From noober cuber to UBER CUBER!

[reghrhre]

i need to practice on solving all OLL's and PLL's sub 3, and more.
then i should be sub 20.

[sixteh]

I've been hovering around the low-40's right now, looking for ways to improve times:
I know all my PLL's minus the G rotations (2 steps, edges->corners for now, really procrastinating on learning those).
I do F2L intuitively; times range from as low as 10 seconds to 25ish (really bad).
I generally have cross done in <5 seconds
2-look oll

Any ideas? I've been trying to get better at finger tricks but other than the really easy ones (R U' R' U for example) I'm either slow or my cube locks up. I just bought a 3x3 DIY from here, so that should hopefully solve my locking up problem.

[fazrulz]

If you are capable of doing f2l in 10 seconds, you should be able to average around 15 seconds for f2l alone.
2 look OLL should take around 7 seconds and 2 look pll should be about the same.

15 plus 7 plus 7 is 29 seconds.

[Rawn]

Perhaps you need to reduce the pauses in between steps. The execution shouldn't take so long.

[sixteh]

I probably underestimated my f2l time (more like 20 seconds on average; 10 is only when I get lucky cases). 7 seconds is about right for 2-look OLL; I can do most pll algorithms in 4ish seconds, but a couple take a bit longer.

I just sat down for ~20 minutes and did 12 solves:

Statistics for 01-22-2009 15:30:42

Average: 37.31
Standard Deviation: 1.79
Best Time: 28.53
Worst Time: 41.09
Individual Times:
1.   39.23   L F' L2 R2 U2 B' F2 U' F L R2 D L R' B F L2 D U2 R F' D2 U F L
2.   38.30   F D' L' R' B' L R B' L' R B' D2 U B' F D R' B2 F U B' F L2 D R2
3.   36.39   L R B2 U' L2 D' B2 F L' R2 F2 D' U2 L' D2 U' L R2 D U2 F2 D' F' D2 U2
4.   39.05   L' B L D' U2 F' L' D F2 L D F' D' B L' F2 D2 B2 D U' B F' R2 B' L2
5.   35.76   B L' R' U' B2 R B U L D2 U' B' F' R B F2 D2 U' R U2 R2 D' L' B2 U   Added lube
6.   38.50   D U2 B2 F L2 R' U2 B' F' D2 U2 L' R2 B F2 U2 B' L' R B U' R' D U B'
7.   (41.09)   L R U' B D U' L2 F D L2 R2 F' L' B' F' L2 R B F2 U2 L2 D B L' U
8.   37.27   B U' L2 R' F U2 B' F R B2 F D' B F' U L R2 B2 F' L B2 F2 U' R' B2
9.   (28.53)   B2 F' L2 R2 B' F D' U B F D U' B' F D' R B R2 F2 L R B F' L' R'
10.   37.62   D' U' F' U B D' U2 B' L2 B F D' L2 F' R2 U' L' U' B2 F' L2 B2 D U2 R'
11.   38.02   L2 F2 D L2 R2 B2 L' R D2 R D L2 R2 U2 B2 L2 D' U2 L2 D2 U' F L D2 U2
12.   32.94   R' F D' R2 B F L2 F D' U' L' R2 D' U2 R2 U2 R2 B D2 R' B2 U' R2 U F'

It's normally pretty consistent now at high-30's~low-40's but occasionally I'll get a really good solve (#9, not lucky but just...got into a rhythm or something).