to get tougher.

Also, with your sig, you're going to need a good bit more patience if you want to learn BLD, it takes a good deal of it sometimes lol. Especially if you want to learn BH.

inb4 he asks "how can I be more patient"

But yeah, this sums up what I have been thinking about your questions for the last how many weeks you have been asking stuff like "how do I break sub-20 barrier" or "how do I get faster TPS for F2L". You should really just be practicing. You really don't need to keep asking questions here about how to do stuff better (though I may be calling the kettle black here), there are tons of resources that sum up exactly what you need to do to improve, especially on CFOP. Really, the only reason you would need to keep coming here and posting is impatience. Practice. This will help a great deal, BTW. That's all you need right there to get at least like sub-15 with CFOP.

I'm actually kind of amazed that you're trying to get sub-20 with two months under your belt. I have been cubing for about a year on and off and I'm trying to be sub-15. Relax a bit; It's going to be quite a while before you get sub-12 or anything anyway, so you can take your time. And like DeeDubb, if you can't be patient, you should probably find a different hobby, though none come to mind that gives immediate gratification but is as satisfying as cubing (to me).

 

[guysensei1]

Spoiler: Image

If I stop the timer and the cube is like this, is it a DNF? Every piece is attached to the puzzle and no layer is off by more than 45 degrees.

 

[PJKCuber]

inb4 he asks "how can I be more patient"
And like DeeDubb, if you can't be patient, you should probably find a different hobby, though none come to mind that gives immediate gratification but is as satisfying as cubing (to me).

Ok I will be more patient. My main problem now is my horrible move count. I need to find a better way to do F2L. Sorry for being so impatient and annoying. The thing about cubing is that you see drops in time after long periods. I was stuck on 45 seconds for 3 weeks LOL. Patience. I need patience.

 

[goodatthis]

Ok I will be more patient. My main problem now is my horrible move count. I need to find a better way to do F2L.

Exactly, that's the way to do it. Identify your own problems and try to work on them.

 

[Amress]

I don't recommend switching methods until you get sub-20 with CFOP. There are certain skills, like look ahead, that are easiest to develop with CFOP. Many ZZ solvers especially have huge pauses in their solves because they switched too early. Unless you do considerably better with one method than another don't switch until you are sub-20 or at least sub-25 IMO

 

[Hypocrism]

I don't recommend switching methods until you get sub-20 with CFOP. There are certain skills, like look ahead, that are easiest to develop with CFOP. Many ZZ solvers especially have huge pauses in their solves because they switched too early. Unless you do considerably better with one method than another don't switch until you are sub-20 or at least sub-25 IMO

I don't think being just sub-20 means you have lookahead. I know I still haven't developed good lookahead at 13.

 

[Amress]

I just meant that you would have SOME look ahead. I know someone who is sub 12 and he has pretty bad look ahead.

 

[Bindedsa]

I don't recommend switching methods until you get sub-20 with CFOP. There are certain skills, like look ahead, that are easiest to develop with CFOP. Many ZZ solvers especially have huge pauses in their solves because they switched too early. Unless you do considerably better with one method than another don't switch until you are sub-20 or at least sub-25 IMO

Honestly, that is horrible advice. You are basically saying, if you want to get better at ZZ train CFOP. There is also a lot of things you can't improve until you start using ZZ, including the EOline which is the hardest step.

 

[Hypocrism]

I just meant that you would have SOME look ahead. I know someone who is sub 12 and he has pretty bad look ahead.

But CFOP isn't necessarily better for getting lookahead-in fact the fact that for most people only 2 pieces are tracked during lookahead suggests it would be worse for learning to look ahead compared to ZZ where you track multiple pieces for good times!

 

[Amress]

For me atleast, learning how to track 2 pieces and then moving to a harder goal like tracking multiple pieces would be easier.

 

[goodatthis]

Which is more worth learning, CPEOLL or COLL? Assuming one does not know full OLL.

 

[Hypocrism]

Which is more worth learning, CPEOLL or COLL? Assuming one does not know full OLL.

I would say COLL-mainly due to its excellent recognition. But surely OLL first!

 

[TDM]

I would say COLL-mainly due to its excellent recognition.

And also being useful for Roux and ZZ (but there are some faster algs for Roux).

 

[cubingawsumness]

i use cubicle weight 4 for the internals
but i can't put too much on the pieces or my cube will slow dowm

Would a lower weight of lube suffice? like weight 3 or 2
what about the lubicle speedy?
maru lube? I've heard both good things and bad about it

thanks

Lubicle speedy works really really well imo. I usually use some heavier weight (4 is fine), work that in, and then add lubicle speedy. This makes my cubes (mostly 3x3s) really fast and super super smooth.
Maru lube is good as "steroids", because it makes the cube fast for a short amount of time.

Honestly, that is horrible advice. You are basically saying, if you want to get better at ZZ train CFOP. There is also a lot of things you can't improve until you start using ZZ, including the EOline which is the hardest step.

This. CFOP lookahead is not the same as ZZ lookahead (or Roux, etc). In addition, lookahead is not the only thing that you have to practice when you learn a new method. I would even say that it is one of the least important things to worry about, and will come with lots of solves, at least at first.

 

[NooberCuber]

what are the differences between dayan screws and springs and moyu screws and springs
i was thinking of getting a weilong or an aolong and swapping out the screws and springs for dayan
has anyone tried that? is it a good idea? does the dayan hardware fit into the cubes?

 

[DeeDubb]

And also being useful for Roux and ZZ (but there are some faster algs for Roux).

I agree. I learned CMLL before even knowing what COLL is, so recently I checked, and about 80% of my CMLL algs are COLL friendly, which is pretty good. There's a few COLLs that are a LOT slower than the CMLL variant, F (R U R' U') F' for example is a CMLL, but not a COLL. For the most part though, COLLs will give you a good boost if you get into Roux.

 

[NooberCuber]

Lubicle speedy works really really well imo. I usually use some heavier weight (4 is fine), work that in, and then add lubicle speedy. This makes my cubes (mostly 3x3s) really fast and super super smooth.
Maru lube is good as "steroids", because it makes the cube fast for a short amount of time.

have you tried weight 1 from the cubicle?
How is it different than lubicle speedy?

 

[aguuugw]

What does imo stand for?

I had v-cubes5 and 6 but I bought a ss7 because v was so expensive. I liked my ss7 so much that when preparing for a competition I bought a ss6. It's like 50 times better than the v-cube 6 and decreased my times from 6:30 to 5:20. Now my 6x6, 7x7, and 8x8(which I bought later), all shengshou, turn better than my v5. Should I go ahead and get a ss5? It's pretty cheap and if it's anything like their 6-8 I want one!

 

[TinaIsAwesome]

What does imo stand for?

I had v-cubes5 and 6 but I bought a ss7 because v was so expensive. I liked my ss7 so much that when preparing for a competition I bought a ss6. It's like 50 times better than the v-cube 6 and decreased my times from 6:30 to 5:20. Now my 6x6, 7x7, and 8x8(which I bought later), all shengshou, turn better than my v5. Should I go ahead and get a ss5? It's pretty cheap and if it's anything like their 6-8 I want one!

I'm pretty sure that imo stands for in my opinion.

Personally I think the ss5 is better than the V5 but I never really broke in my v5. Regardless, the ss 5x5 is still a good 5x5 if not the best option on the market right now. But you may want to hold off buying a new 5x5 for now because MoYu is supposedly releasing their 5x5 by the end of the summer.