5x5x5 last layer outer edges

[Cool Frog]

Or you could just use reduction.

But he isn't using reduction.

 

[vcuber13]

When I read this kind of messages I'm really happy I don't.

what method do you use?

 

[qqwref]

Thom's K4 page (http://snk.digibase.ca/k4/7.htm) is the best resource I know of if you want to move around wings (what you call outer edges) on the last layer. Keep in mind that l and r are meant to be single layer slice turns. Most of these algs should work on 5x5, if one doesn't work then just undo it and try another.

 

[TMOY]

what method do you use?

Sandwich.

Thom's K4 page (http://snk.digibase.ca/k4/7.htm) is the best resource I know of if you want to move around wings (what you call outer edges) on the last layer. Keep in mind that l and r are meant to be single layer slice turns. Most of these algs should work on 5x5, if one doesn't work then just undo it and try another.

I haven't checked all of them but at least the following ones should work fine on 5^3:
- all of the commutators;
- all of the parity fixes using only l, r and half-turns (that is all of those given on the site).

 

[maggot]

if you are using reduction, place all edges in the same slice (i.e. all solved edges in the U layer and D layer or R and L layer). then, for the first edge, find the 3 pieces that go together (slice them together just to make sure you dont need to flip a wing) then, BEFORE you slice them together, take the one edge you are NOT using to make the 3 group, replace it with a GOOD ALREADY SOLVED edge, slice the group together, replace your NEWLY MADE GROUP with the BAD EDGE that you moved out of the way, THEN restore the centers. this will solve 1 edge group, and leave the rest of the pairs undisturbed. with the last 3, sometimes you need to use this technique to make a semipair instead of a 3 group. after you make a semipair, a 3 group should be possible with 3 edges left. just use the aforementioned method. for the last 2 edges, you can use bigcubes.com to use the algs. or, you can learn a wing swap alg and the 4x4 OLL parity alg and solve any case with those 2 algs.

 

[Godmil]

You may have missed that half this thread is full of vitriol about how they're not talking about reduction.

 

[TMOY]

Anyone here plays phantasia ? (I played that silly game about twenty years ago, I'm quite surprised to see that it still exists).

Those who do will easily understand the connection between that game and this thread