Why the inconsistency

[Llewelys]

It took a bit of time but I was greatly helped by the quality of the video (even in 0.25 speed everything was clear). And I used Cube Explorer to find the scrambles.
Reconstructing your solves definitely took the longest time, so if you give me the scramble / reconstruction I can critique other solves
But there's already much to do with my first critique so another one wouldn't be that much helpful, at least for now

 

[Steve AC]

It took a bit of time but I was greatly helped by the quality of the video (even in 0.25 speed everything was clear). And I used Cube Explorer to find the scrambles.
Reconstructing your solves definitely took the longest time, so if you give me the scramble / reconstruction I can critique other solves

Will do!

 

[Steve AC]

By the way, even I know I'm not supposed to rotate this much, and I think I was rotating out of anger mostly, but even if I am not angry, what if these bad rotating habits are stuck in my muscle memory? It can be hard to correct bad behavior via muscle memory, for example, when I switched to pressing the phone for solves, I keep slamming my hands on the imaginary SpeedStacksG4 or YJ Pocket Timer I have been using. It took me like 10 times to finally just press my phone to start/stop the timer because I'm so used to using other timers now.

I know at most any F2L pair only needs a maximum of 1 rotation, and most need 0 rotations. I was definitely rage solving, but what can I do besides being calmer to fix my habit of doing unnecessary rotations? I do slow solves, but the second the timer is running, all my bad habits come flooding back into play. Any suggestions?

 

[Llewelys]

But the second the timer is running, all my bad habits come flooding back into play. Any suggestions?

Don't start the timer

We're timing solves to mesure our progress, there's no point in timing them
- if you're learning something new: some people give up learning F2L or being CN because their times go up and they get demotivated
- if you're trying to break bad habits: time pressure will make you go back to what's fast (the bad habit that's in your muscle memory) instead of what's best (the thing that will make you faster but makes you temporarily slower)

Do untimed solves, this will get you in the habit of doing the right thing without pressure.
Once you're comfortable with your new solutions, do timed solves but with the mindsets of not caring about the time (getting a 40+ solve? so what? there will be literally zero consequence)
You'll see that eventually your times will go down, and you can resume "true" timed solves, with the new good habits

 

[Steve AC]

Don't start the timer

We're timing solves to mesure our progress, there's no point in timing them
- if you're learning something new: some people give up learning F2L or being CN because their times go up and they get demotivated
- if you're trying to break bad habits: time pressure will make you go back to what's fast (the bad habit that's in your muscle memory) instead of what's best (the thing that will make you faster but makes you temporarily slower)

Do untimed solves, this will get you in the habit of doing the right thing without pressure.
Once you're comfortable with your new solutions, do timed solves but with the mindsets of not caring about the time (getting a 40+ solve? so what? there will be literally zero consequence)
You'll see that eventually your times will go down, and you can resume "true" timed solves, with the new good habits

Okay, I will take a hiatus from trying to beat my PB single solves on film, and focus on doing the correct actions and making the right decisions. Also that righty alg for the R perm was helpful. I also do lefty mirrored (despite being right hand dominate) for the J and N perms (as far as PLL goes). There are some OLLs which I started to mirror, but am faster on my right hand (such as the W shapes for example).

 

[Deleted member 55877]

There are some OLLs which I started to mirror, but am faster on my right hand (such as the W shapes for example).

For PLL I would not recommend mirroring any algs.
For OLL it's okay to mirror some algs, especially short ones

 

[carcass]

The only PLL I mirror is the R perm because the mirror is just my fastest alg personally. Btw I think this thread is sticky worthy because I think a lot of cubers have the same problem

 

[Steve AC]

So now that I've had time to look at my reconstructs with the criticism here are my thoughts.
I can't believe that's me, and those are the moves I did. I know better than this. I need to learn how to solve while using my brain, because this is ridiculous. All those hours of J Perm videos just to shut my brain off and ignore everything I've learned about good habits and whatnot.
It's a real eye opener. I was untimed solving just now and I was about to just go for the first pair I saw, but then I looked around to see if there was an easier pair, and there was. It lead into 3 more easy pairs.

I feel like the main reason I go for the first pair I see is because I'm trying to eliminate pauses. I want to have a solve that flows completely smooth with no pauses (eventually), but I am not at the level where I can memorize how certain F2L algs can affect other F2L pairs and their orientations yet. I also don't know how the OLLs affect the corners, thus cannot predict my PLLs.

But this is good. I'm going to keep switching between slow solving and normal speed and see where my muscle memory loses I.Q. and just keep going until it gets fixed I guess? Idk.

Thanks for the critique!

 

[DNF_Cuber]

So now that I've had time to look at my reconstructs with the criticism here are my thoughts.
I can't believe that's me, and those are the moves I did. I know better than this. I need to learn how to solve while using my brain, because this is ridiculous. All those hours of J Perm videos just to shut my brain off and ignore everything I've learned about good habits and whatnot.
It's a real eye opener. I was untimed solving just now and I was about to just go for the first pair I saw, but then I looked around to see if there was an easier pair, and there was. It lead into 3 more easy pairs.

I feel like the main reason I go for the first pair I see is because I'm trying to eliminate pauses. I want to have a solve that flows completely smooth with no pauses (eventually), but I am not at the level where I can memorize how certain F2L algs can affect other F2L pairs and their orientations yet. I also don't know how the OLLs affect the corners, thus cannot predict my PLLs.

But this is good. I'm going to keep switching between slow solving and normal speed and see where my muscle memory loses I.Q. and just keep going until it gets fixed I guess? Idk.

Thanks for the critique!

Jayden Mcneill has an interesting blog post that might help you out.

Why you struggle with “Look Ahead” — Jayden McNeill Speedcubing Blog

Look ahead is one of those topics often talked about by YouCubers of various skill levels, usually with a lot of emphasis on the fact that "look-ahead is a mindset broo, you gotta…

www.jaydenmcneillcubing.com

 

[Steve AC]

@DNF_Cuber That blogpost was really helpful, I like the link he gave to the cube solves, I can actually learn some interesting stuff through solve reconstructions on the pro level. I also had that full list of algorithms link prior to this blog, but it's still a great resource. By the way, is the entire cubing community in agreement with the numbering of the OLL algs according to that site? http://algdb.net/puzzle/333

 

[jdh3000]

Happens to me all the time... I'm bazing through, no pauses, everything is so smooth and I'm hitting around 16 seconds consistently for an entire solving session,... then the next time I can't seem to get any good times at all...
I call it being "in the zone" when I'm on.
I can't figure out what's different.

 

[Cubing Forever]

@DNF_Cuber That blogpost was really helpful, I like the link he gave to the cube solves, I can actually learn some interesting stuff through solve reconstructions on the pro level. I also had that full list of algorithms link prior to this blog, but it's still a great resource. By the way, is the entire cubing community in agreement with the numbering of the OLL algs according to that site? http://algdb.net/puzzle/333

Are you talking about the numbering system of algdb.net? If so, that system has been in use since 2003 (probably) and entire community is in agreement with it. Tbh we need a new system bc this one is confusing lol.

 

[qwr]

Are you talking about the numbering system of algdb.net? If so, that system has been in use since 2003 (probably) and entire community is in agreement with it. Tbh we need a new system bc this one is confusing lol.

Ah but you see, when you introduce a new standard, it just adds to the confusion. Right now everyone agrees with the numbering so it would be very confusing to change it now.