cool way to get last for edges on big cubes

[calekewbs]

ok so I've been thinking about this cool way to get the last 4 edges on big cubes and really it only ALLWAYS works on a 4x4 (which I have tested and yes it does) but basically once you have stored 8 edges and all your centers are mixed (kinda) you arange the edges in those 4 slots in the middle layers so that by fixing the centers, the edges become fixed! I'll try to get a vid up but not sure if i'll be able to.

Tell me what you think, It really is an intuitive thing, but I think with practice you could get it pretty fast.

EDIT: :fp I spelled four the wrong way in the title... I feel dumb.

 

[imaghost]

I do that sometimes, but make sure you don't have any already solved edges when you are working on the others.

 

[calekewbs]

yeah that's true. Otherwise it works. lol Sometimes it would work on even bigger, but now that I think about it, it wont allways.

 

[Dene]

You cannot always solve the last 4 edges this way. You could almost always guarantee that you will get 1 edge, I usually try to, but not necessarily.

 

[AvGalen]

... and really it only ALLWAYS works on a 4x4 (which I have tested and yes it does)

No, it really doesn't always work. Try this: d R U' R' F' U2 F d' y2 d R U' R' F' U2 F d'

 

[calekewbs]

yeah just playing around a little more with it i found out it isn't allways possible.

pretty much if you have one or more edges already solved it isn't possible, but with a few moves it becomes possible. so you can make it possible pretty easy.

 

[jcuber]

I do something like this on 5x5 sometimes, when I see a good case for it.

 

[Dene]

yeah just playing around a little more with it i found out it isn't allways possible.

pretty much if you have one or more edges already solved it isn't possible, but with a few moves it becomes possible. so you can make it possible pretty easy.

If you want to work on this, the best thing you can do is to try to get it to work for one edge as much as possible. Then the last three you will just have to slug through.

 

[jcuber]

On 5x5 it is possible to get every pair a semi-pair when centres are slices back.

 

[bwatkins]

Im in no way good at speed solving large cubes, but i do this sometimes when playing with the bigger cubes. It seems like one of those methods that's great to have some knowledge about so when the easy or somewhat obvious cases arise you can solve them with less hassle.