The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[Selkie]

What is the best time you can get with the beginner method? my time right now is 42.56 sec. good or bad?

Erik Akkerdijk got a sub 20 average if I remember correctly. At your speeds I would really recommend learning a more advanced method. In January I only knew a beginner method, it sounds like your speed in beginner would benefit from taking the plunge

[/ninjaed] ^^

 

[ilikecubing]

The caps of the edge pieces of my mf8 sq1 are frequently coming out,almost on every single twist,

Is there anything i can do to fix them permenantly

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

The caps of the edge pieces of my mf8 sq1 are frequently coming out,almost on every single twist,

Is there anything i can do to fix them permenantly

Super glue them.

 

[antoineccantin]

Erik Akkerdijk got a sub 20 average if I remember correctly. At your speeds I would really recommend learning a more advanced method. In January I only knew a beginner method, it sounds like your speed in beginner would benefit from taking the plunge

[/ninjaed] ^^

Erik's sub-20 average was with 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL

 

[miniGOINGS]

How do you do it intuitively? Roux-style cycling?
The case that takes me the longest is when both edges are flipped in the D layer.

I have just optimized each case as U* M' U* M U*... After a while it's easy to see the "optimal" solution.

When both edges are in the D layer, simply solve one, and then finish the rest like normal, but you can easily avoid having both in D by how you finish the last E edge.

 

[ben1996123]

What would the equation be for a sequence where everything follows y=2x+1, apart from when x = 1, y = 2?

If anyone is interested: I designed a redstone train station in minecraft 3), and I want to know the equation for the amount of destinations it can have, y, compared to the amount of levers to choose the destination, x.

 

[miniGOINGS]

What would the equation be for a sequence where everything follows y=2x+1, apart from when x = 1, y = 2?

If anyone is interested: I designed a redstone train station in minecraft 3), and I want to know the equation for the amount of destinations it can have, y, compared to the amount of levers to choose the destination, x.

Idunno, it's just an equation with a horizontal and vertical asymptote.

y = 2x + 1, x =/= 1, y =/= 2

or

y = 2x + 1, 2x^2 - 3x + 1 =/= 0

 

[gundamslicer]

What's Rair mail on lightake?

 

[miniGOINGS]

What's Rair mail on lightake?

I thought it was Registered Air Mail.

 

[gundamslicer]

Is that the same as airmail?

 

[miniGOINGS]

Is that the same as airmail?

Yes. As far as I know.

 

[freshcuber]

How can I edit the threads I subscribe to? I may have just totally missed it in the settings or whatever but I don't want to subscribe to every thread I post in, just the ones I care about.

 

[peterbone]

In a large supercube (every cubie must be placed in the correct position and orientation), can a simple arrow be used such as in Gabbasoft to ensure that each centre is positioned correctly? Surely the centres can be positioned incorrectly while maintaining the orientation. So is the Gabbasoft version with arrows a true supercube?

 

[amostay2004]

Is there an option to ignore certain threads so they never show up as unread anymore (or never show up at all)?

 

[BrainOfSweden]

Something weird just happened to me. I solved my QJ 4x4 that I got yesterday, and all was fine, but when I was going to scramble it again, i couldn't. Well, all outer layers worked, but only two of the inners worked. I disassembled it and found that the core had misaligned, and for some reason couldn't be turned back. I had a screwdriver with me, so I loosened it and turned it back, and i also had to press it down, as it actually had popped somehow. Is this normal, or is there something wrong with my core? (this is my only 4x4)

 

[Erzz]

Something weird just happened to me. I solved my QJ 4x4 that I got yesterday, and all was fine, but when I was going to scramble it again, i couldn't. Well, all outer layers worked, but only two of the inners worked. I disassembled it and found that the core had misaligned, and for some reason couldn't be turned back. I had a screwdriver with me, so I loosened it and turned it back, and i also had to press it down, as it actually had popped somehow. Is this normal, or is there something wrong with my core? (this is my only 4x4)

Happens to me if the cube falls, or is slammed down, or I force through a lockup, etc. If the cube starts feeling like it's loosening you can press on the centers to push the core together to try to prevent it.

 

[HaraldS]

My GuHong have become worse at cutting corners recently. Before it could cut an entire piece but now like a half. Also if I try to cut more the pieces kind of fall apart and tightening it wont help! It is the version with black screws; what can I do to fix this?

 

[leonopulos1]

you should try to clean your guhong! It really helps!

 

[Erzz]

My GuHong have become worse at cutting corners recently. Before it could cut an entire piece but now like a half. Also if I try to cut more the pieces kind of fall apart and tightening it wont help! It is the version with black screws; what can I do to fix this?

If it's been falling apart, some of the lube might have came off. Try relubing it.

 

[Olji]

My GuHong have become worse at cutting corners recently. Before it could cut an entire piece but now like a half. Also if I try to cut more the pieces kind of fall apart and tightening it wont help! It is the version with black screws; what can I do to fix this?

I had the same issue before, and cleaning and relubing made it as good as before, so do that ^^