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SpartanSailor said:
I still do twisted corners as a pair and just shoot to one face then to wherever that sticker is supposed to go. For edges, I just shoot to one of the targets then the other. It’s not efficient, but at this point I still have too many pauses to add new algs and stuff to think about. Getting the two-at-a-time with FU and BD paired with a non-M-slice edge is about as advanced as I am willing to go right now. When all this becomes a smooth and with relatively few (hopefully none) pauses, I’ll add some efficencies. I understand them (well, some of them), I just want to limit the number of things I have to think about at this point.
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@SpartanSailor / I'm pretty sure you're "afraid" of M slice. M' slice is way easier and simple. The one I'm referring to is only using M' U. --> M' U M' U M' U M' U2 M' U M' U M' U M', it flips opposite edges.

newtonbase said:
I watched that this morning. It's interesting but not as fast for me at the moment. He says 2 comms are faster than a comm and a flip but my flips are much faster than my comms. I know quite a few of them well enough to do in anger including your UB and UL one.
I like the RD twist alg. I've only ever really learned Sexy, Sexy, L', inverse Sexy, inverse Sexy, L plus the reverse and L2 versions.
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@newtonbase /
For edges, I use two algs: one for opposite, and the 2nd for neighboring - M' U' M U2 M' U' M' U' M' U2 M U' M2
For corners, one alg can take care of the whole corners with simple setup:
UFR: U2 (R' D R D' R' D R) U2 (R' D' R D R' D' R)
UBR: U (R' D R D' R' D R) U (R' D R D' R' D R) U2
UFL: U' (R' D R D' R' D R) U' (R' D R D' R' D R) U2
FDR: Same as UFR but R setup
RDB: Same as UFR but R2 setup
FLD: Same as UFR but DR setup

LDB: this one, setup is ok but I also use lefty sune thing.
 
Headed out to the Lancaster, PA, comp sometime tomorrow. Comp begins on Friday morning. I’ll be competing in the following:
FMC (First time.... really just making the most of being there anyway)
MBLD (First time also...gonna submit 3 and hope to get at least 2)
3BLD (I’d like an official mean... otherwise, I’ll just enjoy it. I haven’t practiced as much as I’d hoped recently)
333 (i’ll take just about anything at this point, but I would really love a low-20s average and sub-20 single)
222 (just want that 6.xx average in a comp)
444 (sub-1:20 average... with 1:15 cutoff, I’ll need a good start to make that happen anyway)
555 (sub-3:00 single... would be great to get a 2:4x single)
666 (registered, not even gonna bother showing up...cutoffs and limits are faster than I can hope to attain)
OH (won’t make cutoff, don’t practice. With luck I’ll get an easy OLL/PLL and something sub-1:00 for a single)
Pyra (another I don’t practice...I’ll do it if I’m not too tire by that late in the day)
 
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openseas said:
@SpartanSailor / I'm pretty sure you're "afraid" of M slice. M' slice is way easier and simple. The one I'm referring to is only using M' U. --> M' U M' U M' U M' U2 M' U M' U M' U M', it flips opposite edges.
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I just need to figure out how to use that. I actually do that with M’ and U’.... super fast for me (right hand for M’ and Left hand for U’).
 
openseas said:
--- Edge flip: ... (M' U)x 3 M' U2 (M' U) X3 M'
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I just remembered why I don't use this. It's not center-safe for big cubes, whereas M' U M' U M' U2 M U M U M U2 is center-safe.

Since I pretty much only care about big cubes, I don't want to mess myself up there just for a few extra milliseconds on 3BLD. :)
 
Mike Hughey said:
I just remembered why I don't use this. It's not center-safe for big cubes, whereas M' U M' U M' U2 M U M U M U2 is center-safe.

Since I pretty much only care about big cubes, I don't want to mess myself up there just for a few extra milliseconds on 3BLD. :)[/user]
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Makes sense. The two are very similar anyway. the combo of M’ and U is awkward for me because I use the same hand/finger. But M’ and U’ I use opposite hands—likewise for M and U. M and U is more comfortable for me than M’ U. Now that I know there is a center-safe concern for 4BLD, I’ll just learn this one when I’m ready to add new stuff to my toolkit.
 
Ive learned a lot in the past 8 months about blind solving. I’ve even dabbled with learning 4BLD and although I’m a LONG way from actually attempting 4BLD, I do have the concepts and can reasonable see the application to even larger cubes blind solving.

