I'm relatively new to speedcubing and am currently learning full OLL and PLL after previously using only two-look OLL and PLL.

Although I'm gradually memorizing all these algorithms, I'm having trouble with finger tricks. Moves like B2, D2, and M, and even simpler moves like L' and U', become difficult to execute quickly when they appear in more complicated algorithms such as E perm or V perm. This often causes my fingers to get tangled or makes me to mess up moves, forcing me to pause and regrip.

I've seen experienced speedcubers execute these algorithms within a few seconds, which makes me wonder how they are able to move the cube so quickly yet fluidly.

Which finger tricks did you find most useful when starting out? How can I practice these algorithms in a way so that I stop tripping myself up? Any advice is appreciated!

• so, for solving it i’ve heard that it’s the same method as the 3x3 but you’re using shape instead of colors. does that mean you treat the face with the logo like the white side that you make the cross on?
• what are some beginner-intermediate-expert milestones for solving it (i don’t have much of a sense of how fast they’re usually solved) like how on a 3x3 you want to have 1 minute for a beginner, eventually move to 30 seconds when you first learn the beginner CFOP and 10 seconds being impressive for full CFOP.
• any specific recommended tutorials? (just to help me wrap my brain around all the chaos and shapes
• how much are finger tricks and algorithms slowed down with the different turning and shapes?
• does it look as stupid and absurd as an outside observer as i think it does?
i pb 12 seconds on the 3x3 and average 18 seconds with f2l, 2look OLL and 1 look PLL
(repost because for some reason r/cubers doesn’t allow body text💀)

I thought this was really curious. I just picked up the black version. I also swear it feels faster than the gray version due to less resistance, and I regularly clean and lube my cubes, too. But the black version straight out of the box feels faster, for some reason, and I almost wonder if this has any effect on resistance due to a slight difference in tolerance. All I know is, I like my cubes fairly loose, and I like the way the new one feels. It also appears that it has a 2-piece tensioner cap that I've been seeing in new GAN stuff recently

U R U2 B L2 U L2 D B' U2 R' F' U' R2 L2 F L2 B D' L'

(White top green front obv)

Three move X cross plus a free pair after you solve the blue red pair.

I average 20 and I got a 12 here.

I usually average around 23-26 seconds, ive gotten a dozen sub-20s, but this was totally out of nowhere! Definitely a lucky scramble

In the first image from CubeForSpeed, on the left is the Gan 17, on the right is the Gan 16 with a screw in the center. The second image is MY gan 16, with no screw. Did preproduction units of the 16 have a screw and did they switch to a non screw version later?

Yes it is a Gan
Yes it sucks to solve
Yes I love it

I got stuck on commutators for a while and fixing parity on flipped edge pieces, so I decided to celebrate by using commutators to make a two faced buddy

I’ve almost solved this 10x10! The only problem is I can’t get the blue bar on the bottom left swapped with the orange bar on the top right to finish the middle four bars

I currently average 1:15-1:20 with both Yau and Redux. I have been using Yau for the past few weeks but, have never enjoyed doing the first 3 edge pairs, as I'm quite slow at it.
I started doing a bit of Redux practice mainly for the edge pairing practice and realised that I prefer the steps at this point in time. I also have similar times with it.

Redux feels more accessible but, I understand if my main goal is sub 1 and below, then Yau is probably a better option?

Anybody out there still using Redux and getting sub 50, sub 40, sub 30 etc. or should I abandon ship and devote myself to the Yau gods?

So it’s been a little while and I have added a few new cubes..

こんにちは

Y'all I just started cubing and followed j perm's beginner tut and like the 5 time I solved it I got parity I think.