Rub Leather to solve faster :)

[maggot]

I know this is not entirely relevant, but to add discussion to scrambles where f2l is done or only pll for you to solve cube, on 3x3 this is correct. The computer generated scrambles are split into optimum scramble and not optimum. It know the difference in LL scramble and one where 2 layer is solved, for any color, under any orientation before scrambling. To further expand conversation on this, when you look at 2x2 or pyra optimum scramble... I have gotten 2x2 scramble R U F'... that's all the scramble was, and it was optimum. I have gotten scramble where I RUR' and the cube was solved. I guess for 2x2 it assumes green white orientation but does not always account for color neutral??? Which most people who are 2x2 solvers, color neutral is a necessity. I'm not too sure about thid, but I find it interesting. Back to 3x3, LL scrambles are able to be generated, but they never come up on optimum scramble.. maybe random scramble, but the program the WCA use for scramble I'm sure is optimum, or else you would see time way less than 7.03 in competition. Anyone who was lucky enough to get 3/4 f2l or f2l skip would be world record holders and the record would be a matter of chance and not skill... even though a lot of the good times in comps we see do have easy cross and f2l and sometimes oll or pll skips, it not because the scramble wasn't optimum, it is just efficient scramble for the solvers method of solving the cube. If that make any sense..

 

[Samania]

Back on topic.. I thought it kind of worked

 

[hawkmp4]

I know this is not entirely relevant, but to add discussion to scrambles where f2l is done or only pll for you to solve cube, on 3x3 this is correct. The computer generated scrambles are split into optimum scramble and not optimum. It know the difference in LL scramble and one where 2 layer is solved, for any color, under any orientation before scrambling. To further expand conversation on this, when you look at 2x2 or pyra optimum scramble... I have gotten 2x2 scramble R U F'... that's all the scramble was, and it was optimum. I have gotten scramble where I RUR' and the cube was solved. I guess for 2x2 it assumes green white orientation but does not always account for color neutral??? Which most people who are 2x2 solvers, color neutral is a necessity. I'm not too sure about thid, but I find it interesting. Back to 3x3, LL scrambles are able to be generated, but they never come up on optimum scramble.. maybe random scramble, but the program the WCA use for scramble I'm sure is optimum, or else you would see time way less than 7.03 in competition. Anyone who was lucky enough to get 3/4 f2l or f2l skip would be world record holders and the record would be a matter of chance and not skill... even though a lot of the good times in comps we see do have easy cross and f2l and sometimes oll or pll skips, it not because the scramble wasn't optimum, it is just efficient scramble for the solvers method of solving the cube. If that make any sense..

Most of it didn't make sense.
I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that optimum scrambles preclude the possibility of an F2L skip. They don't.
You're right, if a situation came up where there was a scramble in competition that had F2L solved, we'd have a predicament. But, chances are, we won't have to deal with that. Not because it's impossible with optimum scrambles, but because it's incredibly unlikely that a cube state with F2L solved is selected by Cube Explorer for generation.

 

[TheMachanga]

I heard that bibs make your times faster.