OLL/PLL avoids parity?

[GalPro]

Hi,
I was solving a 4x4 cube, when at the last layer I got parity (using begginer's method)
I saw the parity before I oriented the 4 last corners, so I did OLL and then PLL and my parity were gone

is this just a coiencidence?

Thanks

 

[4Chan]

Yesh, you probably had a mistake, and saw parity when it wasnt there.

 

[dmchale]

which "beginners method" are you using? eg: what order do you solve your LL in? Many do Edge OLL, Corner OLL, Corner PLL, Edge PLL but there are many methods which do them in different orders so saying you saw the parity "before orienting the last corners" I'm not sure what state your cube was in. Also, what type of parity was it, Orientation or Permutation? And was it single or double if it was Orientation?

Based on my admittedly limited experience, I don't think simply solving OLL and/or PLL will solve parity. But I certainly could be mistaken I'm interested to hear what others have to say though!

edit: I also wonder if what Cubes=Life says is true as well and maybe you didn't have parity at all. It IS possible, no?

 

[GalPro]

it is possible, I basicly used the Dan Brown method, get the top cross, postition edge, position corners and orient corners. when i positioned the corners 2 of them were switched.

 

[Brett]

Dan Brown didn't invent that method, by the way

PLL and OLL do not solve parities.

 

[4Chan]

Yeppers, Your Oll and Pll, and beginner method algorithms *CANT* fix parity, because they cant permute the edge pieces, they only move the pair.

 

[Vulosity]

Do you know the parity alg?

You probably thought it was parity when it wasn't.

 

[MistArts]

it is possible, I basicly used the Dan Brown method, get the top cross, postition edge, position corners and orient corners. when i positioned the corners 2 of them were switched.

I believe 2 or 4 edges were mispermuted.

 

[byu]

Whenever you turn just the outer layers of a 4x4, it is impossible to fix or create parity.

 

[GalPro]

So I probably missed it...

Thanks though

and I do have parity algorithms (one for edge and one for corner)
but I don't have them memorized