Look Ahead is a DISTRACTION

If you've watched the whole video, you'll know if this applies to you or not. But keep this advice in mind in case you know anyone who needs to hear it!
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[@andersl_n3484]

Jperm: makes a whole video about distractions. Also Jperm: Puts tiger cube and panda cube in the background

[@f1nn15]

Anders L N *tiger

[@andersl_n3484]

twntyoneshields oh Sorry fixed it now

[@lilpup838]

Very true

[@aw1280]

Gotta love da cubes 👌

[@minnow766]

ngl didn't even notice it

[@AlexKing-tg9hl]

Your voice is so satisfying I don’t know how to describe it but you just have a special voice. Love your vids.

[@algaez8809]

I think j perm is stalking me... Every time I’m working a certain step he uploads a video about it. Thank you

[@anactualbucket1082]

He could be your FBI agent.

[@Cubeboi1]

lol

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

I think he likes you (≧▽≦)

[@guroux]

chess and tennis are probably my top hobbies after cubing!

[@CubingB]

Kavin Tangtartharakul I do chess, not tennis, only cause no courts by me

[@mlons5252]

I do tennis and guitar. The only thing is lots of cubing and tennis at the same time gives me tennis elbows quite a lot and then I can't perform well on either

[@JPerm]

Tennis elbow is usually caused by tight grip and the motion of unbending your elbow quickly. Make sure you grip the cube loosely if possible, and make sure your technique for tennis uses your full arm and body instead of your forearm.

[@acheung1970]

J Perm ok thanks

[@ruruqbr7893]

Tennis and table tennis for me

[@iz3833]

Feliks: use look ahead j perm: *dont do it son*

[@minnow766]

@@hemanth2005 jfc, why do you kids not get jokes

[@iz3833]

@@hemanth2005 lol it's a joke my guy I know :)

[@mapanfinansial4816]

Dont do it son youre not 18

[@gamingjedi52]

You mean father Feliks is better than jperm

[@cubingwithcarl4572]

minnow a very bad joke...

[@meable3763]

I find doing slow solves helps alot - when turning slowly I often do way smarter F2L cases and in some cases it's faster than my regular F2L

[@srikkanth447]

Congrats on 200k subs🔥

[@jahinrahman2631]

What a thinking!J perm always brings up things that we don't generally discuss in cubing or thinks we didn't think are important.

[@JamieCuber]

congrats on 200k subs dude! You should do a recon of your 4.96 PB single!

[@ViperoK]

no YOU'RE a distraction you know a lot of people are in school right now, right???? And you also know that we have to watch EVERY new video as soon as we can.

[@amarm.m.5968]

this is ok for me because in egypt it's night

[@jscorpion1466]

@EK Vipero, you're choosing to watch his videos. Additionally, what do you mean by "we."

[@ViperoK]

@@jscorpion1466 we /wē/ Learn to pronounce pronoun 1. used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together. "shall we have a drink?" 2. used in formal contexts for or by a royal person, or by a writer or editor, to refer to himself or herself. "in this section we discuss the reasons"

[@ViperoK]

@@jscorpion1466 sar·casm /ˈsärˌkazəm/ Learn to pronounce noun the use of irony to mock or convey contempt. "his voice, hardened by sarcasm, could not hide his resentment"

[@codedcuber8711]

@@ViperoK an·noy·ing /əˈnoiiNG/ Learn to pronounce adjective causing irritation or annoyance. "annoying habits"

[@urmilamathur8714]

This makes me feel good as a beginner f2l cuber

[@jamalnicholas9636]

Im still new with f2L

[@drewboozer427]

@@jamalnicholas9636 I've been cubing for like 8-9 months and out of that I've used f2l about 4-5 probably or a little more but my average is around 32.5 so look ahead won't rly help rn prbly for me. Btw a huge average imrover is learning basic OLL and PLL TRUST ME. Basic PLL dropped my time literally 6 seconds in a matter of days and basic OLL dropped it about 3 seconds as soon as I learned it all.

