[Help Thread] Roux Discussion and Help

[deadcat]

I mean that I would rather turn faster and not stop than be 3/4 moves more efficient but have pauses.

I see, thanks. Just got another opinion by pm saying that as well.
I love being efficient so I wish I could go the Alex Lau route and do both speed and efficiency, but I'll settle for speed for now.

 

[Shiv3r]

Hey guys, PenguinsDontFly is the fastest active rouxer as of right now, and he has a pretty decent youtube channel! It would be great to have one youcuber be a rouxcuber, and get a little more representation. Im subscribing!

 

[deadcat]

Hey guys, PenguinsDontFly is the fastest active rouxer as of right now, and he has a pretty decent youtube channel! It would be great to have one youcuber be a rouxcuber, and get a little more representation. Im subscribing!

+1

Update: just discovered the advanced roux techniques video with exactly the topics I was wondering about, awesome.

 

[shadowslice e]

Hey guys, PenguinsDontFly is the fastest active rouxer as of right now, and he has a pretty decent youtube channel! It would be great to have one youcuber be a rouxcuber, and get a little more representation. Im subscribing!

Guroux is pretty good as well.

 

[5BLD]

How would you solve SB in this case during a real speedsolve?
I'm working on improving my SB efficiency and having some trouble.

Link to Scramble + FB

R'FRF'R'U'r'U'R'

 

[deadcat]

R'FRF'R'U'r'U'R'

Holy ****. I feel like my brain just exploded.

And you would do that in a speedsolve?

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

R'FRF'R'U'r'U'R'

The legend has spoken.

@Shiv3r thank you so much!

 

[Shiv3r]

+1

Update: just discovered the advanced roux techniques video with exactly the topics I was wondering about, awesome.

like I said, PDF is a good youcuber, and he posts the kind of stuff a youcuber posts, he just needs subscribers. Im subbed, who else is?
@PDF I mean, you can subscribe to yourself or something, youre that awesome.

The legend has spoken.

@Shiv3r thank you so much!

given the fact that you are the second fastest rouxer talking about the first fastest rouxer??? huh... cool.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

like I said, PDF is a good youcuber, and he posts the kind of stuff a youcuber posts, he just needs subscribers. Im subbed, who else is?
@PDF I mean, you can subscribe to yourself or something, youre that awesome.

given the fact that you are the second fastest rouxer talking about the first fastest rouxer??? huh... cool.

Haha thank you so much, honestly! This is too much

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Here are some more example solves for you guys:

and some OH example solves:

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Sorry for posting again, but I think this is worthy. I recently found a somewhat different way of recognising the 4c 3 cycle cases involving looking for a unique piece and determining whether FU and BU are the same or opposite. I uploaded a video explaining it and I think many of you will benefit from watching it. Enjoy!

 

[wir3sandfir3s]

Sorry for posting again, but I think this is worthy. I recently found a somewhat different way of recognising the 4c 3 cycle cases involving looking for a unique piece and determining whether FU and BU are the same or opposite. I uploaded a video explaining it and I think many of you will benefit from watching it. Enjoy!

This is pretty clever and cool, thanks for sharing Glad I learned this early on.

 

[Shiv3r]

This is pretty clever and cool, thanks for sharing Glad I learned this early on.

for you people hopelessly confused with videos, heres how I learned:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/comments/4bv4qr/daily_discussion_thread_mar_25_2016/d1cs485

 

[deadcat]

for you people hopelessly confused with videos, heres how I learned:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/comments/4bv4qr/daily_discussion_thread_mar_25_2016/d1cs485

That helped me too. I figured out something additional today, that makes the flow much better and doesn't require FU, so you can see what to do before you finish placing ULUR.

While placing ULUR, track what will be BU (as before), and before actually placing it, compare it to F center and FD:

1. If BU will be the same color as F center AND FD:
Cancel into the U2 and bring it to F to complete the line.

2. If BU will be the opposite color of F center BUT same color as FD:
Do M2 U2 right after placing ULUR.

3. If BU will be the opposite color of FD:
FU and BU will be the same. Check out which of UF and UB will be a dot (different color than U center), and push that one up with M (for UB) or M' (for UF) right after placing ULUR.


Let me know if it makes sense...

 

[GuRoux]

Two $10 gift cards from SpeedCubeShop

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Two $10 gift cards from SpeedCubeShop

For anyone who's wondering, this is related to roux because one way to enter is to participate in the weekly ao12 competition on the roux method speedsolvers facebook group.

 

[Teoidus]

Just started on OH. Would appreciate tips so as not to develop bad habits.

 

[Daniel Lin]

how do you fast rouxers do dots for OH? I've been doing U2 D2 M' U2 D2 M', it's kind of slow though

 

[shadowslice e]

how do you fast rouxers do dots for OH? I've been doing U2 D2 M' U2 D2 M', it's kind of slow though

I do that but generally I never get dot cases as I change the way I insert UL/UR to avoid it.
I'm not especially fast though (18ish I think though it's been a while as I've not been practising much lately cause stuff)

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

E2 M E2 M
or
E2 M E2 M'