what do you do in 15s before solving the cube ?

[chikato_tan]

looking for the cross pieces and what else ?

 

[clincr]

easy first pairs

 

[chikato_tan]

Is there any tips ? Because after doing the cross , I totally forget where the first pair is (I already found it in 15s )

 

[ben1996123]

what do you do in 15s before solving the cube ?

Inspection.

 

[David1994]

what do you do in 15s before solving the cube ?

Inspection.

He obviously knows that but is just wondering how he would go about inspecting and pre-planning.

 

[unirox13]

Don't worry about timing your solve for a while, only your inspection. Start planning your cross during the inspection and then work on completing the cross with your eyes closed. Once you can do that fairly efortlessly beging finding your first F2L pair during the inspection as well as planning your cross. Since you will have gotten good at doing the cross without looking at it you can track your first pair as you're creating the cross.

 

[David0794]

i inspect 2-3 cross pieces. i know, that's kinda bad for a ~14 average

 

[Dacuba]

I often scratch my head and think about, how the **** other people manage to make a solid xcross out of that pair

 

[TiLiMayor]

If you are doing big cubes scratch all over your face before the solve

 

[DRAGON_RYU]

2-3 pieces of cross.

 

[NeedReality]

I just find the cross during inspection with Fridrich (no pairs unless they are obvious) and with Roux I find the first block. You don't really need to plan pairs during inspection unless you are quite fast I would assume.

 

[Ranzha]

I often scratch my head and think about, how the **** other people manage to make a solid xcross out of that pair

Sometimes, I build a 2x2x1 that has a cross piece, solve corresponding adjacent cross piece, and form a 2x2x2 before going on to the other hallf of the cross. Easy beginner's x-cross.

 

[Zane_C]

Plan my cross. If the cross is really easy, I'll try to plan my first F2l pair.

 

[aronpm]

Memorize it

 

[RTh]

In 15s I plan the easiest 5-8 move X-Cross + other 2 pieces of the cross + second F2L pair.

If the X-Cross I planned is too hard I just do cross + first F2L pair

 

[Xishem]

At least the first 5 pieces of the first block, sometimes 6, and very rarely I'll look for a nice CE pair for second block if first block is like 3-5 moves.

 

[izovire]

1. I locate my cross pieces (takes .5-1 sec.)
2. I plan their quickest route to their destination (takes 3-5 sec.) ~this takes a lot of practice to know what's quickest.
3. I plan for additional X cross pieces if possible or first F2L pair (takes 3-5 sec.)
4. I memorize the moves (takes 2-4 sec.) ~practice this part blindfold, it works.

These 4 steps are automatic for me... I don't usually think about it but I just do what I need to do.

 

[5BLD]

I try to plan my first block (But I usually only can get the 1x2x2 and find the other two pieces because im not very good at visualising), and see if there's easy phasing...

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Cross pieces

 

[da25centz]

i plan the solve for the first 2-3 pieces of the cross, and then just locate the last piece so I know where to look for it