My Top 5 Tips to be Sub 20 on the Rubik's Cube!

[@WolF2LCubing]

1. Practice 2. Practice 3. Practice 4. Practice 5. Practice

[@tylerrobinson86]

Oh no I skipped step 2 on accident what do I do now!!!

[@poketube6681]

You should be alright if you continue to step 3... maybe...

[@infernon]

6. Watch this video

[@mateusmarta1943]

0. Learn how to practice

[@chainsawe.b1894]

Mateus Marta lol

[@OdysseyCubing]

How much you want to bet that he fixed his hoodie strings before the video

[@smping]

Odyssey Cubing an old plastic dayan 2x2

[@bagduster9381]

Odyssey Cubing he gets the one hoodie made with perfect strings from a factory worker with ocd

[@4jspa286]

Odyssey Cubing a rubiks 5x5

[@rbm8991]

Your main

[@_daissh_]

😂 My Rubiks Brand 2.0 trapped in a box.

[@AdamsBack]

Every single time I solve I get sub 20 Minutes

[@bruce4139]

Same I'm at 26 seconds

[@plaina4628]

you exposed the *Minutes*. Edit pls

[@AANawi39]

@@bruce4139 I am 25 sec...I WANT A SUB 20 AVERAGE 😭😭😭

[@plaina4628]

More possible like years

[@sohamverma4077]

Not this joke again

[@GwenTech]

Between 3 and 4 rotations, ok. I'll try to go for 3.7628 rotations per solve.

[@cianmoran824]

I'd go for 3.14159.

[@ATGG]

This can be happened with corner cut! 😂

[@tree4487]

EchoSilver Gaming I’ll go for 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993275

[@playboy6548]

@@tree4487 i will go for π

[@hellothere0396]

I'll go for -43,252,300,465,800 rotations

[@alyssabernardo199]

Okay so I recently got sub 20 here's some tips use advanced cross, it's very good(I use it) you can use intuitive f2l (I use it) work on look ahead. dont turn fast, turn slow until you get fast on your own(I did this) learn at least 4look last layer(I use 2 look oll and 1-2 look pll) then just practice until you get it 👍 hope this helped

[@Flare-fj1nj]

Alyssa Cubes Advanced cross? I use half beginner half CFOP f2l, if that makes sense. I also use 3/4 look LL. I'm just under 27 seconds on an average day. If anyone could tell me what the Advanced cross is? Thanks!

[@magnuskanstrup3786]

Flare1876 advanced cross = effective cross :)

[@origamikatakana]

+Flare1876 Advanced Cross isn't a technique. It's just understanding how to build more efficient crosses. I really dislike the term Advanced Cross because it makes it seem so daunting.

[@Dave-cq6pu]

i recently also reached 20 secs with intuitive f2l , 1-2 look oll and 1 look pll, i started about 8 months ago

[@arwennancynnecorrea8161]

Matej you probably won't believe me but my pb is 21 with beginners methodXD

[@eggcuber8524]

-Hey do you know an astralian cuber? -Feliks Zemdges? -No the other one. -Oh, you mean jay den!

[@billoh669]

Egg Cuber 7

[@aidenpd1006]

Did anyone see the two flies fighting each other in the top left at 2:44? lol

[@MasterChhean]

How did you even notice that lmao

[@20-satyavankay46]

you must eat 3kg of carrot everyday

[@leviathan2303]

Those aren’t flies.

[@plaina4628]

same it looks funny

[@anantprakash6499]

Exactly how distracted i get in class

[@Yurio]

If someone asked me to do a Gb perm, I wouldn't be able to unless they set it up for me xD

[@aayasjoshi]

Stefan sameeeee

[@jasonthecuber]

Stefan I never remember which G is which, but I don't pause (excessively for my speed) to execute them.

[@petergriffin8767]

Jason Green I see you everywhere

[@petergriffin8767]

In comments

[@hamzahhussain6580]

Just do Ga to get to it

[@AussieDad79]

Wow that 17 second slow and calm solve was beautiful to watch. I just assumed that to get under sub 30 was impossible without super fast tps. Very inspiring for a complete beginner at age 41!

