[Help Thread] 4x4 Discussion

[ProStar]

i can's seem to break the 1 min barrier for 4x4... any help?? i use yau method with 323 edge pairing.

splits? Also do you have a good cube? I improved 10 seconds by switching from a thunderclap mini to a WRM

 

[crazycuber36]

splits? Also do you have a good cube? I improved 10 seconds by switching from a thunderclap mini to a WRM

i have trouble breaking the 3 min barrier, lol im bad

 

[ProStar]

i have trouble breaking the 3 min barrier, lol im bad

It's because you just learned, you'll get it in time

 

[crazycuber36]

It's because you just learned, you'll get it in time

wait wha?????:confused: :?:confused: :?:confused: :?

 

[MJS Cubing]

i can's seem to break the 1 min barrier for 4x4... any help?? i use yau method with 323 edge pairing.

Try this video.
7 Tips for Sub-1 4x4

 

[mencarikebenaran]

this OLL parity case

do F (R U R' U') F and then do OLL parity

alg.cubing.net

alg.cubing.net

i hope 4x4 community discover more setup to skip OLL after parity

 

[Deleted member 52530]

How can I average consistently? I average 1:03-1:15

 

[Micah Morrison]

What are you guys' thought on half-centers? Do you think it would be faster than solving centers one at a time in certain cases? I feel like the lookahead is worse for me, but if I got used to it, do you think I could improve my times by maybe half a second?(I average around 34)

 

[Eliot Hertenstein]

hey does anyone know if you can do wide moves in the 3x3 stage on a 4x4? I can't figure out how to use my L algorithm on it (Fw (R U R' U') Fw')

 

[Owen Morrison]

Make sure you are turning 3 layers of the 4x4 instead of 2.

 

[Eliot Hertenstein]

Great thanks

 

[PetrusQuber]

Just think of the 4 centrepieces as being one unified centre, and the two edge pieces as being one unified edge, and do your wide move (turn layer and centre(s))

 

[sumtingwong]

learn alternative algs to avoid wide moves

 

[Sub1Hour]

hey does anyone know if you can do wide moves in the 3x3 stage on a 4x4? I can't figure out how to use my L algorithm on it (Fw (R U R' U') Fw')

I would use this alg instead for that OLL. F U R U' R' F'
In general, you should learn algs that have no wide moves since they cause the cube to be unstable. Especially when you get up to 6 and 7

 

[Gan Air SM]

Hi Guys I avg around 1:30 at 4x4, and I use yau. How can I get faster?

 

[Kaneki Uchiha]

Jperm has a vid

 

[Gan Air SM]

Jperm has a vid

can you link it?

 

[MarkA64]

Just picked up 4x4. I do all 6 centers first and then do edge pairing but I noticed that, somehow, the centers swap positions after I'm finished pairing the edges. Maybe it's because I use Dw R' F R F' R U' R' for the last two edges? Not sure. Also is it viable to do centers first then edges?

Thanks.

 

[maticuber]

Just picked up 4x4. I do all 6 centers first and then do edge pairing but I noticed that, somehow, the centers swap positions after I'm finished pairing the edges. Maybe it's because I use Dw R' F R F' R U' R' for the last two edges? Not sure. Also is it viable to do centers first then edges?

Thanks.

You do freeslice or cycles for the edges? that alg should work. Doing centers and then edges is a valid method, but you really want to use Yau4 for 4x4, it's a lot better

 

[ProStar]

Also is it viable to do centers first then edges?

No, it's better to do Yau, which solves two opposite centers, then solves 3 cross edges, then the last 4 centers, then the final cross edge, and then a cool method called 3-2-3 to solve the remaining edges, then it's just 3x3