How To Improve FASTER At Cubing
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
- Do you want to learn how to improve faster, or do you just want to check if you're improving fast enough? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then you're in the right place!
In this video, I analyze data that I collected from my audience about how fast they are and how long they've been cubing in order to figure out what the "average" rate of improvement is. Then, I go over how your rate of improvement can influence how fast you can possibly end up being, and my best tips for improving faster.
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I started cubing when I received cube for Christmas in 1980. I took me 6 weeks to come up with a method to solve the cube. About 18 months later I was averaging around 60 seconds. I continued to improve my system by creating more algorithms. I plateaued out at 23+ seconds (at home average) around 24 to 30 months. My fastest unofficial time was 14 seconds. My system used an average of 85 moves. With no competitions in my area, I gradually cubed less and less.
Four years ago, I saw a cubing video on CZcams and got hooked again. I purchased my 1st speed cube and began learning CFOP (I never learned the beginner method). I wanted to see if I could ever get back to my 23 second average. My biggest problem is my memory is really bad. I am now 57 years old, I am very slowly improving, and my average is 31 seconds (about 45 months after starting again). I have 3 sub 20 solves with my GAN 356i.
I have been cubing for 473 months and my average is 31 seconds. Where do I fit on your graph LOL
People like you make me want to practise more and become faster. This comment is great, and the fact that you figured it out yourself is just insane! Thanks, and a good day to you!!
I wish you the best PLL skips out there!
If you could recall what method or how you achieve to solve the cube, I'm sure we be fascinated to watch your ways of solving it back in the 80's when there was no CZcams tutorial at the time. I can already see a million view video of you describing how you came up with a solution.
wow, like the person above me is telling, if you could make a video on your method, it would be awesome
@@supercoolmunkee Now that I'm using CFOP, I don't remember all of my old algs, but here's the order I solved the cube in. I started on top and worked my way down, 1st I would solve the cross, then I would place 3 middle row edges in. Next I would place 3 of the top corners in using the unsolved middle edge slot (key hole?). I would finish the1st 2 layers by placing the last top corner and middle edge in a the same time. I thought trying to place all the middle edges and top corners together (like in CFOP) would take too long.
To start the bottom layer I would place the 4 corners in the right place. First I would find 2 corner pieces, next to each other, that had the one color the same. I would rotate the bottom, so that those two corners were on the the side of the matching color. If all 4 corners were in the right place I would move on to the next stage, if not I had 2 algs that would swap 2 corners.
When all corners were in the right place, I would use what is now called sune and anti sune to create an X on the bottom. That leaves the 4 bottom edge pieces to flip, if necessary, and move into the correct place. I had about 28 algs that would solve the final stage.
I hope my description helps you to picture in your mind what I was doing.
Ive been cubing for about 4 months and a half and i avg maybe mid to high 13s, i think i can get sub 10 in a year, thats what im hoping for atleast
I’m one of those cubers who quit every 6 months and comes back to it
sammmmeeee
I am also the same
so what's your sub
Bruh my only two completions are three and a half years apart and my average changed by less than 5s, this hit too close to home
me tooooo
Hypothetical person: hey uh I’m sub 15 within a month
Brody: *You’re lying to yourself*
Sadly, that was me. I said i was sub 11 literally a month after cubing, (I made XX cross already setup and a pll skip, all setup) i was lying to myself. The time i realized is after i went to a comp 2 months later, i got 25 average.. Thats when i start to be honest and now i truly sub 12 now!😄
Twistii Cuber do i know you?
You haven't been very active recently. Great to see you on like every big cubing channels comment section :)
@@cubert8880
i spent 2 month cubing and now i got 27-25 average, still bad
Shoutout to the dude who’s still 50 secs average after nearly 3 years
Thanks for the shoutout😐🤣🤣🤣
@@evanobyrne7364 you sure you average 50 after nearly 3 years!?!?
lol probably using beginners method
@@kyle.6867 nah it was a jk. I've been doing it for about 9 months
@The Gold Cuber ok
The x axis isnt long enough for me ;(
Im cubing over 12 years and in that time a lot changed. Now all info you need is just one youtube search away, but back in the days it was mostly figuring stuff out yourself or search the old forums.
I was way above the line all the time but I am averaging now around 10 seconds and I really believe that everybody can get there. Its nothing special. Have fun cubing guys!
Sincerely, a guy that feels really old now xD
@@Kartik__Sharma Im 27, not really that old xD
Just keep practicing and you will get there (hopefully faster than 12 years)
im kinda similar been cubing since 2013 with many very long breaks (maybe even half or more of that time) and now average sub-12
@@TheAprilChicken Same, but average 24 at the moment.. I probably took even longer breaks...
