The One-Answer Question Thread [closed]

[MadFurai]

How to practice/improve color recognition (for F2L pairs)

I'm slowly improving in almost every area of the solve, except for color recognition - especially during the F2L stage. Other than practicing timed/untimed solves, are there any other tips/tricks/methods I can use to hone this particular "skill? " Thanks.

 

[mark49152]

What do you mean by color recognition? Can you be more specific?

 

[Arkwell]

Feliks M turns on PLLs?

Guys, this might be a dumb question but I was just looking at Feliks Z's PLLs and on his H perm and Z perm he seems to be doing the M's backwards. IE....

H-Perm: M2 U M2 U2 M2 U M2
Feliks does it: H-Perm: M2' U M2' U2 M2' U M2'

Z-Perm: M2 U M2 U M' U2 M2 U2 M'
Feliks does it: M2' U M2' U M' U2 M2' U2 M'

Did he just forget to say M' or M2'?

I'm a noob so I'm guessing it doesn't make a difference(They both get you the same result but M's seem easier.)

 

[jayefbe]

How to practice/improve color recognition (for F2L pairs)

I think he's referring to look ahead.

If there was a simple and fast way to get good look ahead, then everyone would be sub-15. It's difficult, and it takes a lot of time. First, it's important to know your F2L cases so well you can do them automatically without even thinking about them. If you need to follow your current F2L cubies in order to pair and insert them, then you're not able to scan the cube for your next pair. For me, the best way of training was blind F2L solving. I open my eyes, spot a corner-edge pair, close my eyes, pair and insert. Then repeat until F2L is complete. If that can't be done accurately and comfortably, then more time needs to spent working on your F2L cases. Slow solves at a steady pace are also helpful for working on look ahead. My opinions on look ahead have been largely influenced by cyoubx, and I found his video on the topic very informative. I tried to work on look ahead since I started cubing, but it was only after F2L became automatic that I made any real progress at all. It was only recently that I could say I used look ahead consistently in my solves. It takes a lot of time and practice. I wish there was a shortcut to good look ahead.

 

[jayefbe]

The One Answer Question Thread

Guys, this might be a dumb question but I was just looking at Feliks Z's PLLs and on his H perm and Z perm he seems to be doing the M's backwards. IE....

H-Perm: M2 U M2 U2 M2 U M2
Feliks does it: H-Perm: M2' U M2' U2 M2' U M2'

Z-Perm: M2 U M2 U M' U2 M2 U2 M'
Feliks does it: M2' U M2' U M' U2 M2' U2 M'

Did he just forget to say M' or M2'?

I'm a noob so I'm guessing it doesn't make a difference(They both get you the same result but M's seem easier.)

I'm sure he didn't say M' because it doesn't really matter. M2, M2', the only difference is how you execute it.

I'm not sure how you're doing M2 and M2', but I find the pinky-ring (or ring-middle) M2' double flick is much easier/faster than M2. Those algs can become very very fast once you get that finger trick down.

 

[dbax0999]

Whew. First post in a long time. Starting to practice for World's, anyone know of a guide to solving Rubik's clock with no flip? I know it's pretty simple but I'm bad at visualizing it.

 

[Arkwell]

I'm sure he didn't say M' because it doesn't really matter. M2, M2', the only difference is how you execute it.

I'm not sure how you're doing M2 and M2', but I find the pinky-ring (or ring-middle) M2' double flick is much easier/faster than M2. Those algs can become very very fast once you get that finger trick down.

For M2 I use 'index' & 'middle'(I'm pretty fast with that)

For M2' I was using 'pinky' & 'ring' but I recently changed to 'ring' & 'middle since I noticed some really fast cubers(Including Feliks) use 'ring' 'middle' and at least right now it's faster for me.

Thx

 

[TiLiMayor]

Been out of the forum for a long time so I must ask, is there a group travel / room sharing for worlds thread?

 

[YddEd]

How do you guys do M2'? I know people have said how they do it above.

 

[cubingawsumness]

How do you guys do M2'? I know people have said how they do it above.

either ring-middle with one hand or double ring finger (right then left).
It usually depends on what I'm going to do after doing the M2. For example, for the H-perm, I do double right finger so my right hand can be ready to do U right after.

 

[JasonK]

How do you guys do M2'? I know people have said how they do it above.

Right pinky, left ring.

 

[ottozing]

How do you guys do M2'? I know people have said how they do it above.

L l' M' using left ring for M'.

 

[Smiles]

How do you guys do M2'? I know people have said how they do it above.

ring+middle finger.
i do U and U' with the same finger btw.

 

[speedcuber50]

What is mean by "clicky"?

Hi!

Firstly, I'm not asking what cube to buy, but rather asking for information about a sepcific cube, so don't say "it doesn't matter you should rather get this cube anyway".

I'm asking about the Dayan Zhanchi, which is usually described as having a "clicky" feeling. All I want to know is does this mean that it feels loose (like it's going to fall apart), or does it mean that it's got more "bite" or "snap" in its turn? If the former, then does adjusting the cube's tension affect this at all?

Thanks,

speedcuber50

 

[MWilson]

Everyone perceives things differently, but to me clicky is the feeling caused by little bumps while turning. It doesn't mean that the cube feels loose, just that it isn't buttery smooth while turning. That also does not mean it locks or has high friction, just that it has a little bump in the turns. In the case of the Zhanchi, you can remove that feeling with the 48 point edge mod. The Zhanchi is very clicky out of the box, but after lubing, tensioning, and breaking it, I find it to be much less so. I no longer do the 48 point edge mod, and after a few thousand solves the clickiness has reduced to where I like it.

Also it may not seem like it matters, but I'm talking about the 55mm Zhanchi. The 55mm really does feel very different to the 57mm for some reason.

 

[Michael Womack]

Been out of the forum for a long time so I must ask, is there a group travel / room sharing for worlds thread?

here you go http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?37085-World-Championships-2013-Las-Vegas

 

[Renslay]

Is there a list of 2GLL algorithms? I know that 2GLL is a subset of ZBLL, and there is at least one ZBLL list, but I'm lazy to search them out. I don't want to learn them, I need them only for experimenting.

 

[ben1996123]

How do you guys do M2'? I know people have said how they do it above.

right ring, right middle

 

[Lchu613]

I do left ring, left middle
That's just since I can't do U2 with my left hand

(I'm right-handed)

 

[aznanimedude]

Is there a list of 2GLL algorithms? I know that 2GLL is a subset of ZBLL, and there is at least one ZBLL list, but I'm lazy to search them out. I don't want to learn them, I need them only for experimenting.

http://boca.bee.pl/cat.php?l=en&cat=th&m=zz&ch=d