Blindsolving Discussion and Help

[Coolster01]

2 cubes minimum.

Ranked by points: (solved cubes) - (unsolved cubes) = points. When points are tied, you go by faster time.

 

[Prakhar]

2 cubes minimum.

Ranked by points: (solved cubes) - (unsolved cubes) = points. When points are tied, you go by faster time.

Suppose, I attempt 2 cubes, pick up only one, solve it in 1 minute and finish. Will it still be valid? Because I have not fulfilled the intention of MBLD

 

[Ollie]

Suppose, I attempt 2 cubes, pick up only one, solve it in 1 minute and finish. Will it still be valid? Because I have not fulfilled the intention of MBLD

No, not by the current regulations

 

[sk8erman41]

I currently use OP/OP and am thinking of switching to OP/M2. I currently solve corners, corner twists, solve parity with R perm, edges, edge flips. If I switch to M2 for edges, can I stick with this pattern? Will the parity still work out the same or do I have to do something different since there are different buffers?

 

[Goosly]

Will the parity still work out the same or do I have to do something different since there are different buffers?

Obviously you will need to do something different. You need D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D.

 

[suushiemaniac]

Obviously you will need to do something different. You need D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D.

But this alg swaps UF and DB, which is obviously unhelpful when solving edges last.
You could either start by solving edges first, then D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D, and then corners, or, if you want to stick with your execution order, you could try memorizing as if UB and UL were swapped in case of parity.

 

[sk8erman41]

Obviously you will need to do something different. You need D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D.

But this alg swaps UF and DB, which is obviously unhelpful when solving edges last.
You could either start by solving edges first, then D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D, and then corners, or, if you want to stick with your execution order, you could try memorizing as if UB and UL were swapped in case of parity.

Thank you both I get it now, I confused myself because I normally would do edges first but I was trying scrambles that I knew had parity in them and was executing corners first just for my practice to get used to M2 and didn't realize that the parity fix is different if you solve edges/corners vs. corners/edges.

so its either....
edges, edge flips, D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D, corners corner twists (the way I would really execute)
OR
corners using OP, corner twists, add in UR, edges, edge flips, M2 y L2 T-perm L2

A little confusing at first but I think I will get the hang of it

 

[Goosly]

But this alg swaps UF and DB, which is obviously unhelpful when solving edges last.

Is it? You just need to keep track of the amount of M2's you have done, which you also need to do if you don't have parity. It shouldn't be an issue if you understand the method.

 

[sk8erman41]

so its...
edges, edge flips, D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D, corners corner twists (the way I would really execute)

actually this isn't correct, you need to do the parity fix before the edge flips correct?

 

[Cale S]

actually this isn't correct, you need to do the parity fix before the edge flips correct?

Yes, because the M slice edges are off by an M2 before you do the parity alg, so you have to flip edges after you fix parity.

 

[goodatthis]

No, not by the current regulations

Really? Huh, when did they change it? Guess I'm a little out of the loop

 

[Cale S]

Really? Huh, when did they change it? Guess I'm a little out of the loop

It was changed for this year. Any 1/2 results from before this year are still valid though.
Thread: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?45302-WCA-Regulations-2014-DNF-for-1-2-multi-BLD

 

[sk8erman41]

I'm a little confused as to when to execute my M2 alg for the opposite letter for the m-slice special cases. I thought that you executed the opposite letter when it was the second letter in the pair. So for the following example....

Scramble (white U, green F)
L2 D' U' F2 L2 D' L2 B2 U' L2 R2 F' U B2 R2 D' L' D F U2 L
executed yellow U green F
edges: XM TW (executed as C) RQ (executed as Q-***) I(executed as I)L OJ D
solve parity: D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D
corners: VC TB GI C

***Why executed as Q? I get that you can't execute anything as K or U since its the buffer piece, but is this the only place where you wouldn't execute the second letter in the pair as the opposite? I hope this make sense. Thanks.

Edit: think I solved my own question. Much simpler way of asking the question above: Only targets that matter for the even/odd deal are C/I and S/W correct?

 

[Randomno]

How does OP for edges work?

 

[sk8erman41]

How does OP for edges work?

Pretty sure this is where I originally learned.
UR is your buffer, you either use UL as your target and use a T-perm, use UB as you target and use a J-perm, or use UF as your target and use the other J-perm

 

[Jason Lee]

op corners or R2, which one is faster at executing? like low move count and so on...

also, my average is 4-5 minutes and im using m2/op but the problem is how can I significantly improve my memo? I use audio letter and (visually)numbers for twisted corner like 1 - for ccw and 2- cw. However my weakness is that I couldn't recognise my letter scheme effectively like being able to just know which letter once you look at the pieces.(sorry for my poor english I don't know how to describe it but I hope you will understand what I mean) Is there any way to recognise it fast?

 

[ollicubes]

also, my average is 4-5 minutes and im using m2/op but the problem is how can I significantly improve my memo? I use audio letter and (visually)numbers for twisted corner like 1 - for ccw and 2- cw. However my weakness is that I couldn't recognise my letter scheme effectively like being able to just know which letter once you look at the pieces.(sorry for my poor english I don't know how to describe it but I hope you will understand what I mean) Is there any way to recognise it fast?

You can practise this if you take your cube apart and then just pick any peace and just think what letter(s) the sticker(s) are.

 

[sk8erman41]

When using M2 when should you recognize the switch for the C/W/S/I during odd targets? During memo or execution? Should I memo like DT XW or DT XC?

 

[h2f]

During execution. It's only the way to put edege in it's right place.

 

[Randomno]

What's the "New Pochmann" method? I found R2 as a method on the wiki, is that it?