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[CuberDavid]

I understand that this post probably comes to you guys tons of times but i'm really stuck here.
I use beginners method and average around 45-55 seconds using a white GuHong. I've been trying to learn Fridrich but F2L feels weird to me, I personally feel like it'd be quicker to just insert the corner then do the edge. Are there any straight forward alg pages for F2L?
Also it feels weird for me to switch from orienting the LL edges to 2 LOLL and 2 LPLL Any tips for the switch over? Or pages that list out the algorithms for this?
Which should I learn first F2L or 2LOLL and 2LPLL (i've looked into both and haven't committed to either)
Learning a new method in general is weird for me because solving the cube with a beginners solution has gotten to the point where i don't even think about the moves anymore I just do them, therefore instead of seeing the new method I just do the needed move, so this obviously hinders learning. I'm just stuck right now really, any advice and guidance would be greatly appreciated.
-David

 

[freshcuber]

The answer to your problems: http://www.youtube.com/user/badmephisto?blend=1&ob=5#g/a

Learn intuitive F2L from the above videos. Then learn a 4-look last layer. Soon it will be as natural as your beginner's method.

 

[yamahammer08]

Basically, what I think everyone is going to say is to just practice. (Nearly) Everyone has been in the same situation that you are in now. I would definitely do F2L before you started doing OLL and PLL. F2L does seem awkward and slow at first, but this is normal, and the more you practice, the better it gets. I was averaging probably 40-45 seconds F2L when I started (not that long ago I might add) and I'm down to under 30 seconds and dropping quickly. Here is a good guide to get started. You should try to do F2L intuitively at first, and practice with that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-xbcAMfWwM
Once you are starting to get comfortable with F2L, I would suggest going to 2 look oll (full oll is just overwhelming with that many algs in my opinion). I learned my algs from this site:
http://cubefreak.weebly.com/2-look-oll.html
You can use your beginner method for PLL while you are getting comfortable with the 2 look oll. Then I would suggest going to full pll. It really doesn't take that long to learn. 21 (I think?) algs might seem like a little much at first, but most of them are easy once you learn to break them down into a couple of similar move sequences rather than looking at just one alg with a bunch of single moves. I use a combination of these 2 sites for pll (It's easier to recognize the cases on blueknights site, but badmephisto has better algs for some cases imo) :
http://www.blueknightcubing.com/pll.htm
http://www.badmephisto.com/pll.php

I'm still relatively new, and this just happens to be the way I learned/am learning, but so far this seems to be working very well for me. I got my first sub 30 solve after just 2-3 weeks with limited practice time since first starting to learn F2L, and I'm improving rapidly. As with anything else, just keep practicing and you'll surprise yourself at how fast you'll improve.

 

[freshcuber]

Don't be afraid to use youtube as a source to find algs. I got most of my OLLs from Harris Chan's OLL playlist on his channel. I have all of Lorki's OH PLLs bookmarked from youtube. There's algs on there you won't find in the wiki and it shows you haw to execute them. Youtube is extremely useful, don't underestimate it.

 

[Nestor]

"Learning a new method in general is weird for me because solving the cube with a beginners solution has gotten to the point where i don't even think about the moves anymore I just do them."

...practice and eventually Fridrich will be second nature too. Look into badmephisto's videos on youtube

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