[@thebroknowgti15]

@@drewboozer427 true

[@fengnianxia100]

@@drewboozer427 I feel so bad for you, i've been cubing for a month and average sub 30's

[@babab003y]

is there a difference between beginner and intuitive f2l

[@harunanamairage1454]

Sounds like something Jayden McNeill will say😂😂

[@MKStudio1975]

Congratulations for 200K subs... Hope you help us more in the future

[@greendalecubing2850]

Your analogy between different endeavors is very smart. I'm a pro musician and a starting cuber, and what you outline definitely applies to playing music. Learning the technical stuff and theoretical stuff, up to the point where you don't have to think about them, and that's where the real music starts. Thanks for your great videos!

[@uCubeYT]

Congrats on 200k! That's amazing!

[@rajveerverma5292]

For a past few days I was focusing too much on f2l look ahead, even though i don't know too many of the cases. Now it seem like I i need to put look ahead on hold for a while

[@higgledypiggledycubledy8899]

As an older cuber I appreciate the specific advice :-) If you had enough material to make a video on how older cubers specifically should approach improvement, that would be super interesting.

[@JeffHendricks]

I'd second that. I'm still struggling to average below 45, and my TPS is just miserable. Can't seem to get my hands to go faster.

[@weebletedits6808]

@@JeffHendricks CFOP?? Or beginners method?

[@JeffHendricks]

@@weebletedits6808 2-look CFOP.

[@LuzoroMD]

@@JeffHendricks How long have you been practicing? If you have been practicing for a few weeks or less, then you may just need more practice. For me, it took around two months to get my hands close to the speed that they are now and I started when I was around 17 or so. Depending on your age, it may just take a longer time to develop those speeds. However, if you have been working on it for maybe six months or so, and haven't noticed a significant increase in TPS, you may want to give roux a try. Roux has a lot less moves in a solve on average and you would be able to get your times faster with less TPS. I don't know your specific situation so I can't recommend much, but I hope this helps. Basically, if you are limited by your hands, try to make your solves as efficient as possible, and using knowledge of algorithms and cases to bridge the gap.

[@JeffHendricks]

@@LuzoroMD I'm 45. I've been practicing for about 2 years. I've considered Roux, but I'm not sure if I'm slow because I just can't go faster, or I'm missing something with cube setup and fingertricks... using a Moyu Aolong V2, lubed and pretty smooth.

[@ankits.thakuri3251]

Congrats for 200k❤️

[@MattSwain1]

Great advice, in short don’t try to run before you can walk! I can compare this to learning guitar which I’ve been doing in the past year. As a beginner I’ve broken down stuff into key areas… there’s changing the chord shape with your left hand (as a right handed person), there’s keeping a rhythm with your right hand and then there’s playing in time with music. Ultimately you need to learn all 3 but trying to combine even 2 of those skills at the start feels impossible. So you practice chord changes in isolation and when you think you’ve got that you try to introduce strumming and quickly realise that you don’t have enough brain power to do both at once and have to go back to the first skill until it’s almost automatic. The parallel to cubing is uncanny. You learn the algorithms and then try to either speed up and/or look ahead and everything falls apart because the first skill isn’t fully ingrained and you’re asking for 150% of your available brain power 😂

[@pizzacuber254]

J Perm: Look ahead is a distraction Also J Perm: How to one look a 3x3

[@NewsWeeks]

Hey man, this helped me a lot. I appreciate your sharing this insight.

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[@jinxed948]

Congratulations on 200k subs🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@EM-nl6sg]

Thank you for saying this. I’ve had this suspicion for a while cause I’m kind of at a barrier with my cubing (around 22 second ao100 but I also switched to roux a few months ago.)

[@zhemo1801]

Well done on 200k

[@urmilamathur8714]

Less than 1k left for j perm to hit 200k... Congratulations 🎉

[@SanneBerkhuizen]

I think he should do an Italian voice reveal at 200k su.... Wait wrong channel..

[@algaez8809]

200k

[@IllShivyou]

Sanne Berkhuizen davie504 lets go

[@IllShivyou]

Can’t wait for the the laugh reveal

[@NatalieDoland]

513K now!!!

[@tranl1050]

Me: casually solving cubes *Jperm whispers into my ear*: You don’t have to think about it

[@24118E]

The Panda and Tiger 2x2 look happy today.

[@thompson3787]

Wow, excellent advise Jperm!

[@nikolanichovski1367]

Congrats on 200k subs!

