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Names for fingertricks?

Evan Wright

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I think it would be a good idea to have some standardized names for fingertricks.

There is already a few, such as:
R U R' U' (sexy move)
R' F R F' (sledgehammer)

I think it would be beneficial to have names for more common fingertricks, such as
R U2 R'
R U R',
F R' F' R
R U R' U

Having names for these would make memorizing algs a lot easier. For example, instead of R U R' U R U2 R' (sune), it could be written as
(name1) (name2)

(I am terrible at coming up with names so i just inserted generic ones)

What other fingertricks should have names? Also, help me come up with names for the ones I have.
 
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I think it would be a good idea to have some standardized names for fingertricks.

There is already a few, such as:
R U R' U' (sexy move)
R' F R F' (sledgehammer)

I think it would be beneficial to have names for more common fingertricks, such as
R U2 R'
R U R',
F R' F' R
R U R' U

Having names for these would make memorizing algs a lot easier. For example, instead of R U R' U R U2 R' (sune), it could be written as
(name1) (name2)

(I am terrible at coming up with names so i just inserted generic ones)

What other fingertricks should have names? Also, help me come up with names for the ones I have.

Falcon Sledghammer/ Reverse Sledgehammer (F R' F' R)
Sexy (R U R' U)
Too Sexy (R U2 R')
Lazy Sexy (R U R')

R U R' U R U2 R' = Sexy Too Sexy :p
Weird names, I am also bad at them but no harm in trying :p
 

Lucas Garron

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From the way you talk about these fingertricks, HIJK notation will probably cover most of your needs except sledgehammer, and the only thing that really matters is K = R U R'.

Sune: K U K2

Other names are cute, but they are likely to stay non-standard -- and not everyone will agree with your mnemonic/interpretation, or think that it's a good come up with weird nicknames for all sorts of simple variants on the same thing.
 

vino1105

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Is "Sexy move" and "Sledgehammer" the only standardized names for triggers?

R U R' F' should have a standardized name. Same with R' F R F'
 
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