I avg under 10 in under a year is the biggest cubing flex i have rn
@@sheeplegend1324 how many hrs did u practice a day
1 AM? Check.
Listening to Keaton from the CAH Steam? Check.
Tired from solving all day and seeing points of stagnation? Check.
Time to lap this up, I need this. ❤️
Video chatting with M3ko2 and ELAO at 1am? Check.
I currently practice a mixture of zen and tao concepts and have implemented these concepts into improvement in cubing. “Striving without striving” is a very important concept that I think cubers would benefit from. There is no objective reality and there is no rate that you “should” be improving at. You have inherent value regardless of your solve time.
Your hair is great today lmao, sorry to go off topic 😂
Twisteration thank you!
ok
Yea it honestly looks nicer than average(no offense)
Brody use dark mode on youtube
He looks like peter Parker [Spidey]
my hypothesis: this just shows that quick improvement makes people happy, which makes them unlikely to quit. In other words, you can totally get sub 10 if you improve slowly, it's just that you'll need way more motivation to avoid quitting.
This video is great! I had a reflection on myself as a cuber and I remembered my flaws, my bad habits and the things that I should have done in the past
Brody thank you I have been cubing for 7 months and I was going to stop but when I saw some of your videos and got back on track I leaned full pll 1/3 of oll still learning I now average 18 seconds thank you
Great video brother! I’ve been at it for about 1 ish weeks and I’m averaging between 2:15 - 2:25 my pr is 1:45. Slowly improving. Tbh cubing has been a great kind of “escape” from all the chaos that’s been going on in the world. Keep posting man I appreciate the way you make videos!
This will help me out a lot. I average 21 seconds and have been cubing for three years. I took a year break and got back into cubing around two months ago. I was gonna learn full oll but working on my f2l will be better.thanks for the help!
Lol I average that after 3 months
Thanks for the great content my guy.
Thank you so much because this helped me realize how much my f2l is holding me back so ima learn better ways on doing f2l and doing them consistently till I get them into muscle memory
Brody, that is such an outstanding analysis on improvements and it was so well broken down! Really inspirational!
I really neededddd thissss Brodyy!!! I have been stuck at sub-30 for the past month it's been so frustrating, I just started working on my f2l a lot more than my olls
Best CZcamsr for cubing period thanks Brody. I’m in Jayden Mcneils course because of you. Helping me out a lot. 😊
I’ve been off and on for about 15 years and my current average is better than I’ve ever had it around 21 seconds after finding your channel. I know full PLL and about 60-70% OLL. I knew it all about a decade ago but forgot most of it. I’ll keep working on it. There are algs nowadays that weren’t around when I started learning CFOP.
Brody : uploads a video
Me : am early
Also me: yay I'm lucid dreaming
The answer: You're lying to yourself
@BC Cubing I remember that! I loved that vid
this vid is not so old
Thx Brody it was a very needed video
This video is amazing. You won a new sub!
Checked this two months ago. I was averaging around 30-31 seconds 2 months into cubing (on or slightly above the line.) I’ve been busting my butt for the past 2 months, and now I average around 23-24 seconds after 4ish months of cubing, which is solidly below the line!
My new cube got her today! It’s kind of slow out of the box but once I break it in I think it’s gonna be great
Amazing video!! This helps a ton!
Lucky for me I had friends who tell me to learn f2l when I'm about a week to 2 weeks into cubing they also explained it really well so they really helped in improving
This video has made me feel much better about my improvement and that I'm improving much faster than i thought I was.
thank you ! it helped a LOT
Low 30s after a year and still going. y u mean to me
Wow that was like an insperation to me.Thanks Brody
This has helped so much thank you!
Great video! I think I learned full OLL a little too early. I was around 27 seconds at the time, but learned full PLL at around 20 seconds. I found out that my big problem was F2L, so I used the method where you practice F2L with a bigger cube, and that pushed me under 20 seconds. I now need to work on recognizing, and executing OLLs and PLLs faster.
Sub 30 in two weeks? That offends me. 😂
I know right, I'm averaging 33 seconds in three months
i’m averaging 31 seconds in 7 MONTHS 😢
@@thecubingduck3723 Do you use Intuitive F2L?
@@lydiasuzanne8320 same- but I just recently started cfop this month- I suck lol
3 month edit : I avg 22 seconds now
@Aastik Marahatta ik dude i heard him too. It took me like a good 5 months to get to sub 30 after i learned cfop
I've basically always been above the line. Last August at nationals I decided I wanted to be sub 10. At the time I was averaging 13. I'm sub 12 now and I'm hoping to be sub 11 by 2021. Your idea that people who don't improve fast will never be good is not 100% accurate. I really am just a slower improver, but I will get to where I want to go. Great video Brody!