[@kusumashampur4638]

Wow

[@ZaidKhalifa]

Too late for me. Sub 20 was my biggest barrier till now. I suck the for a few months. I just started doing slow solves seriously and my avg dropped to 17 THE SAME DAY.

[@rikittu]

this Guy's a god!! i watched half of the video and solved and got my new pb - 15.08 man!

[@gmseo]

Lol I've seen people turn really aggressive at comp they tried to kill cubes

[@user-fj2uj7vv1h]

I average about 17.5, have 3.5 - 4 TPS, and average 3-4 rotations for each solve. I use full PLL and about 30 OLLs. What are some tips for me to improve?

[@tigerfighter77]

Idk

[@Solsrngmenace]

Look ahead and planing first pair in inspection

[@marcusyong4840]

normally tps is never really important, but 3-4 tps is pretty slow

[@polythenepan]

I think hat its good to learn intuitive and then learn algs afterwords

[@elijahperez1116]

Roman Chapkis that's what I did

[@cyotheking]

Roman Chapkis yeah, because it helps give an understanding of how the pieces move. It just seems that a lot of people continue to use a lot of the intuitive bad cases. Seems like you know what's up though. :D

[@elijahperez1116]

are you ever going to make an how to be sub 15 vid in depth?

[@keystonecuber9632]

Anyone else watching this even though they are way past sub 20?

[@absolutely5151]

Keystone Cuber yep I average like 14 seconds

[@camsvisualmedia7638]

Keystone Cuber yep sub18

[@CubingUniverse]

yep sub 10 :)

[@tylerrobinson86]

Yeah I average around 11.5

[@cuberstache]

Yep I'm sub-13

[@dog-jk2hn]

Please do an f2l trick/alg video. I'd greatly appreciate it. The more algs, the more detail the better.

[@keystonecuber9632]

Scotty Cena He's done like 5..

[@dog-jk2hn]

Keystone Cuber I've seen a couple of them, but I'm pretty sure they're a little old and a newer one would be great. I'm always worried when I learn an alg from an older video because it's probably been replaced since.

[@awesomeguy9573]

Scotty Cena No, they don't really get "replaced". Some new ones might pop up occasionally, but they really can't get more efficient than they that already are

[@jeanmarcusuy3996]

My cross is the worst,still sub 16 tho😂

[@joshbussineau1491]

ROEBOT Uy same

[@ezekielleveriza4071]

Same

[@karna5998]

I wish I could say same...

[@shouryakhare4807]

Watch J Perm's cross techniques video it helped a ton.

[@Jade-dv9ld]

My f2l is good, my cross is good, but still, I'M STILL SUB 24!

[@ResuelveloTu]

Thank you very much for the tips. I didn't know the way you do the case in 1:40. It's very good. It was pretty funny the 5:34 tip XD Are you going to participate in wca world championship 2019?

[@margon9181]

1,200th view. Really great video.

[@jjoshh2564]

Thanks! I really need this because I cannot break the sub 21 barrier. I recently got a 16.44 average but I need to be efficiently sub 20.

[@doiknowyou419]

Excuse me! ,What do you average now:)

[@pranjalsrivastava3343]

@@doiknowyou419 he won't reply

[@pogonoah99]

As for your first tip, the whole "Algorithmic F2L is evil" mentality really screwed me over for a very long time. I finally realized what I was doing wrong and learned a bunch of algorithms and I've gotten so much faster.

[@jasonthecuber]

Noah Fence I learned intuitively at first and then as I got faster picked up algs. I'd say by 30 I had quite a few algs. I'm about 18 now and still need to apply some of these tips. Occasionally I still struggle with full cross planning. :O Not usually but once in a while.

[@Blazik3n99]

Noah Fence I think the mentality is that learning an alg for every case isn't always beneficial. I don't learn an F2L alg like a LL alg, I sorta memorise it intuitively and understand what it is doing to the pieces. I might be able to write down an OLL or PLL alg but I wouldn't be able to do that with an F2L alg.

