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Rubiks560

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I think this advice is good, but not perfect for a 7s ortega solver.

1. Watch loads of first layer examples videos, to make sure you are efficiently building your first layer/face
2. In inspection make sure sure you know the permutation of the first face and the position of any block.
3. Use OLL and PBL algs from here: http://cyotheking.squarespace.com/ortega/ (except for L D' L F2 L' D L'...yah just dont pls)
4. Obtain tps

Progressions:
1. Place blocks in the front or back depending on which PBL you use, when solving the first face.
2. Force diagonal swaps for the first face...the PBLs will generally be faster
3. Predict OLL in inspection
4. Turn fast
5. 2-sided PLL recognition (not hard)

But dat alg is nice.

What's your Sig about?
 

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eh?
4. 14.39 L2 U' B2 R2 D2 F2 D F2 U' L2 D L' F' R D B' F' R' B2 D' U'
5. 11.59 F2 U L2 D R2 U L2 U2 B2 R2 U L' U B' D R2 F2 U2 L' B2 L
6. 11.45 U' L2 U' L2 F2 D B2 U' B2 D2 R U B2 F U' L' D2 F' R F2
12.48 PB Mo3. I get a few solves that don't feel fast at all and get a PB. It's been happening a lot recently. It surprises me every time xD

E: 11.95, sub-12!
19. 11.46 R2 U B2 D L2 D2 F2 U2 F2 U' B2 L' B' U B D' U' F2 L2 B' R2 D'
20. 10.92 R2 D2 R2 U2 B2 R2 L2 D' F2 R2 U' B' R F' D F U' R' L D2 B U'
21. 13.47 U2 F2 R2 L2 F2 U L2 D R2 L2 D2 B R2 D F L2 U' R' U' B2 D' U'
This time the first two actually felt fast. 11.46 had an F perm.
 
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8.37 ao5, PB by .38.

Average: 8.37
Best: 7.22
Worst: 8.90
Mean: 8.25
Standard Deviation: 0.66

1: (7.22)L2 D2 B2 R2 B D2 U2 B F R2 D L2 U2 B F2 D2 U L B' U
2: 8.70R2 U' F2 D' U2 F2 L2 F2 R2 U B2 F U' B2 F' D2 L F' R B R'
3: (8.90)U2 L2 U2 B R2 B' L2 F2 U2 L' F U2 R2 D' B' F' L' U B2 U2
4: 8.70F L2 F2 R2 U2 F2 U2 F' U2 B' U R' B' D' B' U' B2 U L' F
5: 7.72F U2 F' R2 B F U2 R F2 R U B2 U2 B' F' D' B' R2 F
 
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