> > What changes do you need to implement with Fridrich? > Hey David,
I've been thinking about a number of things. Here are the ones I want to learn most 1) go fast-fast - Though people advocate slow-fast, I think for 15.xx and faster times you have to just go really really fast. I've only averaged sub-16 twice, but both times I tried to literally go as fast as possible and just hope I would recognize. I'm trying to get good at going faster during F2L, yet still recognize. 2) Master using Xcross and opposite cross - If I can get my odds for using Xcross up to 33%, and I am equally as comfortable solving either white or yellow, then my odds for an Xcross are the odds for getting either a white or yellow Xcross. If each face is 33% then I have a 1-(2/3)^2=5/9=55.56% chance of getting an Xcross. And what's better is the more I learn for Xcross, the more often I can solve with it on both faces rather than just one. 3) flow - Macky talks about this a lot, I try to always follow each move with the next one that flows best. I may choose a longer F2L alg just since the shorter one doesn't flow well, etc.. 4) learn new algs for my slow cases - some of my algs stink, and I just simply need to not be lazy and fix them. 5) belive I can do it - I took an average today that was 16.04 seconds with a +2 penalty on one of my counting solves. Had it not been +2, it would have been a new pb average record. All I did different is to just think, "I'm better than [insert my previous goals, ideas of what a good time is, etc.] and this average will show that." I think a lot of cubing is in our heads. Just stop telling yourself that your current good times are good enough, but that 1 second faster is a what a good time is. If you change your view like this, you will try harder to achieve your new good times. You don't have to go overboad, just drop your current good times by 0.5 second or no higher than 1.0 second and see what happens. Just my $0.02 of course, Chris ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop slavery. http://us.click.yahoo.com/WpTY2A/izNLAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zbmethod/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
