I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DON'T GO TO COMPETITIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE NEW CUBERS. JUST GO TO THEM! One of my subscribers said they would go to a competition if I went too. I told them I wasn't going and now they aren't going. I told them to go even though I wasn't and they said "Sorry". That annoyed me so much. I wanted to punch a wall. I always encourage people to go to competitions. Even if the cuber doesn't know anyone at the competition, you meet new people. For example, I met Alex Davani there and now we talk every day pretty much over Skype.
I just went to a competition and knew no one, it was still AWESOME and I learned alot! I was soooo nervous but i ended up being faster at competition. I'm going to every one now!
Yeah, I went to my first competition, at 25 second average, and it was awesome! I met a whole group of cubers and now I chat with them on Google Hangouts every day. I can't wait until Nationals!
A fairly cringeworthy mistake new cubers make would be judging a cube by corner cutting some reviewers the first thing they do is show off corner cutting so they think corner cutting is super important when you barely need 30 degrees of it at most
Awesome video! This goes along with the personal preference thing: I get bothered when people tell me that using left hand is better for OH solving. Their reason is because the algs are easier to learn. But for me, i actually find it much easier to learn the algs using my right hand (personal preference).
I don't think it was because the algs were easier to learn, rather because a lot of cubers learn algs that are heavy in R moves and it's easier to perform them with the pinky of the left hand.
I totally agree Noah's point at 8:42. I am quite new to speedcubing, I've only cubing since December 2014 so it's only 4 months down the road. About a month ago or so, I decided to learn Fridrich Method. So I started watching tutorials. I stumbled upon Paradox Cubing's tutorial. I was like I don't understand and I wanted to give up, but at the same time I didn't want to give up. So this time I stumbled upon Cubicraze's Fridrich Method tutorial and somehow I started speedcubing. I'm trying to advertise anything but I have an advice here for those who are new to speedcubing. Don't ever give up. Try out new stuff. They really work.
I totally agree with #2. I use a MoYu HuangYing, which I have been using for around 8 months. I've tried Zhanchis and Weilongs, but they don't really suit me. The HuangYing is the only cube that really fits my turning style.
There is a competition close to me in a few days. I have a well lubed new moyu aolong v2 . My times average around 50 seconds and I use the fridrich method. My finger tricks are pretty good but I suck at f2l. My pb is 38.02 seconds with a pll skip. I have never been to a competition before. Could some one give me advice on whether I should go for one or wait till I get to sub-20. I am fairly new to cubing and have been cubing for only a few weeks. Thank you.
+Jackson Edwards Any suggestions are welcome, whenever that come :). Sadly I've lost my cube so I'm waiting until I can get a new one. I will definitely attend comps once I get a new cube!
I'd like to comment a little bit on the points you've just discussed. I've been cubing since 2009, went to my first comp in 2012. I think the last 3 problems you discussed are part of a problem of expansion. Back in 2010, all anybody had for cubing resources were a couple of videos detailing bld double pair solving and metronomes for lookahead, badmephisto, plus some montage vids and footage from… tournaments. Now, I argue anybody has the resources to become world class fast in any event in under a year wih focused, deliberate, practice. The infinitely greater amount of resources. This is the deliberate side effect of the spoon feeding effect of many new cubers. Too many resources. New cubers become frustrated when they watch something and don't get it. They don't know how to search for their answer. Blindly following someone else's instructions is not only unhelpful, but even detrimental in your improvement in cubing, in competitive fighting games, in sports. The most important advice I can give to new cubers who want to improve fast is to understand why you're slower or why you're messing up this memo or execution or why you slow down after completing F2L. "My F2L is slow, how do I fix this?" Of course, you can ask a top cuber. Cyotheking uploaded a video analyzing someone's average of 5, where he picked out where the cuber went wrong. I find it amusing that the FGC's have been doing this for years, but cyo's was probably one of the best well done out of any analysis anywhere. But I find you will obtain the most value and effort if you go over your solves and ask yourself, "why was my (whatever) slower than other people's and what can I do to improve?" Answering this question will give you more improvement than asking someone "how can I improve" expecting answers. I find it astounding that no one has bothered to chide new cubers and fast cubers alike for mindless practice. Simply solving a cube over and over again does not make you faster. Ok, maybe it does. The thing about speedcubing is that after you solve the cube over and over, cases start to be more familiar to you. You speed up a little. However, it's not as simple as that, or everyone would be sub 10. Time blocks, where you solve over and over and over and you don't get better. Do you know why people have time blocks? Because of mindless solving. People do the same shit over and over and over again, frustrated with their time. And then they get over it for no apparent reason whatsoever. Most cubers don't understand why they get over these blocks. Usually, somehing subconscious happens and they do something better that speeds them up. Or maybe they learn full OLL or something. This mindless solving from people aspiring to get good needs to stop. In a fighting game, if you play like that, you get destroyed. They got over this problem more than ten years ago. When will we, as a community, follow? I have a competition coming up in a month, and after I thought about these pointers and analysed my solves, realize that my biggest problem is execution. Some of my OLL and PLL times are so bad (over 3 seconds), unprecedented, I thouht, for someone averaging 12-13 seconds. But that's one of the reasons I'm in this block right now for a year. I will improve these areas, and my times. Make it to 3x3 finals or bust! Comment a little bit? I typed up one of the longest-ass posts in my internet life o.O
+ForTheLulz For those who are thinking tl;dr: Cubers didn't have many resources to become good a few years ago. If you want to get over time blocks, stop just mindlessly solving and focus on what you are doing wrong using resources we have today.
+ForTheLulz one thing i disagree with, i think constant solving does make you faster, as long as you actively learn from your constant solving, for example i am sub 15 and have been improving the whole way to this point (average about 4.8) now i practice a ton, my f2l is extremely fast, but i only know maybe 20-30 olls and am missing 2 plls, i don't actively learn a ton but i still can improve a ton, i've been cubing for about 8 months now and i've found the biggest help to my time is just practice practice practice, i agree mindless solving is bad, but solving a ton repetitively can improve cross and f2l insurmountably without me even noticing it too much, and this tend to improve times, just my two cents
Well explained as usual, you really know how to make videos. I would like to add that you don't need to go and try to find the 'fastest' method, try to make sure you enjoy your methods, or even in the extreme just do a fun method if getting really fast isn't important to you. I've done that with a few puzzles and I haven't looked back. It's a hobby, enjoyment is important.
