I’ve had a 3x3x3 for a few years and so far, I solve it with the beginner method. I watched a J Perm video on the F2L approach and now I’m trying to learn to do that faster. At the moment, I’m still faster going one layer at a time.
If you also started with the beginner method and then learned to use F2L, how long did it take for you to get faster with F2L?
Like I said in another recent post, I’m not looking for a WR. I just want to be as fast as my kid at this point. She learned F2L from the start. :)
You are faster with the layer but layer method because you are used to it and have practiced it a lot. Just keep working at f2l and you will get faster with it before long.
Agreed. But how long? For you, I mean
I learned years ago, so I couldn’t tell you. But maybe about the same amount of time that it took me to get decent at layer by layer?
Cool, cool. That’s what I’m hoping for…
The only difference between layer by layer and f2l is there is less steps. Your still putting the same 2 pieces in the corner, just hitting them together first.
How long does it take to get faster? Well it’s kinda a little bit at a time. I managed to drop 10 seconds in a few months then stopped practicing and now I’m back where I was…
Honestly when I was where you are the greatest revelation was learning sledgehammer. It has so many uses, more than sexy move in my opinion.
So you have a corner piece with the white facing you over it’s correct corner. Sexy move and it’s in.
Then you find the corresponding center piece in the top layer (or put it there) and orientate it so the top colour is opposite it’s side on the cube. That may mean your corner is front left or right, but either way you do a sexy move and it’s set up to put both in pieces in together with a 3 move.