Explaining some terminology?

[nicjsb]

I know all of OLL and PLL, but I never learned what is meant by the phrase "2-look."

I'm also okay at blindsolving (can do steps 1-3 of Macky's method completely blind), but I don't know what AUF means.

Can somebody explain 2-look and AUF?

 

[yurivish]

2-look means that you orient all of the cubies in one algorithm, and then permute them in another. Orient = making the top face the same color; permute = swapping the cubies around.

AUF means adjusting the U-face (the side of the cube facing upwards). This is usually done because top layer algorithms can usually only be executed from one side.

 

[joey]

Well, 2-look doesn't exactly mean that.
It just means you have one look, do an algorithm, then another look and another algorithm.
2-look last layer, means you only need two algorithms to finish the last layer.
2-look OLL, means you need to do two algorithms to orient the LL.

 

[hait2]

Well, 2-look doesn't exactly mean that.
It just means you have one look, do an algorithm, then another look and another algorithm.
2-look last layer, means you only need two algorithms to finish the last layer.
2-look OLL, means you need to do two algorithms to orient the LL.

well to be fair, 2look doesn't exactly mean that either
it refers to the # of looks it takes you to finish a stage, not the # of algorithms. although most of the time they're equal, sometimes this is not the case.

 

[fanwuq]

It's looks not algs. I can do LL using TuRBo edges and Old pochmann corners. That can be one look and 5 algs depending on the situation.
A look is a look, it's quite obvious.

 

[joey]

Sorry, I was refering to the number of algorithms you would use after a look! So 1 look, translates to performing 1 algorithm, from a whole set of algorithms.

 

[nicjsb]

So you're saying that if I can look at one portion of the cube (three visible sides: Up, Front, and Right), and can determine which algorithm to use... That's 1-look OLL/PLL?

Because there are some OLL/PLL that require 2-look from that angle... I think

 

[blgentry]

^ No, the "looks" refer to how many times you examine and then execute a sequence of moves. So even if you look from three different angles, but only do a sequence *once*, that's a one look.

Think of it this way: Pretend that you know every one of your OLLs and PLLs so well you can do them with your eyes closed. The number of "looks" is how many times you have your eyes open, deciding which alg to run next. Make sense?

Brian.