u/some_wisdom

So i am about sub 30 but I take 5 seconds to solve the cross on average. I’m struggling with planning an efficient cross during inspection. I am learning to solve cross on the bottom and usually start by finding an easy one-move insert, sometimes using U / U2 improve another edge first. Then I try to plan the third edge while remembering the moves and resulting cube state, but by the time I reach the fourth edge, my solution is often already a lot of moves.

Even with unlimited inspection, tracking the remaining edges while remembering the solution feels mentally exhausting. I’m fairly comfortable with F2L and lookahead, but cross planning has never developed the same intuition.

Questions im looking for help from you guys :

1. What are you actually thinking about during cross inspection?
2. Do you plan edge-by-edge, look for pairs, choose the last edge first, or use another process?
3. Any drills or specific changes that helped you consistently find shorter crosses?
4. How are you remembering the cube state and the solution after 2 or 3 edges are solved in the cross.

Ps: I do try to solve the cross relatively and not in their exact positions so that I can align everything with D moves at the end​​

Someone! please unlock my cross intuition. i dont knw why is this so hard. I cannot track where the pieces will go during inspection and plan out a cross solution. i can track 2, maybe 3 pieces but not all 4. i am sub 30 but i take 6-7 seconds in cross. I used to solve cross on top without alignment and would do a small algorithm to fix the cross (whether opposite or adjacent cross peices need to be switched). I am now trying to learn cross on bottom and putting the correct piece in its place without relying on an alg to correct it later. I already know the basics like solve relatively, and use good cross pieces to setup bad pieces etc. but its just not clicking. i have watched all of the jperm videos on this.