Recent content by Rpotts

Yellow magnets because the clear are too strong and people that complain the strongest magnets are too weak must have absurdly rough turning styles. Yellow nuts on 1.0 because reasons. Not really sure, haven't experimented enough to really know whats "best" but this setup seems to work fine...

z2 y U F R' D2 R2 D' // 2x2 L F' L // XXCross R U R' //F2L-1 y' L' U2 L // EO+Pair y' U2 R' F R U R U' R' F' // WV U' Y perm // PLL 42 HTM FreeFOP Next: U2 R' B L' F B U L' D' B2 L D2 F2 U2 R2 F2 R2 D2

x2 y' F U R' L' F B' D2 U' R2 // Bad Cross (9) U L U2 L' U2 L U' L' // F2L 1 (8, 17) U' R' U R U' R' U' R // F2L 2 (8, 25) U' D' L' U2 L U' L' U L D // F2L 3+4 (10, 35) r U R' U' M U R U' R' // OLL(CP) (9, 44) M2 U' M2 U2' M2 U' M2 U // EPLL (8, 52) 52 ETM alg.cubing Next: U' L' F2 U2 R'...

No, I'd rather cubes get more expensive because of all the extra time and money going into designing and producing them rather than get cheaper and have innovation stagnate. I'm not particularly interested in shape mods and non-WCA puzzles but the Qiyi Pentacle cube caught my eye for whatever...

Both, just use the best, easiest to recognize cases from both sets when they pop up, generally speaking don't put that much effort into forcing them or setting them up unless it's very short and easy. Why are people so desperate to add new events when there are several events that we should...

z2 R L' B2 U2 F D2 F2 // EO+Line (7) U L' U2 R2' U' R // Right (6, 13) L' U' L U2 L2 U L // L Block (7, 20) U L U L' // L Pair + OLL Skip (4, 24) R' U' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' U R // PLL (18, 42) View at alg.cubing F' B2 R2 D R' D' B D' R2 D2 B L2 B2 U2 F' D2 R2 U2 L2

1/8 to skip Edge Orientation 1/27 to skip Corner Orientation 1/6 to skip Corner Permutation 1/12 to skip Edge Permutation So about 16% to skip half or both steps of OLL, and about 25% to skip half or both steps of PLL.

z2 L2 U' B' R L' D' // EO+Line (6) R U L' U2 L' // BL Block (5, 11) R2 U' L' U' L // FL Pair (5, 16) U' R U' R2 U R2 U' R' U R2 // FR Block (10, 26) U' R' U2 F' R U R' U' R' F R2 // BR Pair + WV (11, 37) U R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 // PLL ( 14, 51) F' R U F' U R' F' D L U R2 D' L2 B2...

15.35+2=17.35 DNF

You could also do R' U' R2 U R, assuming you're talking about the back right block. R U R2 U' R' for front right, just as an option. More friendly to execution and grip of the rest of your F2L turns.

z2 L2 B R D2 F' R2 L D' // EO+Line (8) U2 L' U' L2 U L // FL Block (6, 14) U' R U' R' L U' L' // BL Pair (7, 21) R' U' R' U2 R U' R2 // FR Block (7, 28) U2 R' U' R U R' U' R // BR Pair (8, 36) U2 F' r U R' U' r' F R // COLL (9, 45) R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R U' // EPLL (12, 57) R2 B U2 F L2 U2...

z2 U' B' F2 D F U2 B2 // EO+Line (7) L2 U L' R2 U2 L' U2 L' // BL Block (8, 15) U R' U R L' U L // FL Pair (7, 22) U' R U R' // FR Pair (4, 26) U R' U R U' R' U R U2 R' U2 R // BR Pair -> WV (12, 38) V Perm // PLL (16, 54) Next: R2 B D L2 D2 R F U' F L2 D R2 L2 U B2 L2 B2 U2 R2

x' F' U' R2' U2' R U R' U' R R U R' U R U2' R' U' Long, but almost entirely 2 gen layer, definitely not optimal though. Next: U2 F R F' R U' F U2 F'

Some people probably exaggerate their times, or understate how long they've been practicing. Some people learn faster than others, some people have a lot of talent or practice in puzzles in general and grasp things quicker. When I first started it took me several hours straight of following a...

Use OLL/PLL for Sune cases unless you're very comfortable with lightning fast ZBLL recognition. Sune->T perm or whatever is so fast you'll be hard-pressed to beat it with a ZBLL unless you recognize and recall like a god.