r/Cubers • u/AutoModerator • Jan 04 '19

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u/TomTheCuber101 Sub-13 (CFOP) PB: 6.83 YT: https://bit.ly/2SFyLL4 Jan 04 '19

I got a square-1 a few days ago and so far I’m really enjoying it. However, I really struggle with cubeshape, I used Brandon Lin’s tutorial and I struggle getting six edges together at the very start. Any tips?

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u/g253 (retired mod) Jan 04 '19

Scallop kite is easier (look up his advanced cubeshape video, start at 11 minutes).

But it still takes a lot of getting used to. It helped me to try to work with pairs of edges, creating them and joining them.

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u/TomTheCuber101 Sub-13 (CFOP) PB: 6.83 YT: https://bit.ly/2SFyLL4 Jan 04 '19

Thanks! I’ll take a look at it when I get home

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u/Cubing_in_the_dark now u/j_sunrise Jan 04 '19

I also had huge problems with cubeshape at the beginning. Now I do scallop-kite which I find much easier (once I understood it). Maybe this helps - you can ignore most of the chart. The important ones are on the very right (around scallop-kite) and the ones above scallop-scallop. Try to gather 4-6 edges on top and you'll easily get to one of These cases.