I'm honestly really glad I watched this. Mostly for the last bit of advice. I have been trying very hard lately to be able to blindsolve and I'm finally getting successful solves. I was honestly getting discouraged, but now it seems so obvious. It's a puzzle. It's not meant to be easy! So watch out, 3bld, here I come!
Very inspiring. Y'know? I need 14 nights to solve Rubik's cube for the first time, without internet (Because I didnt have cell phone or PC that time). I didnt know about algorithm before, I was just turning my cube with thought "I'm going to solve it someday" in my mind. Aftet that I can solve it within 3 minutes or less. My method was : 1st layer, last 4 corners, 8 edges orientation, and last 3-edges permutation (2 edges in mid-layer and 1 edge in last layer) I called it : 'my method'..lol If I didnt solve it that day, maybe I wouldn't watching this video today. Later, I hardly change my method to layer by layer with 2 look PLL. It was my turning point to do a sub-60 solving. Until today, I never attend any rubik's cube competition, bcause there's no any competition in my city. Actually I really love to compete with others, unfortunately I can't. :( my 2 handed solving time never less than 30 secs. I wonder how long you guys learn and practice to do a sub-15 solve (that's my goal). I use CFOP with VHLS. I'm learning Winter Variation and look ahead now.
Great video! I think another mistake, mainly new cubers make, is turn speed. They think turning fast is what makes you fast, when in reality they are basically getting slower because they are turning so fast they can't look ahead to their next step.
Responses individually: 5: One of my best memories of my first (or second, can't remember) competition was a 6 year old teaching me how to do the master magic. 4: in my first competition, I freaked out when I heard that whoever was the best in the USA was there at the time(don't even remember their name) 3: I plan on learning optimizations such as look ahead, but a nice cube is still partially important. People aren't going to get world records with a standard unmodded rubik's cube. (good hardware is not what sets WR off from 1:30, but it's still a factor when sub 30.) 2: Personal preference is why a Weilong would be better for me than the Aolong. While it is better for Feliks, the Aolong is too much for a 30 second solver. 1: It took me a week to remember the 3 corner cycle alg. From the rough memorization time, It's still deeply implanted in my head. R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2 U'. I gave up on BLD solving earlier, but I am coming back at it for round 2.
thought it's gonna be some video about the stereotype of cubers, but after watching it, very well said, and it makes me think, the thing is, the cubing community is bigger than ever before, speedcubing is no longer just a shallow hobby that people do only for escaping reality. i don't know if i said it right, it became more like sport events, and people can improve themselves and push their limits further and further by compete with others or just themselves, just the majority of people that are not in the community don't understand it yet. and apeedcubing starts to have more qualities like a sport event, and thus you can't improve too much by just do what people tell you to do. it's about understand yourself, look for what's best for you, share and talk and discuss with other people(because it's still a growing community), and consistent practicing( because like a sport, it's all about practicing) of course this community still serve other function other than this, like all the communities that existed, but it's just no longer a event for kids and teenagers anymore, if speedcubing continues to grow, someday their might be a common profession like coach that train players
As apart for #5 competitions the new cubers can try out different puzzle to give them a better idea of what to buy later on when they really want to get faster or more into cubeing.
One mistake some new cubers make is getting a bad speed cube thinking it's good. Happened to me, and I've got a useless LanLan just sitting on my desk, only touched when my friends scramble it.
Wait until you get to around 23-25 seconds, Learn full PLL and then wait until about 15-17 seconds, and learn full OLL Instantly, youll get around 2-3 seconds faster
i can agree with that first one about competitions. i went and had the same thoughts of doubts. i was barely sub 60, and i had a freaking wonderful time
I met a cuber at a restaurant, i said hi and he was super super nervous because he knew that i knew that he had a Gans and i had a guanlong and i was faster than him. He didn't say much and i was okay with it. I think cubers feel guilty because they get bad times and have super expensive cubes. In reality, getting good cubes in the beginning isn't actually being spoilt. I actually regret buying a GuanLong for my first speedcube because since it was the first cube i ever had, I got really used to it and sooner i bought an AoLong. My times surprisingly dropped, even though the Aolong was better. Get a better cube at the start so you will get a better feel and know what cube you want. Also, find out other cubers that you may not know that were cubers. Get to try out their cubes and find out what you like from them, and buy it either from them or buy it somewhere else. Competitions are also good places to get a feel on cubes, just ask the shop to try it out.
CubingMitzi i disagree I started out with a great cube(weilong gts) and thus my turning style is pretty bad and I overshoot a lot because I didn't need to be super precise with my cube because of its cornercutting and now I lock up a lot even on really good cubes
I use beginners method so it takes me like 7 minutes I can't learn fl2 :( it doesn't make sense. can't remember and I have sweaty hand syndrome so it slips
hey man, for sweaty hands there are a few tips. i yoyo too, and sweaty hands=bloody hands. use alcohol wipes, baby powder, or cornstarch. I recommend alcohol wipes.
i'm trying to improve my f2l but most tutorials on youtube does not show the algs, i know its suppose to be intuitive, but i can only do the intuitive method by slow solving, so should i just continue slow solving until i "memorized" the algs intuitively?
Hi Noah, Thanks for kindly sharing all this. You are really clear and professional. You are an awesome cube solver, but above all you are a solid instructor. Here is my question: I am not good at memorizing logarithms but will definitely like to improve my timing. Having this in mind, which will be, from your perspective, the most efficient method to solve the cube FAST and with no more than 5 / 6 logarithms? Thank you very much and keep on inspiring us!!!
Alexia Diaz Mathe lol LOGARITHMS!!!! hahahahahahahahah. Well, if you mean algorithms, then to get better, algorithms are going to be more aplenty, but intuitive f2l and intuitive cross is no algorithms, and 2look pll and 2 look oll are like 10 algorithms, keep in mind that beginners method is like 5 algorithms and you can get pretty far with just that
The mistake I made at my first comp, was not talking to people, I am very shy, and I didn't talk to the other cubers. So talk to the other people about cubes you find people that like what you like.
