Your favorite skip?

[Hadley4000]

Obviously I'd love to get LL skips frequently =P

As far are OLL v. PLL skips, it depends on the other step. If I were to get an OLL skip with H perm, I'd be in heaven. Sune with a PLL skip also would rock.

But I don't like PLL skips with no AUF that much. Takes me too long to realize.

Funny story. I got an OLL skip a few days ago that had a J perm all lined up. I saw only the 1x3 block, thought I had gotten a LL skip with no AUF and stoped the timer. I felt dumb

 

[xAllen91]

LL skip!! It will be damn freaking cool to find yourself finishing cross+F2L and POOF! you solved the cube. : )

 

[Kenneth]

Scramble (it is a setup) :

F R2 F' R' F U R2 F R2 U R2 B2 D' F2 B2 U R2 B2 D2 (19f)

Totaly lucky double X-cross: B R B R
3p: L U' L
ZBF2L: R B' R B R2
Skip the rest including AUF = ZBLL-skip.

Yop!, that's my favorite skip, 12 turns for the whole solve

 

[Escher]

well... a new lucky PB of 4.08s for me then!
thank you kenneth

ps im not actually going to count this... but it does feel good!

 

[nitrocan]

Cubing for 6 months, still didn't get a LL skip lol. (Is it really that rare?)

 

[Garmon]

I really like LL skip on 2x2x2 = 1.88

 

[cookingfat]

I got a LL skip yesterday, I wasn't timing though it just needed a U turn to finish it off, I was like, whoa!

 

[Schvetlana]

I love LL skip! LOL

 

[MistArts]

I really like LL skip on 2x2x2 = 1.88

OLL & PBL skips are awesome. I've gotten one so far. (0.53)

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Almost a year of cubing and no LL skip for me...I crave the excitingness

 

[MistArts]

Almost a year of cubing and no LL skip for me...I crave the excitingness

Same here. It would be a year when I go to VA 08. (Hoping for one there.)

 

[fanwuq]

Favorite skip:

All edges+ 3 corners in FMC:

So 2x2x3 in less than 10 moves, then less than 5 moves for all edges + 3 corners, then insert 3 corner cycle. This would be maybe 8+ 5 + (8-2) =19 move solution. Usually, this step can be as long as 25 moves for me, (usually around 18?)

 

[MistArts]

Favorite skip:

All edges+ 3 corners in FMC:

So 2x2x3 in less than 10 moves, then less than 5 moves for all edges + 3 corners, then insert 3 corner cycle. This would be maybe 8+ 5 + (8-2) =19 move solution. Usually, this step can be as long as 25 moves for me, (usually around 18?)

I would really like having all 3 corners solved and the solve is completely intuitive with luck and without commutators. I've got the about twice during Heise speedsolves.

 

[Crickets]

OLL is my fav. PLL scares me haha. I usually don't stop it for 2 secs after I realize its a skip.

 

[fcwy1]

OLL is my fav. PLL scares me haha. I usually don't stop it for 2 secs after I realize its a skip.

for me i will always think a PLL skip is J perm, then suddenly realise that is a PLL skip

 

[Crickets]

OLL is my fav. PLL scares me haha. I usually don't stop it for 2 secs after I realize its a skip.

for me i will always think a PLL skip is J perm, then suddenly realise that is a PLL skip

haha then when your hoping for a skip you get a J perm lol

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

Am I correct to say the probability of LL skip (without adjusting top layer) is one in 4!4!(3^3)(2^3)/2 = 62208 ? And with adjusting top layer it is 15552 ? Hmm, I have gotten the 1 in 15,552 case a few times.

 

[AvGalen]

Scramble (it is a setup) :

F R2 F' R' F U R2 F R2 U R2 B2 D' F2 B2 U R2 B2 D2 (19f)

Totaly lucky double X-cross: B R B R
3p: L U' L
ZBF2L: R B' R B R2
Skip the rest including AUF = ZBLL-skip.

Yop!, that's my favorite skip, 12 turns for the whole solve

12 moves FMC, but DNF
B R B R, L' U' L, R B' R B R2

 

[FU]

Am I correct to say the probability of LL skip (without adjusting top layer) is one in 4!4!(3^3)(2^3)/2 = 62208 ? And with adjusting top layer it is 15552 ? Hmm, I have gotten the 1 in 15,552 case a few times.

yep. i've gotten it a couple of times too

 

[rachmaninovian]

I think odds are against me, after 3 years, I only got it ONCE in "speedsolve" (and those were the crappy cube days plus LBL method. I can barely sub 40 with that cube O.O) and the time was like..1 min? >.<

And my cousin whom I taught to solve the cube had it 3 times. 3 times. dammit. He's a kid and wouldn't lie anyway. heh. and..btw..He was only playing cubes for 3-5 months..not fair, not fair at all. Beginner luck?