Some other cubing challenges to try...

[cookingfat]

I was bored yesterday and thought I'd try something that AvG and others mentioned in another thread which is solving the 3x3x3 using only the T perm and set up moves. It's really just classic Pochmann with only 1 algorithm and of course you do it sighted. I did an average of 5 and will put the times up later, but I was getting faster each time as I got used to the different set up moves.

av - 3:45.49 but I could get a lot faster at this.

I'm interested to know how long it takes more experienced cubers to do this, so please try it and post your average 3 of 5.

The next challenge is mainly for fridrich cubers that only do white or white/yellow cross. Do an average with a blue cross and see what the difference in your times are. Again I'll post mine when I get home but it was about 20 seconds more than normal for me.

normal av - 35.00
blue cross average - 59.55

 

[Lofty]

One thing you can try is scrambling a cube using only a single PLL (or more if you want to get ridiculous) and then see if you can't solve it back using no setup moves.

 

[Dene]

Using just T perm I bet I could sub1. I'm not gonna try though

 

[JohnnyA]

Try solving with just a t-perm, and no setups. Very hard.

 

[cookingfat]

One thing you can try is scrambling a cube using only a single PLL (or more if you want to get ridiculous) and then see if you can't solve it back using no setup moves.

I actually tried that first but it was too difficult for me to solve.

 

[blgentry]

The next challenge is mainly for fridrich cubers that only do white or white/yellow cross. Do an average with a blue cross and see what the difference in your times are. Again I'll post mine when I get home but it was about 20 seconds more than normal for me.

normal av - 35.00
blue cross average - 59.55

I'm right about the same speed as you with a white cross. Using blue cross I got: 58.X, 45.X, 57.X, 50.X . True average = 52.X (no, it's not a 3 of 5). Being color neutral is much harder IMHO, though my friend Brunson disagrees.

Brian.

 

[Sa967St]

T perm only solves(with setup moves): 2:36.99
2:48.19, (2:17.63), (2:49.15), 2:38.58, 2:24,19

blue cross averae of 5: 18.58
18.28, (17.29), 19.63, (22.05), 17.82

white cross average of 5: 14.32
14.29, (13.18), (15.02), 14.60, 14.06

 

[Ellis]

Blue Cross: 17.32
17.22, (16.89), 17.56, 17.18, (20.35)

White Cross: 22.64
(26.54), (19.98), 20.40, 24.68, 22.84

yay, go blue cross!

 

[TMOY]

Try solving with just a t-perm, and no setups. Very hard.

Not only very hard but mpossible. You cannot move edges from one middle slice to another that way.
With J/Jsym instrad of T, it works better.

 

[cookingfat]

Try solving with just a t-perm, and no setups. Very hard.

Not only very hard but mpossible. You cannot move edges from one middle slice to another that way.
With J/Jsym instrad of T, it works better.

It is technically possible if you only scramble the cube with T-Perms and cube rotations, you could therefore solve it with T-Perms and cube rotations. very hard though.

 

[Lucas Garron]

Try solving with just a t-perm, and no setups. Very hard.

Not only very hard but mpossible. You cannot move edges from one middle slice to another that way.
With J/Jsym instrad of T, it works better.

It is technically possible if you only scramble the cube with T-Perms and cube rotations, you could therefore solve it with T-Perms and cube rotations. very hard though.

No, it's not. Takes a while, though.

 

[ThePizzaGuy92]

i just did a solve scrambled and solved with only t-perms and no setups, it took 9:03.23. [hah!]

the last 2 minutes was me just trying to figure out a corner twister, and i was so happy when i got it

EDIT: 2nd try 3:31

this is great! finally something that makes you think! I was getting a little tired of the same rehersed algs

 

[bamman1108]

Memory game:

Needs two people.

One person, the mixer, has a sheet of paper and pencil to write down the 'algorithm' for the moves he makes. He makes x number of moves and then the solver tries to solve it in that number of moves. Then, make x more moves, making sure the original moves are the same (why the paper is needed) and go on until the solver screws up. Then, switch places. See who can do the best out of x tries.

 

[MistArts]

Memory game:

Needs two people.

One person, the mixer, has a sheet of paper and pencil to write down the 'algorithm' for the moves he makes. He makes x number of moves and then the solver tries to solve it in that number of moves. Then, make x more moves, making sure the original moves are the same (why the paper is needed) and go on until the solver screws up. Then, switch places. See who can do the best out of x tries.

I hope "x" is a low number, probably very low 10's; unless I read it wrong.

 

[fanwuq]

Memory game:

Needs two people.

One person, the mixer, has a sheet of paper and pencil to write down the 'algorithm' for the moves he makes. He makes x number of moves and then the solver tries to solve it in that number of moves. Then, make x more moves, making sure the original moves are the same (why the paper is needed) and go on until the solver screws up. Then, switch places. See who can do the best out of x tries.

I hope "x" is a low number, probably very low 10's; unless I read it wrong.

It's very easy if under 5 or over 35. A bit of difficulty in between... especially around 20 moves.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

The next challenge is mainly for fridrich cubers that only do white or white/yellow cross. Do an average with a blue cross and see what the difference in your times are. Again I'll post mine when I get home but it was about 20 seconds more than normal for me.

normal av - 35.00
blue cross average - 59.55

I get about 16 using white/yellow crosses...and around 20 using blue (with jap color scheme)

 

[bamman1108]

Memory game:

Needs two people.

One person, the mixer, has a sheet of paper and pencil to write down the 'algorithm' for the moves he makes. He makes x number of moves and then the solver tries to solve it in that number of moves. Then, make x more moves, making sure the original moves are the same (why the paper is needed) and go on until the solver screws up. Then, switch places. See who can do the best out of x tries.

I hope "x" is a low number, probably very low 10's; unless I read it wrong.

It's very easy if under 5 or over 35. A bit of difficulty in between... especially around 20 moves.

X can be any number. My friends and I usually start at three moves, then 6, then 9, etc. (Making sure the first moves are the same, similar to Simon) And then see who could get the farthest out of 5 tries.