1:30 to 2:00 Times

  • Cross - 10-15 seconds
  • F2L - 45-60 seconds
  • Last Layer - 30-40 seconds

Rotations

One of the main reasons for people to loose precious seconds is cube rotations. What does this mean? You may be thinking to yourself. Well, its rotating the cube to look for your next piece. Try to spot the next piece in advance and remember where it is so that when you progress onto that piece you will already have a head start in locating it.

Colour Recognition

This is quite basic but does help. Make sure you can recognise each of the colours quite confidently and quickly. If you are colour blind in any way, be sure to choose a cube which is good for your specific colour blind diagnosis (just ask on a forum or facebook, there are plenty of people which could help).

Practise

This may seem like an obvious one but practise really is the key here. Chances are you’re not going to become an overnight world record holder (although we really hope you do). Persistence is key here. Make sure you pick up your cube EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. We recommend anywhere from 10-20 solves per day in this time bracket.

Finger Tricks

We see most people in this time bracket solving the cube by turning each layer with their whole hand. This is of course, a good way to ensure you’re doing correctly, however, it is completely unnecessary. There are plenty of vides on YouTube on how to perform ‘finger tricks’ on your cube. An example of a good finger trick is to use your index finger on your right hand to perform U moves and the index finder on your left hand to perform U’ moves. 

Fun Game

Starting with a scrambled cube, memorise where all 4 edges of the white cross are and how to build the cross. Then, close your eyes and attempt to create the cross. If this seems too hard at first, just start with 2 edges, then progress onto 3 and finally all 4 edges.

This will help with your look ahead and set you up well for the future. Not only this but the Rubik’s Cube is a great logical puzzle. It gets you thinking and using your brain, little games like this to test yourself can help with all aspects of life. 

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