The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[Deleted member 2864]

Does anybody know what happened to puzzleproz's shop on ebay? They've been gone for forever...

 

[reThinking the Cube]

Scramble/Event Results Archive?

Where are all the scrambles that have been used for official WCA events recorded?

 

[blakedacuber]

Can anyone get past lvl 14 in this game? If so please tell me how

EDIT: If you wanna jump straight to lvl 14 the code is Girls room

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rogerup/you-create-the-next-level

Just type fourenter

 

[inuyasha51089]

what is the best brand mirror blocks

 

[xXzaKerXx]

are v-cubes (especially V-cube 6) available in San Clemente, Southern California?or around that area (LA)

 

[cincyaviation]

what is the best brand mirror blocks

the cheapest

 

[TheCubeElite]

I just learned F2L last night, and I went from averaging 35-40 seconds using LBL to about 1 minute with F2L, this is common, right? Also, should I learn F2L algs or just learn it intuitively?

 

[iSpinz]

I just learned F2L last night, and I went from averaging 35-40 seconds using LBL to about 1 minute with F2L, this is common, right? Also, should I learn F2L algs or just learn it intuitively?

Very common. Intuitive.

 

[nlCuber22]

I just learned F2L last night, and I went from averaging 35-40 seconds using LBL to about 1 minute with F2L, this is common, right? Also, should I learn F2L algs or just learn it intuitively?

Learn intuitive F2L.

And yeah, that's common for your times to go up but if you're 35-40 right now, within the next few weeks you should be sub-35 if you practice a sufficient amount.

EDIT: Ninja'd

 

[miniGOINGS]

Which is the best/fastest speedsolving way to solve Step 5 of KBCM?

 

[Cyrus C.]

is the case on the 4x4 at the top of the screen even possible?
i dont think it is, but im not that into bigger cubes

Why wouldn't it be?

Why does it say I'm 0 years old on my profile?

because you live in Iowa, you play piano, and you probably didn't enter a DOB

I did.

EDIT: I put down the year was 2009 when I was born, not 1997.

 

[Ryanrex116]

Where are all the scrambles that have been used for official WCA events recorded?

Nowhere. SOME organizers decide to release the scrambles, but some do not.

 

[yeee707]

is this a ghost hand II? http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku...._Intelligence_Test_Cube_(2003D_Version)-26817
It says it's a 2003D version, but I don't know what that means...

 

[Edward]

is this a ghost hand II? http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku...._Intelligence_Test_Cube_(2003D_Version)-26817
It says it's a 2003D version, but I don't know what that means...

I don't thinkits a GH2. The ghost hand 2 has the ridge thingies in the pieces. That looks like a GH 1.

 

[xXzaKerXx]

Are V-cubes available in San Clemente, California? does anyone know the algorithms to shoot to RBU and BUR other than doing just R2 ?(R2 method)

 

[adimare]

What's the 4x4's equivalent of sub20?

 

[AndyRoo789]

What's the 4x4's equivalent of sub20?

Not too sure.
Sub-1 minute maybe?

 

[Deleted member 4527]

What's the 4x4's equivalent of sub20?

Not too sure.
Sub-1 minute maybe?

sub-1 is much harder than sub-20

Also, where can I find a tutorial on 6x6 centers? I average around 1:45

 

[iSpinz]

What's the 4x4's equivalent of sub20?

Not too sure.
Sub-1 minute maybe?

sub-1 is much harder than sub-20

Also, where can I find a tutorial on 6x6 centers? I average around 1:45

Maybe because to get sub-1 on 4x4 you should be sub-20 on 3x3.

 

[Cride5]

Do any sub 20 cubers actually line up the colored blocks on PLL's before executing the PLL?

Tip: If you learn which blocks/cubies of the pattern will be in position after execution, you can anticipate AUF during PLL recognition. An easy example is U-perm: the cubies belonging to the bar are in position. If they match up with F2L then AUF will not be required. If they have the opposite colour to F2L, then U2 will be required etc..

What is hexadecimal and how would you use it to memo CO during bld?

It's a numeral system of base 16. I wouldn't use it for CO since those have 3 different orientations, but I would use it for EO since there's only 2. 0 would equal correct orientation and 1 wrong orientation. A 3x3 has 12 edges so you would memorize 100111110001 for example for edges, which equals 9F1 in hexadecimal, so memorizing 9F1 would be enough to orient all edges. It's great for BLD but only if you're used to it.

Then is there an easy way to memo CO durind bld and multibld?

This is quite old, but I'll answer anyway...

If you're good with working in base 3 then this is perfectly doable working in the nonary (base 9) system. It means CO is memorised as a 4-digit nonary number. This is just like working in normal decimal without using the digit 9.

Its done like this: For each corner assign a ternary digit (base 3).
oriented = 0, twisted once = 1, twisted twice = 2
This creates a number like: 12011021 (one digit per corner)
Convert into a 4-digit number by adding them in groups of 2's, multiplying the first digit by 3. So this number becomes 5137 (3+2, 0+1, 3+0, 6+1)

Converting a digit back into two corner orientations is quite simple.
First digit: n < 3 gives 0, 3 <= n < 6 gives 1, n >= 6 gives 2
Second digit: n mod 3 gives you the orientation. (ie, take exactly 3 from the nonary digit until its between 0 and 2).

It may seem complicated at first, but I'm sure doing it over and over it probably gets easier.