Random Cubing Discussion

[5BLD]

Someone told me I should make the transition between FB and SB smoother. Maybe if I took that literally...?
Inspired by what waffle claimed to be zeroing (but didn't actually do it)

[09:16] <+taeng> 3x3x3 scramble #304: R2 D' F2 R2 U F2 D' U2 B2 U' L' R2 D2 L' F L' U' B' D F'
[09:25] <Rouxuor> First Square[kinda]: xy' RrU
[09:25] <Rouxuor> Funny stuff: B2uB'RU2B'R' //an insertion of B2 , then finishing first block so that the first SB square ends up solved
[09:25] <Rouxuor> Last pair: U'Mr'U'r
CMLL: U2R'UR2Dr'U'rD'R2U'r
EO: UM'U2M'U'M
ULUR: U2M2U'
EP: M'U2M
[09:26] <Rouxuor> i wonder if i can do this in a speedsolve
alg garron
39 STM

[09:32] <+taeng> 3x3x3 scramble #306: L2 B2 D' U2 L2 B2 L2 B2 D' R2 D' L' B U L2 B2 F' U L' F2 L'
[09:47] <f`vebld> o
[09:47] <f`vebld> i forgot i havvent posted the thingy if for some strange reason someone is interested
[09:47] <f`vebld> x2y' D'L'D
[09:47] <f`vebld> B'D'R'E'FR'UM -- used solver for this one
[09:47] <f`vebld> xy'RUR'URUR'
U2R'UrU2R2'FRF'r
URUR'U'M'URU'r'
U2M2U'MU2M
U2M2U
alg garron
47 STM (regular roux avg/just a tiny bit below)


[10:08] <+taeng> 3x3x3 scramble #307: B2 D2 L' U2 L' U2 B2 L2 B2 R F D' L U F2 R2 B2 F D B
zrU'R'u

then

(R'r')UR2UM'B'
R'U'RUR'U'RUr' (found quickly- I actually did this in a speedsolve and planned all of it in inspection! except last pair ofc.)
UR'DRU'RUR'UR'D'R
UM'U'MU'M'U2MUM'U2M2U2M

MDB2D'M'Br' //found after ages and leads to a better solution
UrU'r'
U'R'U'RU'R'URFR'F'Ur
UM etc...d.asac.

[PandaCuber]

I cant seem to find anything good within 15 seconds. How do you do itt?

[5BLD]

Use more than 15s XD
But I do intend to plan FB+first square in inspection eventually. Either way today this has really confused me- finding good solutions was brainracking, but hopefully I'll get used to it. It's like learning to be efficient again, only, there's an easy way out that tempts me when I try. (for some people this easy way may be like F2L pairs with roux blocks, another example of what I'm describing)

[Kirjava]

But I do intend to plan FB+first square in inspection eventually

you're weird

[StachuK1992]

Thought I'd try out a AMA on Reddit. Maybe we can get someone better/more famous and grab more attention?

[applemobile]

Thought I'd try out a AMA on Reddit. Maybe we can get someone better/more famous and grab more attention?

I would suggest you just keep away from that cesspool all all together

[5BLD]

If we did a AMA with speedsolving community not reddit it would be far more/actually interesting

[cmhardw]

Random post that does not deserve its own thread:

Over the past week I've taught one of my coworker's kids how to solve the cube. Today he solved a fully scrambled cube without any help for the very first time. He had been coming with his dad to my school during his dad's office hours, and I'm friends with his dad already. I love that feeling of teaching someone how to solve, and then seeing the total excitement in their faces when they get their very first solve without help! Fun stuff!

[5BLD]

Me too! I've also recently taught someone to cube... On orchestra tour, I taught him Roux in about 5 hours of a long coach journey to here... Was very exciting to see his first solve, and it made me smile just the same to see him enjoy solving it, well repeatedly and finding so many new things...

Also, what joy when you see them beat their PB tho its only like 1:30, yet they just started

[PandaCuber]

Me too! I've also recently taught someone to cube... On orchestra tour, I taught him Roux in about 5 hours of a long coach journey to here... Was very exciting to see his first solve, and it made me smile just the same to see him enjoy solving it, well repeatedly and finding so many new things...

Also, what joy when you see them beat their PB tho its only like 1:30, yet they just started

lol nice. how many people have you taught?