Blindsolving Discussion and Help

[Sakarie]

What is the advantage of M2 over doing setup-moves and U-perms (that would be called freestyle, I think)?

I learned M2/R2 some weeks ago and I am averaging around 5 minutes now. I tried U-perms once and it took about 10 minutes, but due to the fact I am not used to the setup-moves I think this was quite OK. So what is the advantage of M2?

The advantage is that it is "braindead", meaning that it can be executed very fast, since you may know exactly what to do for every letter/sticker. For every non-M-slice piece it's 5 or 7 very easy moves, which when practiced can be done very fast.

Also, the M-slice pieces is actually very nice to solve if you're using a good method for them.

 

[Julian]

@jla A great way to memo corners (provided you memo them last and execute them first) is audio. So, if the letters to memorize were

SAGLNDCA

I would memo them something like sa gill nid ca. This type of memo is easy and can be very fast.

 

[rubiksarlen]

What do I do if the top U-face (which is white for me (WR solving orientation) ) is already full in my memo, and I reach a white center?

 

[rubiksarlen]

Oh yeah BTW its for 4x4 BLD centers using commutators to solve.

 

[Zane_C]

What do I do if the top U-face (which is white for me (WR solving orientation) ) is already full in my memo, and I reach a white center?

Break into a new cycle.

 

[rubiksarlen]

Break into a new cycle.

So do I leave that piece out first?

 

[Zane_C]

So do I leave that piece out first?

Sorry but I have no clue what you're trying to say. What do you mean by "leave"? And what piece are you referring to?

 

[rubiksarlen]

so just say i'm in the middle of a cycle and I reach a white piece and the top white face is full in my memo. do I leave out that piece and break into a new cycle with other unsolved centers? cos that's what daniel sheppard said to do in his tutorial...

 

[Zane_C]

so just say i'm in the middle of a cycle and I reach a white piece and the top white face is full in my memo. do I leave out that piece and break into a new cycle with other unsolved centers? cos that's what daniel sheppard said to do in his tutorial...

Yes, do as Daniel says.

 

[rubiksarlen]

and somehow in the new cycle it will get back to that left-out white center piece and everything will be solved?

 

[marco.garsed]

yes it's like swapping buffer for 3x3...

 

[rubiksarlen]

hey marco thanks for the help. can you please view my 4x4 bld centers memo help thread i created and help answer my latest question there? thanks

 

[rubiksarlen]

if I use OP corners for 4x4 BLD and I solve them first, is the parity fix t-perm + pll parity, like everyone else says? Cos it doesn't seem right,

 

[kinch2002]

Depends which 2 corners you leave of course. Just imagine that you're doing a normal sighted solve, and your PLL is 2 adjacent corners. What would you do? Most people do T perm and PLL parity...

 

[marco.garsed]

hey marco thanks for the help. can you please view my 4x4 bld centers memo help thread i created and help answer my latest question there? thanks

you got many good answer there... I can't add anything that other blinders told you I think...

if I use OP corners for 4x4 BLD

remember that a Y per rotates centers! I wouldn't start with corners if you use OP...

 

[DYGH.Tjen]

Someone, mind clarifying please? What marco said. If you use OP for 4x4 corners, for example you did 6 Yperms. So you're a U2 off. You have
-failed a 4blind solve.
-the liberty of doing a U2 then just continue solving centers then edges done.
-another method to solve this problem.
-to memorise the top layer centers a U2 off.
Which are facts? (Possibly none, ahahaa)
Do clarify? Thanks a lot!

 

[Julian]

Someone, mind clarifying please? What marco said. If you use OP for 4x4 corners, for example you did 6 Yperms. So you're a U2 off. You have
-failed a 4blind solve.
-the liberty of doing a U2 then just continue solving centers then edges done.
-another method to solve this problem.
-to memorise the top layer centers a U2 off.
Which are facts? (Possibly none, ahahaa)
Do clarify? Thanks a lot!

U2 before centers, U2 after.

 

[marco.garsed]

I think it's easier to use freestyle for corners or do corners after centers...

 

[Sakarie]

And even if you're using like OP or any other not centersafe method for corners, but still want to solve them before centers, you could pretty easy make sure that if you've done 6 (or 10) pieces, you make a U2 for just the centers with RL U2 R'L' U' RL U2 R'L' U'. And no matter which method, you never solve corners parity before center.

 

[marco.garsed]

also 2 Tperms with the center you want to rotate on top...