Nice video brody
Amazing Video, thanks so much
Nice video Brody... I am around 7 months in and average low 18s, so yup I am below the line. But, just for context -
1. I learnt F2L when I averaged 50 ish.
2. I learnt PLL when I averaged around 23-30 secs.
3. Just completed full OLL a few weeks back!.
What I practice :
1. Solves (at least 30 mins a day, goes upto an hour)
2. Slow solves (20-30 solves a day)
3. LS+LL training because I just learnt OLL.
4. CN practice when I am bored.
This series is great. But a greater name for the series is exactly what u did
I will eat all of your cubes
Ok... You haven't edited it yet
Still didn’t...
Love the new intro!!😊
Hey there’s a good video idea, another “why not a google form?” Where you ask when cubers learned X in cubing (f2l, pll, etc) and then a video that’s a summary of the average times a cuber should be learning these algs or techniques!
I started cubing during late 2016 or early 2017. After a year and a half later, I was able to get my first sub-10 single. I just recently got my first sub-8 single of 7.83 which is really exciting :)
Pretty clearly shows dedication and determination equals results. Cool test.
This tutorial is so good for me
Holy shit! I learned to solve the Rubik's cube exactly 1 year and two months ago, and I now average high 13 or low 14. I had no idea I was improving that quickly
I know full CFOP and I'm still averaging in the 30s range. Took me a year to learn full OLL. Then I went back to working on my F2L. Then realized after working on F2L, I started forgetting those OLL algs. So I just finished spending a couple months systematically reviewing those algs. Also worked on color neutral and brought all other colors up to a more or less equal speed.
Anyway, I know that my biggest issues are cross and F2L. I just suck at seeing things. As far as F2L, I was initially learning each solution from 4 different angles but after a while it was just too easy to fall back on the same 1 or 2 solutions in the middle of solves.
That's what I needed 🤗🤗
Great video
I went from sub 14 to sub 10 in 3-4 months but now I avg 9.4 and I can't improve
Thanks for the video brody
How did you improve past sub-14? I average about 14.8 and I've been stuck for about a month.
@@JudeStradtner learning full oll and watching videos on cross and f2l and doing a bunch of solves
@@VKCUBED Lol, bit of a late response! I average sub-10 now, lol.
Interesting video and good advice as usual. How fast I improve is not necessarily most important to me personally though. I know I will reach my goal when I just keep working on improving every part of my solve and your excellent tutorials help a lot with that. PS: I'm apparently guilty of learning full PLL too early - I have no regrets :)
I actually cubed for a bit 5 years ago, and then picked it up again about a month ago. However, within 2 days of me cubing again, I had an ao5 that was better than my on from 5 years ago. So I think maturity helps with improving quickly too.
So much effort for video!
Him: don't take a breaks longer than 2 weeks
Me who took a break for over a year:😰
Same
I took a 2 year break lol
I took a 4 year break lol
7:45 That Is why I have been cubing for over a year but I still average about a minute.
I never took a break from cubing (i've been cubing for almost a year) and averaging around 13 secs
Thanks for the ❤️ within 3 minutes!!
My average was used to be sub-25 for 2 years. I can get sub 20 or even sub 16 solves at that time but that's because I'm very lucky with scramble. Last week I bought a GAN 356 M and since I knew full PLL. I started practicing some advance F2L algs. I started watching Brody's F2L cases videos where it really helps me a lot. Because in just a week. Literally a week. I'm now averaging sub-18. From sub-25 to sub-18 in just a week is a big improvement for me. And that's not all, the good thing is I got an sub-15 ao5. I got a lot of sub 15 solves now compared before that I only got it because of the lucky scramble. My PB now is 10.94. Next week I'm gonna learn full OLL and I'm going to change some of my PLL algs. Because there are times that I got 20 sec solves. And the reason for that was I don't know full OLL and some of my PLL algs is bad.
Anyway, thanks Brody! Your F2L vids are very helpful! My next goal is to be sub-15 and hopefully sub-10 soon.
I recently did take a small break from cubing, around 2-3 weeks. At the time, I was averaging around 9.1, now I'm about 8.8 or so.
Omg how am I so fast this time
Your lying to yourself
@@thesoccerplayer6022 well your 2 hours late lol
I cube since 2014 and I got sub 30 really fast, but i stopped when I was almost sub 20. This break lasted a couple of years I think. Now I'm back and learning new things, fixing bad habits and I got my first sub 20 average of 100 in a week since Im back, and now I won't stop again, thanks for the inspirational videos and all the tips and tricks to get better. All the way from Brazil, thanks. I will let you know when I become sub 15
did you get sub-15?
