4x4x4

[MYKE]

got the 2x2x2!!!

now i need a decent site for solving the 4x4x4 cube?

any suggestions?

 

[HelloiamChow]

www.bigcubes.com is very good. There's also Chris Hardwick's Corner on speedcubing.com.

 

[AvGalen]

Before you start learning any method of a site, try to figure something out yourself. That's much more fun!

Eventually you will probably learn a method that looks like this:
1. Centers (4*1 centerpiece or "pochmann"-style)
2. Edge-Pairing (2-pair-at-a-time or 6-pair-at-a-time)
3. Solve like a 3x3x3
4. Fix parity/parities

 

[Rama]

Arnaud.... you explained me at the NK 2006 how to solve the 4x4 just before I got my own 4x4 <_< ... well I had the pleasure to do the 5x5 on my own tough

We are soOo gonna race there at the dinner tomorrow :rolleyes:

 

[AvGalen]

Yep, that is my tragic faith. I teach everyone how to become faster than I am

We will see tomorrow who will be faster on big cubes. 3x3x3 is not a challenge for you. You will probably beat me one-handed half the time.

I still don't know where the dinner/meeting is though. All I know is "The Hague".

 

[Karthik]

What Arnaud said is right.Try it yourself for the first time.I figured out the edge pairing myself(2-pair at a time).It was so much fun!
You may not fully solve it,but it is fun!

 

[AvGalen]

Figuring out a puzzle all by yourself (or even better, with friends) is the best thing about a new puzzle. I own about 50 different puzzles and I figured them all out myself except for 3x3x3 and 4x4x4 parities. I am especially proud of the solution I found for Magic and Master Magic (not fast, but using flips only just looks cool) and Square-1 (I just can't remember how I did that, it was very simple, but took only about 1 minute. I figured it out 18 years ago, but forgot)

After you found a solution yourself, compare it to how others (speedcubers) do it and either improve by using their method, or surprise them because you found a better way.

 

[Rama]

Originally posted by AvGalen@Jul 3 2007, 12:13 PM
I still don't know where the dinner/meeting is though. All I know is "The Hague".

http://www.degoudenwokzuiderpark.nl/

I presume you have a tom tom?

 

[AvGalen]

You assumed wrong. I do have a history of Delft and I know "de Boogaard" so I don't need it.

See you tonight.

 

[Erik]

Too bad I can't come, the erik erik would get you directly to the right place
(ok with some detours sometimes but we always get there )

 

[AvGalen]

Maybe Erik Erik needs to become a company (phone-service) that let's people get where they want, but with a good excuse for getting there late. I know a lot of people that might be interested.

For all people that don't understand this, just think of the "Erik Erik" as being a tour guide in a city where you AND the tour guide don't know anything. The tour guide would pretend to get you from A to B and eventually you will get there, but by then you will also have been to CDEFGHIJKL and probably M .