[@seemaarora7872]

Congratulations for 200k subs

[@kp3bld876]

Congratulations for 200k subs

[@firebrain2991]

yeah, this advice applies in many areas: Say you're playing an instrument: you can't really look that far ahead until you're good enough that recognizing the notes and then playing them isn't difficult, but it becomes essential once you're capable of doing that. Same with the board game of Go (a lot like the chess example): a lot of beginners put excess focus on trying to analyze the board, and this both makes them slow players, but also doesn't improve their game a whole lot. I do teach the basics of reading ahead (from my intuitive angle), but usually that is with the intent on getting them to realize that reading is built on a foundation of intuition that allows you to filter out many moves and look for the most probable move first. I also tell them to do blitz for this same reason. Once you can get that fundamental intuition in order, then reading is just an extension of that that becomes crucial at high level play Really all board games have that bit with analysis paralysis, especially for those not familiar It's basically crawl before you walk: only once the thing your building on is natural can you continue on to do more complicated things

[@keplercuber9155]

Yeah I'm still watching. .. Edit : I averaged 9/10 about 2 weeks ago , but I stopped cubing because of exams and stuff. Now I average low 11 s. Should I turn fast and get 10 averages and then do slow solves again. Or should I start slow solving right away.

[@takeshiyanagita1678]

I think you need a combination of spamming algs to get back the muscle memory and speed and slow solving to get look ahead back.

[@keplercuber9155]

Takeshi Yanagita ok thanks

[@FuckFascistYouTube]

Ditto to what Takesi said. Also make sure you're getting enough fiber in your diet.

[@maximilianogranifo9650]

Exactly, and also remember to never dig down

[@codedcuber8711]

@@maximilianogranifo9650I always dig straight down. Never been a problem

[@vladciobanu8909]

Congrats for 200 k

[@hemanth2005]

I'm a sub 30 cuber and it's a great way to guide beginners like me.Thanks for uploading this video.

[@rodrigoqteixeira]

I think this video explained why did I get slower when I tryed color neutrallity for 3x3 and yau for 4x4

[@jakobsawyer9517]

Congrats on 200k

[@applecubing2695]

I have to admit that j perm produces the best tutorial videos for solving the Rubik's cube, he doesn't miss a single detail... I learnt cfop only because of him.

[@yuzari387]

200k🥳🥳🥳 your my favorite cuber, i learned everything from you. Keep up the good work❤️👍

[@shadegilbey2788]

No one: Jperm: look ahead can really help you Also Jperm: look ahead is a distraction

[@ngothanh1350]

*distraction

[@_daissh_]

I HAVE JUST BEEN PRACTICING LOOKAHEAD!😂😂

[@blondeguyy4944]

Same no way

[@_daissh_]

@@blondeguyy4944 😂😂 Coincidence?

[@EasyMillsaFIRELife]

Yo your about to hit 200k bro

[@itze_]

Wow Very correct and informative

[@mouhktar4587]

Is Federer your favourite tennis player?

[@AlfredSpeedcuber]

Distraction is 11 letters The video is almost 11 minutes Great video. I don’t prioritize lookahead. I’m more on efficiency and tracks first pair

[@ichione732]

I cannot thank you enough for this

[@sanjeevv.9901]

Now : Look ahead is a distraction Two Weeks Later : How to improve look ahead

[@TaiyoN]

I agree. I became sub-20 with pretty much zero look ahead. To be sub-15 you probably need it though. I did.

[@hiimapop7755]

That used to be my excuse when I still have a 34-second avg. xD

[@CuboPhile]

Makes a lot of sense!

[@akashwalavalkar7313]

Hey, i love your videos and i have learn t a lot from your videos but when i speed solve i can't always use the tricks. Can you please help

[@TryL3ss]

Me a begginer in F2l keeping trying to learn look ahead 😶🙃

[@inte4691]

200k Subs! GG

[@errorloadingname6466]

NOTIF SQUAD!!!!!

[@AnguishedMan]

“notif”

[@ResuelveloTu]

I'm going to follow your advice. I'm stuck in sub 30 and I was trying to work on my "look ahead" without any success. I'm going to wait for it until I reach the sub 20. Thanks.

