Practicing on a mini cube

[qwr]

I've a lot of fun practicing on a mini 42 mm zhanchi. Do you think this helps with efficiency? The idea being I am forced to be move efficient and I can work on my turn speed later.

 

[PetrusQuber]

I've a lot of fun practicing on a mini 42 mm zhanchi. Do you think this helps with efficiency? The idea being I am forced to be move efficient and I can work on my turn speed later.

Cue the old day cubers who used terrible cubes and thus used more Petrus, especially with the 2 gen finish

 

[Deleted member 36445]

Cue the old day cubers who used terrible cubes and thus used more Petrus, especially with the 2 gen finish

you mean 2 gen f2l finish

 

[BenChristman1]

you mean 2 gen f2l finish

If you do CP during F2L and know 2GLL, then the LL will be 2-gen, too.

 

[PetrusQuber]

Unless you do CP during F2L and know 2GLL, then the LL will be 2-gen, too.

I’m confused. Why would the LL be 2 gen?

 

[BenChristman1]

I’m confused. Why would the LL be 2 gen?

I don’t know exactly how it works, but basically as long as edge orientation and corner permutation are done, then the last layer can be solved with only R and U moves. 2GLL is a ZBLL subset. It’s all the cases that have corner permutation done, therefore all of those algs are RU.

 

[qwr]

M move U perms are a lot harder on a tiny cube

 

[DNF_Cuber]

Unless you do CP during F2L and know 2GLL, then the LL will be 2-gen, too.

*Won't

 

[Deleted member 36445]

If you do CP during F2L and know 2GLL, then the LL will be 2-gen, too.

doing cp during f2l is feasibly impossible

 

[abunickabhi]

I've a lot of fun practicing on a mini 42 mm zhanchi. Do you think this helps with efficiency? The idea being I am forced to be move efficient and I can work on my turn speed later.

Its always tough to do a lot of fingertricks on mini cubes. I always prefer cube of ideal solves, for my CFOP, Roux or 3-style solves.

 

[Dan the Beginner]

I also wonder whether it really helps one's skills by training with a small cube, or whether it would cause the fingers' muscle memory to get confused. I actually find that the 50mm YJ Zhilong is fine. While it is probably not ideal for most hands and it is not the best featured, I find it more than just OK.