[Help Thread] Roux Discussion and Help

[PenguinsDontFly]

I think your steps are pretty balanced. I think what you need to work on is fluidity. Your solves look a little choppy, and to fix it easily, just do slow solves only for a week.

 

[TorbinRoux]

I think your steps are pretty balanced. I think what you need to work on is fluidity. Your solves look a little choppy, and to fix it easily, just do slow solves only for a week.

Thanks I will definitely work on that!


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[Teoidus]

I guess the obvious answer would just be that practice makes it faster, but I noticed that the Dots case (E2 M' E2 M) can also be solved by (M2 U2 M' U2)2, which is pretty fast as well. Is there a reason people don't use that isntead? It seems slightly more reliable.

 

[shadowslice e]

I guess the obvious answer would just be that practice makes it faster, but I noticed that the Dots case (E2 M' E2 M) can also be solved by (M2 U2 M' U2)2, which is pretty fast as well. Is there a reason people don't use that isntead? It seems slightly more reliable.

People do use it.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

I guess the obvious answer would just be that practice makes it faster, but I noticed that the Dots case (E2 M' E2 M) can also be solved by (M2 U2 M' U2)2, which is pretty fast as well. Is there a reason people don't use that isntead? It seems slightly more reliable.

E2 M E2 M' is faster for sure. The only reason to be using an MU alg is to cancel into before you insert LR edges.

 

[GuRoux]

E2 M E2 M' is faster for sure. The only reason to be using an MU alg is to cancel into before you insert LR edges.

and that E2 M E2 M' takes a regrip

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

and that E2 M E2 M' takes a regrip

But it's faster even with the regrip. And the regrips is nonexistent if you predict it.

 

[TDM]

But it's faster even with the regrip. And the regrips is nonexistent if you predict it.

If you can predict it, why not just skip it by doing a UFUB thing? That's definitely faster.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

If you can predict it, why not just skip it by doing a UFUB thing? That's definitely faster.

Usually I'm already halfway through doing the M2 when I see it.

 

[Teoidus]

So the idea then is to reduce UF/UB instead of L/R if you can? Which would just leave EPLL?

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

So the idea then is to reduce UF/UB instead of L/R if you can? Which would just leave EPLL?

setup with E2 M E2 M' U' M2
solve with U2 M' U2 M2 U2 M' U'

 

[SRV]

and that E2 M E2 M' takes a regrip

I do E2 M' E2 M without a regrip. My technique is:
E2 like right handed U2 blocking U layer with left index
M' like R' r
E2 same as before
M like R r'

Flows pretty nice without pause after MUs, though I tend to lock up sometimes

Note: I use Kirjava's fingertricks for LSE, so left ring & pinky for Ms, left index for U', right index & middle for U and U2

 

[TorbinRoux]

I do E2 M' E2 M without a regrip. My technique is:
E2 like right handed U2 blocking U layer with left index
M' like R' r
E2 same as before
M like R r'

I do this too, and it usually seems to flow very well.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Eww that's slow. Try doing it the diagonal rotation way. I can sub 0.5 it easily and 0.7 ish with the "regrip" GuRoux keeps talking about.

 

[shadowslice e]

You could try avoiding dots altogether by slightly altering how you insert UL/UR or UF/UB

 

[mafergut]

Eww that's slow. Try doing it the diagonal rotation way. I can sub 0.5 it easily and 0.7 ish with the "regrip" GuRoux keeps talking about.

Long time since I last practised Roux (and I'm a complete patzer with it) but that's the way I found easier and faster, putting the cube somewhat diagonal and doing the E2 with ring and middle flick like it was M (I use left for that) and doing the M' and M with the other hand.

 

[muchacho]

Could someone try how fast can it be done like this... (U D') (U D') M' (U D') (U D') M' ...compared to other ways? not that I like it much, but it doesn't need a regrip for me.

 

[SRV]

Eww that's slow. Try doing it the diagonal rotation way. I can sub 0.5 it easily and 0.7 ish with the "regrip" GuRoux keeps talking about.

Where can I see these two ways?

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

 

[SRV]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CECXf3OPO00&feature=youtu.be

So fast and helpful! Thanks! I really appreciate it!!