Hey guys, its me CriticalCubing and today I am going to go over some exercises that
will help you improve your lookahead. Generally when people ask for lookahead tips, the most
common advice that is given is slow solving. That is useful however there are other things
that you can do to improve your lookahead. Best thing is that you do not need a timer
or anything else for this kind of practice. You just need your cube and you're good to
go. And these are the practice techniques that I use and would recommend using.
This first one is used for getting familiar with your f2l cases and algorithms and the
next step will help you improve your lookahead and track multiple pieces at the same time.
This is called blind f2l solving and in this we take a look at an f2l pair, for example
here I'll look at this, and I need to solve it in the back, in the back slot. We take
a look at this pair, and then I close my eyes and solve this to the back pair. I have closed
my eyes now and I am going to solve this. Once you are done with that, you look at another
f2l pair, for example this one and this one, and now I'll close my eyes and solve these
two. Then you open up your eyes and look at another pair and then you close your eyes
and do the same thing again. Then you look at your last pair, close your eyes and sovlve
it blind. This helps you get familiar with your f2l algorithm's and also makes the algs
muscle memory so you don't have to think while solving. Once you are good at this and you
can solve the pairs with 100% accuracy, then its time to move onto the next level. Next
level is similar, however we add in something extra. In the next level, we take a look at
our first pair, and also take a look at our second pair. For example, here I am going
to look at these two, and also look at these two. Now in the next level, you should know
how to solve this pair just by looking at it. For example, for solving this I have to
do R U R'. That will pair it up in here and I only have to insert it. In this next level
phase we are only tracking this pair with our eyes close, while simultaneously solving
that. I am going to close my eyes
and
solve this, while
tracking this.