The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[OMGitsSolved]

Yeah Ryan's post combination is amazing. I took it from Eric and apparently got it from Evan Liu.

 

[joey92193]

I now have an FII and am considering buying a Haiyan Memory...Is that an upgrade? Obviously its an opinion, but just an overall grade I suppose would be nice

 

[RyanReese09]

I think it's an upgrade. I don't like FII's that much though. I used to use one as my main but after feeling Haiyan Memory and Guhong, the FII seems crap to me.

 

[Sharp]

Looking to improve my 3x3 speed. I know the basic beginner method that comes with the cube, and I've learned petrus. Which method would you suggest I learn next, and where can I find a tutorial for it?

 

[Inf3rn0]

ugh this sucks. I tried lubing it he way he told me to and now the paper inside of it is ruined. I can barely see the numbers but at least it moves smooth now.

Do you mean the way showed in the most recent video I linked or by taking apart? I apologise, I meant for you to just use the recent video to see how to deal with lucky cases and not how to lube. Its alright you can always make new custom inserts (paper inside) if your current ones are really bad.

 

[freshcuber]

ZZ can be fast with practice.

I recommend Fridrich though. YouTube badmephisto and go to his channel. Check out his intuitive F2L video.

Other methods like Roux can be fast. Thomas Barlow averages around 12 seconds with it I believe. That's a blockbuilding method like ZZ and Petrus but the way the blocs are built is very different afaik.

 

[ilikecubing]

is sanding a guhong to reduce lockups a good idea?

 

[freshcuber]

I'm on my iPod otherwise I'd link it for you but search for Donovan's 48-Point Edge mod on YouTube. Watch the clarification video too. That mod turns a GuHong into a hand held orgasm.

 

[danthecuber]

How do you get to bottom corners correct on 4x4x4? When I try to insert the middle layer edge pairs the corners end up wrong

So basically all the edge pairs are inserted but the bottom corners aren't in the right places.

 

[RyanReese09]

Do you have the color scheme correct..?

 

[danthecuber]

I have white across from yellow, blue across from green, and red across from orange. So yeah, it would be correct

Oh , I just compared to my 3x3, and the red and orange are swapped. Does this make a difference?

 

[Inf3rn0]

I have white across from yellow, blue across from green, and red across from orange. So yeah, it would be correct

Oh , I just compared to my 3x3, and the red and orange are swapped. Does this make a difference?

Just swap two opposite centers.

 

[freshcuber]

Not necessarily. With yellow on top and blue in front when you're going around the cube to the right it should be blue red green orange. If that's not correct then you won't be able to solve the 3x3 phase.

 

[EricReese]

No, thats not what he means. You need to have them permuted correct.y If you hold yellow top blue front you should have red on the right side and orange on left :fp

 

[freshcuber]

You just got ninja'd

 

[danthecuber]

So for the future, how would I make sure the color scheme is correct without having to reference my 3x3x3?

 

[RyanReese09]

So for the future, how would I make sure the color scheme is correct without having to reference my 3x3x3?

Learn it.

 

[freshcuber]

Learn it by heart or always do your centers in a specific order. It's best to be CN on centers though so just learning it is the best option.

 

[danthecuber]

Which one is Maru lubricant?

 

[freshcuber]

It says Maru on the first bottle. The third product from the left is D39 but I don't know what the other two are.