You're exactly right Noah. You can't just do solve after solve. That only reinforces what you know. You need to practice certain things like look ahead or learning all olls. Focus on your weak points and improve on that and you will become better. Not over night, but with time.
The fact that Feliks got so fast so quickly actually encourages me a lot. However, school does get in the way, meaning that I can only learn algs on weekends and maybe one or two on school days.
Dawid Chrószcz I continue to get faster at a pretty good rate (21 second avgs after almost 3 months of cubing) even with school. To put that in perspective, Feliks had 19 second avgs after 4 months (he told me personally). It's just that I think I could've already been sub-20 if I didn't have school at the moment. Still, I actually enjoy school and I enjoy learning mostly everything I learn at school. I'm still happy that I have been able to maintain a 4.1 GPA even with cubing as my #1 hobby that I do daily.
+wowitsbryce its cool man, im around 23 avg of 5 after 4 months of cubing plus i do 2 look oll and only white cross, currently working on color neutral, im 18yo and i take cube to the school too, ofc when i dont forget, but i also train 5by5 a lot ;p
Thanks, Noah. It's also worth mentioning that we all have our own stuck points. You will run into concepts which are difficult for you but easy for others to grasp. However, the opposite is also true. You will run into concepts which are difficult for others but easy for you to grasp. So, don't let your stuck points discourage you.
Every new cuber should watch this video and be aware of the mountain he has to climb in order to know the approach towards speedcubing. I agree with you, and I find your thoughts inspirational!
Thanks for making this video. I've been around 20 seconds for a long time now. This because of not solving that regularly (2 months cubing, 2 months not, etc). But during those 2 months that I was solving, I couldn't become that much quicker than 18-19-20 seconds and because of that, I was really doubting myself if I could become quicker. With this video you gave me more motivation to keep going and keep practicing lookahead (although that's a pretty slow process for me and a tad boring). So thank you for making this video, it really helped getting my motivation back!
True inspiration. Thank you so much! In 2 months I went from 3:00 to 23 seconds but couldn't get faster. After watching the video I realise that I kept learning new techniques each day and practiced them. Now I just consistently time myself without learning advanced methods. The only way to go up now is to learn more techniques like I did before.
Same with me I dont know all PLL's and I use 2-Look OLL. my time now is down to 17 seconds :D. As soon as I learn full OLL and PLL ill definitely become a sub 20 cuber or maybe even sub 15
Very inspiring. I've been stuck at around 15 for a while and I think this will help a lot. I totally agree! I went from learning to solve to being sub-20 in about 2 1/2- 3 months and I've been stuck ever since. I've been trying to figure out what made me progress so quickly at first, and I think this is it! Thank you so much!
Amazing video,I didn't realised I needed deliberate practice. I'm a little stuck with improving,after I learned F2L. I think I'm gonna rewatch this if I'm getting demotivated when I can't get better times.
Very nice video, Noah! I find that I spend WAAAY too much time with regular practice and not enough time with Deliberative practice. I know all the OLL and PLL algorithms, but maybe I can focus on some new ways to solve certain cases, or learn look-ahead tricks, etc. Thanks for the insight!
I already use this concept in my main job/hobby which is computer programming. I've been programming for 10 years and still trying to learn new stuff everyday. For the cubing, I started roughly a month ago and I was able to switch from beginner's method to some rudimentary CFOP in about 2 weeks, and I'm now at about 70-80 seconds. I'll keep working on it, because it's fun and because this method has served me well in the last 10 years :) I'm hoping to get in the region of 20-25 seconds in about a year. Fingers crossed :D
ALSO If you have no drive, you're never gonna move up because you're not even taking a single step. If anything, you'll lose your balance and start tumbling down.
Agreed. When I was desperately training to get sub 40, I just couldn't. All it took was doing slow solves and learning to understand the cube/F2l cases. I basically skipped the 30's that way.
Then don't do that event. Choose an event that you think would be cool and go for it. Skewb is an interesting one. If you learn all the skewb algs from Sarah, at least intermediate method, you can become very fast. It only takes a good layer and the sledgehammer move to do it.
I think it is a very good explanation , but I think it isn't very well explained what deliberate training is, I mean, in some cases I don't know what is supossed to be the "deliberate practise part". Anyway, thank you a lot for the video.
