Thank you, very helpful video! I struggle with a specific problem. I know the color scheme and I can do relative color positioning most of the time, but every view solves I mess up, so that the opposites are correct but blue/green are swapped relative to red/orange and I need to do M2 U2 M2 to fix it. And I never know why it happened... I was very sure that I was correct, but boom, it happened again. Like my brain sometimes ignores the direction without me noticing. Very frustrating. The thing is, I memorized the color scheme in clockwise order, so green => red => blue => orange (and then green again). You just made me realize that, when I do the "what is left of green or right of green" drill, I would have to go clockwise-forward for left and clockwise-backward (counterclockwise) for right, which now seems a bit unnatural. Do you think this might be my problem? Do you have an opinion about clockwise/counterclockwise memorization? Any other tips?
I can definitely relate! I felt very similar before. It took me many seconds in a solve to recall the color scheme and not messing up. What started to help me was: First of all it was easier for me to remember the opposite colors: blue-green, red-orange. Then, instead of focusing on what comes clockwise or counterclockwise, I just focused on facing 2 colors: green and blue. And I memorized that red goes to the left or green, and orange goes to the left of blue. Then cuz I knew the opposite colors by heart, I would know where the remaining colors should go. After I got more used to it, I started to focus on orange and red: green goes to the right of orange, and blue goes to the right of red. Then as I practiced more, maybe after months, I was gradually able to visualize the adjacent colors within a second. Some people are just naturally more sensitive to 3D visualization, that's not the case for me. Memorizing red-green and orange-blue and then deduce the rest using opposite colors was easier for me, until I became so used to it that I don't need to 'deduce' anymore. Do you think this deduction method would help more, instead of memorizing the colors as a full cycle?
@@JusTwistCubing Thanks for answering! I will try it and see how it goes :-) and perhaps I will try to think more in terms of "goes to the left of" / "goes to the right of"... I am probably overthinking this. I thought it would be a good idea to memorize a clockwise scheme, because then red will always be the *next* color after green in the clockwise direction and it would not matter if the green side is on the front or on the back of the cube (when i view from the front), because "clockwise" wraps around the whole cube. But if I memorized for example "green goes to the right of red" ... then this statement would only be true if red is on the frontside of the cube. If red is on the backside and I view from the front (orange), then green would suddenly go to the left of red, if that makes sense :)
@@janeeisklar1443 Ahh I understand what you mean. Yeah if you memorize a clockwise scheme you would know where red is when green is at the back. Actually you can make a bit changes to my method: remember opposite colors blue-green, and red-orange; then red is on the clockwise side of green, and orange is on the clockwise side of blue, and deduce the rest. Instead of left and right.
I'm now at Sub-30 and cross is pretty decent for me. My F2L is also pretty good, but My OLL and PLL are bad. I have to practice them more. 😅
One day you will notice your average suddenly drops as your OLL and PLL improve and become faster!
Thank you, very helpful video!
I struggle with a specific problem.
I know the color scheme and I can do relative color positioning most of the time, but every view solves I mess up, so that the opposites are correct but blue/green are swapped relative to red/orange and I need to do M2 U2 M2 to fix it.
And I never know why it happened... I was very sure that I was correct, but boom, it happened again. Like my brain sometimes ignores the direction without me noticing. Very frustrating.
The thing is, I memorized the color scheme in clockwise order, so green => red => blue => orange (and then green again).
You just made me realize that, when I do the "what is left of green or right of green" drill, I would have to go clockwise-forward for left and
clockwise-backward (counterclockwise) for right, which now seems a bit unnatural.
Do you think this might be my problem? Do you have an opinion about clockwise/counterclockwise memorization? Any other tips?
I can definitely relate! I felt very similar before. It took me many seconds in a solve to recall the color scheme and not messing up.
What started to help me was:
First of all it was easier for me to remember the opposite colors: blue-green, red-orange.
Then, instead of focusing on what comes clockwise or counterclockwise, I just focused on facing 2 colors: green and blue. And I memorized that red goes to the left or green, and orange goes to the left of blue.
Then cuz I knew the opposite colors by heart, I would know where the remaining colors should go.
After I got more used to it, I started to focus on orange and red: green goes to the right of orange, and blue goes to the right of red.
Then as I practiced more, maybe after months, I was gradually able to visualize the adjacent colors within a second.
Some people are just naturally more sensitive to 3D visualization, that's not the case for me. Memorizing red-green and orange-blue and then deduce the rest using opposite colors was easier for me, until I became so used to it that I don't need to 'deduce' anymore. Do you think this deduction method would help more, instead of memorizing the colors as a full cycle?
@@JusTwistCubing Thanks for answering! I will try it and see how it goes :-) and perhaps I will try to think more in terms of "goes to the left of" / "goes to the right of"...
I am probably overthinking this.
I thought it would be a good idea to memorize a clockwise scheme, because then red will always be the *next* color after green in the clockwise direction
and it would not matter if the green side is on the front or on the back of the cube (when i view from the front), because "clockwise" wraps around the whole cube.
But if I memorized for example "green goes to the right of red" ... then this statement would only be true if red is on the frontside of the cube.
If red is on the backside and I view from the front (orange), then green would suddenly go to the left of red, if that makes sense :)
@@janeeisklar1443 Ahh I understand what you mean. Yeah if you memorize a clockwise scheme you would know where red is when green is at the back.
Actually you can make a bit changes to my method: remember opposite colors blue-green, and red-orange; then red is on the clockwise side of green, and orange is on the clockwise side of blue, and deduce the rest. Instead of left and right.
@@JusTwistCubing Yes, I'll try that, thanks!