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[Brest]

For PLL speed attacks, what is the appropriate way to measure move count (to figure out TPS)? HTM? QTM?

[Wiki]ETM[/wiki]!

 

[TheNextFeliks]

Thanks. So an H Perm (M2' U M2' U2 M2' U M2') would be 11 moves: 8 (STM M moves) + 3 (HTM U moves)?

No. STM counts a R2 as 1 for example. All 180° moves are considered to be one move. All slice moves count as one regardless if 90° or 180°. So it would be 7. Also you don't separate algs into different metrics. Use the same.

 

[Username]

No. STM counts a R2 as 1 for example. All 180° moves are considered to be one move. All slice moves count as one regardless if 90° or 180°. So it would be 7. Also you don't separate algs into different metrics. Use the same.

Isn't M2 2 moves? (R2 and L2)

 

[JasonK]

Isn't M2 2 moves? (R2 and L2)

It is in HTM (what the WCA uses for FMC), but he was talking about STM which considers slice moves to be single moves.

 

[YddEd]

ZZ/Fridrich

Should I move on to ZZ or stay with Fridrich? I don't really feel like continuing with Fridrich but then, EOLine is confusing.

 

[Ross The Boss]

the eo line will become way easier as you keep trying zz. using advanced techniques, you can solve the f2l in cfop without any cube rotations like in zz and aslo orient all of th etop layer edges.
both methods are good.

 

[YddEd]

Are there any good tutorials?

 

[Username]

Are there any good tutorials?

asmallkitten on youtube has an in depth tutorial

 

[YddEd]

asmallkitten on youtube has an in depth tutorial

Tried that. It was kinda confusing.

 

[aznanimedude]

text based there's also Conrad Rider's tutorial : http://cube.crider.co.uk/

before Phil made his videos this was pretty much the best tutorial (and i think one of only 2 tutorials out there). It's how i think just about every ZZ solver i know learned the method. (this is likely changed since phil made his videos any newer users probably learned from his videos)

you can also ask questions in ZZ/ZB, people don't bite there and should answer questions about it, or you can find a local friendly ZZ user and ask we don't bite

 

[YddEd]

I barely got local cubers.. the only local cuber (not really) is a friend that I taught how to solve the first layer of 2x2, left the 2x2 to him and told him to watch tutorials.. and another one... just turns the cube.. XD

 

[aznanimedude]

i meant local on the forums but close enough :3

 

[TiTch]

Any one give me a Link to a video explaining a good 4x4 method with a lot of parity's shown.

 

[Justinrish]

y2(alg) or U2 (alg) U2 at pll?

 

[aznanimedude]

i do y2(alg) more than i should
ideally though you should be able to recognize the PLL in your first look, AUF and just do it, then AUF to finish (i think)

 

[Qbert]

Nomenclature questions (2)

Hey, let me apologize in advance if this is a duplicate question, but I looked and couldn't find it anywhere.

For the sequence: R U' 1 U' R' U 1' in Dan Harris book, Speedsolving The Cube, I cannont figure out what 1 is. I have experimented some and I am just not getting it.

Second question, y' is basically rotation the body of the cube left to right 90 degrees, yes?

Thanks!

 

[Mikel]

I am not familiar with using the number 1 in that sense. It might be referring to an L move which is left layer clockwise. It could also refer to a lower case l which is the outer 2 most left layer moved clockwise.




y' is a rotation. Think of it like doing a U' but moving the whole cube.

http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/3x3x3_notation

 

[qqwref]

1) It is probably a typo, and was meant to be either an uppercase or a lowercase L. The sequence R U' l U' R' U l' (with the ls representing turns of two layers on the L side) is useful for F2L.

2) Yes, pretty much. You can think of it as having the same effect as U', except on the entire cube instead of just the top layer.

 

[Schmidt]

Look at the notation page on the Wiki.

 

[littlewing1208]

Search for "Speedsolving the Cube Errata" in google and you'll find a link that has all the corrections. I've sent a few more errata suggestions to the publisher.