Speaking of algorithms, another mistake would be a bias towards R U F type algs. You may miss great algs because you don't even consider them because they have wide turns or some sort of rotation. I had this bias as well at first.
i am a non-cuber atm, and i am getting into cubing slowly. i only have 3 actual cubes, a V-Cube 7 and 2 rubik's brand 3x3's, one with stickers and one with out for algorithm testing. but i am better with the magic for some reason.
I totally agree with the last one. I struggled to get sub-30 and sub-20, and I searched UA-cam for advice, and I finally found a way that got me sub-30 and later, after figuring out some better F2L, sub-20.
jerry cao but you can get the same cubes with options like internal lube service, custom sticker shades, and better deals on cube stores like the cubicle
I started cubing last december. my 3x3 pb is 49 secs, and i usually finish solving in a minute. should i go to a competition? do the people talk to each other a lot? im a bit of an introvert
+CjrockPlaysMc probably a bit late but learn fridrichs method first then go to competitions, if you haven't learned already go look at paradox cubing's videos thats how i learned and im currently at a 45 sec avg.
Number 5. Not going to competitions. I watched this 2 years ago when i got my first cube. 2 years later. Pick's up cubing for no reason. learns how to solve it. 1st solve 20 seconds. goes to comp. 1st solve. gets 2 mins. WHAYY
+Janelle Loh 1. That's correct :) 2. I wonder how you got to that conclusion since most of the fast cubers aren't colour neutral, because the amount of time you need to practice it and also figure out the fastest cross is not worth it in my opinion. But if you think you can do it, why not. Have fun :)
+Fabio Matu 1. I did not say that being colour neutral was necesarry however it is a good thing to learn because if you were fast/good you would understand that all steps in f2l are crutial to execute quickly if you want to get the best times possible 2. Being colour neutral means that you can look ahead easily to see the best cross case and even f2l 3. It was just an opinion you did not have to respond like that. 4. Now please fuck the hell off
+Janelle Loh being color neutral isn't all that super important, it's good to know, but it really only affects a maybe .-1 second different time depending on how good your look ahead and pair tracking is, i think yellow and white crosses are fine for most people
There is a competition near me on the 25th in Doylestown, but I haven't got any stickered speed cubes, and I can't get a new cube in time. Anyone know if I can bring my non-stickered cube?
Cube Tuber I was on the other side of the area, then all of the sudden everyone started screaming. I ran over and saw that he had broke the world record. So yes and no.
I wish I could go back and change how I learned. I learned (like many people) from dan browns video. Its a great video but the method doesn't carry over really well to other (faster) methods. I havent been able to learn any other method because of this but I don't really care to be fast I just care that I can solve one within a minute or two. I would love to get faster but im just too lazy to learn another way. I also am getting into bigger cubes now I just got a 4x4 and have solved it 3 times within the past 48 hours it only takes 30 mins or so but im still nervous I am just "getting lucky." But I am about to order a 5x5 either today or tomorrow because I am on a high from solving the 4x4 with very little internet help.
It took me a while to learn how to blind solve. I almost gave up, but I watched a video of someone doing it, and it looked so cool, so I went and finally figured it out. Now that I know how to do it, it's so simple xD.
what i hate is that I wanted to go to competition but there is so little or almost none in my country and thats what makes me pissed, i have to go overseas wasting money just to go to comp......
I've been averaging around one minute solves. Is that bad? I understand that at tournaments I would get absolutely creamed by the faster people, but like how much do I fit in at all?
+QuickOne21 You can go to the results page of any competition and see how people ranked. Just a quick look at some competition in Arizona that just happened the other day, 8 of 46 people had an average above 1 minute. It really is more about the experience than anything. You won't win. Most people who go won't even be close to winning. But it's just cool to show up and see some people turning some cubes really fast, and it's fun to have the pressure on you for a solve.
+VBCGaming yeah even if you're slower (maybe not now but maybe to others reading this) most people have no chance at winning at comps, for example, i average about 15, im lucky to make the final round at most comps, you mostly should go for the experience and personal achievments
I'm not even a speedcuber yet i can just solve the cube with the beginners method in like 40-60 seconds :/. Shall i still go to a competition? I can't even really talk about OLL/PLL andstuff like that. Im just getting started with F2L ^^. I just don't know i'd feel dumb if im the only one at a competition who can't solve with the Speedcubing Method...
No, you should definetely go! Everyone is very friendly and will give you a lot of good tips. I am an intermediate solver who averages about 10-20 seconds and I love it when people who are new a speedcubing go!
If you are trying to get faster, which I'm assuming you are since you say you're learning F2L, you are a speedcuber. There is no time range for calling oneself a speedcuber. Trying to get faster is enough. Also, go to a competition, it is amazing, and you'll probably get the chance to try out many new types of puzzles, like pyraminx, skewb and higher order cubes.
ive been a cuber for 1 year. ive never been to a comp. because my parents wont let me, mostly because im only 10 but still. i average around 25 secs on 3x3.
I avg around 30 sec less and 25 sec plus and my pb is 21 sec . i know f2l 2 look oll and 1 look pll still i am slow because i use rubiks brand cube its stickers are peeling and i have still put them on with tape and colorful tape. Still i want to go to competition but i don't have any competition around. Can anyone suggest which cube should i buy
Hanseo Kim yeah too much is bad, cuz ur fingers get weird on a speed cube, but it actally is helpful because it teaches you accuracy which improves your turning cuz less lockups
Ohh, ok. I'm from norway, and there was an event this weekend here, but to get to it i would have had to drive 8 hours myself... I didnt know it was this weekend until today...
