mDiPalma
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Have you ever solved a 4x4x4 up to the PLL stage, glanced at the front face and a portion of the right face, and had this instantaneous feeling of extreme unfamiliarity with the color pattern you saw there? Has this led you to know that you have parity, before you can even check?
Have you ever finished F2L-1 on your 3x3x3, glanced at the orientation of all the corners, felt some sort of unfamiliarity with the net corner orientation, and known that you had accidentally twisted a corner, without having felt the corner twist or been able to confirm it?
Have you ever picked up a cube scrambled by one of your friends, experienced a sense of unfamiliarity with overall edge orientation, and known that you had an odd number of bad edges, before you could even count them (perhaps only for zz-ers)?
Have you ever accidentally popped and reassembled your 3x3x3 during a solve, gotten to F2L-1 or F2L-2, and known that you had replaced the edge incorrectly, without yet verifying?
If any of you can help me explain this phenomenon, please post below. I understand that this feeling has something to do with (un)familiarity during a superficial observation phase, but I'd really like to know what's happening in the brain. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Any OTHER examples of this phenomenon would also be greatly appreciated. I only posted the ones that happen to me. Please post yours below!
Have you ever finished F2L-1 on your 3x3x3, glanced at the orientation of all the corners, felt some sort of unfamiliarity with the net corner orientation, and known that you had accidentally twisted a corner, without having felt the corner twist or been able to confirm it?
Have you ever picked up a cube scrambled by one of your friends, experienced a sense of unfamiliarity with overall edge orientation, and known that you had an odd number of bad edges, before you could even count them (perhaps only for zz-ers)?
Have you ever accidentally popped and reassembled your 3x3x3 during a solve, gotten to F2L-1 or F2L-2, and known that you had replaced the edge incorrectly, without yet verifying?
If any of you can help me explain this phenomenon, please post below. I understand that this feeling has something to do with (un)familiarity during a superficial observation phase, but I'd really like to know what's happening in the brain. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Any OTHER examples of this phenomenon would also be greatly appreciated. I only posted the ones that happen to me. Please post yours below!
The reason I'm asking is because I've recently become reengaged with Porkynator's ZZ-d approach. And from time to time, after I finish eo+2x2x3 and place DFR and DRB, I get this instantaneous feeling that the corner permutation is solved, even without truly checking any of the corners. Thus I trust my gut instinct, finish the F2L, and lo and behold, there's a 2GLL case every single time.