The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[asportking]

this video will tell you

I want it to look good when its done.

Wait, so you want the spray paint to color the cube? You should probably use stickers instead. You can order sheets from Cubesmith or you can print them out.

 

[Michael Womack]

Wait, so you want the spray paint to color the cube? You should probably use stickers instead. You can order sheets from Cubesmith or you can print them out.

no i filled the cut parts with white epoxy and i want it to be all black

 

[asportking]

no i filled the cut parts with white epoxy and i want it to be all black

Oooh, sorry. I was on my ipod so I couldn't watch the video. You could probably just use any kind of spray paint, but try spraying it on something else first to make sure it's the same shade of black as the rest of the cube.

 

[Michael Womack]

Oooh, sorry. I was on my ipod so I couldn't watch the video. You could probably just use any kind of spray paint, but try spraying it on something else first to make sure it's the same shade of black as the rest of the cube.

I want the paint to last forever would acrylic paint work

 

[asportking]

I want the paint to last forever would acrylic paint work

That would work. Really, most of the paint will be covered up by the stickers, so you don't need super heavy-duty paint.

 

[Michael Womack]

That would work. Really, most of the paint will be covered up by the stickers, so you don't need super heavy-duty paint.

ok thanks


how dose megaminx and clock scrambles work?

 

[Progresman96]

Hi, will rubiks cube's last longer lubed with a petroleum-based lubricant (vaseline), or just left unlubed? Thanks

 

[Ickenicke]

Hi, will rubiks cube's last longer lubed with a petroleum-based lubricant (vaseline), or just left unlubed? Thanks

Use silicone to lube the cube!

 

[asportking]

ok thanks


how dose megaminx and clock scrambles work?

Clock Scrambler
Megaminx Scrambler
I've never had a clock, but megaminx notation is actually pretty simple.

Hi, will rubiks cube's last longer lubed with a petroleum-based lubricant (vaseline), or just left unlubed? Thanks

Ew, don't use vaseline. Use silicone spray (like CRC) or something like Lubix. They don't really have any negative side effects (unlike vaseline).

 

[Michael Womack]

Clock Scrambler
Megaminx Scrambler
I've never had a clock, but megaminx notation is actually pretty simple.


Ew, don't use vaseline. Use silicone spray (like CRC) or something like Lubix. They don't really have any negative side effects (unlike vaseline).

thanks

 

[cubernya]

Can someone explain how there are 42 permutations for the last slot of F2L? I keep getting 150, but I'm probably doing it wrong.

What I was doing :
5 corner positions
3 corner orientations
5 edge positions
2 edge orientations
And then multiplying them (getting 150)

 

[Athefre]

Can someone explain how there are 42 permutations for the last slot of F2L? I keep getting 150, but I'm probably doing it wrong.

What I was doing :
5 corner positions
3 corner orientations
5 edge positions
2 edge orientations
And then multiplying them (getting 150)

Both on U:

3 corner orientations
2 edge orientations
4 edge positions relative to the corner

24

Corner on U, edge at FR:

3 corner orientations
2 edge orientations

6

Corner at DFR, edge on U:

3 corner orientations
2 edge orientations

6

Both in slot:

3 corner orientations
2 edge orientations

6

 

[Divineskulls]

From my knowledge, F2L algs are always carried out with the corner in FRD or FRU. Well, Jessica Fridrich's are, anyway. So instead of 5 corner positions, its 2. That brings you down to 60... But I can't think of anything else at the moment. :/

EDIT: ninja'd

 

[Michael Womack]

any tips on making superglue super strong?

 

[cubernya]

Spoiler

Both on U:

3 corner orientations
2 edge orientations
4 edge positions relative to the corner

24

Corner on U, edge at FR:

3 corner orientations
2 edge orientations

6

Corner at DFR, edge on U:

3 corner orientations
2 edge orientations

6

Both in slot:

3 corner orientations
2 edge orientations

6

Oh wow, I never even thought of AUFs

Now to calculate the number of positions for 2, 3, and 4 slots

 

[Brest]

Oh wow, I never even thought of AUFs

Now to calculate the number of positions for 2, 3, and 4 slots

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?33524-F2L-possibilities

Well, I was basically also assuming you rotate the cube so that you are always solving the FR slot. But you could use y, y', or y2 to get the next slot you want to solve to FR. So I get 168 cases for the first slot, and all 168 of those still possible for the 2nd slot. (You can choose any slot for the corner and edge and still have a slot left over for the already-solved slot.) For the 3rd slot, there can only be one unsolved slot remaining besides the one being solved, so there are 36 cases of a corner and edge being in different wrong slots are now impossible, leaving 132 cases possible. The other thing I note is that you do not have any new cases for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th slots than what you had for the first slot. The 132 cases for the 3rd slot and 42 cases for the last slot are just subsets of the 168 cases you can have for the 1st slot.

I note that I am also assuming that we use algs that don't affect "extraneous slots." By an extraneous slot, I mean a slot that is not the one being solved, and does not contain a piece that is to be solved. If you wish to take full advantage of unsolved extraneous slots, you could come up with more cases by assigning extraneous slots to be either "free" or needing to be preserved.

 

[cubernya]

That's the thread that made me want to do this. I don't think itm's been calculated with reasoning before; correct me if I'm wrong

 

[thackernerd]

How do I make my own inserts for magic and make sure the back side is going to be correct?

 

[Michael Womack]

How do I make my own inserts for magic and make sure the back side is going to be correct?

[video]http://www.rubiks.com/world/download/8panel_black_magic.pdf[/video]

 

[SamKennedy]

How fast could a 60 move solve potentially be?