4x4 centers as 2x2?

[puzzlemaster]

I was solving my 4x4 and remembered that it can be solved as a 2x2 if scrambled turning 2 rows at a time. However I thought about it again and realized that maybe the centers can be solved like this as it is as easy as solving a 2x2. Since solving a 2x2 takes most people under 10 seconds if not under 5 for some people, I thought that maybe this would be a very efficient way of doing the centers. Just a thought.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Nope. You can turn 4 center pieces, without doing anything to the other pieces. Therefore, 3 center pieces around a corner don't act like a corner of a 2x2.

 

[JohnnyA]

I have had this thought before. However the 4x4 centres actually act as a 2x2 where you can rotate stickers on just one face as well as turning layers. So, you could have a "2x2" piece with two of the same colour. If you could find an easy method to put the centres into a position that is possible on a 2x2, it would be possible.

 

[puzzlemaster]

yea it's a pain but it might be possible.. and if it is it might speed up centers?

 

[rachmaninovian]

lol do pochmann centres if that suits you. an lbl ish approach.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

It would be a very very big pain...if you managed to match them all up to the right corners, you could still have one corner turned...

 

[Vulosity]

I thought the same with 5x5 centers as a 3x3 once. Too difficult.

 

[SimonWestlund]

Yeah, much easier to do it with the normal method..

 

[puzzlemaster]

idk it was just a thought