I aggre* I bet those guys who made it in one year had somekind of coach! If u find random guy and tell him get fast in one year. He will not know how to do ir right. All he knoes will google "how to solve rubiks cube"
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You're exactly right Noah. You can't just do solve after solve. That only reinforces what you know. You need to practice certain things like look ahead or learning all olls. Focus on your weak points and improve on that and you will become better. Not over night, but with time.
The fact that Feliks got so fast so quickly actually encourages me a lot. However, school does get in the way, meaning that I can only learn algs on weekends and maybe one or two on school days.
*school weeks
+wowitsbryce bitch please, nothing should be able to stop you, cause if you want something you will do it anyways
Dawid Chrószcz I continue to get faster at a pretty good rate (21 second avgs after almost 3 months of cubing) even with school. To put that in perspective, Feliks had 19 second avgs after 4 months (he told me personally). It's just that I think I could've already been sub-20 if I didn't have school at the moment. Still, I actually enjoy school and I enjoy learning mostly everything I learn at school. I'm still happy that I have been able to maintain a 4.1 GPA even with cubing as my #1 hobby that I do daily.
+wowitsbryce its cool man, im around 23 avg of 5 after 4 months of cubing plus i do 2 look oll and only white cross, currently working on color neutral, im 18yo and i take cube to the school too, ofc when i dont forget, but i also train 5by5 a lot ;p
AG Cuber 4.1 on the 5.0 scale. Two of my six classes are AP or Honors. Last quarter it was 4.2.
Thanks, Noah. It's also worth mentioning that we all have our own stuck points. You will run into concepts which are difficult for you but easy for others to grasp. However, the opposite is also true. You will run into concepts which are difficult for others but easy for you to grasp. So, don't let your stuck points discourage you.
Best cubing tutorial on youtube ever....
Every new cuber should watch this video and be aware of the mountain he has to climb in order to know the approach towards speedcubing.
I agree with you, and I find your thoughts inspirational!
Thanks for making this video. I've been around 20 seconds for a long time now. This because of not solving that regularly (2 months cubing, 2 months not, etc). But during those 2 months that I was solving, I couldn't become that much quicker than 18-19-20 seconds and because of that, I was really doubting myself if I could become quicker. With this video you gave me more motivation to keep going and keep practicing lookahead (although that's a pretty slow process for me and a tad boring).
So thank you for making this video, it really helped getting my motivation back!
True inspiration. Thank you so much! In 2 months I went from 3:00 to 23 seconds but couldn't get faster. After watching the video I realise that I kept learning new techniques each day and practiced them. Now I just consistently time myself without learning advanced methods. The only way to go up now is to learn more techniques like I did before.
That's awesome! I bet you'd be a pro sooner than me even :D
I am at 24-25 seconds and still don't know full PLL or any OLLs besides a few random cases.
Same with me I dont know all PLL's and I use 2-Look OLL. my time now is down to 17 seconds :D. As soon as I learn full OLL and PLL ill definitely become a sub 20 cuber or maybe even sub 15
Great video, Noah! You really are a great educator, and it's easy to see that you are really passionate about sharing your knowledge and experience.
Very inspiring. I've been stuck at around 15 for a while and I think this will help a lot. I totally agree! I went from learning to solve to being sub-20 in about 2 1/2- 3 months and I've been stuck ever since. I've been trying to figure out what made me progress so quickly at first, and I think this is it! Thank you so much!
thank you do much this is sooooo much more than a pep talk. your analogy with the mountain climbing is actually amazing 💝
💯 Love how you used Coll as your first example of an incremental skill set. Everyone thinks I’m crazy to use coll ;just cause I’m slow)
I will never be as good as Feliks...
at making rice pudding.
I'm good at that :D
lol
This is a great video and I'm sure it will be a wake-up call to many people!
Amazing video,I didn't realised I needed deliberate practice.
I'm a little stuck with improving,after I learned F2L.
I think I'm gonna rewatch this if I'm getting demotivated when I can't get better times.
Awesome ! I knew the way I was practising was'nt great, but now you made it so clear ! You're a genius man. It just looks so easy now ! Thank you !
So basically what you're saying is, I should stop putting off learning COLL and just do it
Thanks for the inspiration and the thoughts. I think your totally right and this is just what I needed to hear.
6:50 is so true about practice.. I can do the same thing over and over but that just keeps me consistent instead of improving
Very inspirational. :D
Sorta makes me want to become the next feliks XD
Very nice video, Noah! I find that I spend WAAAY too much time with regular practice and not enough time with Deliberative practice. I know all the OLL and PLL algorithms, but maybe I can focus on some new ways to solve certain cases, or learn look-ahead tricks, etc. Thanks for the insight!
