reThinking the Cube
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Let's say you have a choice of 2 new formats for 3x3x3 blind solving:
In the first format, your cube is scrambled and then placed in a reference position with U=White and F=Green, inside a blackbox with openings just big enough to allow entry of your hands to perform the solving. An identically scrambled cube is then placed on top of this blackbox, and is also kept covered until you are ready to start. When you are ready to begin this "blind" solve, you must start the stackmat timer, and then remove the cover from the cube on top of the box, revealing the scrambled pattern for the cube you need to solve inside the box. You cannot look directly inside the box, or take that cube out during the solve, but you ARE allowed to touch and examine the reference cube on top of the box as often as you wish. However, you cannot make any face/slice turns at all on this reference cube, but cube rotations are fine. The only cube you are allowed to make turns on, is the cube inside the box. The solve is completed when you stop the timer, and the judge opens the blackbox to determine if the cube on the inside has been correctly solved.
In the second format, everything is exactly the same as the previous one EXCEPT that once the timer is started, and the cover is removed from the scrambled reference cube on top of the box, rather than going directly inside the box to begin the solve, you 1st take the reference cube from on top of the box, and begin analyzing it for cycles. No turns can be performed on this cube, but you ARE allowed to use paper and pencil to jot down your entire solution. Note that the timer is kept running during this analysis. After completing your mentally calculated hand-written solution, you place it on top of the box along with the reference cube. The judge then removes the scrambled reference cube so that you can no longer see it, and you can now place your hands inside the box to actually begin making the turns required to "blind" solve the cube on the inside. You may refer back to your hand-written solution on top of the box as often as you wish. The only cube you are allowed to make turns on, is the cube inside the box. The solve is completed when you stop the timer, and the judge opens the blackbox to determine if the cube on the inside has been correctly solved.
Which one of these formats would you choose to give you the fastest times?
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In the first format, your cube is scrambled and then placed in a reference position with U=White and F=Green, inside a blackbox with openings just big enough to allow entry of your hands to perform the solving. An identically scrambled cube is then placed on top of this blackbox, and is also kept covered until you are ready to start. When you are ready to begin this "blind" solve, you must start the stackmat timer, and then remove the cover from the cube on top of the box, revealing the scrambled pattern for the cube you need to solve inside the box. You cannot look directly inside the box, or take that cube out during the solve, but you ARE allowed to touch and examine the reference cube on top of the box as often as you wish. However, you cannot make any face/slice turns at all on this reference cube, but cube rotations are fine. The only cube you are allowed to make turns on, is the cube inside the box. The solve is completed when you stop the timer, and the judge opens the blackbox to determine if the cube on the inside has been correctly solved.
In the second format, everything is exactly the same as the previous one EXCEPT that once the timer is started, and the cover is removed from the scrambled reference cube on top of the box, rather than going directly inside the box to begin the solve, you 1st take the reference cube from on top of the box, and begin analyzing it for cycles. No turns can be performed on this cube, but you ARE allowed to use paper and pencil to jot down your entire solution. Note that the timer is kept running during this analysis. After completing your mentally calculated hand-written solution, you place it on top of the box along with the reference cube. The judge then removes the scrambled reference cube so that you can no longer see it, and you can now place your hands inside the box to actually begin making the turns required to "blind" solve the cube on the inside. You may refer back to your hand-written solution on top of the box as often as you wish. The only cube you are allowed to make turns on, is the cube inside the box. The solve is completed when you stop the timer, and the judge opens the blackbox to determine if the cube on the inside has been correctly solved.
Which one of these formats would you choose to give you the fastest times?
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