One of the things I’ve learned, however, is that I’m pretty sure 5+ bigblind isn’t something I’ll be doing... lol
 
h2f said:
Yes it is. I do them both. I needed a little practice to get used to the center safe flip.
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Of course I know I could learn both; it just scares me. My fears (of DNFs) are often what hold me back with BLD, I'm afraid.

In general I've always had a rough time learning algorithms. It seems like every time I learn one alg, I forget another. For me it has always seemed like the fewer algorithms I rely on, the better.
 
Mike Hughey said:
Of course I know I could learn both; it just scares me. My fears (of DNFs) are often what hold me back with BLD, I'm afraid.

In general I've always had a rough time learning algorithms. It seems like every time I learn one alg, I forget another. For me it has always seemed like the fewer algorithms I rely on, the better.
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Just wait til you get to 80. New algs are definitely hard on a creaky mind. The five new algs I am now needing for Old Pochmann are definitely the hardest part of my blind quest. Finger memory, hah! And what does this one do, hah! I am getting there, but I don't dare put it aside for even a day. Poof!
 
Mike Hughey said:
Of course I know I could learn both; it just scares me. My fears (of DNFs) are often what hold me back with BLD, I'm afraid.
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I've forced myself to use it though I always thrill if I do it ok. Few times I did DNF because of it. For FL or FR flips I use just pure M2 solution to avoid setups. :)

Tomorrow I have a comp with 5bld round. Wish me luck.
 
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My son and I arrived to the hotel last night. With a 0830 start time, I didn’t want to get up and start driving at 0400. That being said, I’m about to head down for my first time giving a shot at FMC in about an hour. to be honest, I haven’t learned anything special and only plan to essentially write out my CFOP solution. I do,however, expect that I will have the time to write/find more optimal F2L solutions and cross solution.

I think the hardest part will be writing out my OLL and PLL. Most all of those are muscle memory so I’m sure I will have to do them a dozen times trying to write them out as I go... I think the limit is 80. That should be doable with an efficient CFOP solution. If the limit is 60.... I’ll have to be lucky. HAHAHAHAHA

But today also has MBLD. I’ll be submitting 3 cubes and hopefully something good happens.
 
SpartanSailor said:
My son and I arrived to the hotel last night. With a 0830 start time, I didn’t want to get up and start driving at 0400. That being said, I’m about to head down for my first time giving a shot at FMC in about an hour. to be honest, I haven’t learned anything special and only plan to essentially write out my CFOP solution. I do,however, expect that I will have the time to write/find more optimal F2L solutions and cross solution.

I think the hardest part will be writing out my OLL and PLL. Most all of those are muscle memory so I’m sure I will have to do them a dozen times trying to write them out as I go... I think the limit is 80. That should be doable with an efficient CFOP solution. If the limit is 60.... I’ll have to be lucky. HAHAHAHAHA

But today also has MBLD. I’ll be submitting 3 cubes and hopefully something good happens.
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Go for it! Will be waiting for your report.
 
SpartanSailor said:
I think the hardest part will be writing out my OLL and PLL. Most all of those are muscle memory so I’m sure I will have to do them a dozen times trying to write them out as I go... I think the limit is 80. That should be doable with an efficient CFOP solution. If the limit is 60.... I’ll have to be lucky. HAHAHAHAHA
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Good luck.
 
First round of FMC.... 52! LOL... not a DNF and that is what I was hoping to achieve. I may even do the next two rounds and round the day with a mean!

But next is MBLD. The biggest decision is which cubes to use.
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I submitted 3 and had 2 solid for memo. Both required parity. I nailed the first and the second. Opened my eyes to see that I forgot to do the parity alg on #2... since #3 was just a throw away, I DNF’d.

But I’ll admit, it still felt pretty good to be a part of the MBLD comp with a reasonable chance at success. There’s always next time.
 
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So, end of Day 1.

MBLD—1/3 DNF by forgetting parity Alf on cube #2. I nailed that memo, though... 7 hours later and I can still recall that entire memo.

FMC—52 best 56.33 mean. The funny thing is, consistency brings it home. I actually ended up 10/64 on the day! Lol. Top 10 in my FMC debut! I may as well hang it up, boys... it isn’t getting better than that. Of course it helped that most of the good competitors had at least one error/DNF solution. But... I’ll sleep well tonite and I’m pretty pleased with both outcomes.

Tomorrow has 222,555,666,OH,pyra and 3BLD. Busy day tomorrow.
 
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