The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[brian724080]

On one layer of my Aosu, the double layer moves are somewhat clicky. The rest are smooth though. Any explanation?

One of the internal pieces close to the core may be defected. Try disassembling it and inspecting every piece.

 

[CriticalCubing]

What do you get if you win a competition? You get money, a new cube or what?
Also, COLL is for corners, then what is like COLL but for edges?
And I am thinking, instead of learning OLL, COLL and the other COLL for edges would be beneficial or just OLL?

 

[Michael Womack]

What do you get if you win a competition? You get money, a new cube or what?

Most of the time you get some sorta Trophy/plack/certificate. Depending on who is helping to sponsor it they will provide some extra prizes like if Lubix sponsors it then some of the prizes will be Lubix lube, Lubix Guhong ECT.

 

[SolveThatCube]

Also, COLL is for corners, then what is like COLL but for edges?
And I am thinking, instead of learning OLL, COLL and the other COLL for edges would be beneficial or just OLL?

COLL is for twisting the corners which ever way they need to be twisted and permuting them in the same algorithm when the edges are already oriented. Therefore leaving an EPLL (Ua, Ub, H and Z-Perm)
CLL is for the same thing but it won't preserve the edge orientation, therefore leaving an ELL which flips the edges that needs to flipped and solves them in the same alg.


Hope this helped!

 

[brian724080]

Also, COLL is for corners, then what is like COLL but for edges?
And I am thinking, instead of learning OLL, COLL and the other COLL for edges would be beneficial or just OLL?

There's no point in learning "COLL for edges", by that, I'm assuming you mean "edge orientation of LL + permutation", because a CO skip is much rarer and harder to force than an EO skip. You shouldn't really learn COLL if you don't use a method with all edges oriented or integrate a LS+EO method into a method like CFOP, because one-look OLL and one-look PLL is faster than EOLL (without permutation), COLL, and than EPLL.

 

[Nekonata]

whats the best Bld method?

 

[guysensei1]

Why does my AoSu have spring noise (although its very soft and almost unnoticeable when solving) even though the screws/springs don't move?

 

[DeeDubb]

whats the best Bld method?

3bld? I think the most popular is Pochmann corners, M2 Edges. Noah has an awesome tutorial on it HERE. The videos are very long, but definitely worth watching through.

 

[TDM]

whats the best Bld method?

3-style/BH (same thing, different names). Solve everything except parity and flipped/twisted pieces with commutator 3-cycles.

 

[CriticalCubing]

Any beginners BLD methods?
I dont want to learn M2 for edges so anything apart from that?

 

[DeeDubb]

Any beginners BLD methods?
I dont want to learn M2 for edges so anything apart from that?

There's also Pochmann edges, but M2 is better, and not that hard to pick up.

 

[TDM]

There's also Pochmann edges, but M2 is better, and not that hard to pick up.

Both are good. I think that if someone's a CFOP user like he is, OP edges is easier because, with OP corners, you're only using PLLs.

 

[DeeDubb]

Both are good. I think that if someone's a CFOP user like he is, OP edges is easier because, with OP corners, you're only using PLLs.

Ah, yeah, that's true... For me, I think I'd be shunned from the Roux community of I didn't use M2 edges, haha.

 

[TDM]

Ah, yeah, that's true... For me, I think I'd be shunned from the Roux community of I didn't use M2 edges, haha.

Well if you haven't ever learned PLL, there's be no point in you specifically learning it for OP, so I see no reason why you shouldn't use M2 other than you know 3-style... but you may want to learn some PLLs because they're useful for solving parity.

 

[DeeDubb]

Well if you haven't ever learned PLL, there's be no point in you specifically learning it for OP, so I see no reason why you shouldn't use M2 other than you know 3-style... but you may want to learn some PLLs because they're useful for solving parity.

Solving 3BLD parity? I only have one parity algorithm memo'd for 3BLD, and it's the edges first algorithm, which is definitely not PLL: D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D

Is there a reason to know more?

 

[TDM]

Solving 3BLD parity? I only have one parity algorithm memo'd for 3BLD, and it's the edges first algorithm, which is definitely not PLL: D' L2 D M2 D' L2 D

Is there a reason to know more?

It's useful for making your own parity alg if you choose your own buffer for 3-style. It won't be as useful to you now, but later knowing a few PLLs is helpful.

 

[Arti]

Glow in the dark vinyl stickers? Has such a thing even been considered? Any links?

 

[TinaIsAwesome]

Glow in the dark vinyl stickers? Has such a thing even been considered? Any links?

The closet I can think of would be these: http://oliverstickers.com/uv-stickers
I put them on one of my glow-in-the-dark cubes and I think they look pretty cool.

 

[Renslay]

On another thread:

Congratulations, Alex! Long live Roux!

Which reminds me, what about Gilles Roux nowdays?

 

[Rocky0701]

On another thread:



Which reminds me, what about Gilles Roux nowdays?

As far as the speedcubing community, according to Wikepedia: "Presently, Gilles is a technical advisor for the WCA and assists when needed."