How-to/Guide Request Thread

[clubmed45]

do you know the alg for edge flips?

 

[fanwuq]

do you know the alg for edge flips?

Flip which edge? Pure flip or the OLL alg?

Try (M'U')*4. Or do you mean FURU'R'F' ? M'UMU2M'UM?

 

[Muffe42]

It would be nice if there was a topic which would tell what to do when you have bought a new cube. For excample how to break in, lube and set tension to the cube.

 

[JBCM627]

It would be nice if there was a topic which would tell what to do when you have bought a new cube. For excample how to break in, lube and set tension to the cube.

Some of this can be found in the beginners forum sticky (http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9, under how to make it run smoother, open it, etc), but this would be a good idea. I wouldnt be the best person to ask about preparing cubes, though...

 

[rubiksfriend]

Tutorial on Waterman method? Example solve?

 

[ubervern]

I am looking for a tutorial on a block building method for 4x4 and 5x5 or an explanation as to why no one uses such a method.
I have thus far only found two solution methods for larger cubes: reduction to 3x3 and corners/edges first.

 

[immortalcube]

Ubervern, I believe this might help: http://blue.kracknet.net/~snkenjoi/k4/ It is the only guide that I know of for solving 4x4s with block building. (although, technically, reduction could be described as block building as well )

 

[stiwi griffin]

does anyone has a spanish tutorial for bld?

 

[thejacer]

so i cut the corners of all the stickers off so they all have to face the same way , but sometimes i have one centre left that i cant seem to solve plz help me

 

[DavidWoner]

so i cut the corners of all the stickers off so they all have to face the same way , but sometimes i have one centre left that i cant seem to solve plz help me

doing 2 T-permutations( R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F') in a row will flip the center 180 degrees. doing 3 counterclockwise U-perms (R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2) will rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, and doing 3 clockwise U-perms(R2 U R U R' U' R' U' R' U R') will rotate it 90 degrees counterclockwise.

 

[shadowpartner]

5x5 edge pairing !

levi's tut is abit too fast for me **

 

[MistArts]

so i cut the corners of all the stickers off so they all have to face the same way , but sometimes i have one centre left that i cant seem to solve plz help me

doing 2 T-permutations( R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F') in a row will flip the center 180 degrees. doing 3 counterclockwise U-perms (R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2) will rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, and doing 3 clockwise U-perms(R2 U R U R' U' R' U' R' U R') will rotate it 90 degrees counterclockwise.

You can't turn just one center 90 degrees.

 

[Txarli]

does anyone has a spanish tutorial for bld?

http://www.rubikaz.com/blind/blind.html

http://www.euskalnet.net/el8tumbado/movsec/rubik_a_ciegas/rubik_a_ciegas_resolucion.htm

 

[stiwi griffin]

gracias txarli


(stiwi griffin en rubikaz)

 

[nitrocan]

anyone mind telling me what cutting corners is? ... ok i know that sounds really noobish but i dont know what it is

 

[DavidWoner]

so i cut the corners of all the stickers off so they all have to face the same way , but sometimes i have one centre left that i cant seem to solve plz help me

doing 2 T-permutations( R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F') in a row will flip the center 180 degrees. doing 3 counterclockwise U-perms (R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2) will rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, and doing 3 clockwise U-perms(R2 U R U R' U' R' U' R' U R') will rotate it 90 degrees counterclockwise.

You can't turn just one center 90 degrees.

right you are. i was just playing around on my regular cube and didn't notice that it also rotated the right center as well.

 

[nitrocan]

can anyone tell me what corner cutting is?

 

[pcharles93]

It's a property of a cube that allows one face to be misaligned to a certain point and still be able to have another intersecting face turned without popping or extraneous force.

 

[TheCubers]

does anyone has a spanish tutorial for bld?

God Damn Spanish To English Dictionarys....

 

[crazyasianskills]

Anyone

Anyone know of or want to make a good Roux tutorial