Robert's 4x4x4 edge-pairing method examples

[Parity]

Make a video of this?
I can't grasp it without a video.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Make a video of this?
I can't grasp it without a video.

Ha!! He actually had videos, but I kind of convinced him to make a written tutorial. He has the vids on Youtube.

 

[Parity]

Make a video of this?
I can't grasp it without a video.

Ha!! He actually had videos, but I kind of convinced him to make a written tutorial. He has the vids on Youtube.

Which one is it.

 

[Pyjam]

3a. Pair up the "B" edges by doing a wide turn so now you have a solved dedge.
3b. Replace the solved B dedge with the LF or RF dedge containing an "A" edge by doing either U L' U' (for LF dedge) or U' R U (for RF dedge)
3c. Undo the wide turn to restore the centres. Now 2 dedges have been solved.

Basically, you solve the B dedge before the A one, saving the moves for insertion on the side. but if you complete the A dedge and replace it by the second B element while inserting the A dedge to the side, it accomplishes the same thing with the same number of moves. I do this for eigth dedges then I restore the centers when they’re all stored in the sides. I don’t see any difference except that I do things one at a time. Did I miss something?

Also, what do you do when the A dedge is solve? You store it immediately to the side an build another pair?

 

[Robert-Y]

Also, what do you do when the A dedge is solve? You store it immediately to the side an build another pair?

I don't quite understand what your edge pairing method is, but I never store edges! This is basically why I think this might be one of the hardest edge pairing methods to get used to. I don't store any edges to save moves, even though it makes it harder to find my next set of "A" edges.

 

[freshcuber]

Can I get a link to the YouTube vids or the channel?

 

[Pyjam]

I don't quite understand what your edge pairing method is, but I never store edges! This is basically why I think this might be one of the hardest edge pairing methods to get used to. I don't store any edges to save moves, even though it makes it harder to find my next set of "A" edges.

Ok, I understand better now. It makes more sense if you don't store the dedges, indeed.

I don't own a 444 but a 555. I build tredges in the middle (equator) and store them up or down. It works for 8 tredges, then I use algorithms for the last 4 edges, as explain in Dan Harris's book and bigcubes.com.

I just tried your method on my 555 and it seems to require less moves but I'm not sure, specially with tredges on a 555. What's your opinion about it?

 

[Robert-Y]

My method DOES work on a 555 but isn't quite good enough. You'll come across a few tricky situations. Therefore I almost never recommend my 555 edge pairing method to anyone. (It's also because there's no tutorial anywhere. I was planning on making one like 2 years ago :s)

 

[Pyjam]

I paired the sides of all tredges in a first step, then I paired centers with them in a second step. I was indeed quite inefficient, but it was just to understand your method. Thanks for your answers.

 

[ilikecubing]

where is the video tutorial?