[@graham_lively1732]

I never used algs for F2L I just used intuitive that I can execute as fast as an alg as soon as I see a case

[@tronix2125]

That's wierd, I'm averaging sub 12 and still use intuitive f2l, I mean it doesn't really matter as long as you're efficient and have good look ahead

[@purple_purpur7379]

2:22 if someone says 'Do a J-Perm' I won't be able to do it, BECAUSE THERE ARE 2 J-PERMS YOU SPUNKY FANNY!

[@connot]

Spunk- What?!

[@memyselfandtau4712]

He said “a” J Perm

[@memyselfandtau4712]

Joose Kantola, exactly! How did he/she not understand??!??!!??

[@LunarPunch]

Cubing Doggo r/whoooosh

[@Mechanabox]

I'll tell people to learn intuitive when they first learn F2L, but learning some algs later is definitely good. I know a guy who started with only algs, he just memorized algs for every F2L case. Watching him solve, I notice that he does every case from only one angle, which I believe is a consequence of completely skipping learning some intuitive F2L. In addition, he never learned look ahead. He averages like 16 now, and I think he can be sub-14/13 easily with his efficiency if he just reduced pauses. I'm helping him out now, but it's definitely hard to reverse if someone gets into alg-only F2L without trying intuitve at all.

[@cyotheking]

TheProgrammingCuber yeah intuitive is good. But people shouldn't use it as an excuse not to learn algs. I definitely think people should learn intuitive. Just get some good algs too ;)

[@Mechanabox]

Oh yeah, definitely not an excuse. That's basically like refusing to improve, lol

[@ho-ohs3345]

Great video! Helped me shave about 6 seconds off my average!

[@echecheese]

Loic Gagnon what.., this video was released like 15 minutes ago

[@ho-ohs3345]

I was in the middle of practicing and i searched F2L algs.

[@kevinm1317]

Loic Gagnon Well, if you do 3 solves a minute, and spent 5 minutes working on what Chris just taught....you basically did 30 solves, which is NOT A good average. And I doubt you do 3 solves a minute, and you probably spent closer to 10 minutes reviewing what Chris said, at least....

[@ho-ohs3345]

I only viewed his video once and i spent that full 15 minutes working on F2L. Plus i average around 25 (and am not afraid to admit it). F2L is a huge problem for my solving and these tips really made me improve.

[@yumyumsmile]

Loic Gagnon f2l is my hurdle as well man . I'm no where near what all you guys are at . IV only had one sub 30 let alone sub 20 but I watch all these vids in hopes they can help me even get to sub 30 let alone sub 20 haha . but then again I only got my first cube a few months ago . and at 23 just learning all this is quite hard to be honest . but I'm giving it my all .

[@giggitygoobrick]

You're growing on me, Chris. Initially, you came across as a confrontational cubing sjw. As in, you seemed to call out some people for what they said (the one I'm quoting for this example is when a guy had a complaint about a cuber advertising the premium cubes too much and you mentioned something about a camel) but either way, your tips are most definitely helping me as a cuber. I'm kinda starting to like the in your face attitude that you sometimes have xD

[@Infinity323Gaming]

I'm at the point where if I get "good f2l" i'll get sub-20 times (as low as 16 seconds), but if I get "inconvenient f2l" i'll get 20-25 second times. I really need to work on my look ahead lol

[@soisaus564]

this video is pointless. BECAUSE IM ALREADY DOING ALL OF THE THINGS AND STILL GETTING 37 SECONDS AVERAGE

[@rameshdevanur1942]

That turn speed example solves triggered me down

[@jodge3268]

When I met my girlfriend A girlfriend? That’s into cubing?

[@youtuberbayleexiong908]

Look ahead is my answer yes I need to improve that and I'll be super fast

[@wagon7052]

what timer did you use.i like that timer because it didnt show the time while solving i keep watching the time not the cube but the one that you use its just tuped solve and dont give you the time altheway until you solve the cube

[@joshgibson8407]

Thank you for this video. I'm currently at a 23 second average and i suffer from every one of these 5 deadly sins. I also do cross on left during Cross/F2L, I was trying to learn cross on bottom because i know it's more efficient in the long run, not having to rotate the cube, but my average went up to 30 seconds. Got discouraged and went back to my old habits. Are there many/any top speedcubers that do cross on left or is it pointless?

