One-Answer Big Cubes Question Thread

[Ninja Storm]

How efficient is ZZ for big cubes?

 

[JasonK]

How efficient is ZZ for big cubes?

I'd imagine it's pretty bad, considering EOline relies so much on inspection.

 

[aznanimedude]

There's z4 for 4x4x4 cubes but it hasn't really been developed that much and hasn't really been extended to larger cubes. Not many zz solvers to work on it. I'm kinda interested so when I get a 4x4x4 I wanna play around with it.

 

[Ickathu]

I'd imagine it's pretty bad, considering EOline relies so much on inspection.

Isn't there a big cube method that does EO during edge pairing?

 

[uberCuber]

Isn't there a big cube method that does EO during edge pairing?

[wiki]Z4[/wiki], as mentioned in the post above yours.

 

[mDiPalma]

i used Z4 in a few competitions last year. but to be honest, it sucks.

you're better off using OBLBL, finishing like you would in ZZ.

OBLBL is mostly rotationless, just like Z4 would be, so there is no real advantage that Z4 has over OBLBL. OBLBL is also less moves on average, I presume.

after step 7, it's like you've just finished eoline and the left block of ZZ, and you're ready to go.

 

[emolover]

Anybody know the UWR single, MO3, AVG5, and AVG12 for 8x8?

 

[Dacuba]

I want to buy a ShengShou 5x5 on lightake.com
I am not able to find it. Does anyone know if they even have any? Maybe I'm just blind, a link would be great in that case

Any other cubing shop that has 4x4+5x5 ShengShou in Stock and accepts PayPal?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Anybody know the UWR single, MO3, AVG5, and AVG12 for 8x8?

Someone should definitely add that to the UWR page on the wiki.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

Anybody know the UWR single, MO3, AVG5, and AVG12 for 8x8?

I don't know about the average, but the single is Mattia's 4:36.30

 

[Rocky0701]

I don't know about the average, but the single is Mattia's 4:36.30

That was two years ago. Anyway, how long does it take you guys to assemble a 6x6. I am about 2 hours in and 2/3 done, which seems incredibly slow to me. Most of it was sorting, and putting the little internal pieces in first.

 

[IRNjuggle28]

That was two years ago. Anyway, how long does it take you guys to assemble a 6x6. I am about 2 hours in and 2/3 done, which seems incredibly slow to me. Most of it was sorting, and putting the little internal pieces in first.

I've never taken it apart completely, haha. Ask guysensei1 for some tips; he's really good at it.

 

[guysensei1]

I've never taken it apart completely, haha. Ask guysensei1 for some tips; he's really good at it.

Someone called?

 

[Rocky0701]

Someone called?

How long does it take you to put together a 6x6 fully? I did it for 2 hours yesterday and only have 4 layers done. What slowed me down was sorting pieces and putting the corners and internal pieces in to start with.

 

[guysensei1]

How long does it take you to put together a 6x6 fully? I did it for 2 hours yesterday and only have 4 layers done. What slowed me down was sorting pieces and putting the corners and internal pieces in to start with.

less than 30 minutes.

 

[Rocky0701]

less than 30 minutes.

Wow! That makes sese though since you've done it a ton of times and I have never. That still seems super fast to me though.

 

[guysensei1]

Wow! That makes sese though since you've done it a ton of times and I have never. That still seems super fast to me though.

Try building a 3x3x3 block of pieces and expand to a 3x3x6 block.

 

[Rocky0701]

Try building a 3x3x3 block of pieces and expand to a 3x3x6 block.

That makes sense haha. I will do that if I ever take it apart again. I was just doing LBL, anyway I am finished now. Love the SS now that it has Dayan springs.

 

[Cube Is Life]

I average 20 seconds on 3x3, what times should I expect on 4x4-7x7?

 

[TDM]

I average 20 seconds on 3x3, what times should I expect on 4x4-7x7?

4x4
5x5-7x7