Part that sucks for me is my parents hardly let me get any cubes so when I pick I chose the ones that get my attention or pretty much the notable ones. It just sucks I have a low limit to buy cubes
+Alexia Diaz Mathe It's more about practicing than a secret imo .-. But if you wanna some tips, i recommend you to "addict" yourself with one color -(opposite of color free)- , for example, i always choose the white to be my base color, (where i start the solving). By doing that, at least for me, it gets pretty easier to learn where are each color. Something u need to know is what color are opposites, and with practicing u gonna also know what color is near of what color, for example, i know the red is to the right of the blue in my cube, so the orange is to the left of blue also ('cuz orange is on opposite side of red), and green is on the opposite side of blue, with white in my base/down, yellow is on top/up. By knowing that and also practicing look-ahead u probably will turn ur cube much less. (Yeah, the answer of most ppl to most things on cubing mostly are [practice practice practice!] heh.) GL dude! And have fun! =]
i was really looking foward to going to a comp but it was full it is december 2015 18th and plus i never got to see a other cuber :( #CubingLonelieness
what if your young, and the compettitions are so far away, and your mom doesn't want to drive you to them, even if they are 30 minutes away? (this hasn't happened to me, but I'm sure it would)
new cubers if you want to go to a competition jus go to it most cubers get a nice avg of even a pb I broke my pb 2 times during my first competition which is due to nervousness
Very nice, i agree with everything you said. Especially bout that algorithm part which i found funny too. Also a question to all the viewers: am i the only one that preffers the U(a) and the U(b) perm algorithms with M slices?
Glad to see im not the only one! If practiced and done well, algorithms with M slices could be faster than some other algorithms if they are not fingertricked well. Plus M slices are sexy.
Well, I'm member of the speedsolving forum from México, and one thing the new cubers (especially) do is asking every day, every single hour, the same question that another guy asks the day before that. And is very disgusting to answer always the same questions, so, I think is the worst thing the new cubers do. I don't know if in EUA occurs the same, but in México is very common.
I see this type of attitude all the time in forums. It seems pretentious. Someone will ask a question and there will always be at least one person who says, "That question was asked yesterday." Sometimes the comments are worse. The way I see it, your answer could have a drastic affect on that person asking for help in the future.
THIS IS TRUE!!!! CAUSE ALL THE THINGS THAT HE SAYS IS ALL TRUE :) ..........THANKS TO NOAH CUBING POST FOR ANOTHER VIDEO THAT WOULD HELP ME FOR CUBING :-)
You should, the maximum time you can do on a competition is 10 minutes, anything less than that is competition ready. And, as he said, the fun part is the people you meet there, not competing.
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I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DON'T GO TO COMPETITIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE NEW CUBERS. JUST GO TO THEM! One of my subscribers said they would go to a competition if I went too. I told them I wasn't going and now they aren't going. I told them to go even though I wasn't and they said "Sorry". That annoyed me so much. I wanted to punch a wall. I always encourage people to go to competitions. Even if the cuber doesn't know anyone at the competition, you meet new people. For example, I met Alex Davani there and now we talk every day pretty much over Skype.
I just went to a competition and knew no one, it was still AWESOME and I learned alot! I was soooo nervous but i ended up being faster at competition. I'm going to every one now!
Yeah, I went to my first competition, at 25 second average, and it was awesome! I met a whole group of cubers and now I chat with them on Google Hangouts every day. I can't wait until Nationals!
TheProgrammingCuber same
TheProgrammingCuber YES THAT'S ME
Lol
A fairly cringeworthy mistake new cubers make would be judging a cube by corner cutting some reviewers the first thing they do is show off corner cutting so they think corner cutting is super important when you barely need 30 degrees of it at most
your icon is like THROW THE CUBE!!!!1!!1
+Austin Green What did I use before?!
A rubiks brand? !
Awesome video! This goes along with the personal preference thing: I get bothered when people tell me that using left hand is better for OH solving. Their reason is because the algs are easier to learn. But for me, i actually find it much easier to learn the algs using my right hand (personal preference).
I don't think it was because the algs were easier to learn, rather because a lot of cubers learn algs that are heavy in R moves and it's easier to perform them with the pinky of the left hand.
I totally agree Noah's point at 8:42. I am quite new to speedcubing, I've only cubing since December 2014 so it's only 4 months down the road. About a month ago or so, I decided to learn Fridrich Method. So I started watching tutorials. I stumbled upon Paradox Cubing's tutorial. I was like I don't understand and I wanted to give up, but at the same time I didn't want to give up. So this time I stumbled upon Cubicraze's Fridrich Method tutorial and somehow I started speedcubing.
I'm trying to advertise anything but I have an advice here for those who are new to speedcubing. Don't ever give up. Try out new stuff. They really work.
the best cube is anything that is not rubik's brand
KyleRGreen i would hate if it wasn't true lol
KyleRGreen i would hate if it wasn't true lol
***** i had a dollar store cube better then rubiks
***** oh god...
KyleRGreen Anything that isnt Vcube and Rubiks
I totally agree with #2. I use a MoYu HuangYing, which I have been using for around 8 months. I've tried Zhanchis and Weilongs, but they don't really suit me. The HuangYing is the only cube that really fits my turning style.
There is a competition close to me in a few days. I have a well lubed new moyu aolong v2 . My times average around 50 seconds and I use the fridrich method. My finger tricks are pretty good but I suck at f2l. My pb is 38.02 seconds with a pll skip. I have never been to a competition before. Could some one give me advice on whether I should go for one or wait till I get to sub-20. I am fairly new to cubing and have been cubing for only a few weeks. Thank you.
I know that this comment is fairly old but if there is any more comps near you, I suggest you go. You won't regret it.
+Jackson Edwards Any suggestions are welcome, whenever that come :). Sadly I've lost my cube so I'm waiting until I can get a new one. I will definitely attend comps once I get a new cube!
I'd like to comment a little bit on the points you've just discussed.
I've been cubing since 2009, went to my first comp in 2012.
I think the last 3 problems you discussed are part of a problem of expansion.
Back in 2010, all anybody had for cubing resources were a couple of videos detailing bld double pair solving and metronomes for lookahead, badmephisto, plus some montage vids and footage from… tournaments.
Now, I argue anybody has the resources to become world class fast in any event in under a year wih focused, deliberate, practice. The infinitely greater amount of resources. This is the deliberate side effect of the spoon feeding effect of many new cubers. Too many resources. New cubers become frustrated when they watch something and don't get it. They don't know how to search for their answer. Blindly following someone else's instructions is not only unhelpful, but even detrimental in your improvement in cubing, in competitive fighting games, in sports.
The most important advice I can give to new cubers who want to improve fast is to understand why you're slower or why you're messing up this memo or execution or why you slow down after completing F2L.
"My F2L is slow, how do I fix this?"