[@sweet_onion.7391]

you really helped me,thank you so so so much your chanel is the best i love you

[@pranshuagrawal9048]

is this possible with a rubiks brand for intermediate solver?

[@ruper0]

Number 1 tip Learn all 4 quantilion scrambles

[@Ficzup]

I know full oll and pll and avarage around 22 seconds. My cross is about 5 to 8 moves My f2l is 8 seconds I don't use any subsets I can only plan 3 cross edges Any tips

[@sterben4958]

Derpy Cuber don't be a fanboy

[@ashaydwivedi420]

Look ahead and why not plan all 4 cross edges and maybe even track an F2L pair.

[@DrZaneK]

I average 21 with 2 look oll and not knowing Gb,Gc and Gd perms

[@maxwellchen2198]

your f2l sounds amazing, don't worry about that, work on cross-f2l transition, and last layer, drill olls and plls

[@cubiksquares5378]

Hi cyotheking . I have a question . When sombody ( like in this video ) for example says "I am sub 20 " does that mean that this is his average or his pb ?

[@erniezhang1264]

Cubik Squares average

[@gelcubes3860]

It’s July 2020 and I’m still here, re watching this video because years ago I watched this video in the background as a I drew cubes cus I thought it was fun

[@noahparedess]

I average sub 23.5 with beginners. Can I get sub 20 with this method?

[@tyleinho]

NoProblemCubing yeah but it's really hard and it would be a lot better to learn a more efficient method like CFOP

[@pogonoah99]

Yes

[@TheXCuber1]

or you could just use Petrus?................................

[@aminrosli9744]

Thanks chris, i tried so hard to past the sub 20 barrier, my pb was 20.01, after that i stopped timing my solves until now. Thinking of giving up

[@aminrosli9744]

Combinacijusx then I'm just sub 25-30 then, i gave up like a year of practicing to get sub 20

[@isolverubiks]

This was a great video! You should make one that gives 5 tips on being sub-10. I don't see many videos on breaking that barrier.

[@quill417]

Are they going to make a Cubicle Yan 3 M

[@cyotheking]

Don't believe so.

[@hamzahhussain6580]

Maciek Lorenc no its so many people's main, make it yourself, check out DMCubing's video on how to make one. It's really easy

[@bryanurbano281]

#CYOTHEKING How to memorize the good f2l algs

[@explosivegamerz3907]

thanks for these great tips, ive gone from averaging barely sub 40 to right at sub 25 in the first day I saw this vid.

[@stevaleriooaccount2947]

You missed one. Number 6: never choke when solving 😂

[@tfreshcuber6307]

do you think you can do sub 15 next?

[@cyotheking]

Tfresh Cuber these same tips can get you sub 15. There's other small things too like not wasting moves on AUF and such, but these are tips that can take you to sub 15.

[@rishabhjoshi6097]

In the intro , he drunk or sleepy

[@SaminaFaisal-CoordinatorBSKT]

I wasn't sub 20, but then I worked on cross, look ahead, and I drilled my algs, now I average 17

[@shahanshahpolonium]

wow cool

[@michelsilva1711]

great! how do you training look ahead and drill algs??

[@IGCuber]

I'm hiding my timer for a week. Slow and steady for me. I pause like crazy. I've been cubing for just under two months. I have a few on camera... PB 22.30

[@18idlesuggest]

Me looking at these advanced terms: the fuck are these words?

[@graham_lively1732]

Hey Chris, just wanted to say this single video helped me to get sub 20, sub 15, sub 14, and now I'm going for sub 10!

[@_b_nc_5606]

I do g perms in 4 sec :/

[@T0om_B]

I've been cubing for 4 days and my record is 2 minutes 17, sub 20 is hella far off :P

[@xniza1560]

How u doin now?

