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[Rainger]

Cushan?

http://cushan.io/

You’re a genius Petrus!

 

[BenChristman1]

Does anybody know how much shipping from SCS is?

 

[Spacey10]

Does anybody know how much shipping from SCS is?

Maybe 3 dollars? Getting a budget cube from stores just like the point lol

 

[BenChristman1]

Maybe 3 dollars? Getting a budget cube from stores just like the point lol

I was just wondering; I was thinking about getting seasonal mats (the Halloween and winter ones).

 

[moh_33]

Hey, i have a 5x5 that only have the white colors so i hand painted the cube, i was wondering if this cube that i hand painted is allowed to be used in WCA comps?
(just to be clear, i painted the cube to have standard cube colors in the right positions.)

 

[xyzzy]

Hey, i have a 5x5 that only have the white colors so i hand painted the cube, i was wondering if this cube that i hand painted is allowed to be used in WCA comps?
(just to be clear, i painted the cube to have standard cube colors in the right positions.)

If the colours are uniform (no signs of the paint chipping, the texture is the same for all sides, etc.), it should be allowed. Post a photo?

 

[moh_33]

well the paint job is kinda okay, the textures are all the same but there is quite a lot of paint chippings
so i guess not really usable for WCA comps

and for a photo i don't have good lighting so i couldn't take a photo of it

 

[ep2]

Looking to get into FMC. Just wondering if these are the right order to build up knowledge:

1. Blockbuilding/Petrus/2x2x2/2x2x3/F2L-1
2. Skeleton
3. Insertions/Commutators
4. EO
5. Inverse/NISS etc

 

[h2f]

Looking to get into FMC. Just wondering if these are the right order to build up knowledge:

1. Blockbuilding/Petrus/2x2x2/2x2x3/F2L-1
2. Skeleton
3. Insertions/Commutators
4. EO
5. Inverse/NISS etc

It's good but I suggest starting from EO, inverse/NISS. These techniques are independent of blockbuilding and they help you a lot with a skeleton/solution.

My question is: what is the fastets solve you've ever heard?
The fastest I've heard is this:

 

[Ravagerous]

Thats a good video guide man thank you. ^^

 

[LNBFilms]

I am struggling on which way the E-Perm is supposed to face when doing this algorithm: (R2 U R’) y (R U’ R’ U)*3 y’ (R U’ R2). Could someone please help me on which way it is supposed to face? It is messing me up with the ”same pattern” on every face. Thank you! I have been cubing for over 5 years.

 

[BenChristman1]

This is a very bad alg, you should use the standard RUDx one. If you have good fingertricks, it's really fast.

 

[Nmile7300]

I am struggling on which way the E-Perm is supposed to face when doing this algorithm: (R2 U R’) y (R U’ R’)*3 y’ (R U’ R2). Could someone please help me on which way it is supposed to face? It is messing me up with the ”same pattern” on every face. Thank you! I have been cubing for over 5 years.

First, you wrote the alg wrong. There should be a U after R U' R'.
Second, hold it so the corners that need to be switched are going left and right not up and down to solve it.
Third, PLEASE don't use that alg.

 

[Cubing Forever]

First of all: don't use that alg. Use this:

x' R U' R' D R U R' D' R U R' D R U' R' D' x

Next:
Look at the side color of the edge on the right and compare it to the front sticker of the UFR corner. If the colors are the same, then that is the correct orientation for the alg. If they are opposite, you will get a H perm.

That's all. E perms will be easy after that

P.S. : learn push D'. Don't be lazy.

 

[LNBFilms]

First of all: don't use that alg. Use this:

x' R U' R' D R U R' D' R U R' D R U' R' D' x

Next:
Look at the side color of the edge on the right and compare it to the front sticker of the UFR corner. If the colors are the same, then that is the correct orientation for the alg. If they are opposite, you will get a H perm.

That's all. E perms will be easy after that

First, you wrote the alg wrong. There should be a U after R U' R'.
Second, hold it so the corners that need to be switched are going left and right not up and down to solve it.
Third, PLEASE don't use that alg.

This is a very bad alg, you should use the standard RUDx one. If you have good fingertricks, it's really fast.

Thank you, I will do that. I will update you when I figure this out! This will help!

 

[Lid]

This is a very bad alg, you should use the standard RUDx one. If you have good fingertricks, it's really fast.

But the alg isn't too bad when it comes to bigger cubes,

 

[Cubing Forever]

But the alg isn't too bad when it comes to bigger cubes,

Yeah because D moves are tough when it comes to 6x6+ especially if you have small hands.
Use that alg for big cubes but do NOT use it for 3x3, 4x4 or OH.

 

[PCCuber]

I'm just curious as to how people make algorithms such as PLL or OLL etc.
Could anyone tell me how they do it?

 

[DNF_Cuber]

I'm just curious as to how people make algorithms such as PLL or OLL etc.
Could anyone tell me how they do it?

Some are generated with cube explorer, some are found by hand, some can be intuitive to find as commutators.

 

[Jam88]

Some are generated with cube explorer, some are found by hand, some can be intuitive to find as commutators.

I just mess around with existing algs and try adding wide moves, slices, doubles instead of singles etc.