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not sure if right place to ask but

is there a reconstruction of Kaijun's 18.50 wr?
 
CyanSandwich said:
Any good algs for double parity in 4BLD?

By which I mean swapping UBL-UBR, and DF-UB

Edit: Actually, I might be switching to UFr buffer for wings.
So an alg for UBL-UBR and UFr->(whatever produces a good alg)?
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(4Rw2' U' 4Rw2) Rw B2 Rw' U2 Rw' U2 x' U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw2 U2 x U2 Rw (4Rw2 U 4Rw2')
This one I've got from previously suggested alg and I will use it in my solves from now on :p
In your case, it's mirrored.
 
I use UBL and UB as buffers, I memo corners then edges solve corner then edges, i have parity, i leave the last corner unsolved, I start edges and i solve the last corner and the UL edge with R U' R' U'... or r2 U2 R' F... when the oportunity shows itself, if the oportunity doesnt show itself (becouse UL is already solved or becouse its the second piece of a cycle) i just end edges unsolving UL, with the UB- last edge- UL/LU cycle and then I solve the last corner. (wich is the same of what im doing now, in terms of moves, but more confusing, couse of the order)
thoughts?
i've tought about using D' L' U L U' D' L2 U L U' L2 D2 and U2 l2 U F' U' l2 U2 F' U' F U, prolbem is if i come up with the BL/LB sticker and i decide to use any of this two, and then i notice the LU sticker woudlve come up, well, r2 U2 R' F is way faster, what im saying is i dont get to choose, i would choose the first one i encounter, couse i might not encounter any more.
ive also thought about setting up to UL/LU with S, U M U' etc but same problem, long algs when i can just commit to either
solve 4 pieces in 0. seconds or solve 4 pieces in 0. seconds+ a nice UB-x-UL commutator
or i can keep doing what im doing: solve all corners first and solve 4 pieces in 0. seconds+ a nice UB-UL-x algorithm, or in 0. seconds only if the FIRST edge is UL/LU
 
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lucarubik said:
i just end edges unsolving UL, with the UB- last edge- UL/LU cycle and then I solve the last corner. (wich is the same of what im doing now, in terms of moves, but more confusing, couse of the order)
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no, it's more moves because of the extra comm

lucarubik said:
ive also thought about setting up to UL/LU with S, U M U' etc but same problem, long algs when i can just commit to either
solve 4 pieces in 0. seconds or solve 4 pieces in 0. seconds+ a nice UB-x-UL commutator
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a slow parity alg is still faster than a fast parity alg+a comm. I think you should try to find good parity algs for other pieces (but they don't have to be UL/LU setups)
example: R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 U'R' U2 (r perm setup)

but if you can't find good algs for cases you can use the UB-x-UL comm method as a backup
 
Daniel Lin said:
no, it's more moves because of the extra comm
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well thats what im doing now, so its the same of what im doing now ^^
Daniel Lin said:
no, it's more moves because of the extra comm



a slow parity alg is still faster than a fast parity alg+a comm. I think you should try to find good parity algs for other pieces (but they don't have to be UL/LU setups)
example: R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 U'R' U2 (r perm setup)

but if you can't find good algs for cases you can use the UB-x-UL comm method as a backup
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so you think i should be working towards learning 21*22 algs instead of trying to use the 21*2 i know at the right time so its as efficient, maybe you are right, its defenetly a more natural step
to be honest its pretty ridiculous that if my last corner is UBR and my first edge is UR im doing R D' R U' R U'...D R R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R to solve it
 
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lucarubik said:
so you think i should be working towards learning 21*22 algs instead of trying to use the 21*2 i know at the right time so its as efficient
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well you can still use the 21*2 algs you already know, but as you said 50% of the time you can't use them (if UL/LU is an even target). So if you want to optimize parity you have to learn all 21*22

But optimizing parity isn't that important though imo, since it saves only about 1 sec global. There are much more important things to work on (memo and comms)
 
I was able to start using double parity alg in my solves
(4Rw2' U' 4Rw2) Rw B2 Rw' U2 Rw' U2 x' U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw2 U2 x U2 Rw (4Rw2 U 4Rw2')
But if someone can tell me a better alg that does T-perm and swapps UFl wing with whatever, that'd be cool
 
