One-Answer 3x3x3 Question Thread

[Ordway Persyn]

Not really, since there are many new cubes out there for better prices, such as the YJ GuanLong ($4.00) or the Yuxin Fire ($5.00)

did you just reply to a 6 year old comment?

@cw23 they get cut off if I'm not mistaken. I usually roll averages, cause it feels nice when you see your Ao1000 slowly drop.

 

[cmhardw]

what are the odds of a LL skip if one factors in edge control(sledge) thanks

1/7 for skipping cross edge OLL, 1/27 for skipping corner OLL, 1/72 for skipping PLL. All events are independent, so multiply to get the overall probability.

 

[Robinbar]

I only need to learn the N perms and then I know full PLL. When I learn new algorithms I sometimes forget small parts of other algorithms. Like I know the beginning and the end but then forget like and U2 or something.

 

[Robinbar]

Hi,
At what age did most speedcubers start cubing? I started at 17, is that too late to reach world class times?(sub 10) I have been doing it for a month and average around 45 seconds now. My pb is 41 seconds

 

[Ordway Persyn]

I started at 14, Im sure that you could get sub 10 if you try hard enough.

 

[shadowslice e]

Hi,
At what age did most speedcubers start cubing? I started at 17, is that too late to reach world class times?(sub 10) I have been doing it for a month and average around 45 seconds now. My pb is 41 seconds

I'm 16, first solved 10 months ago when I was 15. Properly started practising around 6 months ago, I average ~15-16 doing on average 400-500 solves a week for 3x3x3 now. You should be fine.

 

[mafergut]

Hi,
At what age did most speedcubers start cubing? I started at 17, is that too late to reach world class times?(sub 10) I have been doing it for a month and average around 45 seconds now. My pb is 41 seconds

I started at 43 and I'm now 45. I am still struggling to be globally sub-20. I'm sure you'll do much better. Compared with me you are super-young

 

[Robinbar]

I know this is an odd question, but do alcohol and cubing go together? Do mats valk and zemdegs drink beers? Or will it kill brain cells and have a negative impact on their cube and memorization skills?

 

[Berd]

I know this is an odd question, but do alcohol and cubing go together? Do mats valk and zemdegs drink beers? Or will it kill brain cells and have a negative impact on their cube and memorization skills?

I know that maskow has cut alcohol out of his diet, he's a memory king tho.

 

[PJKCuber]

Are there any good LBL tutorials for solving a Pyraminx? I couldn't understand the ones I saw on youtube.

 

[penguinz7]

Are there any good LBL tutorials for solving a Pyraminx? I couldn't understand the ones I saw on youtube.

Wrong thread. There isn't much to LBL, other then making the first layer and then learning the last layer algs. Here is where I learned. http://www.cubewhiz.com/pyraminx.php

 

[Jlvs2run]

The forum automatically adds cubing numbers for images,
like this one [ ATTACH=CONFIG 5618 /ATTACH ] which shows the image link below.

View attachment 5618 = OLLC3.jpg

Where can I find more of these and look up the images?

 

[Robinbar]

Hi what exactly distinguishes a sub 10 solver from a sub 20 solver? Is it just brute turning speed? Can the sub 10 guy perform more twists per second? Does he know more algorithms? Or is there something else?

 

[shadowslice e]

Hi what exactly distinguishes a sub 10 solver from a sub 20 solver? Is it just brute turning speed? Can the sub 10 guy perform more twists per second? Does he know more algorithms? Or is there something else?

They have a higher tps, usually know more algs, have a better lookahead and efficiency as well as more flexability and is more able to find good starts in the 15 second inspection.

 

[mafergut]

They have a higher tps, usually know more algs, have a better lookahead and efficiency as well as more flexability and is more able to find good starts in the 15 second inspection.

I would put them, from most relevant to least relevant in the order: lookahead, efficiency, inspection, tps, more algs.

 

[Robinbar]

Hi,
I currently average around 35 seconds with fridrich. How can you improve your look-ahead? Usually during f2l I insert a pair, and at the same time looking in the top layer to find a corner and edge. Usually I find corners pretty quick, but then I have to look for its edge and sometimes it is in the back and then I have to turn the cube to see if that is the right edge and then solve it. For instance I search the green/orange edge, I look at the left side and see green, but the other face of that edge is at the back so I have to turn the cube first? How can you minimize cube rotations?

 

[mafergut]

Hi,
I currently average around 35 seconds with fridrich. How can you improve your look-ahead? Usually during f2l I insert a pair, and at the same time looking in the top layer to find a corner and edge. Usually I find corners pretty quick, but then I have to look for its edge and sometimes it is in the back and then I have to turn the cube to see if that is the right edge and then solve it. For instance I search the green/orange edge, I look at the left side and see green, but the other face of that edge is at the back so I have to turn the cube first? How can you minimize cube rotations?

One good trick is insert your pairs in the back whenever possible. That brings corners and edges that were stuck in back slots to the U face so that you can spot them more easily. But there are times when simply the corner that you need is hidden somewhere. For these cases memorization can also help (from inspection or from checking that the piece was there maybe when inserting other previous pair). Also deduction can be used, e.g. you just partially see a green edge, but you can also see a green-yellow edge (assuming white cross) and your green-red pair is already done so the other green you've spotted must be the green-orange you're looking for.

 

[jaredye]

Hi,
I currently average around 35 seconds with fridrich. How can you improve your look-ahead? Usually during f2l I insert a pair, and at the same time looking in the top layer to find a corner and edge. Usually I find corners pretty quick, but then I have to look for its edge and sometimes it is in the back and then I have to turn the cube to see if that is the right edge and then solve it. For instance I search the green/orange edge, I look at the left side and see green, but the other face of that edge is at the back so I have to turn the cube first? How can you minimize cube rotations?

I just got from 35 to 25 in the past 2 months so I think I can share some tricks with you.

I think the most important thing is, when you have set up a pair, stop looking at it and look at other pieces instead. There are 4 basic ways to insert a pair (RUR', L'U'L, URU'R', U'L'UL) and various angles to do them. You should be extremely familiar with these basic cases and be able to do them without thinking. Then you'll be able to free up your mind and eyes to trace the next pair.

The next stage is, even before you set up this pair, you see 2 pieces that can form the next pair, and when you set up this pair, you remember where the 2 pieces for next pair are. To be able to do this you need to be very familiar with F2L manipulation. You also need to think actively rather than mindlessly doing the solves.

Once you're familiar with these 2 ideas you can try other things, like optimize the angle to insert the F2L pairs and also when you do the cross, so you get more information (like if you need to do a D to align the cross you can do a u' so you see more of the cube). But I think at this point you don't need to worry about these.

 

[WowIsThatA10x10]

Hi,
I currently average around 35 seconds with fridrich. How can you improve your look-ahead? Usually during f2l I insert a pair, and at the same time looking in the top layer to find a corner and edge. Usually I find corners pretty quick, but then I have to look for its edge and sometimes it is in the back and then I have to turn the cube to see if that is the right edge and then solve it. For instance I search the green/orange edge, I look at the left side and see green, but the other face of that edge is at the back so I have to turn the cube first? How can you minimize cube rotations?

Hi
what cube do you use? i remember when i was about your speed i had a terrible rubiks brand. i then got a dayan zhanchi and that got me sub 30 in a few days.
look ahead?-look everywhere BUT the pair you are making/inserting and practice VERY slow solves, like 1 tps or even slower for a few days to build up good look ahead.

 

[SpeedSolver1234]

I have no idea of how to do f2l easily . Does anybody have any websites or links which give an easy and not complicated explanation of f2l.