[Help Thread] I think I broke physics- SOS!

[JackyLovesCubing11]

HELP! I am very new to cubing and have been solving for a few months now. I am using the basic Rubik’s speed cube. I decided to try the center cap removed challenge to test myself. I scramble without the caps and solved- and it got into an unsolvable position! I used the beginner method with nothing changed except the caps. What did I do?!

 

[JackyLovesCubing11]

HELP! I am very new to cubing and have been solving for a few months now. I am using the basic Rubik’s speed cube. I decided to try the center cap removed challenge to test myself. I scramble without the caps and solved- and it got into an unsolvable position! I used to w beginner method with nothing changed except the caps. What did I do?!View attachment 52249View attachment 52250

*used the beginner method

 

[ender9994]

You have hit the parity case that comes with solving a void cube. It can look like only 2 corners are shifted, but in reality there are also 4 centers shifted as well, you just can't see them. Here is a thread talking about many solutions

https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/void-parity-resolution-algs.6188/

 

[acrystal]

HELP! I am very new to cubing and have been solving for a few months now. I am using the basic Rubik’s speed cube. I decided to try the center cap removed challenge to test myself. I scramble without the caps and solved- and it got into an unsolvable position! I used the beginner method with nothing changed except the caps. What did I do?!View attachment 52249View attachment 52250

The best way for you is just to scramble and solve until the cube is solved

 

[Renslay]

Yeah, you have shifted centers. This illustrates your "problem":

 Twizzle link 

 Setup 

x2 y' B' D' F R' D2 L U B' D2 F2 D' L' D R F U'

 Moves 

U F' R' D' L D F2 D2 B U' L' D2 R F' D B

As others say, there are easier algs to solve such a parity case in a void cube (void cube is a 3x3 with no marked centers, sometimes physically missing centers, look it up, it's a fun variant of the 3x3).

 

[Sub 20 Cuber]

Take the cube apart and assemble it so that it’s solved

 

[Renslay]

Take the cube apart and assemble it so that it’s solved

That approach is unfaithful towards the cubing community.

 

[Michael Wimberly]

The same thing happened to me last year when I was a beginner. A friend re-arranged the center caps on my Qiyi Warrior S, but accidently put them back in the right order but they were actually shifted over from their actual positions, so I ended up very confused with 2 edge pieces swapped.

 

[JackyLovesCubing11]

The best way for you is just to scramble and solve until the cube is solved

It’s not quite a problem to fix it, as I just wondered how it had happened in the first place. Thanks anyway!

 

[JackyLovesCubing11]

The same thing happened to me last year when I was a beginner. A friend re-arranged the center caps on my Qiyi Warrior S, but accidently put them back in the right order but they were actually shifted over from their actual positions, so I ended up very confused with 2 edge pieces swapped.

Thanks! My friend and I were baffled. This helps a lot!

 

[JackyLovesCubing11]

Yeah, you have shifted centers. This illustrates your "problem":

 Twizzle link 

 Setup 

x2 y' B' D' F R' D2 L U B' D2 F2 D' L' D R F U'

 Moves 

U F' R' D' L D F2 D2 B U' L' D2 R F' D B

As others say, there are easier algs to solve such a parity case in a void cube (void cube is a 3x3 with no marked centers, sometimes physically missing centers, look it up, it's a fun variant of the 3x3).

Thanks so much! This helped a lot. This gave me the answers I needed!

 

[unirox13]

Another great example of why Roux is the best approach for a Void Cube. Simple M slice, redo the L6E, and parity is fixed.