Blindsolving Discussion and Help

Sion said:
Can you use bld methods for traditional solving?
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Of course you can, and if you're crazy like Maskow you can even get sub 10
but for most people tradition solving is faster than using a bld method
 
I'm not good with commutators yet and I sometimes think, that centers (and more) have changed. But every time I have to find out, that my "commutator" is the problem, because the faces and slices I used, weren't "independent".

But maybe you have to be careful with the parity-alg.

The (I think most-used) parity-alg r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' B2 r2 swaps the top-centers diagonally. You don't notice that, when you solve the centers first, because they are then all of the same color.
But it's hard to use it to solve the parity with the r2-method. I have BD as buffer and UF as target and I cannot do D2 l' and then the alg, because two front-centers are now on top. I have to put an S in before. So it is: D2 l' S parity-alg S' l D2
(maybe the notation "S" isn't right, S is the same as f b')
 
This is my solve from midnight session. As you can see my execution is so slow. Any tips how to be faster with execution? I use adv M2/3style right now. I know comms for edges but I stopped to use it now due to slow times and competiotion in next two weeks. My memo is usually around over 30 seconds. In this case I tried to make it faster.

 
h2f said:
This is my solve from midnight session. As you can see my execution is so slow. Any tips how to be faster with execution? I use adv M2/3style right now. I know comms for edges but I stopped to use it now due to slow times and competiotion in next two weeks. My memo is usually around over 30 seconds. In this case I tried to make it faster.

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I would recommend to use just keep practicing with commutators, even with your competition coming up. I understand that you would like to resort back to an old method in order to get better times in the short-term, but I think this is a necessary risk you must take for the long-term. Going to an old method for two weeks, losing your familiarity of commutators, and then starting again after the comp will only slow you down for longer.

You could try practicing 3x3x3 using just commutators.

Do an average of 100, or an average of 200, timing just your execution. Don't memorize, or use inspection time to memorize as much as you can before starting. Learn what the commutator cases look like, make the execuction automatic, decrease your reaction time and thinking time. Allow yourself to become as familiar with the commutator cycles as possible over the next two weeks.

You'll appreciate it in the long term, time to take a chance now you are nearly sub-1. Fortune favours the brave. Good luck!
 
I heard from Jay's video that using UF as the edge buffer generates better 3 cycles than DF. I believe him, but is the difference significant, if so, how much faster would it be? I use M2 right now so my edge buffer is DF and I was wondering if it's worth it to switch.
 
turtwig said:
I heard from Jay's video that using UF as the edge buffer generates better 3 cycles than DF. I believe him, but is the difference significant, if so, how much faster would it be? I use M2 right now so my edge buffer is DF and I was wondering if it's worth it to switch.
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I'm not an expert, but I don't think UF is better than DF

here I generated 5 random letter pairs
FX M2 z' R2 U M' U' R' U M U' R'
TuRBo z R M U M' U2 M U M' R' z'
MH M2 l U M U2 M' U l'
TuRBo l U' M' U2 M U' l'
TG M2 u' L U' M' U L U' M U L2 u or z' DU R U' M U R' U' M' D'
TuRBo D M' U' R' U M U' R UD'
QS M2 U M2 R U' R' U M U' R U r' U'
TuRBo d' M' U R2 U' M U R2 y'
JD M2 R U' M' U2 M U' R'
TuRBo U R' U' R' U' R U R U R U2

obviously, 5 letter pairs isn't a huge sample but as you can see there isn't a significant difference. Even if UF is better, you can still be world class with DF and get sub 20 singles. The current WR holder of both single and average goes to Kaijun, who uses DF
 
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h2f said:
z/z' rotation or E/E' move? What's better in comms? I was using rotation but I've started to make with E/E' but Im not sure what's better?
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Depends on turning style and alg. If you really want a good answer, practise both versions for each case, then time them and use whichever you can do faster (applies to all alg choices for all cases, not just the specific question here).
 
h2f said:
z/z' rotation or E/E' move? What's better in comms? I was using rotation but I've started to make with E/E' but Im not sure what's better?
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It does depend on the alg/turning style, but I would say for almost all cases doing z rotation M move is faster(at least for me)
 
h2f said:
z/z' rotation or E/E' move? What's better in comms? I was using rotation but I've started to make with E/E' but Im not sure what's better?
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Everytime I see Gianfranco solving I decide to switch from z/z' to E/E', but then I realize it's way too hard and I give up :P Being able to avoid those rotations would definitely make transitioning from one alg to another much better.
I think I'd rather execute a 1.2s alg that allows smooth transitions, than rotate twice, only to execute a 0.8 alg.
 
Meneghetti said:
Everytime I see Gianfranco solving I decide to switch from z/z' to E/E', but then I realize it's way too hard and I give up :p Being able to avoid those rotations would definitely make transitioning from one alg to another much better.
I think I'd rather execute a 1.2s alg that allows smooth transitions, than rotate twice, only to execute a 0.8 alg.
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I've seen Maskow, Marcin Zalewski and Grzegorz Jałocha doing E/E' as well. At the moment I'm slower with E than with z/M including rotation time. But with my times (over a minute) the difference of 0.3-0.5 second doesnt matter. I'll try E hoping the practice time causes my times with this way become better in future.

newtonbase said:
Rotations disorientate me in blind. I save my edge flips to the end so if I have to rotate to set up then at least I don't have undo it.
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I think you will be used to. I had the same feeling till I've started big cubes and comms.
 
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