New 5x5 method?

[Tyjet66]

I did a quick search and I couldn't find this anywhere so:

I was just playing around with my 5x5 and I decided to try a new method:
1. Pair up edges
2. Solve outside edges and corners
3.Solve centers

I really doubt this would be useful for a speedsolving method, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless. What do you think?

 

[miniGOINGS]

I would think that regular Cage would be better.

 

[Kirjava]

slowcage

 

[Dene]

That's the method that comes in the 4x4 booklet when you buy a Rubik's Revenge. I would not recommend it.

 

[Tyjet66]

That's the method that comes in the 4x4 booklet when you buy a Rubik's Revenge. I would not recommend it.

Really? I don't recall getting a booklet with my 4x4.

 

[Dene]

The old ones.

 

[Mike Hughey]

That's exactly how I first solved the 5x5x5 - it was the first idea for solving it that occurred to me when I tried to figure it out. The one nice thing is that it's so easy to pair the edges when you don't have to worry about the pesky centers. I never got faster than about 10 minutes with it, but I was pretty terrible at 5x5x5 (and speedcubing in general) at the time. Then I learned the bigcubes method and almost instantly dropped to 5 minutes.

 

[rachmaninovian]

use sammich xD

i'm doing more CF style now though...lol.

qq used that method that you mentioned for his 20x20x20 solves though =P

 

[Thomas09]

What do you gain by having to use slice moves for centres?

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Isn't this the method from The Cube book?