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On a different note, what is the best 4x4x4 on the market? Valk 4 M? Wuque M? Aosu GTS2M? Gan 460 M?
Do you mean this one: https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/YuXin#YuXin_Purple_5x5 ?
On a different note, what is the best 4x4x4 on the market? Valk 4 M? Wuque M? Aosu GTS2M? Gan 460 M?
(Was this post merged from a separate thread? Not sure what you're saying or asking.)Like these https://cubingcheatsheet.com/algs5x.html
The most relevant page I could find is this tiny page which doesn't have any algorithms https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Big_Cubes_edge_pairing
(Was this post merged from a separate thread? Not sure what you're saying or asking.)
The first part of the bigcubes.com edge pairing method (for the first eight edge groups, aka F8E) is called "freeslice" these days, and you can find many tutorials on YouTube for that. Freeslice doesn't really use any algs.
The second part (for the last four edge groups, aka L4E) isn't really described to any detail on the bigcubes.com website, and you're kinda supposed to just solve it freestyle. The basic method for the L4E is to solve one piece at a time by using slice-flip-slice; since there are eight outer edge pieces to pair up with the middle edge pieces, you might have to use slice-flip-slice up to six times, along with a parity alg for the last two edge pieces (needed half of the time). More advanced methods solve two (or more) pieces at a time. Again, there are tutorials on YouTube. The only alg you have to learn here is a parity alg.
Also, a lot of the algs on the cubingcheatsheet website are bad or sometimes even completely wrong. The presentation is fantastic, the content… not so much. I highly recommend CubeSkills instead. Most of the usefulness of CubeSkills is in the video tutorials, but the cheatsheets there are pretty good too.
Yes: you're missing big-cube-specific practice.I average about 30s on 3x3, and have started spending a bit of time on 5x5 too, which takes me about 6 minutes. From what I see from splits, the 3x3 part should be about 10% of the time. Which means that I'd need to be a 15s 3x3 solver to be able to get sub 2.5 minutes on 5x5. Am I missing something?
Yes: you're missing big-cube-specific practice.
A very rough guideline is that your 555 times should be around six times of your 333 times with enough practice. If you average 30 seconds on 333, you should aim for 3 minutes on 555.
The 6x rule of thumb is about right, but not by any means a hard limit. I average about 27s on 3x3, and about 2:25 on 5x5, or a multiple of roughly 5.5.Thanks. I knew I could get times down with more practice, but wondering if I should really try get my 3x3 down first before attempting. Sounds like I can get close enough to a cut off time with where I'm at with 3x3, so will continue on.
Thanks.
The 6x rule of thumb is about right, but not by any means a hard limit. I average about 27s on 3x3, and about 2:25 on 5x5, or a multiple of roughly 5.5.
… That adds up to 2:55 to 3:00, so aren't you already sub-3?my centers are usually around 1:30, with my edges being a little over 1:00 and my 3x3 stage taking about 25-30 seconds.
GTS2M is amazingOn a different note, what is the best 4x4x4 on the market? Valk 4 M? Wuque M? Aosu GTS2M? Gan 460 M?
This depends a lot on what your 3x3 average is. For example, I am at an ao100 on 3x3 of 13.5, and average 1:21-5 depending on the day.What do you average on 5x5? Im new to bug cubes and am wondering what other average as I average around 4-5:30 mins, depending on the solve. Is this goo door someone who is new or should I practice more often?