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[sneaklyfox]

I finally got to watch part 2 and part 3. All in all very nice videos. I was thinking I should do that... have a cube with the stickers off so I can switch in pieces to make it easier to see and then maybe do some walk through Roux stuff like you did.

Part 3
1:42 That F2L case. You don't do sexy move 3 times?
3:05 Love that. I just learned something from you.
3:26 I think you mean to do r instead of M' R
3:42 Oh yeah, why didn't I think of that? I need to start doing these.

Edit: By the way, I also normally use the same colour scheme (blue on left, white on bottom) that you do but I think I should change this before I get set on one colour. CN is easier when you're slower. I've tried various things and I think I might be able to do anything without too much difficulty as long as white or yellow is on the bottom. That might leave too many blocks to choose from though. So either I would cut down by only have blue/green on left/right or only doing white on bottom instead of yellow. Roux has so many options...

Edit 2:
1:42 I took a page out of your book. Why not U2 r U r' U r U' r'
For fingertricking... with the corner piece already in back left, I have thumbs in home position (on front face) and use the back of the left pointer to flick the first U.

 

[MarcelP]

Those made for a nice watch.

Do you have any colour neutrality when solving on a normal (non-training) cube? I've been using white or yellow on D and just start with whatever looks easiest. I kind of find it easier than full neutrality in CFOP as I still revert to white / yellow when there isn't an obvious cross on the other colours. Alex uses the same approach in his Ao12 so I'll stick with it in my Roux solves.

During the last pair of the second block I enjoy playing with Roux-specific solutions like r U' M U R' and R U' M' U R'. I liked your solution to the equivalent of F2L case 24 as it's better than mine. Thanks!

For F2L case 17 you used 5 moves to pair up (ignoring the "ooops") but it might be faster to modify the standard CFOP alg. e.g. R U2 R' U' M.

I have tried dual color neutral with blue on left, but even that is too confusing with fixing bad edges. Also you RU and LU are different colors then. So for now I am single color and single orientation. About the F2L case 17, yeah that is a better alg. I need to use that more often

I finally got to watch part 2 and part 3. All in all very nice videos. I was thinking I should do that... have a cube with the stickers off so I can switch in pieces to make it easier to see and then maybe do some walk through Roux stuff like you did.

Yes! That sounds great..

Part 3
1:42 That F2L case. You don't do sexy move 3 times?

No, never. When I had no lookahead the sexy move 3 times was too fast for me. The way I did it (and still do) gave me a better look into other pieces

3:05 Love that. I just learned something from you.

If anyone got anything from these video's my mission is accomplished. I am glad there was something for you

3:26 I think you mean to do r instead of M' R

LOL..

3:42 Oh yeah, why didn't I think of that? I need to start doing these.

Yeah, I am cool..

Edit: By the way, I also normally use the same colour scheme (blue on left, white on bottom) that you do but I think I should change this before I get set on one colour. CN is easier when you're slower. I've tried various things and I think I might be able to do anything without too much difficulty as long as white or yellow is on the bottom. That might leave too many blocks to choose from though. So either I would cut down by only have blue/green on left/right or only doing white on bottom instead of yellow. Roux has so many options...

Edit 2:
1:42 I took a page out of your book. Why not U2 r U r' U r U' r'
For fingertricking... with the corner piece already in back left, I have thumbs in home position (on front face) and use the back of the left pointer to flick the first U.

 

[Logiqx]

Part 3
1:42 That F2L case. You don't do sexy move 3 times?

Mine is U2 (R U r') U (r U' R')

3:05 Love that. I just learned something from you.

That's the one I liked... good find.

3:42 Oh yeah, why didn't I think of that? I need to start doing these.

That's one I found as well.

I have tried dual color neutral with blue on left, but even that is too confusing with fixing bad edges. Also you RU and LU are different colors then. So for now I am single color and single orientation.