@@JudeStradtner I Stopped cubing again but before that, I got a few sub 10 times and almost became sub 15 a few months after that comment. I guess I lost interest when I got the sub 10 times and felt like I had done it. Working and studying made It hard to continue as well
I think that if I started practicing everyday again I can reach sub 15 in a couple of months
I started above the line and was there for a long time but now I have been cubing for 18 months and average 14-16 seconds😁
My answer to the pole was in the empty space bellow the line( sub12 @ 5 months) and I think I just didn’t count the time properly. I knew how to solve it for years with biguinner’s method and I learned a lot about the cube and how to manipulate it, how to construct algs and probably a lot more. In that time i didn’t really improve but I think it tremendously helped me later on when I learned roux and started practicing. I don’t know how I can say how much time that actually was
I learned how to solve a cube about 8 years ago, but didn't start caring as much to learn cfop until this year, and now I have a 32 second average
So I understand this, and it makes sense. One problem that I've really been trying find out how to fix, is that I have a full time job and I have trouble trying to fit a bunch of practice into my day especially since I have a lot of home chores, shopping, and a bunch of other stuff I have to do.
What is your best thoughts on how to fit good practice into my day? Because I'm trying to do that.
Brody touched on it early in the video, but there's a couple of huge sampling biases inherent in the graph. This isn't just survivorship bias which he mentioned (people quitting because they're finding it hard to improve), but also self-selection bias in "top right" graph people like me being less likely to admit to their slow times in the survey. So we have over-representation of the very dedicated fast cubers and under-representation of long-time slow solvers.
I learned CFOP about 12 years ago and still don't know 1-look OLL or PLL, then picked up basic Roux a year or two ago (but only 2-look CMLL). Now I'm playing with the Petrus method just for fun and to get a better feel for block-building and EO methods.
So to those of you other "top-righters", don't feel bad about how long you've been on what side of a logarithmic curve. We're not in a race; just enjoy solving these puzzles the way you like doing it.
I learnt to solve 3x3 around 6 years ago. Cubed for two years randomly, got to average of 25 seconds and pb of 13.70. Then had 4 year break and now cubing again.
After two months I got from ao100 of 27 to ao100 of 20.80. My current personal best is 12.24
I know full OLL and PLL now and getting faster bit by bit
Ive been cubing for 3 years in august but ive taken 2 6 month breaks but im back again and better than ever im at about 19 seconds on average, im missing 1 n perm and the gperms and then ill be full pll, ive barely even started oll but im learning that next and im making my f2l much more efficient
My favourite cuber
I’ve been cubing for a couple years, but I was so inconsistent that it’s probably only been 2-3 months in reality... I’m starting to get back into it again but it’s so hard because I took so much time off from cubing. Rn I average like 1:20ish which is pretty bad... I’ve learned from my mistakes tho and I’m determined to stick with it consistently this time and get sub 30!
Film some solves and watch them: then you can see what parts you have to improve. And if it is F2L, try to find always an efficient solution to the cases and practice 'em so much that you should be able to do each case without looking
Hi, I have a question. Is it okay to stop practising 3x3 to focus on a other event like 2x2 or megaminx. Or wil this make you slower at 3x3 again after a few weeks?
practice what more on what you're going to focus on but don't stop practicing the other stuff
nice perfect timing posted AFTER i got my SECOND sub 15 time!!
I learned full pll at 25 seconds, average that is, and it worked well for me.
I‘m 60 years old and have been cubing for three years. I learned full OLL/PLL about a year ago and I have only four sub-20 times to my name. This is out of at least 50,000 solves, maybe more. I don‘t know if I‘ll ever average sub-20, but would love to. My average is usually around 30. I wonder if having 60 year old hands has something to do with it. My TPS is not anything to write home about so my look-ahead needs to be much better. Of course, every aspect of my game is in need of improvement.
Hey Brody! I answered the Poll in CF. The way it was presented I thought it meant when you started cubing all together, I answered "over red line, not sub 10" I was the third 3 pfp in that category. The way it was presented in the video was by starting CFOP. If we are going by this, then I am not sub 10 but I am constantly under the red line
Hi Brody, great video! I’ve know how to solve a 3x3 for a while, but I started actually speedcubing less than a year ago. I average mid-high 15, and I consider that fairly good for how long I’ve been cubing. However, I haven’t been able to improve recently. Any tips?
I average 22 and been cubing for 2 months my pb is 13 (14 to be exact) i had a pll skip and a easy cross f2l is bad but not worst is it good?
