3 Look Solve

[HQ]

For the 3 look solve method.

when making the cross on the U-Face, is there and algorithm for making the cross when dealing with just the dot?
Or do u just combine the line alg and the L alg to make cross?

 

[FTF]

There are algs directly from the dot, but as far as I know none are any quicker or easier than combining the other two. Might as well cut down on the number of algorithms you need for now.

 

[tegalogic]

Just combine them:
(F R U R' U' F) (f R U R' U' f)
or
(F R U R' U' F) U2 (F U R U' R' F')
or
(F U R U' R' F') U/U' (F R U R' U' F')
etc.

 

[abbracadiabra]

You can orient all four edges on the top layer with this,

M' U M' U M' U M' U M U M U M U M U

but it's just as easy to do

F R U R' U' F' U2 F U R U' R' F' U2

The first alg makes no changes to edge permutation and corner orientation. The second orients the corners and cycles the edges.

By the way, what is the 3 look solve method?

 

[jeff081692]

Another option might be to learn the algorithms for those 2 cases that saves a little time and orients the last layer while combining the algorithms just make a cross then you do another algorithm to finish orienting. This is assuming you are learning Fridrich though.

EDIT: I just realized there are more than 2 algorithms for that. But I would learn all the ones with the dot along with the 7 with edges done. I currently use 3 look and that has helped me.

 

[hait2]

u could also try instead of inserting R U' R' style
u could try U F' L' U2 L F U' -> R U' R'
i find its faster if i already have a connected pair

 

[Dyste]

I explain what I do here, but I guess it probably isn't the most efficient way?

http://www.speedsolving.com/showthread.php?t=2434&highlight=orient+edges

 

[alltooamorous]

http://speedsolving.com/showpost.php?p=6815&postcount=4

The algorithm is L' l U l' U2 l U L' U l' L2
It'll get you from 0 edges to all 4, in other words, from the dot to the cross.

I thought the algorithm was hard to perform the way it is stated, so I basically made a few changes so it's easier for me to perform.