Cómo Resolver El Cubo Sin Pausas | Look Ahead — Transcript

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1. 0:00The look ahead, or as its translation says, is "looking beyond", and in short,
2. 0:03it is having the ability that while you are solving something in the cube, you are already looking
3. 0:06at what you will solve right after, and so on. , eliminate pauses when solving the cube.
4. 0:09Looking ahead is key if your goal is to improve greatly. For example, imagine that two
5. 0:12people know the same number of algorithms and have the same mix in the bucket, if one of
6. 0:16them has better look ahead than the other, and therefore, fewer pauses, this person will spend much
7. 0:19less time, even even if both people solve the cube in the same way. You can
8. 0:22have the best cubes in the world or know 10 different methods and submethods, but if you have
9. 0:26pauses when solving the cube, if you don't have fluid resolutions, then you will never be able to give your
10. 0:30full potential. Remember, the most important thing if you want to be fast is efficiency in your
11. 0:33resolutions. The look ahead not only applies to 3x3, but to any puzzle, from 2x2 to 7x7,
12. 0:37and from skewb to Sq-1, and it is not something that can be improved overnight, it takes time, however,
13. 0:41in this video I am going to summarize the four most important tips to master the lookahead. Before
14. 0:45starting, remember that if you are looking to greatly improve your times and lose in weeks what
15. 0:48one would usually lose in months, you can schedule consultations with me. Many people have already
16. 0:52done it and broken their records from day one. I leave the information in the description. But hey,
17. 0:55now let's get started. The first thing you should know is that if you are just starting with the
18. 0:59beginner method, I recommend first watching this video on what to do after you have learned the
19. 1:02beginner method. I highly recommend that you first master that method, and if you already average more or less 40,
20. 1:0635 seconds or less, then it is a good time to watch this video. Well, you probably already know
21. 1:10that one of the things that follow after the beginner method is to learn Fridrich, better
22. 1:13known as CFOP, in general, you should start practicing lookahead when you are already starting to
23. 1:17learn new cases but there are still many pauses when it comes to solve the cube. The first tip
24. 1:21to start practicing lookahead and thus make your resolutions much more fluid,
25. 1:24with fewer pauses, is to start learning basic F2L little by little. Basic F2L is made up of
26. 1:2841 cases, which I leave in the description. Every part of CFOP, be it Cross, F2L, OLL and PLL,
27. 1:34are important, however, in my opinion F2L is the most crucial part and therefore, mastering this
28. 1:38part is very important. After learning basic F2L, you can start with advanced F2L. This
29. 1:42is also important so that your resolutions are increasingly fluid, since the more
30. 1:44algorithms you know, the faster you can solve each case. There are many advanced F2L cases,
31. 1:48but it is not necessary that you learn hundreds of them or cases that are not even necessary, or
32. 1:51cases that will appear every 100 or 200 resolutions. I recommend that you learn the most common cases,
33. 1:55which are the ones in this video. There are maybe 10 at most but they are very important,
34. 1:59and before continuing, remember, take your time, there is no rush. Don't try to learn everything in one day.
35. 2:04Go easy. If you try to learn many cases at once, it can be even worse. Learn one a day,
36. 2:08one every two days and before you know it, you will start to improve your times.
37. 2:11Next tip. To start practicing look ahead, this tip is very important, and that is:
38. 2:15when you learn a case, really learn it well. Many times it happens that we only memorize a case,
39. 2:19we repeat it once or twice and we believe that we have already mastered it, and when it comes to
40. 2:22that case in a resolution, it takes us a long time to recognize it, and once we recognize it,
41. 2:25it takes us a long time to work it out. This is simply because we have not yet
42. 2:28really mastered the case. A case involves three things: memorization, recognition and execution,
43. 2:33and many times we only stay at the first part. But JS, how do I completely master a
44. 2:36case? To really master a case simply repeat it many, many, many, many times. I am not
45. 2:41exaggerating when I say that it is necessary to repeat it 30 or 40 or even more times, and how
46. 2:45could we master a case if not with repetition? Just memorize the case you want to learn,
47. 2:48then repeat it over and over again while remembering which angle you should solve it from,
48. 2:51and with that you will have it mastered. One way to realize that you have already mastered the case 100%
49. 2:55is by managing to solve it with your eyes closed. If you can already do it like this or without the case
50. 2:59being directly in the cube, congratulations, you have mastered it. As you master each
51. 3:02tip in this video, you will see how little by little your times will go down. Look ahead is not a method,
52. 3:06but rather it is made up of several aspects, and it is not only practiced by learning new cases,
53. 3:09but also by practicing the next point: Slow Turning. You cannot practice look ahead,
54. 3:12whose objective is to solve the cube without pauses, if by solving the cube as quickly as possible,
55. 3:16you are only solving the first thing you see, that is, without really thinking about what you are doing.
