Random Cubing Discussion

[Julian]

Spoiler

I remember seeing something like that on the twistypuzzles forum a while back. I remember they were trying to pack as many different 'solves' as possible onto one cube (yours has 2). Stickers, plastic, image, texture, etc.

 

[Escher]

pics

This is what we were talking about at the comp recently right?

 

[blakedacuber]

I imagine that your avg is significantly higher with that? 20+ seconds?

 

[Kirjava]

This is what we were talking about at the comp recently right?

hellz yeah, I remembered it recently

 

[Cool Frog]

I did this like forever ago, but was too lazy/cheap to scramble the black/white side....

Painful to solve the inner 3x3 =/

 

[Jaycee]

What exactly is the point of that kind of cube?

 

[irontwig]

I'm actually planning to film my attempt at the weekly competition.

Unfortunately, the camera shut off after 30 minutes, but it was a meh-worthy 30 mover that Jaycee soundly beat anyway, so who cares.

 

[Julian]

Has anyone considered or tried closing your eyes during PLL? I found myself doing it sometimes, and I think it could help because it eliminates external stimuli. Not distracted by any visual input, I seem to execute algs smoother/have less lockups. Thoughts?

 

[5BLD]

I get this with CMLL too- I pop loads when looking while doing CMLL time attacks but not at all when closing my eyes. My dilemma however is if I close my eyes I can't lookahead to 4b. I know what 4a will be though.

 

[ottozing]

Has anyone considered or tried closing your eyes during PLL? I found myself doing it sometimes, and I think it could help because it eliminates external stimuli. Not distracted by any visual input, I seem to execute algs smoother/have less lockups. Thoughts?

im acctualy the exact opposite :/ when i close my eyes, my algorithms are less fluid.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Has anyone considered or tried closing your eyes during PLL? I found myself doing it sometimes, and I think it could help because it eliminates external stimuli. Not distracted by any visual input, I seem to execute algs smoother/have less lockups. Thoughts?

I actually find myself doing that fairly often - especially with T perms; I just can't seem to help myself. But I find that it seems to both slow me down and cause me to make more mistakes, so I think it's actually a bad idea. I think I do it primarily out of habit because I do so many T perms blindfolded - it just seems more natural to do them with my eyes closed. I'm really trying to break myself of the habit, though, because I do think it slows me down.

 

[Michael1026]

I found a PLL algorithm and I'm kind of happy. It's a pretty simple alg, but I wouldn't be surprised is someone else already found it.

R U2 R' U2 R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U R U2 R'

 

[Jaycee]

I found a PLL algorithm and I'm kind of happy. It's a pretty simple alg, but I wouldn't be surprised is someone else already found it.

R U2 R' U2 R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U R U2 R'

That's really funny - I did find it a while back and was told (I think) it had already been found.

 

[Michael1026]

That's really funny - I did find it a while back and was told (I think) it had already been found.

I found it really randomly.

 

[Rpotts]

I found a PLL algorithm and I'm kind of happy. It's a pretty simple alg, but I wouldn't be surprised is someone else already found it.

R U2 R' U2 R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U R U2 R'

That is 3 OLLs with a few cancelled moves between the first two.

R U2 R' U2 R' F R F' - F R U' R' U' R U R' F' - Sune

 

[Michael1026]

That is 3 OLLs with a few cancelled moves between the first two.

R U2 R' U2 R' F R F' - F R U' R' U' R U R' F' - Sune

Ah, I didn't even know the first OLL algorithm.

 

[Rpotts]

Yea, for the first OLL -

y2 r' U' R U' R' U2 r

is more common, but that alg is useful for OLLCP, or just for that angle.

 

[Jaycee]

The way I found it was by messing around with T-Perm and changing the first four moves from R U R' U' to R U2 R' U2' xP

 

[Cubenovice]

Yea, for the first OLL -

y2 r' U' R U' R' U2 r

is more common, but that alg is useful for OLLCP, or just for that angle.

Don't forget FMC, it is one of few 8 move LL algs.

 

[cubernya]

G perm R U2 R' U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R U R2 U' R' U' R U R' U' R U2 R' U

26 turns but so finger tricky (it has most of a T perm in it)