[Help Thread] Roux Discussion and Help

Hey guys,

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Cheese11 said:
Why you need tutorial? I was told the steps and to figure it out myself.
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And do you yourself have a large variety of blockbuilding techniques you'd like to share, and have worked out all our first block strategies even before we told you them and before we discover them, so you don't need more ideas? If so, please share. It would save me a darn lot of time. Because I certainly am still learning.

Although to be fair, I think it's useless to have a first block tutorial- only useful to have a video showing most my strategies or ideas or a video filled with examples. Stuff is impossible to teach well, without discussing and, hum, sharing ideas.
 
5BLD said:
And do you yourself have a large variety of blockbuilding techniques you'd like to share, and have worked out all our first block strategies even before we told you them and before we discover them? If so, please share. It would save me a darn lot of time. Because I certainly am still learning.

Although to be fair, I think it's useless to have a first block tutorial- only useful to have a video showing most my strategies or ideas or a video filled with examples. Stuff is impossible to teach well, without discussing and, hum, sharing ideas.
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So then share with us great one :D
 
I'm by no means great, I just am quite experienced at what I do,- but I'll give it a shot tomorrow :)

Also, this discussion should be on our tutorial thread lol. Also, have you been thinking of finally getting together with me and finishing our tutorial once and for all? It has occurred to me that people have actually been learning from it.
 
5BLD said:
I'm by no means great, I just am quite experienced at what I do,- but I'll give it a shot tomorrow :)

Also, this discussion should be on our tutorial thread lol. Also, have you been thinking of finally getting together with me and finishing our tutorial once and for all? It has occurred to me that people have actually been learning from it.
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LOL yeah I realized that a couple weeks ago....
Tell me what to do and ill do a little bit everyday cause im in school n stuff.
 
Yep me too, cuz i cant do first block at 4-6 moves, i always use (**** fridrich nethod 2 centers and f2l)
 
Roux Method?

I know Fridrich method, and I want to learn the Roux method. I can solve both 1x2x3 blocks, and permute/orient the corners, but in two looks. I also need to be able to complete the last step, but I cant find algorithms anywhere online. Can anyone help? thanks
 
Roux Second Block Help?

Hello all!

New here on the SS Forums and I'm really excited to be a part of the great and wondrous cubing community. I'm currently averaging about 25 seconds (3x3) with CFOP and I've decided to make the big decision to switch to ROUX since I admire its efficiency and how cool it looks. :)

With Roux, I'm averaging about 40-45 seconds with a couple lucky 30s here and there. I was wondering if any of you more experienced Roux solvers could give me some helpful tips on building the second block as I am taking a more uncreative (and slow) F2L approach. (e.g. White edge piece, then the two remaining pairs)

Btw: I solve with Yellow on top and Blue on front.

Thanks everyone for your input!
 
I'm at school at the moment, so I don't have much time to write a mini-guide, but here's one quick tip to help you out.

CheesecakeCuber said:
Btw: I solve with Yellow on top and Blue on front.
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This is a problem. This massively restricts your first block options and creates an inefficient solve overall. I would suggest transitioning to white/yellow on bottom, and then any other color for the sides.
 
Hey Jonny!
Thanks for the reply! Not quite sure if I understand what you mean. You said to solve with yellow or white on bottom and thats what I do. It must just be my confuzzling wording:P Sorry about that.

So, just to confirm, I solve white on bottom blue on front.

Thanks
 
CheesecakeCuber said:
Hey Jonny!
Thanks for the reply! Not quite sure if I understand what you mean. You said to solve with yellow or white on bottom and thats what I do. It must just be my confuzzling wording:P Sorry about that.

So, just to confirm, I solve white on bottom blue on front.

Thanks
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What he meant is don't always keep blue on front. Sometimes there can be a much easier block on blue or green so always having blue fro t will limit your options.
 
I thought you should always keep the same colored blocks (orange and red in my case) on either side for easier and faster recognition of possible block-building solutions? And I don't always keep blue on front, when I'm building the first block, I may start on another side for more comfortable moves to be executed. Then I cube rotate to blue on front and build the second block. Correct me if I am wrong! Thanks:)
 
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