56. 3:19Slow Turning is used to locate which part of the cube you are doing well and which one needs
57. 3:22improvement. Slow Turning means turning slowly, and when you do it, I recommend not using a stopwatch.
58. 3:26The idea is that you don't feel time pressure, so you can see what you are doing in
59. 3:29a more conscious way. What you should do is make resolutions slowly but
60. 3:32fluidly. Try to solve the cube slowly but without pauses, with a constant rhythm. It is precisely in the
61. 3:36Slow turning where you will begin to master the look ahead, and where you will put into practice all the
62. 3:40previous points: the basic F2L, the advanced and having completely mastered the cases that you already
63. 3:44know. There is no specific rhythm at which you should do Slow Turning, but I recommend doing it
64. 3:47so that you have almost no pauses. That's the right pace for you. Little by little, as
65. 3:51you continue practicing Slow Turning, you will be able to increase the pace. If during Slow Turning you have
66. 3:54some long pauses, that indicates that you need to improve that specific part. For example,
67. 3:58in this resolution, I noticed that I was a little late in this part, that means that
68. 4:01I still haven't completely mastered this specific case, either I recognized it or I solved it slowly, but I need to
69. 4:05improve something there. I recommend trying to do at least five Slow Turning resolutions a day, at
70. 4:08least until you feel that your look ahead has improved. Lastly, this tip
71. 4:11is also very important, and there will be times in your resolutions where you will have to predict
72. 4:14what to do. For example, I have my cross here and two pairs already solved. I want to solve this pair
73. 4:17and I see the corner that goes right here, and if at that moment I rotate the cube a little and I can't see
74. 4:20the edge that goes in this part, in the F2L pair, either because I didn't see it here, here, in this part,
75. 4:24nor back here, so it will inevitably be in this part, in the part where I
76. 4:27couldn't see. For example, here I have my cross, and let's say I want to make my first pair of F2Ls, which
77. 4:32would be this corner and this edge that go right on this part. And what I want to do is solve that
78. 4:35pair while I look at the next one. But many times it will be difficult to see all of your next pair,
79. 4:38so in this case, what you could do would be to solve these pieces, and as you solve them,
80. 4:42maybe not see all of your next pair but at least see part of it . For example, this edge, of which
81. 4:46I still haven't found the corner, but since I've solved my pair, I can continue looking for it. I already
82. 4:49found it, and instead of looking for two pieces, as I already had this piece in mind, I only
83. 4:53had to look for one and that saves me at least a little time. Once we know this, we are going
84. 4:56to do three look ahead example solves. We are going to do the first scramble,
85. 5:00I leave all the scrambles in the description, and remember that you scramble with the color green in front and white on top. I'm going
86. 5:02to make a white cross in all my resolutions, and I have to see my four edges. Here is one,
87. 5:05here is the opposite, here is this one almost solved, and here is this one. The idea is to solve
88. 5:09everything without many pauses, so what I can do first is solve this one, which is the opposite
89. 5:13of this one. Then put them in their place. Then do this so that it is opposite, opposite, and lower this
90. 5:20opposite as well. And let's remember tip four: you have to try to predict. Maybe from my
91. 5:24inspection I can't see a cross and five pairs... Ok, that's impossible. Maybe in my inspection I
92. 5:28can't see a cross and two pairs or a cross and a full pair, but what I can do is that when
93. 5:32I'm about to finish my cross, in the last moves, I can start to see my next pair
94. 5:35or part of the next. For example, here I have this corner already visible, I have this corner,
95. 5:39I have this edge and look, just this edge with this corner are going to go together. So I solve
96. 5:43my cross and I already take these two pieces into account. While I solve that case, I already found
97. 5:48my next possible pair here. And well, here I'm going to have a little luck because it's going to be a
98. 5:51simple pair but while I'm solving this pair, maybe I can't find the edge that goes with this corner.
99. 5:57But at least I won't have to look for two pieces anymore but only one: the edge of this corner,
100. 6:01which is right here. So I can do this, and well, here I already have this edge visible,
101. 6:07so when I insert this pair, it only breaks once. And well, here is the other corner, so
102. 6:11the idea is to always be predicting. Let's also remember that it is very important that
103. 6:15you master each case that you learn completely, just to avoid pauses and so that when you are
104. 6:18doing that case that you already master, you can see the following. Many times it happens that we already
105. 6:22completely master a case, but even then we only solve the case without paying attention to the rest. If we already master
106. 6:26a case then that case will be resolved no matter what. So, while we solve the case,
107. 6:29I can see exactly what other things I can do, in any case, the case that I already know
108. 6:33is going to be solved. Remember that Look Ahead is not only for F2L or the last
109. 6:373x3 layer, but it applies to everything. For example, for the cross. If in your inspection you see the entire cross,
110. 6:40you can solve it in one go, without pauses, and as you solve it,
111. 6:43you can begin to see your first pair of F2L or at least a piece of your first pair that you will make.