I have learnt full oll and full pll and aome advanced f2l cases i have pretty good look ahead but i have much pauses during f2l and i have a pretty budget slow cube but still i average aroumd sub 29 seconds so what should i do i am cubing from 6 or 7 months please guide me
Bruh this makes me rethink a lot of things, learned to solve 8 years ago, first competition was mcc alpha 2015 and I didn’t break 20s until getting a weilong two days ago, I’m averaging 17.8 now. I suppose I’m more of an anomaly than I realized 😂
I’ve been cubing for 4 months, and my average is about 28-29 seconds, am I over or below the red line?
i have a two or three second cross,
typically, five to eight second f2l,
and anywhere from four to ten second last layer
i know full pll and probably 2/3 full oll. my average has been going back and forth between high 17 and low 19. what do you think i need to improve?? if last layer, what do i improve??
full oll and then get your plls all sub 1.5 and all of your olls sub 1, which should give you a 4 sec ll.
Just about a month in. Took your flowchart to understand f2l. Now learning color neutrality and 2lookll making my average abysmal. Don’t really time my solves though.
i cubed for 3 months and then took a 9 month break and i have been cubing for the past two months and i average 22 seconds. is this above equal or under the red line because of the break?
I am solving avg 30 sec and best 23 sec. I don't know f2l and oll, I know few pll cases like T perm and J perm. Is there any way to understand the f2l. I find it difficult to understanding itM
J Perms video can help with that, I cant link it because I don't know how to, but it says "Learn F2L in 6 Minutes" or something like that. That video helped me learn intuitive F2L, and I hope it helps you too. If that video doesn't work, then I don't know how I can help you.
2:32 I am sub15 now, really believe me.
I started to cube about 25-30 days ago.
I am not lying.
Who here is part of the instagram countdown squad?
Hey brody I have some question, I am sub 40 with some luck I could do a 30s. And rn I am learning the cross advanced my cross is 4s avg. Should I continue the cross until I reach
I’m sub 15 after 15 months. I got a 14.34 second average a week ago and I started sometime in winter last year.
Brody I have a question for you
I average about 11 but just can't get sub 10 I have decent lookahead wi learner pll at about 20 secs and oll at 15 secs then when I was averaging about 13 secs I started doing lookahead at my times just jumped to 11secs but now I can't get faster I have been cubing for about 2years and have been consistently under the line pls tell me is there anything I can do to improve
Cumulatively I've probably been cubing about 8 months. I am averaging 19 seconds
I learned full PLL after about a month.
Then 5 Months in, I learned full OLL.
Is it that bad if I'm just a little bit over the red line? I average just about 20 and have been cubing for almost 2 and a half years that dosent seem too far above the red line
Yes!
I average 20 seconds and have learnt full PLL. Should I learn F2L look ahead next or full OLL next or maybe just practice making cross more efficient?
Brody I'm not very sure, I have been cubing for something like 3-4 months and average 25-20 seconds is it fine?
Can you make a video of how pll and oll algorithms have to be done with which fingertricks?
2 look oll algorithms, t perm, y perm, u perm, h-perm and z-perm.
Looks like this video took a lot of effort, we appreciate that.
And a video of when I have to learn what: intuitive CFOP and Advanced CFOP.
That would be cool.
Hey Brody, I had a question in relation to this video, I had started cubing first when i was in 8th grade, was serious for a year or so and then I lost seriousness, then in December 2019 started again. I currently average under 20 seconds. So how much time should I consider myself as "having cubed"?
I've been thinking this too. Known how to solve with beginners for 10 years or so, but only few months back I started getting more serious and learned cfop and try to improve all the time. I'd say I do only little to none with all the previous years for my current state.
Wow, I have alsmost the exact same situation. I say 2 years or so and ignore the big break I took as well as that being from me learning beginners emthod
@@allaboutspeedcubing2673 we probably are the "exceptions" who shouldn't be taken as examples
So, I just learned other OLL cases but can't get sub 30. I've been learning more F2L cases and good fingertricks. How do I get faster?
In March I averaged 14 and now I average high 8 so I basically had all the knowledge needed I only needed to practice and improve lookahead
I learned full pll when i was sub 40, it was helpful but i timed my cfop steps and now i know f2l is way more important to get sub 30 than full pll
ik I’m a little late but... i average around 31 seconds after 7 or 8 months cubing. I really struggle on cross and just struggle on f2l, how can I improve Brody?
hey brody what do you struggle the most when solving a 3x3?
brody didnt use a google form because he wanted to be able to say he put in the work to make the video. Just joking. Love your videos my dude