Intuitive 3-cycle 3x3x3

[Poke]

I was doing some thinking about 3-cycles in general. I was thinking about finding a way to cycle any 3 pieces on the cube.

 

[I_love_cubes]

there are some BLD algs that swap 3 corners on diffrent layers such as
[R2 D R2 D' R2 U2] x2

 

[puzzlemaster]

I was doing some thinking about 3-cycles in general. I was thinking about finding a way to cycle any 3 pieces on the cube.

BH method... or learn setup moves and then A perms and U perms.

 

[JLarsen]

I do an intuitive U perm that uses M slice "f2l pair" type stuff. Turns out it's actually a commutator.

 

[cuBerBruce]

I was doing some thinking about 3-cycles in general. I was thinking about finding a way to cycle any 3 pieces on the cube.

BH method... or learn setup moves and then A perms and U perms.

U perms? What about 4-move (STM) edge 3-cycles?

 

[byu]

Like said earlier, BH. Google BH tutorial and click the first link, it's a thread by me with video and written explanations on how to do it

 

[tim]

Why do you guys suggest BH? He's asking for "finding a way" to cycle 3 pieces. So, he's clearly looking for commutators: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=169.

 

[Ethan Rosen]

R2 E R2 E'
then its just a matter of setting them up

 

[Poke]

R2 E R2 E'
then its just a matter of setting them up

I've always wondered how to do that when I accidentally made the cube look like that.

 

[mrCage]

No inputs from free-cycling blind cubers?? IMHO the setup moves for commutator should be intuitive. Listing all cases would be counter-productive ;-)

I guess you would end up with 2 basic cases for setup scenario. The base 3-cycle is done on an outer layer - or the base 3-cycle is done on an inner layer.

Cyclical shifts can be used to find optimal sequences

Per

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Don't forget the power of muscle memory. You may spend excessive time on the setup moves. But after doing it many times over it becomes intuitive. It is stored in your muscle memory!!
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