Easiest way to solve the Rubik's cube

[Ahmed Naim]

Here's one of the best tutorials , It's really helpful , watch all 4 parts

 

[weatherman223]

much rather prefer youcandothecube.com but whatever.

 

[Rcuber123]

None of those are even close to being the easiest to solve the cube. The easiest way is intuitive commutaters.

 

[tseitsei]

None of those are even close to being the easiest to solve the cube. The easiest way is intuitive commutaters.

errrmm... Definitely no

Have you ever tried teaching commutators to someone who has never solved the cube?

The easiest way to solve the cube would probably be completely algorithmic method that still uses as few algs as possible.
Algorithmic because then you don't really need to understand how things work you can just blindly memorize which alg to execute at what stage.
And as few algs as possible so that there is minimum amount of things to memorize.

 

[Solvador Cubi]

The easiest way to solve the cube would probably be completely algorithmic method that still uses as few algs as possible.
Algorithmic because then you don't really need to understand how things work you can just blindly memorize which alg to execute at what stage.

That "understanding vs memorization" challenge is what I tried to find the best balance for in my beginner's DSEF method.
It's definitely interesting teaching someone who has never solved one.

 

[Rcuber123]

errrmm... Definitely no

Have you ever tried teaching commutators to someone who has never solved the cube?

The easiest way to solve the cube would probably be completely algorithmic method that still uses as few algs as possible.
Algorithmic because then you don't really need to understand how things work you can just blindly memorize which alg to execute at what stage.
And as few algs as possible so that there is minimum amount of things to memorize.

Anybody who can solve one side can easily solve the cube making commutater out of whatever they use to insert edges and corners into the first layer.

Edit: except for parity for Which they can learn a J or T perm

 

[tseitsei]

That "understanding vs memorization" challenge is what I tried to find the best balance for in my beginner's DSEF method.
It's definitely interesting teaching someone who has never solved one.

Yeah I actually read how your method works some time ago. And I have to say that seemed quite simplle and easy to understand for beginners so GJ

Anybody who can solve one side can easily solve the cube making commutater out of whatever they use to insert edges and corners into the first layer.

Edit: except for parity for Which they can learn a J or T perm

So I take it that your answer to my question is no?

Because that certainly is not the case in many situation. Beginners will most probably not be able to understand how commutator work at all. And even if they do there are many cases where they need to understand (sometimes quite complicated) setup moves also since not every case is solvable with a simple 8-move commutator.

That is why most people start BLD solving by using M2 or OP instead of commutators. M2 and OP are more algorithmic and thus easier to learn how to use properly. Commutators are intuitive yes but they are by no means easy for beginner cubers to understand

DISCLAIMER:
there is a lot of individual variation here. Some people might be able to pick up commutators right from the beginning but most will not. I have taught quite a few people to solve the cube and some people are able to grasp the basic F2L concept right from the start and skip the whole LBL stuff but some people even struggle making the cross intuitively and need a lot of help in that also...

 

[Rcuber123]

Yeah I actually read how your method works some time ago. And I have to say that seemed quite simplle and easy to understand for beginners so GJ



So I take it that your answer to my question is no?

Because that certainly is not the case in many situation. Beginners will most probably not be able to understand how commutator work at all. And even if they do there are many cases where they need to understand (sometimes quite complicated) setup moves also since not every case is solvable with a simple 8-move commutator.

That is why most people start BLD solving by using M2 or OP instead of commutators. M2 and OP are more algorithmic and thus easier to learn how to use properly. Commutators are intuitive yes but they are by no means easy for beginner cubers to understand

DISCLAIMER:
there is a lot of individual variation here. Some people might be able to pick up commutators right from the beginning but most will not. I have taught quite a few people to solve the cube and some people are able to grasp the basic F2L concept right from the start and skip the whole LBL stuff but some people even struggle making the cross intuitively and need a lot of help in that also...

I haven't tried teaching anyone for years so...

The commutaters don't have to be optimal or even close to optimal. U can use corner and edge insert based commutater to permute the cube and then orienting commutaterso to orient the cube.

 

[tseitsei]

I haven't tried teaching anyone for years so...

The commutaters don't have to be optimal or even close to optimal. U can use corner and edge insert based commutater to permute the cube and then orienting commutaterso to orient the cube.

yeah, you can. But there are certainly simpler ways also

 

[Jason Green]

I taught a cube club at my son's school, K through 4th. A lot of them did not grasp much but some did, it was fun.