[@Serkoid]

same dude

[@SaneTheBro]

Yesterday I got 4 N Perms in a row on 5x5

[@arifwazir3584]

i dont own a 5x5 but from 3x3, im just gonna assume thats unlucky

[@nxli97]

Nah, I just use Look Behind A strat where you contemplate what you did wrong in cross for the rest of the solve

[@cube-nite]

Lol. I do that too. But what are those letters in your name??

[@EtienneBaribeault]

Yuxin tiger and panda sitting on the DNA cubes...

[@oneismajor4863]

Never been in a video from JPERM in under an hour since the video's been posted

[@kreem3441]

Im like sub 30 and 40 and i just learned cfop and so what do i do now to get better is it just practise or do what do i do

[@Copyandpasteee292]

GRATS, 200K

[@adityarajsrivastava6580]

I couldn't lookahead earlier..... Now I can Edit1:That yuxin panda and yuxin tiger sitting on the checkerboard pattern DNA cubes in the back was drawing my attention.

[@AlexKing-tg9hl]

Hey J, do you use a script?

[@shreyashj3316]

Damn...you explain better than my english teacher....

[@madhudalwanirecipes22]

Really, the title? Makes sense

[@Blankcatboy]

Omg thank you. This video has saved me. I've been trying to do all 3 things at the same time and getting frustrated. So now I know to focus on recognising and doing the cases fast first 🙏

[@rwu0812]

I looked ahead for this video in class and got distracted

[@buboypilapil8819]

J perm: only teaching how to solve rubiks cube Also J Perm: teaching chess

[@flutterymuffins]

Its funny you mention that about a tennis match. I had something similar happen during a piano recital. I had only been playing for 2 years and was not proficient at using the damper peddle while playing. Of course my teacher told me to focus on it right before the recital, and it caused me to completely blow it because I was focused on the peddle and not just playing accurately. tl;dr - that happened to me, its true. Good advice lol

[@countryballsanimationsandm5362]

haha yes the damper pedal is so confusing at first

[@M3ko2]

Chris Olson says this in his Sub-20 vid, but J Perm.... Oh he does *it*.

[@cookiecubing1235]

Your so close to 200 k 🎉

[@erelfrishman2522]

maybe if you make and f2l trainer on your website..... plz

[@jjcreations7637]

My average is 28 seconds. I am learning look ahead. And I don't know all cases

[@GamingBlarg]

I really needed to hear this

[@gerrievanstaden3416]

Thank you. I was getting depressed because I couldn't break sub 20 for 2 years now. Maybe I have finally found the problem

[@Jeffrey.__.]

2 years?

[@gerrievanstaden3416]

@@Jeffrey.__. yes. I don't know why I practice and learn new algs, but feel so stuck. I occasionally get a sub 20 single, but my average is still 21-23. I feel like the most useless cuber ever.

[@ayeron1127]

Have you learned the full pll and oll? I've been cubing using cfop in 2 months now i have learned all pll algs and 1/4 of oll algs. I have a sub 20 average but i sometimes get a 20+ time. Learn the algs first buddy!

[@gerrievanstaden3416]

@@ayeron1127Yes. I have full pll, and am about 3/4 with oll

[@ayeron1127]

Then maybe try improving your finger tricks buddy, maybe it will help. Good luck!

[@ikennaijomah9059]

Wow new information♥️♥️👍🏾

[@darrenmitchell183]

Petition to rename the "beginner's" method to the "corner twisty" method | V

[@airtonarnoni]

I am learning intuitive f2l but when I solve using it I am way way slower than usual is that normal?

[@deanvincentcastro633]

Do you have to lookahead when practicing color neutrality?

[@eternalrewind2190]

It's like skateboarding flip tricks and fighting video game combos... once you learn the moves. It's in your muscle memory

[@parityhater7155]

JPERM: look ahead is a distraction *makes this video*

[@RajeshNikamYT]

Your face is completely different of what you sound!

[@lumina_]

Is this really your first time seeing his face?

