Cubing Challenge

[onlyleftname]

Can you solve a cube as quickly as you would normally, or a little slower, only doing double layer turns, like r, d, etc...

It's harder than I expected, but still a fun challenge.

 

[cubernya]

Not hard. It's called double layer turns and rotations to do normal single layer turns.

And why on earth would you put this up right after one just got put up like 5 minutes ago

 

[PandaCuber]

Not hard. It's called double layer turns and rotations to do normal single layer turns.

And why on earth would you put this up right after one just got put up like 5 minutes ago

true, coulda posted on mine. but noo, you made a new thread...

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

true, coulda posted on mine. but noo, you made a new thread...

Dude, its a different challenge, so he "deserves" his own thread.

 

[Stefan]

It's called double layer turns and rotations

No, he quite clearly called it "only doing double layer turns".

 

[Dene]

No, he quite clearly called it "only doing double layer turns".

But then again, he said to solve it "normally". So I assume rotations are allowed, which essentially means that you can do a wide turn + rotation to do the same thing as a single layer turn.

 

[Stefan]

But then again, he said to solve it "normally".

I think he asked whether we can solve only doing double layer turns as quickly as we can solve normally. So "normally" is on the *other* side of the comparison.

 

[Dene]

Lol well in that case it's a very silly question. Ask someone to do normal turns but without any rotations and they will be slower without any doubt, let alone doing only double layer turns without rotations.

 

[xabu1]

Lol well in that case it's a very silly question. Ask someone to do normal turns but without any rotations and they will be slower without any doubt, let alone doing only double layer turns without rotations.

I don't know about being slower without any rotations

I do my whole solve with no rotations, I think it is faster, rotations take up too much time

 

[Cheese11]

Is anyone actually trying it? Or just argueing about what he meant. I personally think he means turns and rotations.
I tryed it and got 47 seconds (I suck).

 

[Dene]

I don't know about being slower without any rotations

I do my whole solve with no rotations, I think it is faster, rotations take up too much time

Yes well no offence, but you are slow.

 

[ChaozCubing]

How about this: only double turns and no rotations?

 

[ketchuphater999]

How about this: only double turns and no rotations?

Try not to bump threads that have been dead for four years...

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

How about this: only double turns and no rotations?

impossible because the edges would have to be oriented in order to be solvable with double turns and no rotations... and unfortunately they aren't 99% of the time

 

[cashis]

impossible because the edges would have to be oriented in order to be solvable with double turns and no rotations... and unfortunately they aren't 99% of the time

99.95

 

[TDM]

impossible because the edges would have to be oriented in order to be solvable with double turns and no rotations... and unfortunately they aren't 99% of the time

He means wide moves e.g. Uw/Rw. "double" = "double layer", not 180 degrees.

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

He means wide moves e.g. Uw/Rw. "double" = "double layer", not 180 degrees.

But doing a Uw' is just doing a D and a rotation.

 

[2180161]

But doing a Uw' is just doing a D and a rotation.

Actually, its a D' but Im not gonna be that guy

 

[TDM]

But doing a Uw' is just doing a D and a rotation.

The challenge is to only use wide moves, but not rotate. No normal moves allowed. So for T perm you'd have to do:
Lw Bw Dw' Rw' Bw' Rw Dw2 Bw' Lw' Dw' Bw Rw Dw' Rw'

Try it with another alg and you'll see why it's a challenge.

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

Actually, its a D' but Im not gonna be that guy

Nope
Actually, you are correct, I didn't have a cube in front of me