I think it's worth it for the easy start. It allows you to use absolutely any pre-formed pair and 2x2x1 is usually 4 moves or less.

I don't find it a problem during L6E but you do need to make a mental note of what pieces are going to be in UL and UR so that you can keep one in the D layer after step 4a. The one pitfall is that I sometimes do mixed blocks (pseudo blocks?) by accident and that confuses me during CP. It doesn't happen often but it could be an advantage in the future!

1:42 I took a page out of your book. Why not U2 r U r' U r U' r'

Hehe... see above.

 

[mark49152]

Okay Mark,

Here you go. Three very short video's that might be helpfull at block building

Nice videos, thanks Marcel. Have you seen Petrus's block building tricks? http://lar5.com/cube/blox.html

 

[MarcelP]

Nice videos, thanks Marcel. Have you seen Petrus's block building tricks? http://lar5.com/cube/blox.html

No, I haven't. I will check it out. Thanks

 

[MarcelP]

I have made a handy Roux short cut document for the hard second block cases:

Check it out here.

 

[h2f]

I have made a handy Roux short cut document for the hard second block cases:

Check it out here.

Great job. Thanks. I had a problem with case 2.

 

[MarcelP]

Great job. Thanks. I had a problem with case 2.

OK! Np.. There will follow more cases.. but making documents like this take away much cubing time.. LOL

 

[h2f]

OK! Np.. There will follow more cases.. but making documents like this take away much cubing time.. LOL

I really appreciate it. Case 10 is still the problem. I'll look for a shorter way of doing it. But maybe tomorrow - now I am to tired after the job. I work at the univeristy and had day full of lessons. I'm exhausted.

Edit:
1) r' M U M' R U2 r' u r or
2) R' M' U M2 R U2 r' u r

Both for case 10.

 

[MarcelP]

I really appreciate it. Case 10 is still the problem. I'll look for a shorter way of doing it. But maybe tomorrow - now I am to tired after the job. I work at the univeristy and had day full of lessons. I'm exhausted.

Edit:
1) r' M U M' R U2 r' u r or
2) R' M' U M2 R U2 r' u r

Both for case 10.

Nice! Only your u should be U'

 

[GuRoux]

case 8: U R U M' U R'
case 10: r' U2 r U (M r) U' R
case 11: M U' M' r U r'

 

[MarcelP]

case 8: U R U M' U R'
case 10: r' U2 r U (M r) U' R
case 11: M U' M' r U r'

Awesome.. No wonder you are sub 10 with Roux I will update the document tomorrow. Thnx

 

[GuRoux]

Awesome.. No wonder you are sub 10 with Roux I will update the document tomorrow. Thnx

thanks. i'll keep looking at your doc to see if any new cases come up. how did you make the graphics?

 

[TDM]

Marcel, do you know about visualcube? It's a really easy way to make images.

 

[MarcelP]

Marcel, do you know about visualcube? It's a really easy way to make images.

No, I did not.. Will look into it

thanks. i'll keep looking at your doc to see if any new cases come up. how did you make the graphics?

With Paint.

 

[mark49152]

Marcel, do you know about visualcube? It's a really easy way to make images.

Yeah Visualcube is really cool. That's how I did the graphics for my multislotting post. No way could I use Paint to do all 96 cases - I just wrote a program to generate 96 URLs for Visualcube .

 

[sneaklyfox]

Mine is U2 (R U r') U (r U' R')

Yeah, but I think using r instead of R is easier for the grip. Don't have to think about changing from normal to wide turns.

 

[h2f]

Nice! Only your u should be U'

lol Right
and i guess better one r' U2 r U r' M U' r

 

[GuRoux]

lol Right
and i guess better one r' U2 r U r' M U' r

though i did present this alg, the cfop way is a little easier for me: R' U' R U2 R' U' R U R' U' R

 

[MarcelP]

No, I did not.. Will look into it


With Paint.

Yeah baby"

It worked..

EDIT: Only I want blue on left block??