When's a good time to switch from beginners to a more advanced method?
Today, I'm gonna try and answer that question but first a question for you, what's the
best time you've got with the beginner's method?
Let me know!
Hey YouTube it's me Spotty!
Welcome to another Weekly Cubing Topicals!
So before we begin, in the background we've got some solves using full beginners method.
So the daisy to cross, inserting bottom layer corners with one alg, edges and so on and
so forth.
With this method you should be able to get to around 1:30 no problems at all.
Just make sure you're comfortable with the steps you're performing, the algs that you're
using and have also got down some basic fingertricks in and throughout your solves.
These steps should help you get to consistently averaging 1:30 which is a very fair time.
If you're not averaging that yet, then I would recommend for you to keep practicing
because if you try and switch to a different method too early then a lot of the time it
will just add confusion and you won't be able to grasp the concepts that you need to
apply the method well and it won't be as beneficial as it could be if you were more
familiar with the cube and how it moves.
But of course everybody is different so use your own judgement too but that's just my
recommendation.
Once you think you're down with beginners method then there are a couple pathways to
head into speedcubing wise.
The three biggest methods are CFOP also known as Friddich, there's also Roux and ZZ.
Now all three methods have their pros and cons and they're all able to achieve great
times.
There isn't really a best method to use, however, CFOP is the most common method that
people use, the most similar to the beginner method and the most used and developed method
out of the three.
There are still some world class Roux solvers though, just more in CFOP, and there is just
more resource on CFOP.
With that said, I'm going to continue the video assuming that you are going to learn
CFOP, because that's what I use and what I'm most familiar with.
But again, do your own research toward Roux and ZZ, they're brilliant methods too and
could suit you perfectly.
BTW, my previous video is on my 5 best tips for improving on beginners method.
If you're looking for some tips that might help you sort of transition between methods
then I will place a card up on the top right hand corner.
Anyways, with beginners method right now, I'm able to average sub 40 seconds and I'm
sure with more practice you could get a little faster but I'm gonna tell you right now,
don't get to that stage.
At least not with a FULL beginners method.
By 1 minute you should have well and truly learnt or maybe realised that there are much
better ways to solve the first layer of the cube, assuming you're using the daisy and
1 alg corner method and then anywhere between 40 – 60 seconds would in my opinion also
be a grand time to start learning some intuitive F2L.
If you don't know, F2L stands for First 2 Layers and it's learning to, after the
cross, insert a corner and edge at the same time.
This will really really help your solves once you get this down.
But again, don't try and learn this too early, make sure you have a decent understanding
of the cube or your current solving method first.
So overall, I think that the best time to switch is anywhere around 40-60 seconds but
it will vary from person to person.
If you're sitting around there then consider looking into Roux, ZZ or CFOP, CFOP being
the most common.
And even if you're not ready to switch you can keep learning new things to improve on
your current method and eventually make the transition into your new method easier.
But yeah, that's all I've got to say on this.
Thank you guys for watching and I will catch you all soon!
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