The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[Smiles]

6.7 HTM, according to
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/First_Two_Layers

although i'm not sure if that's optimal movecount cause some of that stuff is not finger tricky :/

 

[Hermanio]

Do people whose main hand is the right hand do U layer turns in Z and H permutations with their left hand and M turns with their right hand or vice versa?

 

[Noahaha]

The One Answer Question Thread

Do people whose main hand is the right hand do U layer turns in Z and H permutations with their left hand and M turns with their right hand or vice versa?

I do M2 and M' lefty. I think it's nice since most other turns are with the right hand. Same with D2.

 

[Smiles]

Do people whose main hand is the right hand do U layer turns in Z and H permutations with their left hand and M turns with their right hand or vice versa?

lefty here, M turns with right hand and U with left hand.

 

[ThomasJE]

Can anyone refer me to a moderatly advanced megaminx LL? 4-look is going to take forever to learn.

http://www.kungfoomanchu.com/guides/andy-klise-megaminx.pdf

 

[Hermanio]

lefty here, M turns with right hand and U with left hand.

So, according to this right-handers should do M with left hand and U with right hand?
I tried this and it felt really awkward in the beginning but after playing with the cube a bit this felt really great. I could do M' faster and overall it felt faster, even though for now I am slow as hell with the Z perm. I guess I should practice it this way. Thanks!

 

[ThomasJE]

Righty, M' with right and U' with left.

 

[Ickathu]

Do people whose main hand is the right hand do U layer turns in Z and H permutations with their left hand and M turns with their right hand or vice versa?

I usually do M slices with my right hand, but as a roux user I've also trained my left hand.
For H-perm I do
M'2 (right ring->middle) U' (left index) M'2 (right ring->middle) U'2 (left index->ring) M'2 (right ring->middle) U' (left index) M'2 (right ring->middle)

For Z-perm I do
M'2 (right ring->middle) U' (left index) M' (r-ring) U'2 (l-index->ring) M'2 (right ring->middle) U'2 (left index->ring) M' (r-ring) U (L-index push) MRr' (M -- left index pull)

EDIT: also, I'm right handed

 

[Hermanio]

I usually do M slices with my right hand, but as a roux user I've also trained my left hand.
For H-perm I do
M'2 (right ring->middle) U' (left index) M'2 (right ring->middle) U'2 (left index->ring) M'2 (right ring->middle) U' (left index) M'2 (right ring->middle)

For Z-perm I do
M'2 (right ring->middle) U' (left index) M' (r-ring) U'2 (l-index->ring) M'2 (right ring->middle) U'2 (left index->ring) M' (r-ring) U (L-index push) MRr' (M -- left index pull)

EDIT: also, I'm right handed

Interesting... I started practicing the M turns with left and U turns with right hand fingers and it feels great, now Z perm takes 3.5 seconds and that was achievd after practicing for half an hour. Previously it was all done with my right hand and times were always 4+ seconds. I will try your version also to see if it makes a difference. Thanks for your answer!

 

[Divineskulls]

I just got a 13.99 3x3 solve on a gen 2 stackmat. I thought that wasn't possible, can anyone clarify for me what just happened? O.o

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

I just got a 13.99 3x3 solve on a gen 2 stackmat. I thought that wasn't possible, can anyone clarify for me what just happened? O.o

I'm pretty sure you can get every time over 1.00, its just the decimals of 0.xx that have some missing (not sure why I think that though :/ )

 

[Maniac]

11.37 doesn't work, does it?

 

[Ickathu]

I just got a 13.99 3x3 solve on a gen 2 stackmat. I thought that wasn't possible, can anyone clarify for me what just happened? O.o

There are some that don't show, but I have gotten x.99 solves lot's of times before.

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

11.37 doesn't work, does it?

There are a few results of 11.37 in the WCA, most seem to be from 2007, so probably a different version, the other that I found is this (pyraminx):
2499 | Bastien Roussel | 17.64 | France | Phalsbourg Open 2012 | 11.37 16.60 19.67 24.57 16.64
Maybe gen3 or a +2? idk. It definitely seems to be a very rare time indeed.

 

[Isaac Paurus]

Do people whose main hand is the right hand do U layer turns in Z and H permutations with their left hand and M turns with their right hand or vice versa?

For the H, I do all the m slices with my left and the U's with my right. And for the Z, it's all the same thing.

EDIT: oh yeah, and I'm right handed. But in roux for the MOOO's I use my right hand for all.

 

[Hermanio]

For the H, I do all the m slices with my left and the U's with my right. And for the Z, it's all the same thing.

EDIT: oh yeah, and I'm right handed. But in roux for the MOOO's I use my right hand for all.

I started practicing it the same way and guess what? Z perm, which I hated doing, is my favourite permutation now and now I can do it in 3 seconds!

 

[Xishem]

Do people whose main hand is the right hand do U layer turns in Z and H permutations with their left hand and M turns with their right hand or vice versa?

All M moves with left hand (pinky, ring, and index) all the time and any U/U'/U2 with right hand, although occasionally I'll do U moves with my left, but only if my hand is on position after an M slice.

For H perms and Z perms, it's always left hand ring/middle and right hand for U's.

 

[uniacto]

Is it legal to wear a bandaid on your finger in competitions when you're doing OH? I always scrape off a bit of skin when I OH solve for a long period of time, and when I put on a bandage on my forefinger, it makes turning U a lot easier.

 

[Fire Cuber]

Why is there so much threads like these which makes the forum hard to search answered questions?

 

[Isaac Paurus]

Why is there so much threads like these which makes the forum hard to search answered questions?

Good question.