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[DynaXT]

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What notation is this and how do I interprete it?

Great question, no clue.

I know Z is R L' U' L U L R L' R in normal person notation. S I'm pretty sure means sledge, and H perm is z R U R U' R' U' z' y S, or at least that's what I know.

 

[Deleted member 36445]

Great question, no clue.

I know Z is R L' U' L U L R L' R in normal person notation. S I'm pretty sure means sledge, and H perm is z R U R U' R' U' z' y S, or at least that's what I know.

I tried sledge, z2, sledge and it scrambled my cube

 

[DynaXT]

For U perm just do S y2 S.

Also is this Sarah’s PDF? If so, she’s a delegate at my next comp so I can complain on the behalf of the forum.

 

[Deleted member 36445]

For U perm just do S y2 S.

that's what I do

 

[Deleted member 36445]

For U perm just do S y2 S.

Also is this Sarah’s PDF? If so, she’s a delegate at my next comp so I can complain on the behalf of the forum.

tell her I love her for the great person she is

 

[Timona]

The algs I use are
U - Sledge z2 Sledge
Z - R L' U' L U L R L' R
H - I do double U perm but I'll definitely learn this alg (z R U R U' R' U' z' y S)

I brought up the question cus I cant fingertrick the Z-perm and it's my slowest alg rn. I'm still learning Sarah's Intermediate

 

[DynaXT]

Also for H perm you can learn the skip case, if you're on the last sledge/hedge before U layer's solved, check if the L and R centers are solved. If they are, do y2, the alg you were going to do before the rotation, then y2 and the opposite of what you just did.

That probably could've been phrased better but idk how to so I'm sorry if you didn't understand.

 

[Timona]

Also for H perm you can learn the skip case, if you're on the last sledge/hedge before U layer's solved, check if the L and R centers are solved. If they are, do y2, the alg you were going to do before the rotation, then y2 and the opposite of what you just did.

That probably could've been phrased better but idk how to so I'm sorry if you didn't understand.

I am confusion.

 

[DynaXT]

Welp, I tried.

 

[otcami23]

I average around 10 seconds on Skewb. I usually start the solve by making a layer, then making the opposite side's corners and center with an alg and then with another alg i solve the rest of the centers.
What is there beyond this method tat i can learn to get faster, or should i keep practicing with the method i am using currently for skewb?

 

[Isaiah Scott]

I would tell you if i was any faster. Good Luck anyway!!!

 

[Timona]

You currently use Sarah's Intermediate and for your level, just practice until your consistently sub-9. Learn better fingertricks.

Or you can just watch this video and ignore everything I've said.

Beyond Sarah's Intermediate, there's Sarah's Advanced which has just 2 steps
- Solve a Layer
- Solve the rest in one alg.
It isn't recommended to learn it until sub-7

I currently average around 8.5 so I don't even think I'm qualified to give this advice.

 

[DynaXT]

Extension to Timona’s advice, intermediate can get you to sub 6 with enough practice (or so I’ve heard, but I don’t doubt it considering I have a 5.13 ao5) and advanced should be learned when you reach that barrier. I’m faster than Timona so I’m more qualified to give advice.

 

[Hyperion]

I average about 6.6 seconds with intermediate. For me it just took a lot of solves and practicing making efficient first layer solutions. After that you can start looking into sarahs advanced and start improving lookahead.

 

[OreKehStrah]

You can get sub5 with layer op layer centers. Really jus spam solves to like sub8 sub7 range then learn intermediate

 

[Gavsters_Cubing]

I want to average sube 20 on skewb or better because right now i have not gotten any good solves except for 14.86, which was my only sub 20, if you have any tips, please tell me

 

[turtwig]

There was literally a thread about this like 2 days ago. Please try searching for old posts before making new posts.

[Help Thread] - Skewb Discussion

What notation is this and how do I interprete it? Great question, no clue. I know Z is R L' U' L U L R L' R in normal person notation. S I'm pretty sure means sledge, and H perm is z R U R U' R' U' z' y S, or at least that's what I know.

www.speedsolving.com

 

[DynaXT]

Does anyone know if there's a decent Z perm alg for when the centers facing you need to switch? I don't really like having to do a rotation before the alg so I was just wondering if that's avoidable.

 

[Gavsters_Cubing]

So I was doing a Skewb solve when there was something I realized, for the cases on OLL where there are headlights and the center is either in the headlights or with no corners on the opposite of the headlights, you have to use beginner method. But I was wondering if there was any algs to solve those cases without using beginner?

 

[DynaXT]

You could try finding a half decent advanced alg as a replacement.