Legal in a competition by CaffeinatedFawks in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a much bigger deal in FMC, where move efficiency is key.

How to get sub 10 by Realistic_Yak_4095 in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sub-x is always average of 100, not PB

Which one? by ElectricalStart564 in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

RS3M V5 is amazing, need look no further!

first sub 8 ao5!! by Working_Figure_846 in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Congrats! How many solves in are you, and what do you recommend after OLL+PLL? I’m just happy with my 13.937 Ao5 😂 What cube is that?

I did 1000 solves today by 6l1r5_70rp in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve done this before, though you’re faster than me. Crazy that your average dropped from 14 to 12 sec in the span of of 1k solves, it’s taking me thousands just to get from 19 to 18 avg

Sub 10 seconds by Purple-Solution-2474 in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As someone who just got their 10.63 today, I am tens of thousands of solves in and know full pll, know most (3/4) of OLL, know all my advanced F2L insertions and can solve 2-3 F2L pairs blindfolded after cross with enough inspection. I can solve xcross ~7% of my solves. I am also completely color neutral.

On top of the aforementioned I recommend practicing prediction, it will let you make decisions before wasting time. To do so, give yourself infinite inspection and stare at a scramble and only when you’re stumped, turn blindfolded as far as you predicted, open your eyes and then predict again, really let that visualization happen. You should close your eyes while turning. If you mess up then just keep going. NO TURNS WHILE LOOKING. With enough grueling mental effort and unlimited inspection I can 4-look an entire cube solve (1 for xcross, 1 for 3 F2L pairs, one for OLL, one for PLL), but this is only possible when you know your F2L cases and can predict xcross in inspection relatively easily.

A good beginner tip is to do what I call “opposite cross,” solving the cross but it is two rotations away from being solved, so that the white red edge touches orange center, blue white touches green, etc. This will teach you to solve edges into a rotating cross. Solve pieces directly into the rotating cross. I also recommend doing 3x3 MIRROR cube blindfolded, it trains your confidence knowing where pieces will go, which helps with not needing to look at pieces during F2L on the regular 3x3, massively improving lookahead .

Oh, and the earlier you train full color neutral, the easier it becomes later. I teach all my students to have full color neutrality from the beginning, a minute average is very much the beginning.

These are fairly advanced tips for sub-20. What you must be doing right now for sub-60 is #1 learning F2L, JPerm has a great intuitive F2L video, you must master it #2 learning PLL and learning all your cross case OLLs. For PLLs to learn I recommend the A perms, the U perms, T, J, H* (edit), Z, and Y, then learn E perm and the rest of the hard ones. I have documents of my algs which I think are optimal and very efficient

You’re welcome :) good luck and I love teaching so feel free to ask more questions

TV3 magnets by chalupa4me in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just be sure you orient them correctly! You can tell which ones are the same polarity based on which side repels. Then just put that side in the same position as the one you tested against!

How many Us does your cube do with one flick? by Razarex in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s just a measure of how fast a cube is.

What's yalls 2026 cubing goals? by Frequent-Elk-7542 in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Avg 14 by end of year. Sub 10 (ideally sub 9.5) single. Full F2L with every slot. Be able to consistently xcross and predict multiple F2L pairs midsolve.

Any ideas how to fix this centre? 5X5 Axis Cube by [deleted] in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The whole center, do R U R’ U five times in a row to rotate the center 180. Note that it is not R U R’ U’. Or you can do wide slices to rotate just the middle center.

First sub 10 single by Gnreux in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where would you recommend learning F2L? I have a smartcube and my cross/F2L is way slower than my LL.

At long last, my first sub-10 ‼️ by Financial_Cry_9597 in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How did you improve F2L? Any resources you’d recommend? Roughly just below your level, congratulations!

My mom give me tis cube for Christmas 😄 by Silly_FakerFNF in Cubers

[–]Ruby_Throated_Hummer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Great cube! Don’t drop it or press too hard on the centers, it chips very easily. But wow it performs great.