Of course, you can ask a top cuber. Cyotheking uploaded a video analyzing someone's average of 5, where he picked out where the cuber went wrong. I find it amusing that the FGC's have been doing this for years, but cyo's was probably one of the best well done out of any analysis anywhere.
But I find you will obtain the most value and effort if you go over your solves and ask yourself, "why was my (whatever) slower than other people's and what can I do to improve?" Answering this question will give you more improvement than asking someone "how can I improve" expecting answers.
I find it astounding that no one has bothered to chide new cubers and fast cubers alike for mindless practice. Simply solving a cube over and over again does not make you faster. Ok, maybe it does. The thing about speedcubing is that after you solve the cube over and over, cases start to be more familiar to you. You speed up a little. However, it's not as simple as that, or everyone would be sub 10.
Time blocks, where you solve over and over and over and you don't get better.
Do you know why people have time blocks?
Because of mindless solving.
People do the same shit over and over and over again, frustrated with their time. And then they get over it for no apparent reason whatsoever.
Most cubers don't understand why they get over these blocks. Usually, somehing subconscious happens and they do something better that speeds them up. Or maybe they learn full OLL or something.
This mindless solving from people aspiring to get good needs to stop. In a fighting game, if you play like that, you get destroyed. They got over this problem more than ten years ago. When will we, as a community, follow?
I have a competition coming up in a month, and after I thought about these pointers and analysed my solves, realize that my biggest problem is execution. Some of my OLL and PLL times are so bad (over 3 seconds), unprecedented, I thouht, for someone averaging 12-13 seconds. But that's one of the reasons I'm in this block right now for a year. I will improve these areas, and my times. Make it to 3x3 finals or bust!
Comment a little bit? I typed up one of the longest-ass posts in my internet life o.O
+ForTheLulz For those who are thinking tl;dr: Cubers didn't have many resources to become good a few years ago. If you want to get over time blocks, stop just mindlessly solving and focus on what you are doing wrong using resources we have today.
+ForTheLulz one thing i disagree with, i think constant solving does make you faster, as long as you actively learn from your constant solving, for example i am sub 15 and have been improving the whole way to this point (average about 4.8) now i practice a ton, my f2l is extremely fast, but i only know maybe 20-30 olls and am missing 2 plls, i don't actively learn a ton but i still can improve a ton, i've been cubing for about 8 months now and i've found the biggest help to my time is just practice practice practice, i agree mindless solving is bad, but solving a ton repetitively can improve cross and f2l insurmountably without me even noticing it too much, and this tend to improve times, just my two cents
Well explained as usual, you really know how to make videos.
I would like to add that you don't need to go and try to find the 'fastest' method, try to make sure you enjoy your methods, or even in the extreme just do a fun method if getting really fast isn't important to you. I've done that with a few puzzles and I haven't looked back. It's a hobby, enjoyment is important.
I agree 100%. I should have mentioned in the video that #2 extends even to methods.
I'm honestly really glad I watched this. Mostly for the last bit of advice. I have been trying very hard lately to be able to blindsolve and I'm finally getting successful solves. I was honestly getting discouraged, but now it seems so obvious. It's a puzzle. It's not meant to be easy! So watch out, 3bld, here I come!
Awansome and motivating video that everyone should see, good job bro!
Very inspiring.
Y'know?
I need 14 nights to solve Rubik's cube for the first time, without internet (Because I didnt have cell phone or PC that time).
I didnt know about algorithm before, I was just turning my cube with thought "I'm going to solve it someday" in my mind.
Aftet that I can solve it within 3 minutes or less. My method was :
1st layer, last 4 corners, 8 edges orientation, and last 3-edges permutation (2 edges in mid-layer and 1 edge in last layer)
I called it : 'my method'..lol
If I didnt solve it that day, maybe I wouldn't watching this video today.
Later, I hardly change my method to layer by layer with 2 look PLL. It was my turning point to do a sub-60 solving.
Until today, I never attend any rubik's cube competition, bcause there's no any competition in my city.
Actually I really love to compete with others, unfortunately I can't. :(
my 2 handed solving time never less than 30 secs. I wonder how long you guys learn and practice to do a sub-15 solve (that's my goal).
I use CFOP with VHLS.
I'm learning Winter Variation and look ahead now.
Great video! I think another mistake, mainly new cubers make, is turn speed. They think turning fast is what makes you fast, when in reality they are basically getting slower because they are turning so fast they can't look ahead to their next step.
Responses individually: 5: One of my best memories of my first (or second, can't remember) competition was a 6 year old teaching me how to do the master magic. 4: in my first competition, I freaked out when I heard that whoever was the best in the USA was there at the time(don't even remember their name) 3: I plan on learning optimizations such as look ahead, but a nice cube is still partially important. People aren't going to get world records with a standard unmodded rubik's cube. (good hardware is not what sets WR off from 1:30, but it's still a factor when sub 30.) 2: Personal preference is why a Weilong would be better for me than the Aolong. While it is better for Feliks, the Aolong is too much for a 30 second solver. 1: It took me a week to remember the 3 corner cycle alg. From the rough memorization time, It's still deeply implanted in my head. R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2 U'. I gave up on BLD solving earlier, but I am coming back at it for round 2.
thought it's gonna be some video about the stereotype of cubers, but after watching it, very well said, and it makes me think,
the thing is, the cubing community is bigger than ever before, speedcubing is no longer just a shallow hobby that people do only for escaping reality.
i don't know if i said it right, it became more like sport events, and people can improve themselves and push their limits further and further by compete with others or just themselves, just the majority of people that are not in the community don't understand it yet.
and apeedcubing starts to have more qualities like a sport event, and thus you can't improve too much by just do what people tell you to do. it's about understand yourself, look for what's best for you, share and talk and discuss with other people(because it's still a growing community), and consistent practicing( because like a sport, it's all about practicing)
of course this community still serve other function other than this, like all the communities that existed, but it's just no longer a event for kids and teenagers anymore, if speedcubing continues to grow, someday their might be a common profession like coach that train players
This is one of the most helpful videos I have ever seen.
As apart for #5 competitions the new cubers can try out different puzzle to give them a better idea of what to buy later on when they really want to get faster or more into cubeing.
^ Definitely this. It's a great way to find out what cubes to buy.
should I go to a competition if I'm 2:20 beginners method? I really don't think I can go..
