[Help Thread] Roux Discussion and Help

[AKOM]

Finally! I thought I am the only one. (Nearly) everyone says that Weilong is the best, but I found my Zhanchi far more superior. And I have many Weilongs.

I'm using Zhanchi too.

 

[rybaby]

i think lau uses 2.

I think he used a Guhong 1 (probably no modded torps) on 5.96 but a Guhong 2 on his 7.52 ER average.

i always thought it popped too much.

I modded it for Lubix torpedoes (like a homemade Fusion).

 

[Renslay]

Nooooooooooo!

I just did my luckiest non-lucky (heh, funny phrase... I mean, short and fast without a single skip) solution.

And it is 0.02 seconds slower than my PB! Which is older than the internet I think...

10.18

D B' U' F' D F' R U L D2 R2 F2 L2 B2 D2 R2 D B2 D' R2

Spoiler: Solution

y' x'
R2 u' U' F r' F (6)
M U' M2 U R' U' R' U' R (9)
U R' U' R U' R' U2 R (8)
M2 U M' U M' U2 M' U2 M' U' M2 U' M' U2 M U2 (16)
alg.cubing.net

Damn you long LSE...

 

[maps600]

Nooooooooooo!

I just did my luckiest non-lucky (heh, funny phrase... I mean, short and fast without a single skip) solution.

And it is 0.02 seconds slower than my PB! Which is older than the internet I think...

10.18

D B' U' F' D F' R U L D2 R2 F2 L2 B2 D2 R2 D B2 D' R2

Spoiler: Solution

y' x'
R2 u' U' F r' F (6)
M U' M2 U R' U' R' U' R (9)
U R' U' R U' R' U2 R (8)
M2 U M' U M' U2 M' U2 M' U' M2 U' M' U2 M U2 (16)
alg.cubing.net

Damn you long LSE...

That's too bad. My Roux PB is 13.xx

 

[Renslay]

That's too bad. My Roux PB is 13.xx

One day, we will break the barrier... One day...

EDIT: Holy ****. I just did a 10.69 with an M-perm skip (which is usually 4-5 moves). 10.xy is usually very rare for me...
That was 4.4 TPS. Am I getting... faster? :O No way!

 

[rybaby]

One day, we will break the barrier... One day...

This is how I feel. Except you are about a second ish faster than me.

For those of you with sub 10 singles, about what were you averaging when you got your first?

 

[GuRoux]

This is how I feel. Except you are about a second ish faster than me.

For those of you with sub 10 singles, about what were you averaging when you got your first?

i think i got my first sub 10 single when i was averaging about 15, maybe even earlier.

 

[maps600]

i think i got my first sub 10 single when i was averaging about 15, maybe even earlier.

Heh I'm still at about 18. I thing doing more Roux OH will help with efficiency and lookahead.

 

[waffle=ijm]

Heh I'm still at about 18. I thing doing more Roux OH will help with efficiency and lookahead.

Kinda noticed that I'm more efficient during OH. Though, I can't seem to translate from OH to regular solving.

 

[maps600]

Kinda noticed that I'm more efficient during OH. Though, I can't seem to translate from OH to regular solving.

When I did CFOP, OH helped me get better at looking ahead, so OH second block will do the same, I hope.

 

[Renslay]

What do you guys think, is it worth to learn Josef Jelinek's LSE for speedcubing? Or only for Roux-FMC.
http://rubikscube.info/lastsix2look.php

 

[pewpewrawr]

I don't see what there is to learn, it just looks like he's influencing 4b during 4a. Then he's doing 4b and 4c in one look? I don't really think it's necessary to learn those cases, I would rather be able to intuitively predict the sub-steps of lse then learn a system that relies on "1-looking" them.

 

[rybaby]

I got a better camera angle this time around.

 

[TheNextFeliks]

I've been drilling L6E and just can't get sub-6. Any tips? It's not liIe I use a lot of moves, I just have a lot of pauses. My tps isn't bad though.

 

[Renslay]

I've been drilling L6E and just can't get sub-6. Any tips? It's not liIe I use a lot of moves, I just have a lot of pauses. My tps isn't bad though.

1) Practice to solve the LSE in three looks (solve the three substeps without looking at them during the execution). Aim for 2-1-1.
2) Slow down, and during the EO track the UL/UR pieces. Try to merge the two steps into one, fluent solve.
3) Learn /practice additional fingertricks for <M,U>.
4) Look for LSE videos on youtube for inspiration (and fingertricks).

 

[TDM]

1) Practice to solve the LSE in three looks (solve the three substeps without looking at them during the execution). Aim for 2-1-1.
2) Slow down, and during the EO track the UL/UR pieces. Try to merge the two steps into one, fluent solve.
3) Learn /practice additional fingertricks for <M,U>.
4) Look for LSE videos on youtube for inspiration (and fingertricks).

2-1-1? Averaging 4 for LSE is quite far away for me (I'm around the same speed as TheNextFeliks for LSE). What about if you want to average sub-6, not 4? Something like 2.5-1.5-1.5?

 

[Renslay]

2-1-1? Averaging 4 for LSE is quite far away for me (I'm around the same speed as TheNextFeliks for LSE). What about if you want to average sub-6, not 4? Something like 2.5-1.5-1.5?

That's okay too.

 

[GuRoux]

I've been drilling L6E and just can't get sub-6. Any tips? It's not liIe I use a lot of moves, I just have a lot of pauses. My tps isn't bad though.

i think, for me, the average movecount for eo is about 5-6. so if you want a second eo, that's less than 3 tps. ul-ur is probably around 5-6 also. and 4c is about 4 moves. if your lse is somewhat efficient, you shouldn't have much trouble with tps. most likely, recognition/lookahead is what slowing you down.

 

[PJKCuber]

I have been learning Roux now and have decided to become y axis color neutral? How can I do it?
Also, in LSE, should I use the direct solutions from Waffo's site or cycle through?

 

[pewpewrawr]

I have been learning Roux now and have decided to become y axis color neutral? How can I do it?
Also, in LSE, should I use the direct solutions from Waffo's site or cycle through?

The only way to become cn is by doing cn solves. Learn to cycle.