[Help Thread] 4x4 Discussion

[xyzzy]

What's the best 4x4 Nb perm alg?

I use
R' U R' F R F' R U' R' F' U F R U R' U' R

But the inverse
R' U R U' R' F' U' F R U R' F R' F' R U' R
seems more popular.

You may want to check CubeSkills (OLL, PLL), in addition to Speed Cube Database (look for the votes under the "Big Cubes" column).

 

[gsingh]

What's the best 4x4 Nb perm alg?

"R' U R U' R' F' U' F R U R' F R' F' R U' R" seems to be the most popular alg for big cubes, ill have to look into it myself

 

[baseballjello67]

What alg do you guys use for this OLL, on 4x4?


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I use:
y2 L U F' U' L' U L F L'

So I know 2 OLL parity algs.

Rw U2 x Rw U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw' and Rw' U2 Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 x U2 Rw2 U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2

The first one is the default parity alg that everybody uses, which (if you didn't know) affects PLL parity. The second one, which I found from Hashtag Cuber's video, doesn't affect PLL parity in anyway. If you did the second one and you had PLL parity during OLL, it would still give you PLL parity, but if you did the first one, you would avoid PLL parity after doing OLL.

So now my question is, is there a way to know if you have PLL parity during OLL Parity so that you can do the "right" OLL parity alg to be able to always avoid PLL parity?

Unless it's very easy, I don't think so. I just drill my parities a lot. A whole lot. I also do 3x3 solves on the 4x4 with no inspection, which helps on 3x3 stage.

What's the best 4x4 Nb perm alg?

R' U R U' R' F' U' F R U R' F R' F' R U' R

 

[Timona]

How do you fingertrick l2 moves?

 

[Garf]

How do you fingertrick l2 moves?

YOU DON'T...
JK. Pretty sure you just do what you do for r2, but for the left hand. Just make sure to shift grip.

 

[the average speed cuber]

I cant understand how to get the two edge pairs in with the yau method, pls help

 

[Timona]

You don't always get last 2 edges with Yau.

 

[the average speed cuber]

You don't always get last 2 edges with Yau.

waittttttttt... what

 

[the average speed cuber]

Put the same color edges on FR and FL slots, then do
u' R U R' F R' F' R u
and it should be paired.

i dont know what you mean

 

[Timona]

Just check YouTube man

 

[baseballjello67]

Plot twist: Youtube doesn't exist anymore

 

[Deleted member 36445]

when should I change from reduction to yau ?
I'm averaging 2:30 and have a sub2 single

 

[DynaXT]

ASAP

 

[Tabe]

when should I change from reduction to yau ?
I'm averaging 2:30 and have a sub2 single

No reason to wait. Go for it.

 

[Deleted member 36445]

ASAP

No reason to wait. Go for it.

ok guys, this weekend I'll grind 4x4 and try to learn yau
thanks for the encouragement
I'll try to record some solves and post here for you to critique, is that ok?

 

[Thom S.]

when should I change from reduction to yau ?

Never

 

[Timona]

4x4 alg pls.

 

[xyzzy]

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4x4 alg pls.

If you really don't want to use the RMU alg (M' back Sune U' M), you can try F R U R' U' F' U F R U R' U' F'.

 

[Timona]

What's the best alg for this case? I currently do Na then Opposite Parity.

 

[DynaXT]

F R U' R' U' R U R' F' U [PLL parity] U R U R' U' R' F R F'

Basically Y perm interrupted by PLL parity between the 2 algs that make it up.