[@microwave911]

You're probably a speedcuber now , or you just....give up

[@pumakero5802]

HELP: I average around 20-21 seconds, know 19/21 PLLs, I get a ton of sub 20 solves like all the time,, and my PB is 14.14. With all of the sub 20 solves i get, why am I not consistent?! I get 1/4 solves below 20 seconds. i feel stuck :(

[@MH-iv7tk]

Hey i would like some tips for people who are new and slow like me. I started late december 2017 and now average about low 40s to high 30s and have a pb of 24.65. I know j perms T perms R perms an a perm (the one with headlights in the back) U perms and Z and H perms and all cross OLL. I know intuitive F2L and cant plan out more than 1-2 pieces of my cross. Any tips? Going to a comp in april so i wanna get prepped!

[@nikitakusuma8440]

Once I did a solve which is only 21 seconds in front of my friend who is sub15. My solve was good, only 2 rotations needed, 6 moves for cross that I managed to find in the inspection, the whole F2L is efficient and good, I use the right fingertrick for OLL and PLL, the whole solution is probably ubder 60 moves which is quite good for CFOP method, than my friend said "why do you turn so slow?" I was like, ok

[@absolutely5151]

I like these sorts of videos and I think we need more of them. Great vid Chris, keep it up :)

[@FOTLRocketnrG]

So not so fast during F2L but is doing pll and oll fast good. Because you dont need to watch out for something else, just do the alg. Right? Am I wrong

[@Bora-xo8mt]

Hi, Guys! 1.While im doing my cross I plan out my first F2L, not in inspeciton, is that wrong ? 2. And I always complete my cross and F2L in an average of 15

[@bullseye3844]

My average 30 to 37 sec best 25 sec but iam not satisfied making cross bottom and advanced f2l one look pll two look oll but since I can't reach sub 20 daily iam practising more than two hours, wat should I do to reach sub 20 ??????

[@joeldavis2050]

I'm average about 15 seconds right now. About the algorithmic f2l cases, I know it's good to learn algs for f2l, but I shouldn't be relying simply on the moves of the algorithm right? The whole concept of intuitive f2l is so that you can track pieces easier without looking at what you're doing...so when I learn algs for f2l shouldn't I also pay attention to what the algs are doing? I know this doesn't apply to every alg set, like PLL because you don't need to know where your pieces are going in PLL, or even OLL really.

[@tcubed3219]

For F2L I think you should learn intuitive to start you off and then learn some more concepts and fix the bad cases with algs

[@wasifhaider6015]

Bro I am sub 23 n I pause .50-1 sec in a solve most of the times I never pause but still....... My problems: rotation (I do 7-9) n I think tps how can I solve these probs??

[@rubikscubedude4207]

I finish cross and f2l in 20 seconds and I only know 2-look OLL and PLL. I'm learning full OLL and PLL though but my PB is 20.66

[@twistedcorners8246]

Hey cubers! I have like no cubing friends and want to talk to other cubers. If you wanna talk about cubing and stuff, just reply or PM me ur skype or something. That would be awesome!

[@YashBudhiraja]

>talks about intuitive F2L being bad >links to video where Drew advocates for Intuitive Hmmm kay

[@JeremyFernando93]

So I'm new to the cubing community. I can solve the 3x3 and 2x2 using the beginners method. How do I get faster? Any tips or a video I can look at? Thank you

[@ElliottDuster]

I'm sub 20 yet I do the bad ways.... But I don't turn aggressively. I turn fast but go easy.

[@Ciaolo]

Of course intuitive is good, and fun, but you simply can't speedcube with it.

[@AeroneDSA]

This is actually flippin helpful! Especially the last tip for me 😅

[@thomashunter5043]

Hey Chris... I haven't checked out your channel in a while, and haven't been involved in the speedcubing community. So what would be the best speedcube to purchase now?

[@krrachman]

I think you missed something... i have many seen that people is not knowing the auf after the PLL execution, I think to knowing the auf after the pll without pause is more efficient. CMIIW

[@plaina4628]

Things i struggle: 1. Solving the white cross on the bottom 2. F2L pieces on the wrong slots 3. Instant F2L move

[@aryelcarreon7853]

2:07 *me during math class*

[@drseemadayani6996]

I get avg around 32-33....but i still have my 23 seconds and get many solves around 25-28.should i learn look ahead

[@xyzcubing]

JPerm and cyotheking: learn lookahead BrodytheCuber: Do not learn lookahead Me: huh? who do i listen to?

