Square - 1 is ossom

[QCcuber4]

Hey people, was jsut hoping someone had a nice link to a tutorial for ADVANCED square -1 methods, And inform me of which is most used and suggestions are welcomed. I just learned how to solve it using a very long ass method from Thrawst over YT, I'm happy I can solve it but now I want to imroove my times and possibly eventually master the puzzle before Fall,

Also, I'm going to be buying puzzles soon on teh internetz and I was wondering what Sq-1 I should buy, the one I have is pretty mediocre, it jams a **** load.

Thanks alot!

 

[vcuber13]

i use vandeberg(?) as do most people, the other main method is roux / screw which is more block building.
http://www.cubezone.be/square1.html

 

[Sa967St]

The method Thrawst teaches has a very high move count and it's hard to get really fast at. I would recommend Emile1's tutorial, which is Vandenbergh's method using 4 algs.

For getting faster I recommend Woner's EO/CP/EP videos as well as his advanced cubeshape tutorial. If you want to learn some random EPs, I have a full list of them here.

 

[danthecuber]

check this out too
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Square-1_Speedsolving_Methods

 

[QCcuber4]

Thx everyone,

One last question, how long does it take to get... lets say sub 30?

 

[vcuber13]

not that long if you practice a lot, i went from about 52 to 35 in less than 2 weeks

 

[Dene]

You definitely want to go with the Vandenbergh method. Sub30 is achievable in a very short period of time if you work really hard.

 

[DavidWoner]

Thx everyone,

One last question, how long does it take to get... lets say sub 30?

With a reasonably large amount of practice, sub30 can be done in a month and sub20 in two months.

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

Lol, I'm so slow at Sq-1...
4 algs and a 1:30 avg of 5!

Also, If you use a rubik's Square-1 on my youtubve I have a tutorial and disassembling and reassembling it and this made mine very fast... Just a thought

 

[DavidWoner]

A while ago I almost got sub20 avg with 5 algs

 

[Dene]

Yea the really critical factor with sq1 is cubeshape. I know of no way of getting this fast other than brute force (practise)

 

[Vinny]

My problem is method. I'm still using the method in Thrawst's tutorial. I saw the other video and I think I'm gonna work on that soon.

 

[TiLiMayor]

I do block building for d-layer and stefan's j-perm method for the u-layer, takes me about 1:40 w/parity.

 

[maggot]

the advanced cubeshape video is reccomended by me. ever since i learned this, i wondered why i spent hours trying to get comfortable with edge grouping.

 

[OMGitsSolved]

How fast do you think you can get with elime1's method?

 

[Jukuren]

this is what i learned from http://www.kungfoomanchu.com/guides/andy-klise-square-1.pdf

 

[vcuber13]

How fast do you think you can get with elime1's method?

with a few more algs and practice sub 20
i know i think 10 eps (really easy ones) and average 20/21 secs

 

[RTh]

A while ago I almost got sub20 avg with 5 algs

Which algs?

 

[blade740]

Which algs?

Probably single EO, J/J, parity, opp/opp EO, adj/adj EO.

Or, if you're lazy,
-1,0/-3,0/4,1/-4,-1/3,0/
/-3,0/3,3/0,-3/
/3,3/1,2/4,-2/-4,2/-1,-2/-3,-3/
1,0/-1,-1/6,0/1,1/
0,2/-3,0/1,1/2,-1/
respectively.

 

[y235]

Probably single EO, J/J, parity, opp/opp EO, adj/adj EO.

Or, if you're lazy,
-1,0/-3,0/4,1/-4,-1/3,0/
/-3,0/3,3/0,-3/
/3,3/1,2/4,-2/-4,2/-1,-2/-3,-3/
1,0/-1,-1/6,0/1,1/
0,2/-3,0/1,1/2,-1/
respectively.

The third one is CP+Parity