#been stuck on sub50 for weeks now with a lot of room for improvement, any tips? (beginner cfop)

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dry nexus
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yeah, the freezes are also part of the problem but it's mostly when i'm recording / timing, in casual solves i feel like i could get sub30

haughty bough
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do you want the recon first or the tips first

haughty bough
haughty bough
# haughty bough this recon is tilting me, but I will get it done

z2 // inspection
R B' [R' R'] U [L2 x r' U' r [U U] x' // cross
y' y U' d' d' U U' U y' R U R' U' U' R U R' U' U y L' U L U' y' R U R' // 1st pair
U' y U' x f' x' U U' y U' L' U2 L U' L' U L // 2nd pair
U' U x f' x' d' R U R' R U R' U' U y L' U L U' y' R U R' // 3rd pair
U' y y U' y L' U' L // 4th pair
U' [L y' R U R' U' F'] U' U' [L' U' L U' L' U U L] // OLL
U' y' [R U R' U' l' U l R U' R' U' R U R' y' R'] [U' d] [R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2] // PLL

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from that recon it appears that you:

  • don't plan cross
  • don't try to find F2L pairs without rotating/doing random filler moves first
  • do random filler moves after solving F2L pairs out of habit
  • haven't bothered learning how to properly fingertrick the most basic triggers/algs
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methods to fix these issues:

  • properly train cross (watch some cross tips/tricks vids from Cubehead/Jperm/any applicable vid available, then use the Crystalcube/Speedcube Database cross trainers)
  • force yourself to stop moving the cube (outside of tilting if needed) until you've found a pair to solve
  • force yourself to not do random moves after solving a pair
  • watch some alg fingertrick vids if needed (cubehead/jperm/brina)
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your F2L solutions also need some work but that can come a bit later

hidden vapor
sullen gale
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Try focusing on f2l and cross because that’s the main issue that is slowing down and try focusing more on f2l because if you keep pausing that could ruin the solve. Another thing is that when doing f2l you rotate a lot but you’re not making any process and that is a key factor to slowing you down. I suggest practice more f2l and cross afterwords and learn pll and oll once your can solve f2l and cross maybe sub 25-20

chrome brook
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first learn to make a decent cross and one look with inspection. make it as fast as possible. then learn all intuitive f2l cases (speedcubedb) and stop spamming sexy moves. try limiting rotations to altleast 2-3. also maybe do slow solves to practice lookahead

haughty bough
scenic marlin
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dm me

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dierya dk61se i know it i had it

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the f2l is the problem

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i dont use intuitve f2l and not even f2l

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only 2 look oll and 2 look pll

dry nexus
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LBL?

scenic marlin
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so my uhh

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my metuod

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is

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while doing the cross, you do the white face too

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then u do the second layer

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then 2 look oll and 2 look pll

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easy

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but

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u gotta get some practice with my method

haughty bough
scenic marlin
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yes

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it is

haughty bough
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also, this person really needed a ping to see the messages smh

scenic marlin
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who

haughty bough
dry nexus
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yeah i have read them lmao

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working on it

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i just forgot to reply

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sorry about that

dry nexus
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i don't mean to judge btw
but the point of intuitive F2L is learning by visual input

chrome brook
haughty bough
haughty bough
chrome brook
dusk violet
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I would work on cross for a little too but really try to get consistency in your F2L so you can execute the solution while looking where your next pair is gonna end up. This will take practice, and it's not bad if you still take a while, but try avoiding filler moves and unnecessary cube rotations. LL is pretty decent, just practice the algs a lot, and you'll get there. I'd advise doing this till you're sub 40, low 30s, and then learn full PLL.

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After that the next step would be Intermediate F2L.
So algs for all 42 standard cases after that full OLL.

sleek nexus
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Ge more comfortable with your algs. And learn fingertricks. Those will get you much faster, and also try to pause less