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Whenever I hit my buffer face with the second piece in a pair, I just keep going as if I didn't. So I would have done Ubl (which is my starting buffer piece) -> Lub -> Ubr, and then keep going with Ubl as my buffer for the next pair, using the piece that's at Ubr.
If I hit my buffer piece with the first piece in the next pair, I just stop there and start with the new piece as my buffer piece. So I use floating buffers - I move them each time I hit this. I like this because it means I have 1/2 commutator less to do each time this happens. (Of course, it's only really a savings with an even number of them - I have to get 2 cases like this to save a commutator.) But as a result, on a typical 4x4x4 BLD, I seem to average somewhere between 1 and 2 commutators saved. And the way I memorize, it really doesn't cost me anything on memorization. I've tried to convince Chris this is a good way to go, but I can't seem to convince him - I guess with his memory technique, it's not as clearly a win.
If I hit my buffer piece with the first piece in the next pair, I just stop there and start with the new piece as my buffer piece. So I use floating buffers - I move them each time I hit this. I like this because it means I have 1/2 commutator less to do each time this happens. (Of course, it's only really a savings with an even number of them - I have to get 2 cases like this to save a commutator.) But as a result, on a typical 4x4x4 BLD, I seem to average somewhere between 1 and 2 commutators saved. And the way I memorize, it really doesn't cost me anything on memorization. I've tried to convince Chris this is a good way to go, but I can't seem to convince him - I guess with his memory technique, it's not as clearly a win.