[Help Thread] 4x4 Discussion

[Kiwi-Bird]

I have this on my 4×4 Rubik's cube and I'm not sure what to do. Does anyone know what to do?
I also didn't mess where the pieces were.

 

[TheSlykrCubr]

you mustn't have finished pairing the edges. You're gonna hafta go back a bit and pair the rest

 

[abunickabhi]

Look up k4 method. You can solve the last layer using the k4 method, doing dedge permutation and corner permutation, U2 F E' F' M F' M' F2 E F' U2 .

 

[PetrusQuber]

I have this on my 4×4 Rubik's cube and I'm not sure what to do. Does anyone know what to do?
I also didn't mess where the pieces were.
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The standard reduction 4x4 beginner’s method says as the second step, to pair up all the edges then. You didn’t pair all of them up, hence why a couple are unconnected

 

[Kiwi-Bird]

The standard reduction 4x4 beginner’s method says as the second step, to pair up all the edges then. You didn’t pair all of them up, hence why a couple are unconnected

Thankyou. I must have accidentally missed that.

 

[Haliax]

Is this cube unsoleable or am i just ?

 

[One Wheel]

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Is this cube unsoleable or am i just ?

Looks like you've got the color scheme backwards. Mw2 Uw2 Mw2 Uw2 should fix that.

 

[Haliax]

What does mw2 Uw2 stand for?

 

[One Wheel]

What does mw2 Uw2 stand for?

Mw2 = turn the middle two layers (that turn around the right-to-left axis) 180 degrees

Uw2 = turn the top two layers 180 degrees

Sorry, I should have been more clear.

 

[Haliax]

I tried it but got the same result. Is it possible in the 4x4 for one corner piece side to correspond to the right colour but the others dont? Because in the 3x3 this is impossible. Either all three sides are wrong or all are correct. In 3x3 on side right and other two swaped isnt possible for corner pieces.

 

[Tabe]

I tried it but got the same result. Is it possible in the 4x4 for one corner piece side to correspond to the right colour but the others dont? Because in the 3x3 this is impossible. Either all three sides are wrong or all are correct. In 3x3 on side right and other two swaped isnt possible for corner pieces.

No, that's not possible. You've got the centers in the wrong spots. You need to swap red and orange.

 

[Haliax]

Haha okayi got it thx!

 

[Haliax]

After getting the edged paired i solved it like a 3x3. But i’ve never encountered this. Red and blue are complete tho. Any formula for only swapping these neighbouring edges?

 

[One Wheel]

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After getting the edged paired i solved it like a 3x3. But i’ve never encountered this. Red and blue are complete tho. Any formula for only swapping these neighbouring edges?

You have PLL parity. Opposite PLL parity is solved by r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 Uw2, where r is the second layer from the right, U is just the top (Up) layer, and Uw is the top 2 layers. For adjacent parity you can either do opposite parity and then a U perm, or set up the two adjacent edges so they're opposite, and the resulting algorithm is R U R' U' r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 Uw2 U' R U' R'.

 

[cuberbutnotacuber]

Explain

 

[One Wheel]

Explain

Incomplete edge pairing.

 

[cuberbutnotacuber]

But I finished it all

 

[One Wheel]

But I finished it all

No, you didn't. The yellow- orange and yellow- green edges aren't paired. Fix those, then parity, and you'll be able to solve it.

 

[cuberbutnotacuber]

Oh ok thank you!

 

[DNF_Cuber]

Oh ok thank you!

If you're having trouble with L2E, then just do Uw or Uw' then R U R' F R' F' R and reverse you're Uw* move