My F2L study - Results

[Tim Reynolds]

2. Can you count "smoothness" in the solves? R'U and RU' are smooth, RU and R'U' are not. The only thing is, half turns complicate this... Could you count the ratio of adjacent smooth quarter turns to non-smooth?

One note for that is that R U2 R' is either RU UR' or RU' U'R', both of which are not smooth in one place. I guess that doesn't work for R U2 R, but you could just assume that that's R U2' R and smooth. So if it's A X2 B, if A and B are the same way, it's smooth, otherwise, it's not smooth once.

 

[philkt731]

and also, if someone did R' F R F', which could be just as fast as U R U' R', the ugliness would go up a lot even though it is actually quite nice

 

[Dene]

Ok, what about getting people to do the same scramble, but from a different side, so they have to use a different cross, and see if there are similarities between solves of the same scramble despite using a different cross?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

and also, if someone did R' F R F', which could be just as fast as U R U' R', the ugliness would go up a lot even though it is actually quite nice

Yes, in certain cases, some are faster for me. For example: R U R' U R U' R' is slower for me than R U' R2' F R F'.

 

[pjk]

Stefan,
I replied to your PM, not sure if you got it or just haven't had time. I edited my third solution in my initial post, so it should be correct now.

Thanks

 

[Stefan]

I just didn't have the time. Might continue tomorrow.