BLD training?

[McWizzle94]

Uh, I take two extremes: for corners I go as fast as possible, about 4~5 seconds, so I memorize fast and ditch fast. For edges I go slow so I know the stuff stays there before I move on to my next piece. This is because I memo edges first and solve them last; the entire corners memo + solving takes about 30 seconds, fast input fast output, forget.

OK that makes sense. I'm gonna try that now. Thanks for your help blah!

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

Thanks blah for all your help! Regarding edge orientations, I don't have much trouble remembering something like "A7B" hex (expands to 1010 0111 1011 in binary for the 12 edges). It's only 3 digits. I will consider your recommendation of memorizing the solve, especially if it is just as simple. Currently I perform corner orientations strictly using "monoflips" as described by cubefreak.net. I either do 3 cw or 3 ccw or a cw/ccw pair at a time. But I bookmarked Lucas' CO page to look at later.

I just did a successful 3x3 BLD this morning; about 14 min memo, 12 min execution.

 

[cmhardw]

Currently I perform edge orientations strictly using "monoflips" as described by cubefreak.net. I either do 3 cw or 3 ccw or a cw/ccw pair at a time. But I bookmarked Lucas' CO page to look at later.

Hey Robert,

I think you mean that you do corner flips as mono-flips here? I do the same actually, but only when 3 corners twist the same way. If you're wondering why I use orientation algs, it's how I have to handle pieces that are permuted but with a twist at the beginning of the scramble.

Also, if you have not seen these algs before for twisting pairs of corners, they are super fast.

R' U2 R U R' U R L U2 L' U' L U' L'
or the other direction

L' U' L U' L' U2 L R U R' U R U2 R'

I really like Macky's mono-flip method for 3 corners though (flipping L face corners on the R face). He showed me this at the 2004 US nationals, and I have used it ever since. For pairs of corners though, his method cannot compete with 2 sunes in terms of speed, IMO of course ;-)

I just did a successful 3x3 BLD this morning; about 14 min memo, 12 min execution.

Congrats on the success! Nice time too, sub-30

Chris

 

[blah]

For pairs of corners though, his method cannot compete with 2 sunes in terms of speed, IMO of course ;-)

That's new. Which 2 Sunes?

Edit: Oh, duh, I'm like, deliberately being dumb or something, forget I ever asked that.

Edit 2: I hate being non-ambidextrous. Think I'll just have to stick to my old one which I "discovered" myself LU'-A-L'U'-B and LU'-B-L'U'-A, where A and B are (RUR'U')*1.5 and (R'URU')*1.5 respectively.

@Chris, for 3 corners isn't Sune + U perm (Allan?) much faster?

 

[cmhardw]

Edit 2: I hate being non-ambidextrous. Think I'll just have to stick to my old one which I "discovered" myself LU'-A-L'U'-B and LU'-B-L'U'-A, where A and B are (RUR'U')*1.5 and (R'URU')*1.5 respectively.

I used to not be very good at cubing with my left hand. That 2-sune-corner-flipper alg is actually what convinced me to become cubing ambidextrous back in 2003. Now, even some PLLs are consistently faster for me with my off-hand. I can do the T, the J, and the R perm all faster lefty than I can righty, even though I am right handed.

@Chris, for 3 corners isn't Sune + U perm (Allan?) much faster?

I've never used the Sune + U perm because it is not supercube safe. I am lazy when it comes to 3x3x3. I only use my big cubing techniques on 3x3x3, so as to rehearse for when I solve 5x5x5. U perm is not a safe PLL for centers.

You did convince me to consider switching to Niklas + A perm though. That is very fast, and supercube safe.

I might just have to change my 3 corner flipping strategy lol, the more I try this the more I like it.

Chris

 

[blah]

I've never used the Sune + U perm because it is not supercube safe. I am lazy when it comes to 3x3x3.

Such a puny cube, isn't it? I did it the other way round; I loved the Sune + U perm so much that I decided to solve centers first for big cubes

You did convince me to consider switching to Niklas + A perm though. That is very fast, and supercube safe.

Is the you referring to me? I don't even know such an alg!