Go for the expirience there will be other cubers there to help you
Roberto Par awesome, I'm 1:20 now. :)
where do you get those jackets that hes wearing I saw like 50 people wearing those at a competition
One mistake some new cubers make is getting a bad speed cube thinking it's good. Happened to me, and I've got a useless LanLan just sitting on my desk, only touched when my friends scramble it.
Struck up a conversation w/ you at Norwich, and that inspired me to start learning blind
i'm very new knew to speed cubing and i average about 27 sec with f2l and 2look oll and pll .should i learn all the oll and pll alg????
Wait until you get to around 23-25 seconds, Learn full PLL and then wait until about 15-17 seconds, and learn full OLL
Instantly, youll get around 2-3 seconds faster
okay thnx man i'll try my best
Np
"very new" 27 sec average i was like wut
You Should learn full pll now and oll when you perform the pll algs fast
Are there any competitions near West Virginia, I solve 2x2, 3x3, Pyraminx, and Skewb
worldcubeassociation.com
SAme! I solve all those... I have a comp in 10 days tho...
i can agree with that first one about competitions. i went and had the same thoughts of doubts. i was barely sub 60, and i had a freaking wonderful time
Kevin costello, Felik's Zemdegs, Mats Valk, YOU!! Paradox Cubing, AL60, CBC, and MMAP signed my shirt at competitions I've been to...
I met a cuber at a restaurant, i said hi and he was super super nervous because he knew that i knew that he had a Gans and i had a guanlong and i was faster than him. He didn't say much and i was okay with it.
I think cubers feel guilty because they get bad times and have super expensive cubes. In reality, getting good cubes in the beginning isn't actually being spoilt. I actually regret buying a GuanLong for my first speedcube because since it was the first cube i ever had, I got really used to it and sooner i bought an AoLong. My times surprisingly dropped, even though the Aolong was better.
Get a better cube at the start so you will get a better feel and know what cube you want. Also, find out other cubers that you may not know that were cubers. Get to try out their cubes and find out what you like from them, and buy it either from them or buy it somewhere else.
Competitions are also good places to get a feel on cubes, just ask the shop to try it out.
CubingMitzi i disagree I started out with a great cube(weilong gts) and thus my turning style is pretty bad and I overshoot a lot because I didn't need to be super precise with my cube because of its cornercutting and now I lock up a lot even on really good cubes
I use beginners method so it takes me like 7 minutes I can't learn fl2 :( it doesn't make sense. can't remember and I have sweaty hand syndrome so it slips
I use beginners method too and i average about 30-45 secs after practicing for a long time
My new pb s like 3 mins and I remembered all algorithms but still can't do cfob
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hey man, for sweaty hands there are a few tips.
i yoyo too, and sweaty hands=bloody hands. use alcohol wipes, baby powder, or cornstarch. I recommend alcohol wipes.
thx
i'm trying to improve my f2l but most tutorials on youtube does not show the algs, i know its suppose to be intuitive, but i can only do the intuitive method by slow solving, so should i just continue slow solving until i "memorized" the algs intuitively?
There is just one problem with the first one. I am sub-15 and everything, but.......there aren't any competitions around here.
I didn't go to competitions at first because I didn't know they existed...for like 6 months
Hi Noah, Thanks for kindly sharing all this. You are really clear and professional. You are an awesome cube solver, but above all you are a solid instructor.
Here is my question:
I am not good at memorizing logarithms but will definitely like to improve my timing.
Having this in mind, which will be, from your perspective, the most efficient method to solve the cube FAST and with no more than 5 / 6 logarithms?
Thank you very much and keep on inspiring us!!!
Alexia Diaz Mathe lol LOGARITHMS!!!! hahahahahahahahah. Well, if you mean algorithms, then to get better, algorithms are going to be more aplenty, but intuitive f2l and intuitive cross is no algorithms, and 2look pll and 2 look oll are like 10 algorithms, keep in mind that beginners method is like 5 algorithms and you can get pretty far with just that
The mistake I made at my first comp, was not talking to people, I am very shy, and I didn't talk to the other cubers.
So talk to the other people about cubes you find people that like what you like.
Speaking of algorithms, another mistake would be a bias towards R U F type algs. You may miss great algs because you don't even consider them because they have wide turns or some sort of rotation. I had this bias as well at first.
i am a non-cuber atm, and i am getting into cubing slowly. i only have 3 actual cubes, a V-Cube 7 and 2 rubik's brand 3x3's, one with stickers and one with out for algorithm testing. but i am better with the magic for some reason.
I totally agree with the last one. I struggled to get sub-30 and sub-20, and I searched UA-cam for advice, and I finally found a way that got me sub-30 and later, after figuring out some better F2L, sub-20.
I occasionally get sub 40 but i average about 48. will learning full oll and pll help me get faster?
I think you should get better at F2L and maybe learn 2-look OLL and 2-look PLL.
I almost know all of 2 look oll and pll but I do need to work my F2l Thanks :-)
No problem. Also, after you improve your F2l, you should work on slowing down and looking ahead more, maybe when you try to break the 30 barrier.
Ok thanks again
Should I go to competitions my pb is 1:29 and I average about 2:00
+APPLECORE MCB No, my average is 50 and I am not good enough to go to a comp
+ClashingWithVengeance You can go to a comp. There is no limit for comps.
+APPLECORE MCB Time doesn't matter.
Yes you should.go to comp and just have fun! 😊
Yes no one will judge you for your times
Mistakes I made:
Buying cubes from Rubik's, V-Cubes, and Amazon
Not advancing from beginners method for like 5 months from when I began
J9A23C there are lots of good cubes on amazon I got my Valk from amazon
jerry cao but you can get the same cubes with options like internal lube service, custom sticker shades, and better deals on cube stores like the cubicle
true
i like to set up cubes by myself
I can't find any competitions that's close to where I live
Are you sure you checked www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/competitions.php
?
I started cubing last december. my 3x3 pb is 49 secs, and i usually finish solving in a minute. should i go to a competition? do the people talk to each other a lot? im a bit of an introvert
hey my main times are around 2 to 3 minutes do you think i should stay home and try to get faster (btw im trying to learn fridrichs method)
+CjrockPlaysMc probably a bit late but learn fridrichs method first then go to competitions, if you haven't learned already go look at paradox cubing's videos thats how i learned and im currently at a 45 sec avg.
