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I haven’t done “f2l only” averages but my cube times are dropping and it’s because my cross / f2l times are dropping.

When I switched to cross on bottom / f2l on bottom of the Rubik’s cube it was like I had to translate every move as I solved. I used to do Cross on top / f2l on left.

Anyway… I practice f2l slow a lot. I’m getting better at using d (little D, bottom 2 layers) turns instead of cube rotations when possible.

My cross time is definitely getting faster but it was decent already.

I gave each f2l pair a name and though of some key things that it’s color reminds me of… this made it a lot easier to see them around the cube as I insert each other pair. Great look ahead trick and it’s also helping to lock in unconscious competence of the order of colors (like what’s left and right of what). I wrote about this on my cube site.

Anyway… just thought I’d drop a quick F2l Update.

Hello,

I’ve received a few cubes since the last time I posted. I have some black and some white “old” type 1 (A) cubes. They are great as I indicated in another post.

I’ve also received a type 2 A cube (or is it type A 2?). Read the rest of this entry »

OK, so as soon as I got  the 2 look permute last layer down I continued on to learning the rest of the PLL algorithms.

I took about 2 weeks to really know them all and now I’m still getting faster at recognition and execution. Here and there I mess up and have to start over on the LL… it’s becoming less and less… I’m starting to feel them.  I’ve also been gaining skill with cross on bottom and F2L on bottom. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, it’s been a while since my last cube update… a few weeks I suppose. I have a lot to talk about.

My cube4you order finally came… it took over a month with air shipping. I made another order and used EMS so those cubes should be here in the next week or so.

The diycube type A (old or type A 1) definitely lives up to the hype! My old sanded/lubed store bought felt so great but now it feels like a garage sale cube. If I were you I’d hit cube4you.com and order a few of the old type A’s right now. Read the rest of this entry »