Create a new thread and write a paragraph or two on a topic about which you have specialized knowledge, and can use specialized terminology to explain the idea or instruct the reader. For example, you might write about effective techniques for executing certain skateboard maneuvers or how to execute a yoga position such as a “downward facing dog.” Try to baffle your audience through jargon–they will have to guess what you are trying to write about. Make it tough for us to guess!

Here are some tips on how to improve your  speed in _________ without having to memorize every single OLL and PLL perm.

One thing you can do early on is make sure you’ve already solved the cross in your head during the examination period.  That way you can focus on the other steps while you solve your cross. There’s a good way to practice this on your own. Start your solve as usual, but instead of the normal inspection time of 15 seconds, take as much time as you need.  Your goal right now is to try and map out the least amount of moves you need to solve the cross. It should almost feel like you’re creating an algorithm in your head. Then, close your eyes and see if you can solve the cross using the algorithm you created. It will be hard at first! It might take you several minutes to figure out your move sequence. But once you can consistently solve your cross with your eyes closed, then you can gradually cut down on the inspection time you need to come up with your cross algorithm. Eventually, you should be able to solve the cross with a brief glance.

The reason this is so useful isn’t just because you cut down on a step, but now you can use that extra time to scout out your F2L pairs BEFORE you insert them. A lot of F2L time is wasted looking for your pairs, since doing your F2L case algs and insert algs are relatively quick. The goal here is to try and make each step an opportunity to look ahead to your next step.   If you get good enough, you should be able to figure out which OLL alg you need for the top layer right when you’re inserting your last F2L pair. PLL should be fairly easy if you know a good amount of perms. Even if you haven’t memorized much, and you’re still doing intermediate 4LL CFOP, this should still cut down your times significantly!

In a reply to your original thread, rewrite the paragraph (or two) so that a general audience (someone with zero expertise in your topic) can understand it. Were any of the guesses right? What did you have to change so that your audience could better understand you?

Here are some tips on how to improve your speed in solving a rubiks cube without having to memorize a bunch of insane algorithms.

Contrary to how you would think to solve a rubiks cube, you don’t solve it by completing one side at a time. The way 99% of people solve a Rubik’s cube is by solving it in “layers” instead. So naturally when you start solving you would start with your first layer. Your very very first step is to complete what is known as the White Cross. The white cross is essentially a completely solved white side of the Rubiks cube, but without any of the corners of that white side in the right place, hence the cross pattern. Completing this part takes a little bit of thinking but should be fairly easy. Most people gloss over this step and try to improve their times on the later steps since they are harder. However, if you can manage to create your white cross faster (and eventually without even looking!) then you can significantly decrease the amount of time it takes to solve your cube.

Remember when I mentioned that the white cross is just the white side of the cube without the corner pieces? Well, the very next step after the white cross is to try to find these missing corner pieces and place them where they need to go. The idea behind doing your white cross without looking is that you can now focus on finding those corner pieces while you solve your cross. This pattern of looking ahead to your next step while you complete your current step is a key part of solving your cube faster and it all starts with solving your cross as fast as you can.

Most people were able to understand what I wrote since they had learned to solve a rubiks cube before. I’m sure most engineering students dabbled in speedcubing once, it’s simply in our problem-solving nature!
To rewrite my tutorial, I omitted a lot of unnecessary information that would hinder comprehension instead of helping it. I also simplified the complex ideas, basically just explaining why they were important instead of exactly what they are.

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