The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[miniGOINGS]

Ok, I think I'll have to go with the second one, has less lockups for me, and it's easier to remember.

 

[SuperNerd]

I solve my F2L on the left, and I can get 15-17 second averages. I've been thinking if my F2L times will lower to less than 10 seconds if I switch to cross on bottom, but that would take a long time to get used to. I average around 20 seconds with cross on bottom.

I average 11 seconds on F2L with cross on left (including cross). What should I do?

 

[Parity]

I solve my F2L on the left, and I can get 15-17 second averages. I've been thinking if my F2L times will lower to less than 10 seconds if I switch to cross on bottom, but that would take a long time to get used to. I average around 20 seconds with cross on bottom.

I average 11 seconds on F2L with cross on left (including cross). What should I do?

Stick with what you like.

 

[miniGOINGS]

I solve my F2L on the left, and I can get 15-17 second averages. I've been thinking if my F2L times will lower to less than 10 seconds if I switch to cross on bottom, but that would take a long time to get used to. I average around 20 seconds with cross on bottom.

I average 11 seconds on F2L with cross on left (including cross). What should I do?

You have three options.

1. Keep cubing with cross on left. Tomasz does this.
2. Switch to cross on bottom. It will take some time to get used to.
3. Use a different method, preferably one that doesn't use a cross.

Out of all options, number 1 seems the best to me, for you.

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

I solve my F2L on the left, and I can get 15-17 second averages. I've been thinking if my F2L times will lower to less than 10 seconds if I switch to cross on bottom, but that would take a long time to get used to. I average around 20 seconds with cross on bottom.

I average 11 seconds on F2L with cross on left (including cross). What should I do?

Stick to left, not much difference actually

 

[SuperNerd]

I solve my F2L on the left, and I can get 15-17 second averages. I've been thinking if my F2L times will lower to less than 10 seconds if I switch to cross on bottom, but that would take a long time to get used to. I average around 20 seconds with cross on bottom.

I average 11 seconds on F2L with cross on left (including cross). What should I do?

You have three options.

1. Keep cubing with cross on left. Tomasz does this.
2. Switch to cross on bottom. It will take some time to get used to.
3. Use a different method, preferably one that doesn't use a cross.

Out of all options, number 1 seems the best to me, for you.

Ok, thanks. I realize that Tomasz still uses Cross on left, but it seems that it would be very hard to get to a sub-10, or anything near that, average, as Tomasz has probably been cubing much longer than I have.

Thank you anyway!

 

[miniGOINGS]

Ok, thanks. I realize that Tomasz still uses Cross on left, but it seems that it would be very hard to get to a sub-10, or anything near that, average, as Tomasz has probably been cubing much longer than I have.

Thank you anyway!

It's hard to get sub-10 with any method.

 

[SebCube]

How do the top cubers turn so fast?

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Finger flicking, finger tricking, algorithms, looking ahead, and the P Word.
May the next post say what that P Word is?

 

[Novriil]

Is this the easiest puzzle after the 1x1x1? From Popbuying

It's actually kind of hard It doesn't turn as a pyraminx although it looks like it.. It's lika a master morphinx from a 2x2 core. It's really hard to solve.. at least I can't do it.

 

[Alex DiTuro]

Can I get a link to a good layer-first method for a pyraminx?

 

[Cyrus C.]

Who is Alex Bailey on the Forums? He is going to the Iowa Open & I was wondering if he might beat my State record for 4x4x4.

 

[ben1996123]

Does anyone know a h-perm algorithym using only half turns?

R2 F2 U2 (F2 R2 F2 R2 F2 R2) U2 F2 R2

Finger flicking, finger tricking, algorithms, looking ahead, and the P Word.
May the next post say what that P Word is?

Practise.

 

[ben1996123]

Sorry about double posting...

Is this fully functional?

 

[dillonbladez]

is there a thread listing the best parts out of each cube?
can you link it?

 

[canadiancuber]

are the stcickers from popbuying high quality. better than C4U?

 

[kprox1994]

are the stcickers from popbuying high quality. better than C4U?

The stickers I got with my type C are pretty good.

 

[canadiancuber]

are the stcickers from popbuying high quality. better than C4U?

The stickers I got with my type C are pretty good.

no, im talking about the ones they sell. http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.6_Color_Frosted_Sticker_for_3x3x3_Magic_Cube-27339

 

[Feryll]

For BLD, what is visual memo? Is it just looking at a piece and remembering it's there? I see it referenced a lot.

The way I memo is by tapping the piece and them tapping the next one, and then just trying to repeat it blindfolded (like I'm playing Simon or something). Is there a name for that? Is that just completely stupid?

You callin' me stupid!?! Jk. That's the way I do it, when visual fails me, but I sort of migrated away from tapping when I kept DNFing. I think visual is just looking at a piece and remembering that it's going somewhere, or seeing a pattern in the pieces in the cycle (like the next four are on left side). If not, they are closely related. I also believe tapping to be a group of visual, though I'm not sure. If not, it basically implies the same kind of reasoning, except visual is usually more advanced.

 

[cincyaviation]

first ones 1st gen
second is 2nd gen
second has a save function

they are both 2nd gen, 1 has the data port and save function though