Define: Sexy Move

[CHJ]

l' U l U' is mine

 

[Rocky0701]

So nobody would define it as the wiki defines it?

Nope. Sorry

 

[irontwig]

So nobody would define it as the wiki defines it?

Well, the definition is quite sloppy, "something like" and "any sides" is imo quite bad. However using words like "invariant" is perhaps not optimal either. I kinda prefer z comm (sexy) and y comm (sledge) coined by Singmaster iirc.

 

[IRNjuggle28]

Nope, the first two moves of sexy moves are either both CW or both CCW. The first move of a sledgehammer is CCW and the second CW. It's a commutator with both parts being 1 move, but that doesn't make it a sexy move or an inverse sexy move from a different angle.

But when you y2, the R or L switches CCW to CW or vice versa, and the U stays whatever it was. So it is x' y2 lexy. From the "sexy" angle, both are CCW or CW.

 

[ajaymt]

From what I've read in this thread, it looks like most people believe that R U R' U' is the one and only Sexy Move. What about its inverse, U R U' R'? If the sexy move is called 'sexy' because it's finger trick friendly, U R U' R' should be the Sexy Move (of course, this depends on each person's finger tricks as well). I use F (U R U' R') F' instead of f (R U R' U') f', and F (U R U' R') (U R U' R') (U R U' R') F' instead of the corresponding R U R' U' alg (these are OLLs). Which trigger do you prefer?

(I know this isn't exactly related to the question, but I don't think it deserves a thread of its own.)

(Also, small side note: You can use f (U R U' R') f' instead of F (R U R' U') F', but I don't because I don't really like double-layer turns.)

 

[TDM]

But when you y2, the R or L switches CCW to CW or vice versa, and the U stays whatever it was. So it is x' y2 lexy. From the "sexy" angle, both are CCW or CW.

R U R' U' -y2-> L U L' U'
L' U' L U -y2-> R' U' R U

They don't change unless you mirror it; then both the U and the L/R moves stay as the same direction even though they're both in a different direction.

 

[Dene]

I just used
The sexy move
Again and again and again.

 

[GoldenPhoenix]

So everyone is defining the sexy move as being R U R' U' and in some cases its mirror variants, but there's one move that I learned back when I was beginning to solve, it's not as useful if you're solving bottom up, but does it count as a possible variant of the sexy move? R' D' R D

 

[Rocky0701]

l' U l U' is mine

But that would translate to R U' R' U, instead of R U R' U'?

 

[IRNjuggle28]

So everyone is defining the sexy move as being R U R' U' and in some cases its mirror variants, but there's one move that I learned back when I was beginning to solve, it's not as useful if you're solving bottom up, but does it count as a possible variant of the sexy move? R' D' R D

In terms of moves, yes. I mean, it's pretty much the same 4 move commutator from a different angle. But it's not fingertricky like the sexy move(s), so I would not consider it a sexy move.

 

[scottishcuber]

But that would translate to R U' R' U, instead of R U R' U'?

It translates to R' F R U'.

 

[Rocky0701]

It translates to R' F R U'.

How? What he posted was just the left side mirror of R U' R' U.

 

[TDM]

How? What he posted was just the left side mirror of R U' R' U.

Nope, it's R' F R U'. You would be right if he'd said L' U L U'. Try looking at which colour face turns each time for l' U l U' and compare that to what happens to R' F R U'.

 

[GoldenPhoenix]

In terms of moves, yes. I mean, it's pretty much the same 4 move commutator from a different angle. But it's not fingertricky like the sexy move(s), so I would not consider it a sexy move.

it's pretty simple for finger tricks if you hold it right, it uses your ring fingers instead of index fingers, which at least can help you look ahead because the top isn't moving as much (theoretically)

 

[Ross The Boss]

id say that the sexy move is a series of four 2-gen moves which can be preformed at speeds enough to woo any non-cuber to the point of immediate sexual attraction toward the move's executor.

 

[Deleted member 19792]

A girl walking through a door.

 

[Ross The Boss]

A girl walking through a door.

*me walking through a door.

 

[kinch2002]

Sexy: R U R' U'
Lexy: L' U' L U
Yxes: R U' R' U
Yxel: L' U L U'