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[AlphaSheep]

Hi! I've just discovered speedcubing and this forum and have gotten really excited, although I'm still not better than average 2min. But practicing F2L I've somehow misplaced a top layer edge. I therefore can't solve the yellow top completely anymore by using the R U Ri U R U U R' algorithm. At all times, at least one yellow corner is facing outwards (and not upwards) in the third layer.

Here's a picture of my problem. Can anyone help me get back to normal?

Spoiler: Image

http://i1323.photobucket.com/albums/u583/jjj12314/Mobile Uploads/image_zpst9belfk0.jpg

Welcome. It looks like you've accidentally twisted a corner in place. That does happen occasionally, especially on loose cubes. Just twist the corner in place to solve it.

 

[transatlantic]

Is there any cube store besides thecubicle.us that does good stickers? I live in CA and it takes awhile for them to ship to me

 

[Berd]

I just opened my moyu pyraminx for the first time and it had a golden band round it, anybody else had this?

 

[EvilGnome6]

I just opened my moyu pyraminx for the first time and it had a golden band round it, anybody else had this?

Does it mean you are one of the lucky winners who get to take a tour of the factory?

 

[Berd]

Does it mean you are one of the lucky winners who get to take a tour of the factory?

I'm defiantly the Charlie Bucket of the cubing world haha.

 

[EntireTV]

Alg Help

Just a quick 1 answer question. I've heard of a website that showed all the different Algs people use for each case. (Ex. OLL #43's different executions) What is the name of that site?

 

[ReemanCubix]

Umm...Guys, i can't click the SPOILER Button. All it does is nothing... And im using a mobile phone, help?

 

[TDM]

Just a quick 1 answer question. I've heard of a website that showed all the different Algs people use for each case. (Ex. OLL #43's different executions) What is the name of that site?

algdb.net

 

[EvilGnome6]

Umm...Guys, i can't click the SPOILER Button. All it does is nothing... And im using a mobile phone, help?

I use Tapatalk. It's better than the mobile site.

 

[shadowslice e]

Umm...Guys, i can't click the SPOILER Button. All it does is nothing... And im using a mobile phone, help?

I just press the quote button and you can see the text they put in the spoiler. That or get tapatalk

 

[LiquidDnB]

Please carefully read Article 2 of the WCA Regulations

Idk, when signing up I was never asked to provide any sort of verification. Idk, maybe only sometimes they ask?

 

[BboyArchon]

I tried to use ...

http://archive.org/web/

...to check my world rankings in my WCA profile (https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2010OREL02) just after all competitions I've done to see my overall progress. It didn't work because of robots.txt

Is there any way to do this? Thanks in advance!

 

[NooberCuber]

What are the fast 5x5 Parity Algs?
The two edge swap and the flipped edge?

 

[TDM]

What are the fast 5x5 Parity Algs?
The two edge swap and the flipped edge?

Neither of these happen on 5x5. The only case that can happen is edge pairing parity, and you can solve this with the same OLL parity alg as 4x4.

 

[Asher315]

How can I delete a thread? I created a trade thread, and I want to take it down.

 

[sqAree]

Solved States

I wonder how many different solves states there are for a regular nxn cube?

 

[Username]

Do you mean with center rotations/cycles?

If you don't, 1

 

[sqAree]

Of course I mean that. ^^ I noticed for example that centers on 3x3 can be rotated resulting in different states that can't be distinguished from each other. I know that on bigger cubes center pieces of one kind can be cycled and maybe there is more stuff.

 

[Christopher Mowla]

The number of solved positions of the regular 6-colored nxnxn cube is equivalent to the factor we multiply it by to get the number of positions of its corresponding supercube.

That is,
\( \left( \frac{4^{6}}{2} \right)^{n\bmod 2}\left( \frac{4!^{6}}{2} \right)^{\left\lfloor \left( \frac{n-2}{2} \right)^{2} \right\rfloor } \)

Here is a link to Wolfram|Alpha for cube sizes n=2 through n=20.

To see how one can logically count the number of positions of the nxnxn supercube, read from page 50 (slide 101 of the PowerPoint) and on in my PDF on the number of positions of the nxnxn and nxnxn supercube.

 

[Brest]

How can I delete a thread? I created a trade thread, and I want to take it down.

How/When to use the Report Buttons