Yesterday, during FMC Europe 2018, I managed to get an official successful FMC attempt without using any cubes or stickers (or a scramble for that matter), using only tools provided by the judge.
We were handed pens, blank sheets, solution sheets, and scramble cutouts, but I chose not to reveal...
That alg for peanut I do without regrips. Before start my thumbs lay on the front centers, index and middle fingers on the back centers, ring and pinky fingers on the bottom face. I don't know if it's an optimal way to do this, for me it is quite comfortable, but I'm not very fast so that may be...
You're right, I forgot about the bottom center.
I think that 2 gens can be even better in skewb than 3x3, because you often don't need to do any regripping (similar case in pyraminx). But it's just a theory, I'm not fast enough to prove it empirically.
Although some 2 gen algs can be not that...
When I purchased skewb I wanted to be able to solve it, but not necessarily in shortest time. So I developed a simple method with only 2 algorithms.
Today I checked a method on the Meep's site, especially the peanut case. I think I found a better algorithm (it's 2 gen.):
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Regarding breakdowns, I have average sub 20, but that isn't pure ZZ. I'm in the process of switching to blockbuilding, but I still have better times when I do EOCross.
Would my breakdowns be helpful?
Translation:
[Maskow]: Ladies and gentlemen, in front of me lies 24 Rubik's cubes. Each of them is scrambled in different way and now, for judges, I'm gonna solve 3 cubes. Mrs. Małgosia, please give me number from 1 to 24.
[Małgosia - judge]: 18.
[Maskow]: Mr. Robert, please choose number from...
I'd like to post some of my thoughts and opinions on this subject:
Some said that you can avoid rotating cube while memorizing in BLD with the colored cubes. I don't agree with that. Although I'm not a top BLD cuber, I think that the delicate tint of shadow in a colorful environment doesn't...