A Collection of Algorithms

[Lucas Garron]

i believe this N permutation "a" is wrong : [R' U R' D R'2 U' R U D' R' D R'2 U' R D']

Then change your religion. (It permutes with LL on on R.)

 

[van21691]

J perm: b
R2 U' R2 (T-perm) R2 U R2

 

[Dcuber]

Yes finally! Found some good perms
I found that N perm 9 is a fake!

 

[Lucas Garron]

Yes finally! Found some good perms
I found that N perm 9 is a fake!

Look two posts above yours.

(How could you have a fake PLL? Either you permute LL and simultaneously preserve LL orientation [maybe trivially], or you don't...)

 

[newbiecubie]

nice, I'm going to print out the picture and best algorithm to go with it now! (still not up to CFOP, I'm cross, corners, edges (second layer) orient edges, orient corners, two step permutation. Looking for great perms as I am going to learn two step orient, then perm soon. I will then learn the F2L case's (can someone recommend me a good site for them) then finally my OLL's.

 

[Dene]

Macky's site is good for F2L, but no need to learn the algorithms...

 

[newbiecubie]

Why not? If I learn them I have an advantage, all speed cubers memorise them. What are you saying I should do?

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

Maybe there should be an F2L sticky in Beginners Central or something, this question is being asked like everyday...

 

[newbiecubie]

maybe there should be but will you answer it for me? And can you also explain intitive F2L. I've been looking everywhere for it!

 

[newbiecubie]

Macky's site is good for F2L, but no need to learn the algorithms...

Your from NZ, so am I. How do you get in comps? Are there any here or do you just go over seas?

 

[Dene]

I have never been to a competition. There are none here, although I am considering hosting one for myself. Also, I don't think most speedcubers memorise the algorithms for F2L. In saying that, I don't know, as a percentage, how many of the top speedcubers learnt F2L intuitively vs. algorithms. Where abouts in NZ are you?

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

maybe there should be but will you answer it for me? And can you also explain intitive F2L. I've been looking everywhere for it!

Oh, sorry about that...

-> http://speedsolving.com/search.php?searchid=43233

 

[niKo]

Question on notation:

I know about cube rotations.. z, y, etc, but I haven't seen any lower case letters like d'. Is that the same as D'?

(I'm a new member - just started cubing a month ago).

-niKo

 

[Dene]

A lower case letter means you turn that layer, and the middle layer with it as well. So d' would mean the bottom face, place the E slice one quarter turn anti-clockwise

 

[niKo]

Notation

Thanks, so d' would be the same as U'. Does turning two layers like that when you might as well turn one increase speed at all?

-nK

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

d' is the same as (U' y), and yes, it is faster(most of the time).

 

[niKo]

Intuitive Fridrich F2L

I thought this video was pretty good: youTube

It was a good start, then with practice it came more naturally to me, and I recognized more patterns and was able to look ahead.

Not to say I'm all that good.. I certainly am not.

-nK

EDIT: just noticed I use different algorithms for the U Permutations than the ones listed.. --
For U Permutation a: [y2 F2 U' L R' F2 L' R U' F2]
For U Permutation b: [y2 F2 U L R' F2 L' R U F2]
They're a little awkward (at least for me), but I'll post anyway in case you want to add them.

 

[malcolm]

Macky's site is good for F2L, but no need to learn the algorithms...

Your from NZ, so am I. How do you get in comps? Are there any here or do you just go over seas?

3 NZers now! Dene, you should host a comp theres quite a few in my class at school who've learnt that would go, the average around 1:30-2min

 

[benjediman]

For N perm, how about:

R U R' U (J-perm) U' R U' R'

if we use the J-Perm that starts with R U R' F', there will be a cancellation somewhere there

 

[Lofty]

for N perm a:
R U' R' U R B U B' R' U' R B' R B R' U R'
I was talking to Jason Bum about OH and 2H PLL and we found this one. Its so easy to memo an alg for a case I already know but for cases I don't know(COLL+OLL with no edges) its annoyingly hard.