[Help Thread] Roux Discussion and Help

[mafergut]

A tip for you: if you are having problems visualizing a way to solve EO, take one of the bad edges from d (if there are none, do an M2 to put one or two there), and then put one of the good edges on u directly above it, and then do a M/M' to bring that bad edge to u. You will have misoriebted the centers, but you will usually be a little closer to the arrow.

Thanks for the tip. I will definitely try it out and will also keep trying to understand the process. My first impression is that Roux is fun, after so much CFOPing lately, trying to push for 1 second improvement, and then for another... now I have lots of seconds to improve, hehehe. Well, seriously, it is fun and not only because of time beating.

 

[Dan Cochrane]

If you are willing to go for a slightly more eccentric walkthrough Alex Lau is always worth a look

 

[Ross The Boss]

lol, alexander's walkthroughs be like:
"ok, im going to do some example solves for you here... see this piece here? id solve it like..."
*sub 8*
"there. you got that?"

 

[Side4]

http://wafflelikescubes.webs.com/sub15guidetoroux.htm - Waffo says if you avg 25 sec then aim for 9-12 moves

 

[Dan Cochrane]

Yeah its hiliarious

 

[mafergut]

lol, alexander's walkthroughs be like:
"ok, im going to do some example solves for you here... see this piece here? id solve it like..."
*sub 8*
"there. you got that?"

Not for me, then... at least not yet Now, while following your advice of "bad edge from D and good edge from U above it, get bad edge up, etc." I'm also starting to be more aware of what the front face looks like while the centers are misoriented and spotting more cases where an M' will leave me with an arrow on the U face. I also have to review the EO cases in Waffo's guide and try them one by one and think about them inside and out so that I can start understanding them well enough.

Once I do that, it's clear to me that my next weak point is gonna be, you guessed it, block building. I'm so bad at it, I mean, I'm not stuck like with EO, because I can do it, but I'm so inefficient...

 

[DeeDubb]

Not for me, then... at least not yet Now, while following your advice of "bad edge from D and good edge from U above it, get bad edge up, etc." I'm also starting to be more aware of what the front face looks like while the centers are misoriented and spotting more cases where an M' will leave me with an arrow on the U face. I also have to review the EO cases in Waffo's guide and try them one by one and think about them inside and out so that I can start understanding them well enough.

Once I do that, it's clear to me that my next weak point is gonna be, you guessed it, block building. I'm so bad at it, I mean, I'm not stuck like with EO, because I can do it, but I'm so inefficient...

Check out my YouTube walkthrough solves. I'm pretty thorough with my explanations, I think. And my block building is decent

 

[maps600]

Check out my YouTube walkthrough solves. I'm pretty thorough with my explanations, I think. And my block building is decent

Yes, your walkthroughs are great.

 

[mafergut]

Check out my YouTube walkthrough solves. I'm pretty thorough with my explanations, I think. And my block building is decent

I already have yours in my "to view" list. It was your beginner Roux video series which got me interested in Roux in the 1st place and then I stumbled upon Waffo's guide

 

[GuRoux]

Check out my YouTube walkthrough solves. I'm pretty thorough with my explanations, I think. And my block building is decent

yes, your block building is very good and your videos are very easy to follow.

 

[Side4]

I would say so far this is probably the best video tutorial for Roux. As you practice LSE you will learn new tricks and be better.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL754ADDA2E38A21AA

 

[Ross The Boss]

oh ya, ive seen his videos on roux. they are really good. they got me through my first solve, actually. (lol, who even text based tutorials???)

 

[GuRoux]

i learned roux from donovan but had to figure out eo from text base because he really doesn't teach it to you.

 

[supercavitation]

i learned roux from donovan but had to figure out eo from text base because he really doesn't teach it to you.

Yeah, I basically had to figure out all of LSE from Waffo after Donovan's tutorial.

 

[Ross The Boss]

so i met two roux users at a comp on the week end. as far as i was aware, i was always the only rouxer at almost all my other comps. yay!

 

[Dan Cochrane]

I'd say I was the only roux user at the comp I went to, but Alex was there. So...

 

[Berd]

I'd say I was the only roux user at the comp I went to, but Alex was there. So...

#perksofbeingabritishrouxer

 

[JediJupiter]

I'd say I was the only roux user at the comp I went to, but Alex was there. So...

There are a few UK rouxers. You don't know until you talk to them. I know four off the top of my head, five if you're one!

 

[Berd]

There are a few UK rouxers. You don't know until you talk to them. I know four off the top of my head, five if you're one!

Alex
Jess (you)
Dan
Zack
Lara
Sean!?

That's all I can name, oh and a couple from school.

 

[JediJupiter]

Alex
Jess (you)
Dan
Zack
Lara
Sean!?

That's all I can name, oh and a couple from school.

Thom aka kirjava (I think he primarily uses roux)