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goodatthis said:
What? All I said to that guy was that getting a success isn't much attributed to how much you can memorize. What I meant was that I have suceeded in recalling the information of the cube. You can debate technicalities in how I worded things all you want, it's really not that important.

I don't really understand what exactly you're trying to accomplish here. This is the one answer question thread, not the flame-the-answerer-of-a-question-thread.
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what is this i dont

I wasn't flaming you. Based on that "I would say that have succeeded in memoing the cube" part, it looked like you seriously believed you were making no mistakes in your memo. So I was trying to see if you had backed up that claim and, if not, correct a bad assumption that could hinder you from getting successes in the near future.
 
Is there a best way to look for a cross during inspection using CFOP with a color neutral approach? That is, a way to look for a cross solution that will give the quickest solution to execute. If so, what is it? Is such an approach specific to the individual? By that, I mean that Person A's approach may not work as well as for Person B.

What is the best way for a beginner to look for crosses while being a color neutral CFOP user?


I have been color neutral ever since I started speedsolving in 2008 or 2009. I have been cubing on and off since then. I did not use inspection until some time in late 2012 or early 2013. I would just start solving the 3x3 or 4x4 (or whatever puzzle) immediately. I would just choose a random side to start on. I have also taken at least two multi-month long breaks to try methods other than CFOP (ZZ and Roux).

Because of these things, my cross finding and cross solving abilities are very underdeveloped. My cross solving abilities are also out of proportion with the rest of my solves.

I might be returning to CFOP very soon after my recent (one week ago) trial with Roux. I am wondering what is the best way for me to start doing the cross.

Thank you.
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Zeotor said:
Is there a best way to look for a cross during inspection using CFOP with a color neutral approach? That is, a way to look for a cross solution that will give the quickest solution to execute. If so, what is it? Is such an approach specific to the individual? By that, I mean that Person A's approach may not work as well as for Person B.

What is the best way for a beginner to look for crosses while being a color neutral CFOP user?


I have been color neutral ever since I started speedsolving in 2008 or 2009. I have been cubing on and off since then. I did not use inspection until some time in late 2012 or early 2013. I would just start solving the 3x3 or 4x4 (or whatever puzzle) immediately. I would just choose a random side to start on. I have also taken at least two multi-month long breaks to try methods other than CFOP (ZZ and Roux).

Because of these things, my cross finding and cross solving abilities are very underdeveloped. My cross solving abilities are also out of proportion with the rest of my solves.

I might be returning to CFOP very soon after my recent (one week ago) trial with Roux. I am wondering what is the best way for me to start doing the cross.

Thank you.
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I still have know idea whether to keep using CFOP or switch to Roux or ZZ. I am stuck at 23 with CFOP. I like ZZ because I'm interested in OH, Roux because of the M slices.
 
PJKCuber, What you need to do is just to practice. I was stuck at sub-25 until today. I decided to try slowing down during F2L and look-ahead. I just started and got my first Sub-20 Avg of 5.
 
pinser said:
Sorry, I meant:
Is there an intuitive way to do so? Like EO?
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You can use commutators:

Turn the DFR corner (put it out and put back in an other way:
(R U R' U')2

This leaves the D side in a perfect condition, with only one change: the rotated DFR corner.

So, if we put another corner into this spot, example the DFL:
D

and then we do the inverse of the first moves:
(U R U' R')2

That solves the scrambled U side and rotate the corner in the DFR place back, which is currently the DFL corner. Finally, move back the DFL to its original place:
D'

Final algorithm (contructed with intuition):
R U R' U' R U R' U' D U R U' R' U R U' R' D'

Of course U' D U = D, so:
R U R' U' R U R' D R U' R' U R U' R' D'

This also works on bigger cubes.
 
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TDM said:
What's the background colour of the posts on this forum?
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It's RGB (250, 250, 250) so it is a very, very light grey. I just made a screenshot, copied it to Paint and used the "color picker" tool ;-)

sk8erman41 said:
The whole thread was actually pretty interesting but the fact that it was targeted at PJKcuber (sarcastically but still) was not okay
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Yeah, I fully agree with you. But the video has some value of its own if you forget about the mockery. E.g.: I am struggling to get my 1st sub-20 Ao5, which I'm still some 3-4 seconds from achieving and I thought it was, among other things, because of poor lookahead (probably) and slow TPS (not sure of this anymore thanks to his video).

So, seeing him do the "move slowly" solve my jaw just dropped to the floor :D it was just amazing to see him solve so slowly but with moves flowing so nicely, without even the slightest pause. You must be very good to be able to do that. Does anybody know Ben's PB? I guess he must be sub-10 at least.
 
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PJKCuber, What you need to do is just to practice. I was stuck at sub-25 until today. I decided to try slowing down during F2L and look-ahead. I just started and got my first Sub-20 Avg of 5.
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i did lots of solves today, i slowed down so much, like normally i sub30 and now im around 40-50s .. does it work like that, while slowing down, am I suppose look ahead or what?
what else do i need to do ?
 
Bryan Chia said:
i did lots of solves today, i slowed down so much, like normally i sub30 and now im around 40-50s .. does it work like that, while slowing down, am I suppose look ahead or what?
what else do i need to do ?
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1) can you do F2L pairs blindfolded? If yes, go to 2. If no, got to 3
2) turn slow and do not focus on the pair you're solving and instead look for the next pair.
3) learn to do f2l pairs blindfolded. Return to 1
 
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1) can you do F2L pairs blindfolded? If yes, go to 2. If no, got to 3
2) turn slow and do not focus on the pair you're solving and instead look for the next pair.
3) learn to do f2l pairs blindfolded. Return to 1
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well im not sure if this counts, i can look away (aka talk to someone else) and my hands are still doing it but i have to know where does it go first, if you get what i mean
 
Are you allowed to switch hands during OH?

For example if I like to do Cross/F2L with my right hand but LL with my left hand... can I solve Cross/F2L with my right hand then put the cube down, switch hands, and solve LL with my left hand?
Hope this makes scene.
 
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