[@bruh-qi7ue]

Hello Chris. I don't know if you will see this but if you do please answer my next question: "What cube should I buy? I have the guoguan yuexiao and I don't really hate it but I don't have any type of confidence with it in my solves. I tightened to the point where it can't do line to line unless you put extreme force. I put traxxas 50k like 3 times in this month and the first time I cleaned the pieces and it does feel smooth but its a bit slow and idk it has a weird feel. And I lock up a lot. I really struggle in f2l oll and pll. When I loosen it , the top right corner catches on the top center no matter what and other tensions that work just have terrible feeling. I want a cube that glides through that its really smooth and doesnt have too much tactile feel. I feel like its distracting for me and that doesnt lock up all the time. The valk 3 seemed like the perfect cube from what people said and what I want. But idk if I should w8 for the gts v2. Or did you try it and its not what I want. Thank you and have a great day!

[@Doogry]

If you hesitate on pll at all then you're not gonna be sub20

[@XloreX50]

I'm sub 50 lol. Have been cubing for a year. I do the cross, then the corners of the first layer, then the second layer, 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL

[@cubingmania7279]

Good video

[@benedictjimenea2417]

Im sub-15 with any methods I use, specially CFop with an average of 12.46 sec.

[@Стефания-ы7г]

Thank you very much for this video! Really! It’s so helpful for me and i even didn’t know about that website

[@nguyenha8342]

và teo ko những đếu hiểu gì mà ổng còn nói nhiều nữa!!=))

[@trinhhieu6270]

5:50 we can see you're exxagerating.... but I don't think people even overshoot like that....

[@arifin_pro]

Hey!! Aren't you a member of the shop "cubicle. Us"?..(never mind if I'm wrong)

[@kennycrage7503]

This is the only video that actually explains why I’am slo ( averaging 22 seconds at best) I’d love to meet you, your amazing

[@elsonjay7034]

He's truly right,in my opinion when people turning so aggressively.. Their look ahead will be very2 bad

[@lo2246]

Man, I do everything that u said, but I can't be sub-20, my avg is 21 every time, can somebody help?

[@eslin242]

Spot on! my current PB 22.7, have been working my F2L the last couple of weeks

[@flamemasteriii8379]

eslin242 mine is 22.08

[@blitzkriegbeatbox706]

Thank's CYO I needed this been stuck at an average of 25 for a while, think this might push me a bit.

[@ayushagarwal10]

My freind is in 7 th grade and he easily get a 19 sec ..I almost take 1 minute..he has also gone to the cubing championship in our state ..he is a pro

[@shahanshahpolonium]

which state dude? and which grade r u in

[@ayushagarwal10]

@@shahanshahpolonium I am in 6 th my freind is in 7 th

[@shahanshahpolonium]

@@ayushagarwal10 which state? haryana? up?

[@GlareFaint]

honestly my f2l is pretty good and everything else is pretty bad, i really focused on getting better at f2l when i was trying to learn cfop

[@emman_toribio]

I avg sub 13 and I know full oll and pll but I don't know any special last layer algs, any tips for becoming sub 10?

[@ramroman3401]

cyotheking could you make a video about 5 tips to be sub15 in rubiks cube!?I would appreciate it if you make one!thank you

[@Littleton3513]

The first timed solve on a Yan 3 I got sub 20 I doubt it was the cube I think it just clicked

[@JCBShortFilms]

Maybe a stupid question, but how do you know if an algorithm is good?

[@gabe3770]

I've been stuck at 25 for a solid six months but that's mostly due to lack of practice e and dedication. Now I'm starting to get back into it and sadly having to relearn algs I somehow forgot

[@dad6451]

Cross is just as important as f2l, it can be the difference between sub 30 and sub 20.

[@l0r3nz1oavr3]

Thanks for the website alg database It really helps about f2l especially the last 2 cases(3 consecutive coments oright: