The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[uniacto]

Does a guhong v2 edge fit well into a guhong v1? Is there a noticeable change or anything?

 

[Michael Womack]

Does a guhong v2 edge fit well into a guhong v1? Is there a noticeable change or anything?

From what I've heard there there same besides the torpedos on the Guhong V2

 

[cubingawsumness]

Are there any things i can do (mod) to make my store bought better at cutting corners. Also,is there another method for improving lock ups too,thanks in advance!

Take it apart and sand any sharp edge you see. Lubing and breaking in helps a lot too.

 

[Isaac Paurus]

Does a guhong v2 edge fit well into a guhong v1? Is there a noticeable change or anything?

they're the same. i did that with the guhong v1 i had because it lost an edge... but you knew that...

 

[SenileGenXer]

Are there any things i can do (mod) to make my store bought better at cutting corners. Also,is there another method for improving lock ups too,thanks in advance!

I dont have a video but I have a picture.

Spoiler

to reverse corner cut you would need to round the inside (non core) edges of the corner pieces like the Dayan cubes do to their corner pieces.

 

[Crowned xerxes]

Can someone link me to a video on how to do the last 4 centers on a 4x4 with yau method? I realize it is intuitive, but a video would be good about tips for the last 4 centers.

 

[uniacto]

From what I've heard there there same besides the torpedos on the Guhong V2

Thank you!

they're the same. i did that with the guhong v1 i had because it lost an edge... but you knew that...

lol, yes, yes I did. Thanks xD

 

[JianhanC]

Is an average of 5 just the average time of any five consecutive results? Or must one do one average of 5, then start a separate average of five after that?

In other words, if one did ten solves in a row, would that give you two averages of five or would it give you five?

You'd have a current average of 5, best average of 5, and the average of however many solves you did. You can improve an average by getting better times, subsequently decreasing your average, this is called rollin'.

 

[brian724080]

Big Cubes

I've been getting consistent sub-30s with my 3*3, I really want to try something bigger, just to get more of a variety.

I've considered a 4*4, maybe a 5*5. But a 6*6 and up will look downright ridiculous in my relatively small hands.

I'm just wondering, what are the exact sizes for big cubes (preferably all the way from 4*4 to 7*7) and what are some popular methods to solve them?

 

[ottozing]

For methods

4x4 - Yau with 3-2-3 edge pairing
5x5>7x7 - Reduction with freeslice edge pairing

 

[JianhanC]

I've been getting consistent sub-30s with my 3*3, I really want to try something bigger, just to get more of a variety.

I've considered a 4*4, maybe a 5*5. But a 6*6 and up will look downright ridiculous in my relatively small hands.

I'm just wondering, what are the exact sizes for big cubes (preferably all the way from 4*4 to 7*7) and what are some popular methods to solve them?

There are 8x8 and 9x9 cubes too, but I don't think you'll like them if you think the 6x6 is big Anyway yeah, reduction can be really fun. Build centers the normal way, and you can learn to pair edges horizontally (across E slice) or vertically (M slice). Experiment, adapt, get faster, learn tips and tricks and have fun.

 

[tengurocks]

how is the turning of a diansheng 5x5?

 

[JianhanC]

how is the turning of a diansheng 5x5?

The turning is really weird, it can be tighter than a Rubik's but after 2 solves it's so loose it starts popping. And it looks like there aren't any springs in them. It is pretty smooth though, around the same as a Shengshou.

 

[SenileGenXer]

....I've considered a 4*4, maybe a 5*5. But a 6*6 and up will look downright ridiculous in my relatively small hands.

I'm just wondering, what are the exact sizes for big cubes (preferably all the way from 4*4 to 7*7)...

standard 3x3 = 57mm
4x4= 62mm
5x5= 63mm
6x6= 66mm
7x7= 76mm

These are for the Shengshou series. I think they are smaller than the v=cubes.

 

[kunparekh18]

Been stuck at 35s for almost 2 weeks now. Question: Is sub-30 possible without full PLL?

Splits:

C: 4-5s white on bottom
F: 15-20s intuitive
O: 3-5s 2Look, I can share my algs if you want
P: 7-10s 2 Look

 

[uniacto]

Been stuck at 35s for almost 2 weeks now. Question: Is sub-30 possible without full PLL?

Splits:

C: 4-5s white on bottom
F: 15-20s intuitive
O: 3-5s 2Look, I can share my algs if you want
P: 7-10s 2 Look

I'm sub 20 without Full PLL

 

[kunparekh18]

I'm sub 20 without Full PLL

Oh! Could you share how you achieved sub-30?

 

[ben1996123]

Oh! Could you share how you achieved sub-30?

practise

 

[kunparekh18]

practise

What to practise and how to practise?

 

[Ickathu]

Practice F2L mostly.

Splits:

C: 4-5s white on bottom
F: 15-20s intuitive
O: 3-5s 2Look, I can share my algs if you want
P: 7-10s 2 Look

Get your cross sub3 on average. Possibly switch to CN or at least to W/Y cn. Get your F2L times under 15 seconds for the pairs, under 20 consistently for the Full F2L (incl. cross). Your OLL seems good. Practice PLL recognition, you want to be able to do each of your PLLs in under 3 seconds, so at the longest your PLL will take 6 seconds. Also, start to look ahead during your PLL so when you do your first alg (Corner permutation, I presume) you can start to predict what your EPLL is going to be so you don't have to spend time recognizing it.
Oh, and make sure you can at least predict what your EO is going to be on your last F2L pair. Remember, if you insert the pair using only R and U (or <LU> or whatever) the EO isn't going to change. Maybe learn some different inserts (RUR'U' or FR'F'R or other insertions) to influence how the EO is going to change.