Speedsolving

dael

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November 10, 2020 4:05 PM

For sure, although it depends on your skill level how far you can see ahead. In my case an obvious white cross is a good boost. World class solvers have the cross, corners and center pieces mostly worked out from the start.

I use CFOP like most speedsolvers.
CFOP method (cross, F2L, OLL, PLL) is a fast method for solving the Rubik's Cube created by Jessica Fridrich. It consists of four steps: Cross, F2L (First Two Layers), OLL (Orient Last Layer), and PLL (Permute Last Layer).

The single solve world record is 3.47 seconds. Think about that for a while.
Here's commentary and history on 3x3 world records and then a breakdown on the world record solve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4keoLytAsM&feature=youtu.be&t=63