Recent content by tseitsei

Just dropping this here in case someone wants to learn FMC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16nu10y1JkUmVDC11c1h_ULzAl4Vze7zR/edit#heading=h.jr3jiry9pomo It really is the only resource you need to get from complete beginner to sub23 average. It contains links to most currently up to date...

Can people actually do like 6 proper attempts of MBLD a day? That is impressive if they can. When I was practising MBLD I could do 2 attempts a day max. and there needed to be several hours between those attempts. If I tried more I couldn't keep my focus properly and, what is even worse, I...

1st one: Insertions. We just know a bunch of algs and insert them in a spot where they cancel a lot of moves. This is especially effective post-HTR since you only have 6 possible moves and a lot of symmetry. L' U2 * L2 U2 // all but 2 edges 2 edges (3/17) Insert at * = U2 L2 R2 D2 R2 L2 this...

Yeah, sorry maybe I was unclear. What I meant with that is we currently do scrambles -> intermediate step (EO/rzp) -> DR. And we even struggle to do that. Now 3-color reduction is more complicated to achieve than DR so it would be even harder to do 2 steps from scramble -> 3color redux than it...

I dont really understand computer solvers that well, sorry :/ A possible problem I see here is the following: Now we do scrambled -> DR -> solved. Top solvers avg around 22. Typical splits being about 10 move DR and 12 move finish. Now, solvers can already find optimal from DR->solved most of...

What is the advantage of this compared to current method? We kind of already have a 3 step method: EO, DR, Finish. And if I understand you correctly you suggest another 3 step method: 2 steps to 3-color reduction and then 3rd step to finish. Why would this method be better than the current 3...

Cubing is a hobby like any other hobby. When does going to the gym become selfish endeavour? I (34 years old) have just recently got back to cubing after several year long break (I got interested in FMC) and obviously I don't have nearly as much time to practise as I used to in my early...

This is exactly what I used to do! 4 cubes per rooms, 2 locis per cube. But I wouldn't consider it to be even nearly that many images. Since one image has (at least for me) several letter pairs. For example you could have a memo of BL TR SI and that could be BLack TRump SInging. Obviously a...

We have not even perfected the EO -> DR step yet. There is a "half-step" between EO and DR called "rzp" (no idea why it is called that). What you do in that step is you do usually 0-2 moves to solve a specific number of pieces to DR state. That is called DR-XcYe where X is the number of corners...

Definitely not saying that it isn't feasible. Just that it would need resources. I would think most cubers (me definitely included) can do moves on a cube from notation MUCH faster than type them on a computer. And delegate can use other people on the venue to check solutions since pretty much...

1) Less work really. Delegates are volunteers, comp organizers are volunteers, literally everything is done by volunteers. So stacking more work than absolutely necessary on them is definitely not good. Imagine a comp with 50 or 100 competitors. Manually entering all those 150-300 FMC solutions...

More than 3 but less than hundred. We have to draw the line somewhere and 3 is as reasonable number as any. Most people have 3 cubes so not a problem. Having no limit would be a problem since then people would try to get an advantage by bringing tens of cubes for an attempt. EDIT: And the time...

31 is a reasonable result with blockbuilding+insertions if that is about your average. Looks like a reasonable solution. You clearly already know how to use NISS and do insertions effectively. If you want to keep improving with blockbuilding you just need to check a lot more stuff. But if you...

Yes, but 3 is quite a reasonable number. Most cubers already own 3 cubes anyway. Or if that don't, it will be quite affordable to buy 3 cheap cubes. Compared to like 50 cubes. When you get better at fmc you will check lots of stuff on NISS and thus solve and scramble The cube propably tens of...

Did you get an idea of HOW this concept of double bad edge would help you to get to DR more efficiently? I wasn't able to pick anything like that from his explanation. Just saying it does isn't all that helpful. First of all just saying that it helps getting to DR doesn't make it true. And...