[Help Thread] Square-1 Discussion

[blade740]

I use that timer a lot. Its scrambles are much like the official ones, so it's probably just a coincidence that you got a few easy cubeshapes.

 

[Outsmash]

Yeah, It is copied from qqtimer. Scrambles could be alike. (http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?36236-csTimer-released)

I use that timer a lot. Its scrambles are much like the official ones, so it's probably just a coincidence that you got a few easy cubeshapes.

Must be. Thanks. I'm too used to it to switch :l

 

[Ickenicke]

How should I improve my cubeshape? At the moment I do a star at the bottom and then use 5 algs to get it to a cube. This step is very slow for me, so I really nee to work on that.

(I also use some of the shortest shapes, like: kite-kite barrel-barrel kite-barrel etc)

Thanks

 

[Lid]

I suggest you start by looking at David Woner's video.

Then you definitely should learn all up to 4 twists shapes = 27 (not including mirrors & reflections). After that you look though every 5 & 6 twist shape and try to solve them intuitionally using what you have learned so far.

Check my sign for a list of all the shapes.

EDIT:

How do you recognize "O"?

 

[Outsmash]

Check my sign for a list of all the shapes.

There are about 90 patterns there. How do i go about learning them efficiently?

 

[brandbest1]

EDIT:

How do you recognize "O"?

look at the front sticker and the left (or right)
in clockwise o, the stickers go left
and vice versea for counter clockwise.

 

[Lid]

Some U perms (bar back)
cw: /0,3/1,0/-3,0/-1,0/0,-3/1,0/3,0/-1,0 [8|16]
ccw: 1,0/-3,0/-1,0/0,3/1,0/3,0/-1,0/0,-3/ [8|16]

 

[Robert-Y]

I just use 2 adj-adj swaps for U perms. So does Simon (Crawford) I think. They're twist optimal

 

[vcuber13]

i do as well

 

[Michael Womack]

I know that Maru makes Square-1's as shown in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frd_3f07sG4 and i'm wandering where I cant buy one so I can try it out?

 

[brandbest1]

I know that Maru makes Square-1's as shown in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frd_3f07sG4 and i'm wandering where I cant buy one so I can try it out?

Take a plane trip to Kaohsiung, Taiwan and you'll see some there.
Anyway, I've tried some there and it's pretty much the same mech as the mf8 v1. (cuz i popped it in front of the store owner.)

 

[Lid]

I know that Maru makes Square-1's as shown in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frd_3f07sG4 and i'm wandering where I cant buy one so I can try it out?

Looks like a Cubetwist to me.

 

[Michael Womack]

Looks like a Cubetwist to me.

:fp Did you look at you look at the boxes and stands?

Take a plane trip to Kaohsiung, Taiwan and you'll see some there.
Anyway, I've tried some there and it's pretty much the same mech as the mf8 v1. (cuz i popped it in front of the store owner.)

Cool any online stores?

 

[Lid]

:fp Did you look at you look at the boxes and stands?

I did, and I am pretty sure it's a Cubetwist but in a Maru packaging.

 

[brandbest1]

Cool any online stores?

found some on Maru.TW... Black:http://maru.tw/index.php?page=shop....ategory_id=11&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=30

White:http://maru.tw/index.php?page=shop....ategory_id=11&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=30

Not sure if you can read chinese though... I know a bit of Chinese.

 

[MTGjumper]

Yeah, looks like a Cubetwist to me as well.

 

[Michael Womack]

found some on Maru.TW... Black:http://maru.tw/index.php?page=shop....ategory_id=11&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=30

White:http://maru.tw/index.php?page=shop....ategory_id=11&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=30

Not sure if you can read chinese though... I know a bit of Chinese.

Thanks

 

[Robert-Y]

E perm: M2 U' M2 U M2

Wanna hint? Z perm

Still can't understand?

Spoiler

(0,2) / (-2, -2) / (-1,2) / (-2,-2) / (5,2) / (-2,-2) / (2,0)

 

[Ickenicke]

What do you mean?

 

[Robert-Y]

The problem is to work out how to apply M2 U' M2 U M2 on sq1 to create an algorithm which solves the E PLL case. I've given a hint on how to do this and finally a solution if you've given up.