[@RajeshNikamYT]

@@lumina_ No , but the question came in my mind today

[@jes5260]

Can't stress enough how great and opening eyes this video is. I'm a 27 yo guy that started cubing around 3 months ago. I'm currently solving 3x3 consistently under 90'' by using CFOP, still learning two looks OLL & PLL. I'm clearly the older cuber, I love this stuff but don't have much time to train. And so I'm always trying to get smarter first, gathering too many tips, over optimizing too much. I went straight to learn advance F2L and recognition after cross is currently killing my performance. Actually shifting colors every few days to become agnostic makes it harder (yeah.. kill me). Now I was thinking solving pairs on the back and getting some look ahead tips would help me as sounds just logical, but clearly not. It's like being already stressed juggling, then adding a few more balls to the round. Will try to relax and think less, avoid rushing and let things happen more naturally. Got great learning on this one Dylan, thanks for the wisdom!

[@justaregularhumanbeing]

How you doing now

[@jes5260]

@@justaregularhumanbeing hey! Thanks for asking, been 6 months from this! Haven't taken times recently, but I should be between 20" and 25". Almost full PLL & quite efficient on F2L, have a lot of room to improve on cross & cross to F2L transition. Not pushing much these days though. Cheers!

[@justaregularhumanbeing]

@@jes5260 nice dude. It's rare to see adults having intrest in turning a plastic toy.

[@Anonymous-df8it]

I'm@@justaregularhumanbeing

[@supersnowman1688]

YOU are DISTRACTING US from PRACTICING said no person ever...

[@AnguishedMan]

You just said it

[@Namuundoesstuff]

Okay

[@xdperception4801]

So, I’m sub 25.. and when I turn slower I get sub 20 times but I struggle to turn slower when being timed? How do I not do that?

[@champ10ns08]

Imagine that you're *not* being timed? Oh, and relax like your life depended on it. 😉 😂 🤘 🙏

[@ClumsyCuber]

Just woke up: J PERMMMMMM

[@Cl3verCubing]

I am about to go to sleep😂

[@ClumsyCuber]

Cl3ver Cubing oh 😂

[@rahulsahay7330]

Hey Jperm. Nice video man! So I've been doing this thing unknowingly, I focus on turning as fast as I can, somewhat ignoring look ahead. However, it is during some practice sessions that I don't know how but I just turn into beast mode, and my look ahead becomes just way too good, even with fast speed. I begin averaging sub 10 consistently. Why is this is happening? Really frustrates me when my look ahead is not at par with that level other times. My average of 1000 is a low 11, but my best average of 5 is 8.99

[@JPerm]

One important thing is to not expect to be at your A game. Those are outliers and happen unreliably, so it's better to try your best to improve your B game. If your look ahead needs work most of the time, slow down your turning a little bit to make it much better. Your turning will naturally speed up if you're having one of those good days again.

[@LuzoroMD]

I may be able to answer this even though I am not J-Perm, as this happens to me occasionally as well. My best guess is that sometimes the solve is really lucky with where the cases end up. Also, this could be a mental thing. If you've ever watched E-sports, you can see an obvious momentum shift in games. One team or person may just start dominating another, and riding on that hype to win a match. If you are hyped up and you aren't focused on times and just on solving, you may stop caring about messing up and just absolutely do every case flawlessly. For me, I tend to notice my solves are faster when I'm not worried about the times at all, and am trying to focus on look ahead and then, when I glance at the time I've got, It's a 13 (about 3-5 seconds faster than my average normally)

[@satheesanen679]

J perm are you getting old. Your hair is getting white.

[@damianwilding]

This is good. You shouldn’t be trying to look ahead if you can’t do it without thinking

[@bulba1561]

New video!

[@adamfreedman5491]

J perm i realy need help of recognizing LL faster i can sub 2 all pll's and sub 1.5 all oll's but still it takes me around 7/8 seconds to do the LL

[@reubenfernandes3851]

Thank you dude this video was really helpful for me

[@antran4972]

hey i am 8 and i know full oll and pll and f2l and most coll etc

[@thecubingbison8559]

Yay you hit 200k

[@supercuber3345]

200,000 subs ahhhh well done f per...j perm

[@clanzi8439]

Are you going to do a review on the Aosu WR M?

[@hamadachetouane9297]

You can look ahead and speedup or speedup then look ahead by reducing pauses

[@thaihoang5384]

Ahh, 2 cute animals are sitting on 2 DNA cubes

[@JPerm]

animals have DNA