I'm starting to play around with Fridrich F2L as well.
How about cube rotations and regrips? Should I stick to the same cube
orientation all the way? I keep rotating and regripping all the time, or at
least I'm tempted to.
Cheers,
Marco
On 1/27/06, Gilles van den Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> When you start with F2L intuitively, it's completely normal to be
> quite slow at the beginning.
> When I did that too, I did the same as you : playing with the pieces
> so that I luckily find a basic case.
> But then with time you'll find ways to improve your solution for any
> case. Just give it time and you'll be fine (I never learned any F2L
> alg and yet I can do them around 11 seconds on average.)
>
> Good luck !
> Gilles.
>
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> 2006/1/27, David Pritts < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I am starting to get the hang of intuitive F2L! (it sorta just started
> to click after i struggled through it, looking at the four "algorithms"
> repeatedly). Now I can solve 3 corners with this method without too much
> trouble, although it's still not fast. My old method is still MUCH faster
> than this.
> >
> > Question: Generally I have some difficulty inserting the last pair
> into the F2L. Tips? How do I form one of the "fundamental F2L cases" when I
> am so limited in my ability to move the pieces around?
> >
> > I have been able to do it before, but the last one frequently takes a
> long time... I am realy unable to plan it out (although I am starting to get
> better at actually planning out the first 3, rather than just moving
> rnadomly aroudn until I recognize a pattern), and I sort of just play with
> it for a while. Will I just get better at this? How long will I have to use
> F2L until I get "relatively fast" at it (ie, less than 45 seconds in my
> case)
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > David
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