I already use this concept in my main job/hobby which is computer programming. I've been programming for 10 years and still trying to learn new stuff everyday. For the cubing, I started roughly a month ago and I was able to switch from beginner's method to some rudimentary CFOP in about 2 weeks, and I'm now at about 70-80 seconds. I'll keep working on it, because it's fun and because this method has served me well in the last 10 years :)
I'm hoping to get in the region of 20-25 seconds in about a year. Fingers crossed :D
+Antonio Barba Good luck! :)
Zach Myers thank you!
6 weeks later I'm now at 40 seconds average, and still improving :)
Antonio Barba Awesome! Keep at it!
true practice makes perfect ive been cubing for 6-7 months and now im sub 14
Antonio Barba its been about a year. how far have you come?
OH my god how is this video not discovered only 4000 views... This is so important!
cn u tell me how 2 get sub 8 on 3x3 pls
learn full oll (6 algorithms)
learn full pll (2 algoirthms)
unit1420 haha full pll 21 algs
full oll 57 algs
AG Cuber T,U,L,PI,H,S,AS. seven cases
You're aldready sub8.
But I think the better awswer is : Practice.
I watch MLP while cubing is also an amazing thing to do !
lolben
ALSO
If you have no drive, you're never gonna move up because you're not even taking a single step. If anything, you'll lose your balance and start tumbling down.
its not frustrating its fun...
#AddictedToCubing
+Sean Liu I feel this on a spiritual level.
Agreed.
When I was desperately training to get sub 40, I just couldn't.
All it took was doing slow solves and learning to understand the cube/F2l cases. I basically skipped the 30's that way.
This is super helpful! Practice will never be the same for me :)
do you think it would be bad to focas on getting sub 3 on 2x2 before sub 40 on 3x3?
I think it would be bad.
Fantastic video Noah, GJ
thanks! it makes perfect sense. I know what I now need to do. oll... greeeat.
This video has inspired me!
Thank you!!
Great video, very inspirational!
Thanks so much. I just started about a month ago and I've managed to get my pb from a minute thirty to fifty five seconds
I'll apply this in multiple aspects of life for sure. Very good video. :)
Great life lesson, thanks.
I can never be as fast as Faz, because I'm too lazy for deliberate practice. Theory disproved.
do what you wanna do man but have somafink to aim for
Then don't do that event. Choose an event that you think would be cool and go for it. Skewb is an interesting one. If you learn all the skewb algs from Sarah, at least intermediate method, you can become very fast. It only takes a good layer and the sledgehammer move to do it.
Very well said!! Thanks man
Finally found my problem after 6 years of cubing!
Wtf you've been cubing for this long !
idk y I'm so slow I know full pll and 75% oll and do cfop but I avg just under 30! I try to work on look ahead in f2l but still no improvement :(
I agree with you 😊
thank u so much this has helped me a lot
This is pretty much how I got fast at pyraminx. :) started pyraminx a year ago, now I average 3.5 :)
excellent video
I think it is a very good explanation , but I think it isn't very well explained what deliberate training is, I mean, in some cases I don't know what is supossed to be the "deliberate practise part".
Anyway, thank you a lot for the video.
awesome video!
Thanks Noah this was really helpful. Hopefully I can get sub-13 now.
i am stuck at 11 seconds for 3x3 and realized that I never learn anything. i have like 35,000 solves ok CStimer and I need to learn some stuff
that makes sense.
a wise theory well explained.
This inspires me to practice more! :D:D:D:D
Great Vid👍
In Sport natural talent means nothing it's just a head start training is what counts.
In the case of speedcubing you petty much covered it.
this is not true in some sports.
like running for example, where genes count.
Thx
RIGHT!!
☺
thanks i was around 40 seconds now in about 25 seconds
that is so usefull
Cause no one can not be good at everything
Anyone can be good at everything just never give up and PRACTICE
Me liking a comment from 5 years lol
Ilyas Boudelal Thank you for reminding me about this comment lol. I completely forgot about it.
@@Itthikorncraft welcome
There are no escalators!
WOW is all I have to say.......
What if i have acrophobia:D
Jks, thanks for the vid:)
I aggre*
I bet those guys who made it in one year had somekind of coach! If u find random guy and tell him get fast in one year. He will not know how to do ir right. All he knoes will google "how to solve rubiks cube"