Roman said:
I was able to start using double parity alg in my solves
(4Rw2' U' 4Rw2) Rw B2 Rw' U2 Rw' U2 x' U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw2 U2 x U2 Rw (4Rw2 U 4Rw2')
But if someone can tell me a better alg that does T-perm and swapps UFl wing with whatever, that'd be cool
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I use r (Rw2 F2 Rw U2 Rw U2' x U2 Rw U2' Rw' U2 Rw U2' Rw2 U2' x' U2) r'

You can just replace the r/r' with l'/l
 
Do you have any specific ways of memorizing Xs? It's sometimes really hard to come up with words that include x, especially in Finnish. I usually try to make up a word with "sh" and remember it as an x. That actually works pretty fine. Also, if not possible, any word starting with s works fine as long as I pronounce it as "sh".

When there are combinations of multiple weird letters, I don't even try words but try to remember them just as letters. That's way easier to forget...
 
T1_M0 said:
Do you have any specific ways of memorizing Xs? It's sometimes really hard to come up with words that include x, especially in Finnish. I usually try to make up a word with "sh" and remember it as an x. That actually works pretty fine. Also, if not possible, any word starting with s works fine as long as I pronounce it as "sh".

When there are combinations of multiple weird letters, I don't even try words but try to remember them just as letters. That's way easier to forget...
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Check this out (If you memo entirely in Finnish it won't be very useful)

If you're X/SH/Z neutral for X, there are a lot of options for words like:
XP = Explode, Ship or Zip
 
T1_M0 said:
Do you have any specific ways of memorizing Xs? It's sometimes really hard to come up with words that include x, especially in Finnish. I usually try to make up a word with "sh" and remember it as an x. That actually works pretty fine. Also, if not possible, any word starting with s works fine as long as I pronounce it as "sh".

When there are combinations of multiple weird letters, I don't even try words but try to remember them just as letters. That's way easier to forget...
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Memo in English? I actually mix 4 languages in my memo, makes for easier and more varied pairs.

Here's my list with words in English ending in X. Of you'd like, I can also write up my pairs starting in X.

AX - Axe, Armani Exchange (the brand, fairly easy to visualize)

BX - Box, Baxter

CX - (Courtney) Cox, (Dr.) Cox [from Scrubs]

DX - Dexter, Detox

EX - [picture an ex-gf for example], Extreme, Exam

FX - Fax, fx

GX - Geeks (phonetic)

HX - Horcrux

IX - 9

JX - Jax (Briggs, from Mortal Kombat)

KX - Haven't got a good one for this

LX - Laxative, LAX (Los Angeles Airport), Luxury

MX - Max, Mix

NX - Next, Nexus (phone)

OX - Oxford, Ox (the animal itself)

PX - Pax (short for passenger), Praxis

QX - Quicks (phonetic-ish)

XR - Rox, Racks (both phonetic-ish)

SX - Well, duh?

TX - Texas

UX - Unix

VX - (Bono) Vox, Vaccine (works as sort of phonetic)

ZX - Same as SX, with a German accent. Don't laugh, it works if you picture it just right, lol
.
 
T1_M0 said:
Do you have any specific ways of memorizing Xs? It's sometimes really hard to come up with words that include x, especially in Finnish. I usually try to make up a word with "sh" and remember it as an x. That actually works pretty fine. Also, if not possible, any word starting with s works fine as long as I pronounce it as "sh".

When there are combinations of multiple weird letters, I don't even try words but try to remember them just as letters. That's way easier to forget...
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I use "sh" too so I can't really help.
 
I wonder what should I use to gauge my overall speed at 3BLD.

I can't, and certainly for a while won't, pull off an Ao100. That being said, what do you think I should use as a reference?

  • Successful Ao5s over the last 100 solves?

  • Successful Mo3s in the same spectrum?
Ao12s are a very occurrence at the moment, so I won't really consider them right now. Whenever they start becoming a thing, then I will definitely use them.
 
Fábio De'Rose said:
I wonder what should I use to gauge my overall speed at 3BLD.

I can't, and certainly for a while won't, pull off an Ao100. That being said, what do you think I should use as a reference?

  • Successful Ao5s over the last 100 solves?

  • Successful Mo3s in the same spectrum?
Ao12s are a very occurrence at the moment, so I won't really consider them right now. Whenever they start becoming a thing, then I will definitely use them.
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You could aim for a 50% success rate and take your averages from the successes.
 
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