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Interested in ZBLL? ZB masterclass at Nats 2015

4Chan

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In the world of music, a "masterclass" is a class in which someone who is knowledgeable about a topic will impart knowledge/techniques/advice and the teacher talks with each student and everyone gets to listen in and learn.

At Indiana 2015, I sat at a table with some really awesome people and showed them some techniques that they thought was cool!

Therefore, I was thinking that we could do a similar format. After events are over, I'll sit at a table where everyone can see examples, ask questions, and discuss ZB topics. It's a lotttttt of stuff to talk about, so I'm thinking it'll take at least an hour to cover everything. The sheer volume of typing is a contributing factor to why I haven't typed out a post because it'd take a lot of time to put together spreadsheets, charts, examples, picatures, etc.

I'm hoping someone could record and tabulate everything into a coherent form so that everyone can benefit from my tricks.

For anyone who's not familiar, I'm 4chan, I completed ZBLL in 2009 and was the first to upload averages on Youtube. The first time I did the ZB method was with mostly optimal ZBLL algs from Cube Explorer back in 2009. I recently returned to cubing in January 2015, and relearned ZBLL in one month using special tricks which I will share at Nats. I've also used ZBLL to create special techniques which are useful in other fields like BLD and FMC.


At the Nats 2015 ZB Masterclass, I will cover the following subjects:

  • Statistical approaches to the ZB method.
  • Combining statistics with extrapolation to estimate ZBLL cases with high accuracy.
  • Advanced recognition methods and techniques. At least four recognition methods will be explained in detail.
  • How to force guaranteed LL skips under 17 moves.
  • AUF elimination/consolidation techniques.
  • Mass Memorisation Techniques.
  • Ancient secret illuminati codes hidden in large alg sets. (I'm not joking, this is a serious topic which will be covered and was touched upon at Indiana 2015. These secret illuminati patterns explain how to selectively move edges within ZBLL alg families).
  • How to reduce large alg sets, and how to solve every ZBLL case with 50 "algs". (Beginner's ZBLL)
  • Using ZBLL to do EIGHT piece FMC insertions of both edges AND corners.
  • Supplementing speed optimal BLD corner algs with ZBLLs to solve corners and edges SIMULTANEOUSLY.
  • Advice in learning and progressing from Beginner's ZBLL to Intermediate and Advanced ZBLL.
  • General Q&A.

UPDATE: For the sake of time, I'll be doing a seminar on Saturday of Nationals at 9:10.
See you guys there, if you have any questions or want examples, feel free to talk to me in person!

[video=youtube_share;kZLvlfOKufw]http://youtu.be/kZLvlfOKufw[/video]
 
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holy yes, Chris told me how cool this was. I can't wait to meet you at nats, and I'd love to learn more about this!

I heard you know lots lots lots of these algs already!
So you might actually already know most of the stuff I'm talking about, hahaha. I hope I can help!
 

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Also, section on 2GLL would b cool

I actually don't have any tricks for 2GLL because SOOOO many of them are just a combination of sune/antisunes. I also didn't think of any creative recognition things because of the whole corners being correctly permuted and etc.
I totally neglected any ways of getting 2GLL easier.

Apologies. :(

Great idea, however its not so great for those of us in different hemispheres lol,
I think you should do a long series on your youtube channel about everything ZBLL because I seriously think you're one of the only people who could even teach this stuff

The reason I haven't already made a video series is because I'm reallllly busy. I'm currently balancing 40-50 hours a week in a lab and taking classes. I'm actually reallllllly behind on a literature review because I spent my past weekend at a comp.

I think the most efficient way of doing it is just to have someone video record the discussion at Nats, and then the info will just naturally propagate.

Sorry about that! :(
 
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kschiew

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This is really cool. Really hope someone can help and record the whole thing please!!!
 
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