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Your times will get better with practice. I average about 1:20/2:20/4:00, Yau for 4x4.what should i average on 6x6? I use Redux btw
average under 1:10 on 4x4 (Yau)
and under 2:30 on 5x5 (Redux)
Your times will get better with practice. I average about 1:20/2:20/4:00, Yau for 4x4.what should i average on 6x6? I use Redux btw
average under 1:10 on 4x4 (Yau)
and under 2:30 on 5x5 (Redux)
Yep, you can use pretty much the same method. There isn't really anything new to big cubes past a 6×6×6.Hi I’m Taylor. I’m pretty new to the cubing world but I love doing them, even if I’m extremely slow at it! I just figured out how to solve the 8x8 and the 9x9 and I just bought a 10x10 and a 13x13. My question is are all big cubes solved using the same beginners algorithms. For instance can I solve the the 10x10 the same as a 8x8 and can I solve the 13x13 the same as a 9x9. Any advice would help a lot. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the helpYep, you can use pretty much the same method. There isn't really anything new to big cubes past a 6×6×6.
(Unless you're trying to go fast, in which case various optimisation tricks only make sense on certain sizes.)
Hi - hmmm I just tried but ended up in the same situation...Hold red on top and white in the front, and do:
4R2 U’ 4L2 U 4R2 U’ 4L2 U2 4R2 U’ 4L2 U 4R2 U’ 4L2
4R2 = turn the 4th layer from the right 180 degrees
4L2 = turn the 4th layer from the left 180 degrees
Thanks for your help. It still seems to be just reverting back to where it started. I'll keep working at it.Try going to 5:10 in this video. He uses a 6x6, but it works with any big cube. It’s just doing 2 commutators to do 2 2-swaps, which is the algorithm that I gave you. It seems to work fine for me, but maybe I typed it wrong. Also, you’ll have to turn the layer twice, since your swapped centers are on opposite faces, but his are on adjacent faces. Hope this helps!
This algorithm doesn't solve the case he was looking to solve unless you do a B2 setup.Hold red on top and white in the front, and do:
4R2 U’ 4L2 U 4R2 U’ 4L2 U2 4R2 U’ 4L2 U 4R2 U’ 4L2
4R2 = turn the 4th layer from the right 180 degrees
4L2 = turn the 4th layer from the left 180 degrees
But here is a much shorter algorithm to solve the exact case @SlimJimTx was looking for.
4L' 4R' 4U2 4L 4R 4U2
Hard to say exactly, but I average about 30 seconds slower than you on 4x4, 35 seconds slower on 5x5, and 30 or 40 seconds slower on 7x7, and I am just a few seconds faster than you on my MGC 6x6. You've got a good chance of dropping pretty significantly quickly.I have a really bad 6x6 (Yj Yushi), and I ordered the MGC recently, and on my bad cube my best is 3:22, but my average is around 4:00. I average 50 on 4x4 (Yau), 1:38 on 5x5 (Redux), and around 5:30 on 7x7 (Redux), although it keeps dropping everyday because of the MGC 7x7. I don't really practice any of these events more than once of twice a week so would my average on 6x6 be with some regular practice and a better cube?
I feel like the least confusing rendition of this alg (to me! ymmv!) isThat can still get confusing though, so the way that I intuitively think about it:
Rw U2 x Rw U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw
All of the Rw moves except the bolded/underlined one will use the same number of layers.
(All of the layers up to but not including the flipped edges.)
The Lw move will use this same number of layers as well (just mirrored onto the left side).
I was going to say that, it is the same alg for all the NxN big cube, just change what layer you ned to do it.Just found alg.cubing.net... answers all. So glad one base algo can be used for edges in bigger cubes.
Yes just one algorithm works for any NxN, you just have to adjust/change the layers of the alg, according to the number of layers on the cube.