Zbox95
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Hi, I've come up with an intermediate edge-pairing method for the 4x4 cube, in short terms, it is 2-2-2-2-1-3 pairing.
So what you do is that you pair 2 edges at the time and "store" them in the U and D or R and L faces. Pretty simple and easy to do if you can solve bigger cubes with E- or M-slice edge-pairing.
But for the last 4 edges you first do 1 edge using a "flip" method (my own, I guess). You look for 2 wing edges that belong together, for example green-red and green-red. You want both of these to be in the 2nd layer from the bottom or d layer. If they are in the u layer just do a z2 rotation or F2 move, your choice. If they are in different layers, just look for a new pair. If you can't find one with both pieces in the same layer, just do an R2 move. Then you do a u/u'/u2 move to rotate the top layers towards one of the wing-edges. The you flip one of the edges with the wanted wing-edge in it using the following algorithm:
R U R' U' F' U F
To complete this pair you align the centers agian using u/u'/u2 move.
Then you just do a 3-pair for the last 3 edges!
The funny thing with this method is that I have never executed it. I have just used my brain and come up with it.
Have fun trying it out!
So what you do is that you pair 2 edges at the time and "store" them in the U and D or R and L faces. Pretty simple and easy to do if you can solve bigger cubes with E- or M-slice edge-pairing.
But for the last 4 edges you first do 1 edge using a "flip" method (my own, I guess). You look for 2 wing edges that belong together, for example green-red and green-red. You want both of these to be in the 2nd layer from the bottom or d layer. If they are in the u layer just do a z2 rotation or F2 move, your choice. If they are in different layers, just look for a new pair. If you can't find one with both pieces in the same layer, just do an R2 move. Then you do a u/u'/u2 move to rotate the top layers towards one of the wing-edges. The you flip one of the edges with the wanted wing-edge in it using the following algorithm:
R U R' U' F' U F
To complete this pair you align the centers agian using u/u'/u2 move.
Then you just do a 3-pair for the last 3 edges!
The funny thing with this method is that I have never executed it. I have just used my brain and come up with it.
Have fun trying it out!