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reddit user u/Tarnagona had asked for a 3D designer to help her make a labeling system for blind and or sight deficient cubers/twisty puzzlers. We worked together on the symbols and this is the design I came up with.
It uses braille tape and a braille...
We know there are 12 orbits of the cube. It is assumed that the probability of randomly assembling the cube and having a solvable puzzle is 1 in 12.
Have we checked that?
I was thinking of all the ways it's possible to misassemble the cube.
1) Clockwise corner twist (1 in 3 chance)
2)...
Can you copyright a new technique to solve the 3x3x3? What would you think of someone who tried to do so even if the terms were generous - allowing unlimited use in solves and discussion but retained the rights to publish the technique?
Please preface you answer with IAAL (I am a lawyer) if you...
NOTE this post has be completely edited from it's original content. I am trying to present what I am thinking more clearly. I have also re-designed this whole thing. VIM! is vanquished and Excalibur substituted. I said something off-hand about how many F2L pairs Matz Valk could do on inspection...
I figured out how to control edge orientation with my last F2L insert and got so excited I posted a video before I was really proficient at it. I watched Rowe Hessler's OLS videos and realized so much more was possible. I have limited mental Alg storage but just watching them I realized it was...
I put together as a one pager like Odder & AndyK's megaminx algs.
Available online here
It's the beginners method fleshed out with a lot less repetition. The algs are short and easy. It's not going to make you faster than some of the great minxers here though I would love to see some of our...
I was thinking about the superflip and how any random move theoretically makes it one step closer to solved. I understand this isn't just because it's a 20 move strong scramble but also because it's symmetrical.
I was thinking of these 20 move strong scrambles as about 3 million poles of...
I committed to learning full OLL but I got busted up kinda bad and hospitalized. I had my cube with me but not my OLL guide. In a nice painkiller haze I invented this.
I know this might not be up to speed for the advanced cubers here but I think it is interesting. It can be much smoother...
I love doing Yau for big puzzles and I've loved ottozing's and Robert Yau's walkthroughs.
When I follow them I'm not color neutral so I make my white and yellow centers, three white tredges, the rest of the centers, another white tredge, 4 middle layer tredges, and I F2L two adjacent ones...
I know there has been a little talk about these on the zcube.cn thread but I want to focus on the Alpha Chun cubes and the Alpha core.
If you go to zcube.cn and look at cube brand Alpha here
You will see the two Alpha Chuns and a red thing called the Alpha Core.
Big question how does the...
This is a technique I have developed out of my 4-4 technique for edge pairing. I haven't heard anyone talk about this though I'm sure someone has done it this way. It feels very Yau to blend the steps of last cross dedge with first edge pair.
I give one clean example and then three "unlucky"...
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There is something great about spring swaps especially on big cubes. It's fairly easy to do, you don't have to file anything down and get cube dust everywhere. Below is my list of spring swaps and the results I've gotten so far. I'm usually installing softer shorter springs than the default to...
Hello I guess I will call myself SenileGenXer here.
I am very close to 40 years old. My background includes art, video, photography, and computers. I am the father of two daughters, both are a little young even for the crowd here.
I have been cubing for about 14 months. I do the Fredrick...