The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[Someone755]

I LOLED SO HARD! Ok heres my Q: whats the 6,889,458,496,134,565,645,594th number in pi?

7? maybe 1,2,3,4,5,6,8, or 9? dunno!

 

[ilikecubing]

Here are some scrambles,what will be your shortest possible cross solutions to these scrabmles.Thanks

Cross on Bottom

Scrambles

F2 U' B2 U2 R B' R' U' D' F' L' U F2 B' U

U2 L2 F2 R' D' L2 R U' L2 F B' R' F' L F2

U' B2 F U2 D L' B2 F U' D' L2 R' F L2 U'

 

[sa11297]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC22ZxaPGT0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL where can i buy a 3x3x5 that shape shifts like this (and a 3x3x4)

 

[Julian]

@ilikecubing
D' R (D' u') L R' D
L F' R' d' R2 y' R' F R D'
y L2' B F' R F' U R' F2 D

were the first things I came up with.

EDIT: these are what I think I would do in a speedsolve.

 

[EricReese]

Assuming when you sramble it like white top green front then you are looking for the yellow cross... (white top green front is how i am holding while doing cross)

(Note that I wouldnt fingertrick it like this (referring to the B moves)

1. y' D L U2 R' F D
2. D R' B' D' L D' R2
3 U' y F' D' R' F' y2 D' R' D

the 3rd solution is what I would do in a speedsolve. I think that is a terrible cross. But in a real speedsolve I would choose a better cross anyway. I dont recommend using my solution for #3

 

[Rubiks560]

Is there a Cube Explorer for Macs? If so does anyone have a link?

 

[Cyrus C.]

Is there a Cube Explorer for Macs? If so does anyone have a link?

http://kociemba.org/macsolver.zip

It's different than the PC version, make sure to read the readme.

 

[Julian]

Are the stickers that come with an MF8 + DaYan 4x4 vinyl and of good quality?

 

[Juju]

Are the stickers that come with an MF8 + DaYan 4x4 vinyl and of good quality?

Yes they seem pretty good to me. I haven't changed mine yet, but I always have many spare 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 spare sets just in case. I'm weird like that.


Hey guys I have just 2 more OLLs left to learn! It's pretty exciting, but I have left the most awkward (in my opinion) ones 'til last. What algorithms do you use for OLLs 49 and 50? The algorithms I see listed seem super awkward to perform, so some hints on those would be appreciated.

49
View attachment 1449
50
View attachment 1448

 

[Vinny]

What are some corner methods for blind solving other than the "story" method.

 

[PowerCuber]

50: y2 R' F R2 B' R2 F' R2 B R

 

[Vinny]

50: y2 R' F R2 B' R2 F' R2 B R

The last move is an R'

 

[Julian]

What are some corner methods for blind solving other than the "story" method.

Letter pairs, dunno if you consider that the story method.

 

[musicninja17]

for OLL 49 and 50 use the ones off Andy Klise's OLL guide....they're spiffy....

 

[Juju]

for OLL 49 and 50 use the ones off Andy Klise's OLL guide....they're spiffy....

But they have awkward B moves that I'm not sure how to execute nicely.

 

[TiLiMayor]

Ra: y2 z U R2 U' R2 U F' U' R' U R U F U2 R
I really need some fingertrick help on this alg's execution since when I do it, it seem so awkward to me and this perm done with L U and F isn't that fast on me.

 

[souljahsu]

Where can I buy the x-cube 4 besides lightake?

 

[Zarxrax]

Can anyone tell me some actual benefits of the "Yau" method for 4x4x4, as opposed to standard reduction? All I ever hear is that it causes magic good stuff to happen.

 

[TiLiMayor]

Where can I buy the x-cube 4 besides lightake?

Yuu can buy x-cubes on lightake?

Edit: Now I see why are yuu asking..

Can anyone tell me some actual benefits of the "Yau" method for 4x4x4, as opposed to standard reduction? All I ever hear is that it causes magic good stuff to happen.

From what Ive seen of it is that yuu build your cross and then complete centers and continue edge pairing so yuu then follow up with F2L, so I see it has some look ahead benefit in there.

 

[EricReese]

Yellow top blue front. do this to set up the case i need help with

R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2 y2 U' M U2 M' U' M' U2 M U2

Going from waffos roux tutorial.. http://wafflelikescubes.webs.com/rouxmethod.htm#591530993

step 4b is what I am having trouble with. What do I need to do to solve step 4b from this? I am sort of confused on what to do on this step. Its the only thing holding me back