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Heyo!
So its been ages since I last came on here. But I’ve been practising and I’m proud to say that I’ve managed to get my best single lowest time of 52 seconds!!! My average is 1:15 ish (still not that great haha). But I have just started learning CFOP.
I was wondering if the cube that I’m using makes any difference? If so, are there any other cubes that you’d recommend for speed cubing?
Thanks
Awesome work! Fantastic stuff.
CFOP - how are you learning? YouTube videos? Maybe we can work together! I'm still mainly using the beginner method because I'm lazy, but I'm learning CFOP on the side (mostly just intuitive F2L), and probably average about 45 seconds using CFOP so far. If we learn together, maybe we can keep motivation easier!
As for cubes, I agree with schoolstudent115 that any decent speedcube should be fine at this stage, but I do definitely thinking different cubes will suit you better than others. I have 15 3x3s at the moment (lol) - a list below if you're interested (in order of acquisition).
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- DaYan ZhanChi V5
- MoYu AoLong V2
- MoYu WeiLong V1
- MoYu AoLong V2 - pink version
- Ganspuzzle GAN357 (before GAN was good/flagship)
- DaYan TengYun V1
- MoFang JiaoShi RS3M 2020
- QiYi Warrior S
- MoFang JiaoShi Mini 45mm
- Yuxin Little Magic
- DaYan GuHong V4
- YongJun YuLong V2
- GoCube Edge (smart cube)
- MoFang JiaoShi MeiLong 3M
- GAN 11 M Duo
What cube do you use at the moment? Cube preference depends on a lot of things, including setup (tensioning and lubes etc.), but honestly I just wouldn't worry about any of that in the slightest at the moment. All things considered (particularly price), my main recommendation would probably the the
MeiLong 3M ($10AUD) (everybody absolutely raves about the
RS3M 2020 ($13.50), which I also find good and is a similar price, but I just seem to vibe with the MeiLong 3M more).
Nice stuff. The cube choice, as long as it is a speed cube shouldn't make too much of a difference. At your stage, it is more about technique and the method you use. The original brand rubiks cube is really bad for speedcubing, and even a cheap speedcube should be just fine. My cube is around $20 (not exactly cheap, but it's quite reasonable considering the alternatives), I haven't cubed for MANY months now, but my last ao12 was about 19 seconds. If I try do it now, I get sub-25 so I'd need to get back into it again to reach the sub-20 level again.
You will find your times will get significantly faster as your F2L improves (this is probably the hardest part). My f2l took more than 30 seconds at first, but over time you know (almost algorithmically) how to do each case by muscle memory. Now my F2L is sub-10. (F2L is usually 50% of the time once you reach steady-state I believe). OLL is quite unimportant until much later IMO.
My cross is still embarrassingly bad as I never bothered learning how to do it well, but my F2L I think compensates for it.
Also just a general tip for anyone doing F2L, once you are comfortable with each case and have good muscle memory, try slow down and look ahead (just slow down regardless), because I am not good at look ahead, yet slowing down actually shaved off like 15-20% of my F2L time (counterintuitively).
Awesome post - thank you. A few questions:
- Out of interest, what's your main at the moment?
- How did you learn F2L? And did you learn the beginner method prior to that? As I've said previously in this thread, I'm having difficulty motivating myself to learn it after 10+ years of the beginner method only lol. I haven't even thought about OLL or PLL.
- Really good advice on look-ahead.
Thanks again for your post - would love to hear more about your experiences.
- Single: 0.16.28
- MO3: 0.22.71
- AO5: 0.24.20
- AO12: 0.25.65
- AO25: 0.26.79
- AO50: 0.27.83
- AO100: 0.28.10
- AO200: 0.28.53
- AO500: 0.28.74
- AO1000: 0.29.04
And a quick update on this:
- Single: 0.16.28
- MO3: 0.21.40
- AO5: 0.22.33
- AO12: 0.24.06
- AO25: 0.25.32
- AO50: 0.25.80
- AO100: 0.26.66
- AO200: 0.27.31
- AO500: 0.27.67
- AO1000: 0.28.00