Does anyone have good ideas for me to stop myself from using Fridrich? I'm just lazy so I pick it because it's fastest, but I'm trying to phase it out.
I think he means like how many moves does it require to solve the state furthest from solved with 2gen scrambles and solves. It's like how it's seven for cubeshape on square-1.
I'm trying to learn the Heise method (just as a mental challange), it's really interesting however I'm having a lot of trouble coming up with my own commuters. Are there any tutorials on commuters other than Ryan Heise's one?
EDIT: Actually, it became easier to find information when I realised they are called 'commutators' and not 'commuters' But still, any links would be greatly appreciated.
I'm trying to learn the Heise method (just as a mental challange), it's really interesting however I'm having a lot of trouble coming up with my own commuters. Are there any tutorials on commuters other than Ryan Heise's one?
1. I've always been wondering what the letters in the name of a perm stand for? (e.g. A-Perm, Y-Perm, what do the A and the Y represent?)
2. Why can you take off the caps of the edges and corners on a F-II cube? (...other than weed-smuggling purposes) Is it so that you can load them with stuff like button cells or coins to make the cube heavier in case you don't like light-weight cubes?
"Each permutation is associated with a letter that loosely corresponds to the permutation pattern to allow easy identification of the algorithms. OK, it does require some creativity sometimes, but never the less, I think it is still useful. Think of stellar constellations and their names as a good example. This classification has been proposed by Mirek Goljan back in the early 80's and we find it quite useful when discussing the cube. " http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/Mike/permute.html
I found a cube at some chinese webshop called the 'type a magic' and it sells for 4 dollars including shipping. Is there another name for this cube? I can't find any reviews or w/e about it on YouTube.