Why can't I improve?

[Aceofspades2345]

OK, this is going to be a bit more specific than the title suggests. I've noticed that my times for certain parts of solves aren't improving. My 4x4 times are improving, but only in certain parts. Using Yau, my first 3 edges are improving, and last cross edge, and 3x3 stage, all my centres are very slow, and my L8E have also stalled. This has been massively highlighted by my attempts to start taking 5x5 more seriously. I seem incapable of improving. Times are ~20s for 3x3, ~1.20 for 4x4, and atrociously about 3.40 for 5x5. It seems like I blow at bigger cubes, any hints? Obviously I've tried practice, and the standard look ahead/ turn slower attempts, but I'm not seeing any results. Is there an alternative way to practice for bigger cubes?

 

[Randomno]

How many 5x5 solves have you done?

 

[penguinz7]

OK, this is going to be a bit more specific than the title suggests. I've noticed that my times for certain parts of solves aren't improving. My 4x4 times are improving, but only in certain parts. Using Yau, my first 3 edges are improving, and last cross edge, and 3x3 stage, all my centres are very slow, and my L8E have also stalled. This has been massively highlighted by my attempts to start taking 5x5 more seriously. I seem incapable of improving. Times are ~20s for 3x3, ~1.20 for 4x4, and atrociously about 3.40 for 5x5. It seems like I blow at bigger cubes, any hints? Obviously I've tried practice, and the standard look ahead/ turn slower attempts, but I'm not seeing any results. Is there an alternative way to practice for bigger cubes?

Practice 6x6 and 7x7 for a week or so. The come back and do like 50 solves. Report back when you're done.

 

[tcuber2612]

Hi, I am a young cuber. I only started on the 12/3/2015 of cubing and an average of 1.30 secs. Looking for good cubing stores in Australia or Vietnam since my parent do not allow me to buy things online. Can anyone help me find a shop, in Vietnam would be Ho Chi Minh or Vinh Long and in Australia would be in Adelaide please help!

 

[penguinz7]

Hi, I am a young cuber. I only started on the 12/3/2015 of cubing and an average of 1.30 secs. Looking for good cubing stores in Australia or Vietnam since my parent do not allow me to buy things online. Can anyone help me find a shop, in Vietnam would be Ho Chi Minh or Vinh Long and in Australia would be in Adelaide please help!

Very much the wrong place to post this..

 

[Smiles]

lookahead till u don't pause.

 

[DeeDubb]

Post a video so we can help you.

 

[collppllzbf2lll]

do an avg50 in maybe 3 days. you should be sub 2:40 by then.

 

[Berd]

What 5x5 do you have?

 

[King Mike]

Hi, I am a young cuber. I only started on the 12/3/2015 of cubing and an average of 1.30 secs. Looking for good cubing stores in Australia or Vietnam since my parent do not allow me to buy things online. Can anyone help me find a shop, in Vietnam would be Ho Chi Minh or Vinh Long and in Australia would be in Adelaide please help!

Speedcubes can pretty much only be bought online, I've never seen stores with anything close to a Moyu or Dayan.
Amazon.com is the safest and easiest to convince in my opinion, but if you can't, then you can't.

 

[TDM]

Amazon.com is the safest and easiest to convince in my opinion

... except with Amazon, you sometimes (often?) don't get the cube you've ordered, but instead get a cheaper cube.

 

[Phinagin]

... except with Amazon, you sometimes (often?) don't get the cube you've ordered, but instead get a cheaper cube.

if you order the cube from the manufacturer rather than some random person, it should be fine.

 

[King Mike]

... except with Amazon, you sometimes (often?) don't get the cube you've ordered, but instead get a cheaper cube.

I got an Aolong V2 instead of the V1 I ordered.

 

[guysensei1]

an average of 1.30 secs.

That's fast.

 

[King Mike]

Hi, I am a young cuber. I only started on the 12/3/2015 of cubing and an average of 1.30 secs. Looking for good cubing stores in Australia or Vietnam since my parent do not allow me to buy things online. Can anyone help me find a shop, in Vietnam would be Ho Chi Minh or Vinh Long and in Australia would be in Adelaide please help!

Wrong place to post this.
P.S : Its not December yet....

 

[TDM]

Wrong place to post this.
P.S : Its not December yet....

He didn't say it was December...

 

[guysensei1]

He didn't say it was December...

It's just the American/British date writing thing. 12/3/2015 could be december.

 

[TDM]

It's just the American/British date writing thing. 12/3/2015 could be december.

I know, but it's not hard to work out what he meant.