doubt in f2l

[aradhyaprateek]

I have been cubing since one year my avg time is 35-40sec I can
complete first two layers in 25sec
and it is the problem paining me
I have a doubt in f2l
looking ahead, i have read in many websites and seen many vedios that
while solving a pair we should look for the next pair here my doubt
arises before solving a pair i will stop a sec and i will look for the
corner piece on the face side nd if it is not there i will look at the
top and after finding it i will solve the pair while solving it i
will see for the edge that means i will look ahead only the edge and
waste 1-2 sec in seeing the corner, is my method correct or not? is it
possible to see the corner and edge without stopping a sec while
solving the pair

I dont have the habit of changing
the directions while solving i.e., applying y or y' i will simply use
the f and f' and it is slowing down me is it ok or i have to change
my usage

I have been frustrated with f2l
looking ahead any body please help me
out

[Siva Shanmukh Vetcha]

Use metronome application. Make a turn for each beat. Set the speed to something so that you don't have to stop at all. Just practice with it and it will give good results.

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[Girish Ganesan]

See there seems to be no problem in what you're doing, only how you do it. You're locking yourself to one particular edge/corner, instead of inserting one particular (premeditated) pair look for ANY other edge/corner and with that try to find it's pair. It works much faster that way. Better than fixing yourself to one pair.
Say for example you're inserting the blue-orange pair, you've already noticed a blue-red corner hanging out in the green-red corner's place, DONT go for this, instead the moment you make the blue-orange insert, you'll find an unpaired edge or corner, try matching that, if you're lucky, it might actually be the green-red pair which on inserting you'll push out the blue-red corner on which you can work immediately.
The F2L is basically instinct, the concept of "look ahead" or "multi slotting" simply is a way of expressing it. Just keep practising :)
Good luck, happy cubing :)

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