112. 6:47For example, here I have these two edges, this one and this one for the white cross. While
113. 6:52I'm solving, maybe I can't see my first complete pair of F2L, but when I'm about to
114. 6:56finish my cross, I can see, for example, this edge with this corner or this corner with
115. 7:00this edge, and now I just do this move, and decide which pair to resolve. In my case, I
116. 7:04would prefer this pair, but while I am finishing this pair, I already saw this next pair. While I'm making
117. 7:11this pair, I already saw this next one or this edge and a white corner. Predicting applies here. I haven't
118. 7:15seen what colors this corner has, but since I already solved one, here is a second,
119. 7:19third, and there are only four white corners, so the piece here must be the corner
120. 7:22of this edge. I then solve this pair of pieces and here I already saw this edge and this corner,
121. 7:28or also the pair of F2L that was left behind here. I solve this pair and here in what I solve,
122. 7:32I already saw this pair of F2L that never really broke. Predicting the last layer is much more
123. 7:38complex. It is not easy to predict exactly what case you are going to face. There are 57 cases of OLL,
124. 7:43and it is very complex. But you can predict more or less if you are going to get a case of a line, a cross,
125. 7:47or a point. And here, for example, I can predict that I'm going to get a line case because here
126. 7:50I have a yellow edge pointing up. This edge is pointing back and this edge is
127. 7:53going to go up to this part. Then yes or yes, a line will form. And if I do this, yes or yes I
128. 7:58will get a line case. For example, in this part, I see that I don't have any oriented edges,
129. 8:01so I'm going to get a point case. This edge is going to go up to this part, this part
130. 8:06at the top. And it's a point case. There couldn't be a cross case because everything up here was misoriented
131. 8:11. And for PLL cases it is the same. It is very difficult to predict exactly the case,
132. 8:14but with experience you can predict that perhaps a block is going to be resolved or that perhaps
133. 8:18you are going to get a corner skip or an edge skip. But this is mastered with pure practice
134. 8:21and mastering each case you have learned. Remember, don't just memorize the cases.
135. 8:24Let's do the last scramble. This is the simplest one we have had. Always remember
136. 8:27to predict as much as possible. Here I see 3 edges that are practically in their correct order,
137. 8:31and I only have to see this fourth edge that goes here. While I watch it I can see my first
138. 8:35pair or at least a part of it. Here, for example, I am going to lower this edge, but I already saw my first
139. 8:39pair. It's not resolved but I know what I have to do. I do this and as soon as I solve my cross,
140. 8:44I solve this pair. While I solve that pair, I already saw this corner here, I already saw this corner and
141. 8:50maybe I didn't see the complete pair but at least I already have an idea of ​​where my pieces are.
142. 8:55I solve the pair. Here, for example, I couldn't see a complete pair but there is this edge,
143. 9:00corner, corner. So with a rotation you might find something, and yes, indeed,
144. 9:04here it is, This edge goes with this corner. While I'm doing this, I can already see a
145. 9:09white corner here that goes with this edge. I put the pair back here and make this pair of pieces
146. 9:16and I already saw this edge that goes with this corner. In short, remember the four tips. Start
147. 9:24learning little by little basic F2L and some cases of advanced F2L. Every case you learn,
148. 9:28learn it well, don't just memorize it. Also remember to practice Slow Turning, and this way you will be able to
149. 9:32locate where you are failing the most, and you will begin to see an improvement in your look ahead. And finally,
150. 9:35from time to time predict some cases that you make in your resolutions, not everything will always be
151. 9:38in sight. Also remember, when solving the cube, solve it always keeping
152. 9:41the look ahead in mind. Although this tip may sound obvious, many people know what lookahead is,
153. 9:44yet they are not actively, consciously doing it during their resolutions.
154. 9:48Once you start practicing with the look ahead always in mind, you will notice an improvement in
155. 9:51your times. And almost lastly, this is also very important advice. There are people who, despite
156. 9:53having good technique and knowing very good cases, their turning style is calm and slow.
157. 9:57I personally recommend that if your style is like that, you try to move the cube faster. If your
158. 10:01style is slow you will not be able to take full advantage of your potential, even if you know a lot of theory,
159. 10:05many cases, many advanced things. Finally, as I mentioned before, the look ahead can be used
160. 10:09for any cube, not just for 3x3 or for a certain part of a method. For example,
161. 10:12it can be used on large cubes such as 5x5. Here, for example, we have 3 centers resolved. We are about to
162. 10:16finish the fourth, but from that moment we can begin to see part of the next one, knowing that
163. 10:20if we make certain movements we will get a line or a block or something like that. Here for
164. 10:25example I know that if I put this piece with these two pieces, a line will form, but I know that as
165. 10:29I lower this piece into this part, this line will be preserved, and when I bring this piece up to this part,
166. 10:36this line will go away. to resolve. So I'm applying the look ahead all the time. Thank you very much
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