The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[Cool Frog]

Is there an alg that doesn't effect the "cross" pieces? The alg I use right now to pair this would be : (note the lower case moves are wide turns)

u' R F' U R' F u'

Its the alg for the last 2 edges, but I frequently used to use this alg when doing regular 2pair. however I don't want to use this then mess up the cross and have to redo it. Redundant, given one of the objectives of the method (have cross already done)

Is there an alg for pairing these 2 up that does not effect the D layer?

Yesh... Look at what your algorithm is doing and then manipulate it so it doesn't Effect D Layer...
Or what Cyrus C. Said and cheat.

 

[EricReese]

Uw' R U R' F R' F' R Uw

Thank you! Excellent.

 

[TiLiMayor]

To the horrible ball core sq1 dude:
Take apart the pieces and sand down the little triangle bit that touches with the flat surface inside the core dome on all pieces.
Lube both surfaces of the core dome (straw spray the inside with a 90deg /turn) and assemble.
For further lubing, take out one corner cap on each layer and spray lube.
Hope helpfull.

 

[TheMachanga]

Is there a video or text showing and describing all the different 4x4 edge paring methods?

 

[smook]

Are white and clored cubes allowed in wca competitions?

 

[EricReese]

Are white and clored cubes allowed in wca competitions?

Whites are allowed

I don't believe there is such a thing as clored cubes, so I can't answer that.....

 

[JyH]

Are white and clored cubes allowed in wca competitions?

Colored cubes are not allowed (i.e. Dayan GuHong Colored). Transparent cubes are also not allowed. Any other color cube is allowed.

 

[TiLiMayor]

I would like to know about upcoming comps at Canada around June/July, Im planning a travel and would like to include a cube comp to get a WCA profile.

 

[dabest2500]

I'd never count on factory settings. My Megaminx for example was so varied from side to side when I took it apart to work on it I was astonished at how uneven the tensions actually were. I'd say always check the tensions unless you set them yourself or you order a Lubix cube that comes modified.

Thanks.
But I assume modded cubes such as the Haiyan Memory have even tensions right?
And is there any benefit to not having even tensions on all sides?

 

[RyanReese09]

Haiyan memory cubes are just AV's that have a mod done. No tensions are messed with in the process (as part of the mod)

There is no good reason to have the tensions set differently, except in this one case (I can't think of others)

Phil Yu (a small kitten on here) keeps his guhong for OH different tensions on sides (to control the speed) because he uses ZZ with a fixed (YB?) orientation so he has it optimized for performance.

Other than that, equal tensions are recommended.

 

[nafees184all]

F2L:
Is it better to do "d/d' " or a cube rotation?
How many cube rotations u do during f2l?
at what avg should one learn look ahead?

MY avg is 45sec:
4LL=15 sec
X =5 sec
F2L=25 sec

 

[Dene]

F2L:
Is it better to do "d/d' " or a cube rotation?
How many cube rotations u do during f2l?
at what avg should one learn look ahead?

MY avg is 45sec:
4LL=15 sec
X =5 sec
F2L=25 sec

I would say personal preference with d/d' or cube rotations. I would say that most really fast people do d/d' if possible.

You should minimise cube rotations, but don't worry about it when performing an algorithm if you can perform it faster with a rotation. You should aim for no more than 4; one for each pair.

You should learn lookahead as soon as possible.

 

[Jedi5412]

F2L:
Is it better to do "d/d' " or a cube rotation?
How many cube rotations u do during f2l?
at what avg should one learn look ahead?

MY avg is 45sec:
4LL=15 sec
X =5 sec
F2L=25 sec

your LL an Cross is much faster than mine and i average about 24.

Lookahead is the way to go

 

[Inf3rn0]

your LL an Cross is much faster than mine and i average about 24.

Lookahead is the way to go

Uh really?

 

[hic0057]

Is there a video or text showing and describing all the different 4x4 edge paring methods?

The Wiki is quite useless. This covered a fair bit of LBL methods like yau and k4
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?17783-quot-Cross-quot-Meta-Method-for-4x4x4


Does anyone knows how to make algs with cube explorer that just deals with orientation of pieces rather having to solve an entire peice

 

[Godmil]

Haiyan memory cubes are just AV's that have a mod done. No tensions are messed with in the process (as part of the mod)

As far as I'm aware, the Memory is a set up cube (like the Lubix Ultimate), where it's tensioned and lubed by Haiyan.

 

[da25centz]

As far as I'm aware, the Memory is a set up cube (like the Lubix Ultimate), where it's tensioned and lubed by Haiyan.

and so is the AV. The only difference is who is doing the modding, you or Haiyan.

 

[Godmil]

Yeah, so, the Memory is pre-tensioned, the AV isn't.

 

[vcuber13]

All that does is flip it so its
O X
X O

But it doesnt pair them up, Im talking about an alg that pairs both them up without effecting the D layer

Am I just not making sense?

can you not read?

i mean do u' RUR'U'yL'UL (u)
so do what i said but i didnt fell like doing capitols

 

[asportking]

How do you pronouce lowercase moves? Like, if you were making a video, and you wanted to say "r" (as opposed to R), how would you say it?