The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[Nopedk]

I do a double flick with my right middle then ring finger pushing on BD (the edge in the bottom layer, in the back)

here's a link to a video of mine where I use that fingertrick MU CW U Perm

Perfect, thanks. It will need some practice but it will be good in the end.

 

[aminayuko]

to adragast: idk but keep the video to yourself so you can play the safe side and don't get into trouble.

 

[ilikecubing]

In 3-2-2-2-3 edge pairing,we do a u to start,put 3 edges in the required position,slice back with a u' to form 3 dedges,then how to continue from there?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Stupid question but would it be legal to take a video of a cuber in a competition, putting it on youtube with ads and getting money on it without the consent of the cuber himself ?
(there is a big discussion about copying a video and making it slow motion in feliks wr thread but I am more curious about what if I had filmed him or someone else... would I be allowed to put the video on youtube even if this person does not want to ?)

This is an interesting and perhaps difficult question. An article on the subject.

I would think one could make the case that solves at a competition are in a public place by definition, and therefore it would be legal to video Feliks doing a solve without permission, and collect whatever you want in revenues from it without any consent. But odds are different judges would see it differently, and decisions might be different in different parts of the world. There's probably not a cut-and-dried answer.

On the other hand, if you're just copying a video that someone else took (such as fazdad's), that's probably illegal most places.

 

[Godmil]

Stupid question but would it be legal to take a video of a cuber in a competition, putting it on youtube with ads and getting money on it without the consent of the cuber himself ?

I'm sure it's not illegal... but it's not really ethical to profit from someone else like that, and I'm sure it wouldn't make you any friends in this community.

 

[StachuK1992]

What are the top 5 best alg subsets to learn after full OLL and PLL?

1. ZBLL
2. ZBF2L
3. Winter Variation
4. KLL
5. CPLS

Just no.
Assuming you're doing 'CFOP' with extensions, I'd say:
1 Multislotting madness+Jeff2L
2 COLL
3 CLL
4 ELL
5 CLS
6 ZBLS
Don't learn CPLS unless you plan to frequently use it.

 

[Godmil]

Just no.
Assuming you're doing 'CFOP' with extensions, I'd say:
1 Multislotting madness+Jeff2L
2 COLL
3 CLL
4 ELL
5 CLS
6 ZBLS

I'm sure uberCuber was joking (I hope he was). But yeah that's a good list.

 

[CubeCraze]

I have a painted diansheng and want to removing the paint. What is the safest prooduct to get the paint off? Something that doesn't ruin the plastic.

 

[bwronski]

what is Anti-Cll? In relation to 2x2

 

[StachuK1992]

It's EG-2, which is basically CLL, but with a diag perm on bottom. (R2 F2 R2 away from D-layer being done)

 

[gundamslicer]

I have a painted diansheng and want to removing the paint. What is the safest prooduct to get the paint off? Something that doesn't ruin the plastic.

Paint it white because nail polish remover smudges

 

[Julian]

what is Anti-Cll? In relation to 2x2

Instead of having algs for all the EG-2 cases, you do the opposite or "anti" CLL case (so that the U-layer turn into a Y-perm), and cancel it into R2 F2 R2 or similar.

My question: any tips for being colour neutral for 4x4 centers?

 

[Mike Crozack]

Instead of having algs for all the EG-2 cases, you do the opposite or "anti" CLL case (so that the U-layer turn into a Y-perm), and cancel it into R2 F2 R2 or similar.

My question: any tips for being colour neutral for 4x4 centers?

Solve whichever center you prefer, then solve the opposite one. Solve the white/ yellow and then solve one of the remaining centers, then finish the last tow
so if you start with orange, solve that, then the red, then white/yellow, then green/blue (make sure to put it in the correct place) then the last two.

 

[adragast]

several questions but closely related:
- how much time did it take you to learn pll recognition only with two faces ?
- was it a passive skill you got after a lot of practice or did you have to focus on this to learn it ?
- what was your average at that time ?
(I am using cfop, 15s cross+f2l and 8s ll, I know full oll and pll but waste a lot of time in recognition)

 

[Julian]

several questions but closely related:
- how much time did it take you to learn pll recognition only with two faces ?
- was it a passive skill you got after a lot of practice or did you have to focus on this to learn it ?
- what was your average at that time ?
(I am using cfop, 15s cross+f2l and 8s ll, I know full oll and pll but waste a lot of time in recognition)

You don't need to recognize PLL with only 2 faces to be fast at it.

 

[uberCuber]

I'm sure uberCuber was joking (I hope he was). But yeah that's a good list.

Yes, I definitely was. I would never recommend a single one of those five to someone seriously

 

[thackernerd]

I really want to try to memorize oll and pll but i keep putting it off. What made you guys not put it of and memorize it?

 

[MrIndianTeen]

I really want to try to memorize oll and pll but i keep putting it off. What made you guys not put it of and memorize it?

Approached it like homework and did two a day.

 

[thackernerd]

What's the most common recommended "cubing" related puzzle that's not actually a cube?

 

[kprox1994]

What's the most common recommended "cubing" related puzzle that's not actually a cube?

Pyraminx or Megaminx maybe?

Is there a program that I can use to get a whole bunch of 3x3 scrambles at once?