Using cfop?
Awesome video! Thank you for your tips!
Hey great video, for months I've had the Rubik's Cube V1 and on Friday I finally bought a Dayan Zhanchi so I'm going to see if I like it!!
It is amazing and I was in that same exact situation as you and the cube turns great has never popped and has never corner twisted
Try the moyu Hualong it's amazing :D
I have a question on competitions: Are there timers at competitions, or do you have to buy one and bring it?
They will have them at the competitions, you don't need to bring your own
Parker MacMurray Thank you!
Awesome video! I've had to practically bribe my slower friends to go to comps and they still won't go.
Number 5. Not going to competitions. I watched this 2 years ago when i got my first cube. 2 years later. Pick's up cubing for no reason. learns how to solve it. 1st solve 20 seconds. goes to comp. 1st solve. gets 2 mins. WHAYY
Does anyone know a link to a lubing tutorial for the moyu 5x5?
colour neutral. when you want to become colour netural after a while it becomes harder. im about 15secs and i regret not going color neutral earlier
+Janelle Loh Dude. It saves you one fucking move. It's so overrated.
+Fabio Matu Wow you clearly are not a fast cuber
+Janelle Loh
1. That's correct :)
2. I wonder how you got to that conclusion since most of the fast cubers aren't colour neutral, because the amount of time you need to practice it and also figure out the fastest cross is not worth it in my opinion. But if you think you can do it, why not. Have fun :)
+Fabio Matu
1. I did not say that being colour neutral was necesarry however it is a good thing to learn because if you were fast/good you would understand that all steps in f2l are crutial to execute quickly if you want to get the best times possible
2. Being colour neutral means that you can look ahead easily to see the best cross case and even f2l
3. It was just an opinion you did not have to respond like that.
4. Now please fuck the hell off
+Janelle Loh being color neutral isn't all that super important, it's good to know, but it really only affects a maybe .-1 second different time depending on how good your look ahead and pair tracking is, i think yellow and white crosses are fine for most people
Nicely summarized.
are there any competitions in Britain?
Not at the moment but later in the year! just ckeck the wca website like once every 2 weeks and you'll see if one has been announced
There aren't any competitions close enough for me to go to one. :(
There is a competition near me on the 25th in Doylestown, but I haven't got any stickered speed cubes, and I can't get a new cube in time. Anyone know if I can bring my non-stickered cube?
Kenkojuko MC I think non-stickered cubes are allowed now
Jonathan L Awesome! I bought a stickered Lanlan just in case though.
Kenkojuko MC did you see collin burns?
Cube Tuber I was on the other side of the area, then all of the sudden everyone started screaming. I ran over and saw that he had broke the world record. So yes and no.
I wish I could go back and change how I learned. I learned (like many people) from dan browns video. Its a great video but the method doesn't carry over really well to other (faster) methods. I havent been able to learn any other method because of this but I don't really care to be fast I just care that I can solve one within a minute or two. I would love to get faster but im just too lazy to learn another way. I also am getting into bigger cubes now I just got a 4x4 and have solved it 3 times within the past 48 hours it only takes 30 mins or so but im still nervous I am just "getting lucky." But I am about to order a 5x5 either today or tomorrow because I am on a high from solving the 4x4 with very little internet help.
I would go to a comp but I live in Sydney and all comps are in Melbourne.
It took me a while to learn how to blind solve. I almost gave up, but I watched a video of someone doing it, and it looked so cool, so I went and finally figured it out. Now that I know how to do it, it's so simple xD.
what i hate is that I wanted to go to competition but there is so little or almost none in my country and thats what makes me pissed, i have to go overseas wasting money just to go to comp......
I've been averaging around one minute solves. Is that bad? I understand that at tournaments I would get absolutely creamed by the faster people, but like how much do I fit in at all?
+QuickOne21 You can go to the results page of any competition and see how people ranked. Just a quick look at some competition in Arizona that just happened the other day, 8 of 46 people had an average above 1 minute. It really is more about the experience than anything. You won't win. Most people who go won't even be close to winning. But it's just cool to show up and see some people turning some cubes really fast, and it's fun to have the pressure on you for a solve.
+VBCGaming yeah even if you're slower (maybe not now but maybe to others reading this) most people have no chance at winning at comps, for example, i average about 15, im lucky to make the final round at most comps, you mostly should go for the experience and personal achievments
I'm not even a speedcuber yet i can just solve the cube with the beginners method in like 40-60 seconds :/. Shall i still go to a competition? I can't even really talk about OLL/PLL andstuff like that. Im just getting started with F2L ^^. I just don't know i'd feel dumb if im the only one at a competition who can't solve with the Speedcubing Method...
No, you should definetely go! Everyone is very friendly and will give you a lot of good tips. I am an intermediate solver who averages about 10-20 seconds and I love it when people who are new a speedcubing go!
If you are trying to get faster, which I'm assuming you are since you say you're learning F2L, you are a speedcuber. There is no time range for calling oneself a speedcuber. Trying to get faster is enough.
Also, go to a competition, it is amazing, and you'll probably get the chance to try out many new types of puzzles, like pyraminx, skewb and higher order cubes.
yes go to competitions
Keshaire!!! 10-20 seconds is not intermediate. lol i cant break sub 20....
It depends. Do you cube everyday? because if you do youll have, SO MUCH FUN
ive been a cuber for 1 year. ive never been to a comp. because my parents wont let me, mostly because im only 10 but still. i average around 25 secs on 3x3.
facepalm
oh so good !!!!
I'm 13 but same issue maybe... parents don't let me go
My parents will let me Im just averaging like 50 seconds :3
Lol I average 1 min but im still competing in 3x3
I avg around 30 sec less and 25 sec plus and my pb is 21 sec . i know f2l 2 look oll and 1 look pll still i am slow because i use rubiks brand cube its stickers are peeling and i have still put them on with tape and colorful tape. Still i want to go to competition but i don't have any competition around.
