The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[guysensei1]

2i1a) Medical/physical aids worn by the competitor (etc. glasses, wrist brace, hearing aids).

Would it be allowed for the competitor to turn off his/her hearing aids in order to concentrate better?

 

[PJKCuber]

I am averaging 18.5 on 3x3. What should I work most on?

 

[guysensei1]

I am averaging 18.5 on 3x3. What should I work most on?

Have you learnt full PLL?

 

[CriticalCubing]

Have you learnt full PLL?

Yes. More F2l and Cross until you are around 16 seconds then full oll

 

[ryak2002]

hey guys!
First off, I got a MoYu WeiLong 3x3x3 this after noon and I've already set a bunch of good times with it! but anyway, I also got silicone shock fluid. How much should i put on a cube if I wanted to lube it? also I am going to get a dremel for moding, but I don't really know where to get one or how much they cost.
thanks guys!

 

[Rocky0701]

hey guys!
First off, I got a MoYu WeiLong 3x3x3 this after noon and I've already set a bunch of good times with it! but anyway, I also got silicone shock fluid. How much should i put on a cube if I wanted to lube it? also I am going to get a dremel for moding, but I don't really know where to get one or how much they cost.
thanks guys!

Moding a WeiLong would just be a waste of time. Unless you really enjoy modding, or are Feliks it isn't worth it. The WeiLong is amazing already. Modding a SS cube is understandable, but that's about it. For lube, it really is personal preference, just put a little, and if you want more than put more on. It is easier to put more lube in than it is to wipe it off.

 

[ryak2002]

is there anything i need to know before I use silicone shock fluid?

 

[ChickenWrap]

is there anything i need to know before I use silicone shock fluid?

Nope. I use that for some of my cubes (usually only bigger ones though). Just put in a small drop and solve the cube a few times. I put in too much ones and the core became very gummy for a while.

 

[ryak2002]

Nope. I use that for some of my cubes (usually only bigger ones though). Just put in a small drop and solve the cube a few times. I put in too much ones and the core became very gummy for a while.

Ok thanks!

 

[Note]

I have a weird habit of moving the cube so the front side blocks my sight from everything else on the cube. This mostly happens when I do an (R' F R F') or some alg like that. Should I try moving the cube farther away from me so this doesn't happen or should I forget about the situation entirely and just deal with it?

 

[PJKCuber]

Have you learnt full PLL?

2 or 3 left

 

[sergei740]

Problem with E perms

i have a problem with my e perm. ILike half of the time i do it(R2 U R' y 3(RU'R'U) y' RU'R') and i end up sin a postiion where i'm a U2 away from an H perm. This happens with other algs too, not just this one. Am i starting from the wrong position? How should my pieces be oriented when i do the e perm?

 

[natezach728]

i have a problem with my e perm. ILike half of the time i do it(R2 U R' y 3(RU'R'U) y' RU'R') and i end up sin a postiion where i'm a U2 away from an H perm. This happens with other algs too, not just this one. Am i starting from the wrong position? How should my pieces be oriented when i do the e perm?

You are holding it in the wrong position if the alg isn't solving the case . Now, as for position, I can't really explain how you should hold it, just mentally check that the 2 corners in front of you swap left and right. Do the same with the other algs.

 

[TomTom]

i have a problem with my e perm. ILike half of the time i do it(R2 U R' y 3(RU'R'U) y' RU'R') and i end up sin a postiion where i'm a U2 away from an H perm. This happens with other algs too, not just this one. Am i starting from the wrong position? How should my pieces be oriented when i do the e perm?

one thing you can do for E perms, is learn the two A perms, and do one then the other, i do A(a) u A(a) u', and isn't much slower than the other ones, and is easier to memorized

 

[cubecraze1]

i have a problem with my e perm. ILike half of the time i do it(R2 U R' y 3(RU'R'U) y' RU'R') and i end up sin a postiion where i'm a U2 away from an H perm. This happens with other algs too, not just this one. Am i starting from the wrong position? How should my pieces be oriented when i do the e perm?

If you do the algorithm white top, green front, all edges will be solved. You should be able to look at the cube and notice which two pieces need a horizontal swap. If you were to do a "y" move, those corners would clearly create a H-Perm, not a solved cube. But looking at the two corners on the front of the green side, they both contain green. The ones on the red side will not both contain red thus meaning that a horizontal swap will not be possible to create a solved cube.

(That probably made no sense at all)

 

[obelisk477]

or, get your cube ready for normally executing your E-perm however you are doing it now, and just rotate your cube about the y-axis (running through the up and down face) 90 degrees in either direction

 

[Smiles]

I have a weird habit of moving the cube so the front side blocks my sight from everything else on the cube. This mostly happens when I do an (R' F R F') or some alg like that. Should I try moving the cube farther away from me so this doesn't happen or should I forget about the situation entirely and just deal with it?

try doing it without regripping your left hand, like by incorporating thumb turns.

 

[slinky773]

I'd just like to note here that the algorithm is R2 U R' U' y 3 sexy U R U' R2. Other than that, read what everyone else said. It makes sense.

 

[obelisk477]

I'd just like to note here that the algorithm is R2 U R' U' y 3 sexy U R U' R2. Other than that, read what everyone else said. It makes sense.

Actually, his alg just works fine, but it did have a typo. It should be R2 U R' y (R U' R' U)3 y' R U' R2. His uses inverse sexy, which is two moves less than the one with regular sexy.

 

[slinky773]

Actually, his alg just works fine, but it did have a typo. It should be R2 U R' y (R U' R' U)3 y' R U' R2. His uses inverse sexy, which is two moves less than the one with regular sexy.

Wait, whoops, looked at OP, never mind