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I disagree. Given that Roux and CFOP are very different in approach to solving the cube, it is exceedingly unlikely that they should just so happen to be the same speed. One <i>is</i> objectively better than the other, even if we disagree (or don't think we can tell for sure yet) about which.

I would compare the percentage of cubers in that event which you are faster than. So if you're in the 50th percentile in 3x3, but the 75th percentile in 4x4, you are better at 4x4. You could compare singles, ao12s, ao100 or whatever as long as you figure the percentiles from the same stat for...

12. Play go (or chess, shogi, xianqi, or arimaa, as your taste may be). 13. Draw a self-portrait of you doing OH while drawing a self-portrait of you doing OH while... 14. Practice handwriting. 15. Practice pen shorthand (I recommend Gregg shorthand) 16. Murdalize a housefly. 17. Eat. 18. Edit...

So the conversation in Converting Algorithms to Letters, particularly @abunickabhi 's explanation of his "Yo Notation" as well as his subsequent elaboration on memory techniques, led me to have this idea. Yo Notation is probably better (I know @abunickabhi has put a lot of thought into it and...

Are you using a 4 digit letter system of some sort (I feel like I saw a post of yours talking about something like that?), or a 2 digit with 2 images per loci? If it's 4 digits, I could see how that might avoid repeats since 8 moves is longer than most repetitive sequences.

I've also been working at a system like these for a while. It's almost finished, so I'll probably be cross-posting it here and at artofmemory within a week. In my first attempt (this is my third) I went with something similar to Yo notation (though I was not aware of Yo Notation at the time)...

Look on the bright side, what if that person who would die if you couldn't sub 5-min a OH solve was Hitler?

Is there a version log anywhere?

Would it be possible to reduce all Corner 5-cycles (or edge 5-cycles, for that matter) down to various groups of cases which are essentially the same, just flipped, mirrored, inverted, conjugated, etc., and intuitively reduce to and then solve those cases instead of memorizing the algs? If the...

Round: 65 Cube: Gan 354 M Race: Sub-60 Method: LEOR Ao12: 1:28.21 [0/3] 95% CI: (1:27.37+-28.72) 1:25.85 1:35.14 1:12.34 Easy EO-M into easy RB into OCLL into E-perm. LB wasn't bad, either. 1:31.92 EO-M is beginning to feel easier. This is the first solve for which I felt sufficent confidence...

How do you get these LL skips and the like? Do you just play around with RB solutions until you can read out a solution for the rest of the cube from one of the positions approaching a solved RB? Or is it just a ZBLL cancelling with your RB solution?

Ahh, that's a good pattern to have in mind; thank you for the advice.

ZZ (53 STM): y // Inspection F' L U B R' D' // EO-Line (6/6) U' R' L2 U2 R' U2 R2 U' L' U' L U2 R // RB (13/19) U L U L2 U L U2 L' U2 L U' L' // LB (12/31) U' F R U' R' U R U2 R' U' R U R' U' F' // COLL (15/46) M2 U M' U2 M U M2 // EPLL (7/53) LEOR (57 STM): x2 y // Inspection F (D' U) L (U' D)...

Is that meant to be a statement, or a thing non-cubers say? because if someone spent 9 months reading SS instead of cubing, are they a cuber?

Porky's hadn't been used yet. Here are some solutions for Porky's scramble. LEOR (51 STM): x // Inspection F2 D B2 // LB (3/3) R U (r' R') U' R' U (r' U r) U2 (r' U r) U' R2 U' M2 // EO-M (18/21) U2 R U R' U' R2 U' R' U R U R' // RB (12/33) U2 R' U2 R F U' R' U' R U F' // COLL (11/44) y' M2 U...

It looks like others have posted while I was doing this, but I'll still post my solutions anyway. LEOR (43 STM): y // Inspection D' R' U' S' R S D' (F' B2) // LB (7/7) (r' M) U' R U' M2 // EO-M with lucky EO skip (6/13) U' R U' R2 U2 R' U2 R U2 R' U R // RB (12/25) U r U2' R2' F R F' R U2' r'...

LEOR attempt 2: x2 y // inspection L' U B' D' B2 R' D2 // LB (7/7) R U' r U R U' r U' R' U' M2 // EO-Middle (11/18) R' U' R2 U' R U' R U2 R' U R U R' U R U' R' // RB (17/35) L U L' U L U2 L' // COLL (7/42) M2 U' M' U2 M U' M2 U // EPLL(8/50) Next: F2 D F2 D' R2 U L2 F2 D2 R2 U' L' D' R2 B D...

Mine means "(cube(new (learner)))" in lojban. It is a lujvo (compound word) made from the rafsi (combining form) "kub" of kubni (cube) and another lujvo, nintadni (beginner). So a very very dynamically equivalent translation might be "noob cuber". It does not technically refer to a puzzle cube...

Wow, thank you. That's a lot of great information. There are quite a few things there which I can't wait to try and put into practice. It makes EO a lot less daunting.