One Answer Cuboid and Shape Mods thread

[Sion]

How do you solve parity on a 2x2x3?

 

[Hssandwich]

What do you mean by parity? If you mean a 2-swap of corners, you can try R2 U D' R2 U R2 U' R2 D R2 U' R2

 

[Berd]

CrazyBadCuber has a great tutorial, great for all cuboids!

 

[Sion]

Ok. Thanks!

 

[Isaiah Janisch]

How do I solve these edges on an X cube? I'm doing reduction method and I can't find a good tutorial.

 

[Unearth]

Is there an unofficial record time for the 2x2x3?

 

[Mastermind2368]

Is there an unofficial record time for the 2x2x3?

Yeah, but its like sub 2 or sub 1, do nobody cares about it.

 

[pyraboi22]

what do I do if a piece of a floppy cube breaks?

 

[Hazel]

On a 3x3x5 fisher cube, I'm getting a weird parity where the FU and FD centers are swapped when the rest of the cube is solved, what alg can I use to fix this?

 

[Djinn]

Pleasr help, I couldn't find any solution on the internet eventhough I solved it years ago but time fades memories.

https://www.google.com/search?q=win...oECAsQAQ&biw=412&bih=652#imgrc=wPORr4Clvxhv4M

thanks so much everyone.

 

[auienrst]

You could have more chance with "Rex cube" ?

 

[Djinn]

You could have more chance with "Rex cube" ?

Uhm, I don't think so 'cause this cube rotates like a 3x3 or even like a 4x4

 

[Doctor Hedron]

"Windtalkers" isn't the name of the puzzle, it's just a generic brand name they slap on all of their puzzle releases.

I don't think this puzzle has a specific name, but it's just a 4x4 shapemod which is colored differently (8 colors, not 6). Google any tutorial for the LanLan 4x4 Octahedron, it will help. It's literally the same thing, but with a more "flattened" appearance. Everything else will be identical.

 

[Djinn]

"Windtalkers" isn't the name of the puzzle, it's just a generic brand name they slap on all of their puzzle releases.

I don't think this puzzle has a specific name, but it's just a 4x4 shapemod which is colored differently (8 colors, not 6). Google any tutorial for the LanLan 4x4 Octahedron, it will help. It's literally the same thing, but with a more "flattened" appearance. Everything else will be identical.

Oh yes, this is what I want to find. This is the true name of it. Thanks so much.

 

[Doctor Hedron]

For the record, this isn't the actual 4x4 Octahedron - the shape is a bit different - but the relationship between pieces and the arrangement of colors are identical. This one is more obscure, weirdly shaped and I don't think there is a specific name for it.

But what matters is that the solve will be the same. Just like it would be for a normal 4x4 which is re-stickered to have 8 colors.

 

[Jupiter]

How do you get scrambles for other cuboids like 1x2x3s and stuff like that?

 

[vidcapper]

Must give a little more attention to cuboids, the 2x2x3 & 2x3x3 are the only ones I solve regularly. Trouble is, I have so many cubes that, paraphrasing Homer Simpson 'Every time I learn a new algorithm, it pushes an old one out of my head!'

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Has anyone gotten this error in the YJ diamond cube or in another 3x3 shape mod? This is a single misoriented corner with the the rest of the cube solved.

All I can think of is that there are multiple corner pieces with this same shape that may be causing this. There appears to be edges that are the same shape too, could having one of the duplicate pieces “solved” in the wrong place lead to a case like this? The duplicate corners and edge I mention are not all in a single layer but distributed about all layers. Thanks.

 

[DNF_Cuber]

Has anyone gotten this error in the YJ diamond cube or in another 3x3 shape mod. This is a single misoriented corner with the the rest of the cube solved.

All I can think of is that there are multiple corner pieces with this same shape that may be causing this. There appears to be edges that are e same shape too, could that cause a case like this? There duplicate corners and edge I mention are in no it all in a single layer but distributed about all4 layers. Thanks.View attachment 14510View attachment 14511View attachment 14512

do the Beginner method corner twist alg on the twisted corner and the pointed corner on the bottom. You can get a similar problem on almost any shapemod, just find the corner that can be twisted without any effect.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

do the Beginner method corner twist alg on the twisted corner and the pointed corner on the bottom. You can get a similar problem on almost any shapemod, just find the corner that can be twisted without any effect.

Do you mean holding the twisted corner on front right on the top with the duplicate piece on bottom directly below it and doing R’ D’ R D until solved? That’s not working, is there another twist alg you’re referencing?