Can anyone suggest which cube should i buy
Satyam Bhatt buy a yuxin 3x3
Black Yj guanlong
+Super Cuber Or a HuaLong. guanlongs are really just for modding and experimenting and for people with a low price range
+AWCuber Puzzles and more thanks
Like a Dayan zhanchi or moyu aolong
I went to US Nationals 2014 since it was like a 2 hour drive away from me, and I had time.
to practice grab a original rubix cube with it lubed and learn with that so when you are using something like a zanchi you will be really good
Don't really think u should do that way too much only every now and then because i have done that and it gave me some bad habits like odd fingertricks
Hanseo Kim yeah too much is bad, cuz ur fingers get weird on a speed cube, but it actally is helpful because it teaches you accuracy which improves your turning cuz less lockups
awesome video!! thanks man
Competitions are nowhere close to Washington but in Canada but i dont wanna drive 8 hours
Driving 8 hours is not that bad. I think the expirience will make up for it...
crossing the border takes 1-2 hours also and Vancouver is a big city with a lot of crime and I HATE big cities
Ohh, ok. I'm from norway, and there was an event this weekend here, but to get to it i would have had to drive 8 hours myself... I didnt know it was this weekend until today...
nice
Abdullah Islam You better give all that you own to James PArk. I know where you live and a good hardware store.
---Jerry Liu in incognito
Was this in 1/2 takes?
Thank you noah! becaue of you i got my courage back to go to princeton winter 2017
Part that sucks for me is my parents hardly let me get any cubes so when I pick I chose the ones that get my attention or pretty much the notable ones. It just sucks I have a low limit to buy cubes
Finally now I'm able to solve it blindfolded!
Where is the secret to solve it just watching the front face and without turning the cube around or looking the back and bottom faces?
+Alexia Diaz Mathe It's more about practicing than a secret imo .-. But if you wanna some tips, i recommend you to "addict" yourself with one color -(opposite of color free)- , for example, i always choose the white to be my base color, (where i start the solving). By doing that, at least for me, it gets pretty easier to learn where are each color. Something u need to know is what color are opposites, and with practicing u gonna also know what color is near of what color, for example, i know the red is to the right of the blue in my cube, so the orange is to the left of blue also ('cuz orange is on opposite side of red), and green is on the opposite side of blue, with white in my base/down, yellow is on top/up. By knowing that and also practicing look-ahead u probably will turn ur cube much less. (Yeah, the answer of most ppl to most things on cubing mostly are [practice practice practice!] heh.) GL dude! And have fun! =]
how do i find a competition near me?
www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/competitions.php
Where would i go to find competition times
+Ilie Nagrineac taken out of context, that is a really wierd comment
Cubecomps.com
i was really looking foward to going to a comp but it was full it is december 2015 18th and plus i never got to see a other cuber :( #CubingLonelieness
what if your young, and the compettitions are so far away, and your mom doesn't want to drive you to them, even if they are 30 minutes away? (this hasn't happened to me, but I'm sure it would)
new cubers if you want to go to a competition jus go to it most cubers get a nice avg of even a pb I broke my pb 2 times during my first competition which is due to nervousness
Very nice, i agree with everything you said. Especially bout that algorithm part which i found funny too. Also a question to all the viewers: am i the only one that preffers the U(a) and the U(b) perm algorithms with M slices?
I'm sorry to say that you probably are lol. I love the CCW U-perm, it's fast as lightning.
Fun fact: Fast cubers all know both. Some use them effectively.
I always use M slices
Glad to see im not the only one! If practiced and done well, algorithms with M slices could be faster than some other algorithms if they are not fingertricked well. Plus M slices are sexy.
I also use M slices for them, I really like M slices in general
What if I'm nervous to ask my mom or dad to take me to a competition
+Daniel Foor Don't be nervous. Just ask. The worst they can say is no.
this vid made me continue blindfolding solves
Well, I'm member of the speedsolving forum from México, and one thing the new cubers (especially) do is asking every day, every single hour, the same question that another guy asks the day before that. And is very disgusting to answer always the same questions, so, I think is the worst thing the new cubers do. I don't know if in EUA occurs the same, but in México is very common.
I see this type of attitude all the time in forums. It seems pretentious. Someone will ask a question and there will always be at least one person who says, "That question was asked yesterday." Sometimes the comments are worse. The way I see it, your answer could have a drastic affect on that person asking for help in the future.
My average is like 35.5 and my best average is 24.96... And I've gone to 3 competitions and im going to 2 more...
I should have talked to you at winter williams 2014 :(
Can you go to a comp and not compete? Can you just walk around and watch others compete?
Yes! I would recommend that, because you can watch others but also get tips for yourself and buy and trade cubes
AWESOME!
Took me 2 days to learn to solve a Rubik's cube :D! Then another week to get it under 2:00 min allways
thanks
I dont think you should talk to Kevin Costello III if you are slow, I tried. Are you friends with him. He looks so serious.
but can that knowledge buy me a lamborghini and 100 new bookshelves for my garage?
It will buy you a Lamborghini but only 99 bookshelves
Daniel Foor worth it for the knowledge
+Some Random Fellow straight outta fuel units
Xvenia gg
THIS IS TRUE!!!! CAUSE ALL THE THINGS THAT HE SAYS IS ALL TRUE :) ..........THANKS TO NOAH CUBING POST FOR ANOTHER VIDEO THAT WOULD HELP ME FOR CUBING :-)
You are so correct!!
Great stuff!!!
I use a fucking SS Wind. i have ordered a yuxin tho
Did anyone notice that bear drawing on the wall
Well said sir
Great vid.
Thanks!!
Hi
I am a new cubed bbbuuuttt it takes me over a day to solve a cube
I heard the name wrong and accidentally used someone else s cube/scramble when i first go to the competition. So nervous xP
Haha, at my first comp, I hung out with a bunch of fast people
awsome video :D
'You know'.
No. I am not going to a competition when I can barely do sub 3 minutes.
You should, the maximum time you can do on a competition is 10 minutes, anything less than that is competition ready.
And, as he said, the fun part is the people you meet there, not competing.
+Hogdoc 4387 you suck! im sub 45!
+Cuber888 Cuber888 sub 30
+Liam Marguglio (PumaKero) no judging in cubing so dont beat him up
Cuber888 Cuber888 No, you suck, I'm sub 18, but I'm not telling that for slower cubers without reason.
This doesnt mean you can get the world record with a rubiks brand, right?
Clrrect