The "Request an Alg" Thread

[EvanTheCuber]

Can You guys tell me how to do a U and a R' for OH? I use my left hand.

 

[Micah Morrison]

I'll try to explain it as best as I can without the use of video. To do a U, hold the cube white top and green front just for the example, and put the nail of your left index finger on the green sticker of the white-orange-green corner, then flick the U face to the left left. Alternatively, you can put the tip of your left index finger on the orange sticker of the white-orange-blue corner and push the U face left. To do an R', put the nail of your left pinky on the green sticker of the yellow-red-green corner and flick the R face downward. Hope this helps!

 

[brododragon]

Can You guys tell me how to do a U and a R' for OH? I use my left hand.

J Perm had a great vid.

 

[xyzzy]

I'm not normally on the asking end within this thread, but here goes:

I'm looking for 5x5x5 last two edges alg lists, by people who (i) are at least as fast as I am and/or (ii) have put a nontrivial amount of effort into looking for alternative L2E algs. I'm aware of CubeSkills' list and Kris de Asis's list. There's also this one random case on Kevin Hays's Tuesday Tips and @Logiqx's list.

Sarah Strong's list has bad algs. Cubing Cheat Sheet seems to use the same algs, so that's out too. I am not interested in alg lists that just copy from any of the four already-mentioned lists; show me something new.

(Pinging @Robert-Y since it seems like he'd be in the know.)

My end goal is to make my own list and be able to point to it as the definitive resource, but it's hard to do that without knowing what else is around.

 

[Robert-Y]

Hi, this might help you: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10kspcnFCLosXs_t8XLN3raawu3E0jXqg9WN4r5WBQYE/edit#gid=0

 

[ProStar]

Hi, this might help you: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10kspcnFCLosXs_t8XLN3raawu3E0jXqg9WN4r5WBQYE/edit#gid=0

Good old Rob Yau, swinging in with self-promotion of his method to save the day

 

[xyzzy]

Hi, this might help you: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10kspcnFCLosXs_t8XLN3raawu3E0jXqg9WN4r5WBQYE/edit#gid=0

Nice, thanks. (I'm actually primarily interested in L2E algs that don't need to preserve cross since I don't use Yau, but this does seem like a useful reference regardless.)

Do you happen to know of any other fast people with their own lists?

 

[Sub1Hour]

Do you happen to know of any other fast people with their own lists?

Cubeskills has some nice tutorials from faz, here is the link to the 5x5 section. https://www.cubeskills.com/categories/5x5

 

[xyzzy]

Cubeskills has some nice tutorials from faz, here is the link to the 5x5 section. https://www.cubeskills.com/categories/5x5

ahem

I'm looking for 5x5x5 last two edges alg lists […] I'm aware of CubeSkills' list […] show me something new.

 

[Sub1Hour]

ahem

Sorry, did not see that. I'm not aware of anyone that has their algs listed but I think that Ciaran might have his posted somewhere

 

[ProStar]

Algs for this case and this other other one? Both are a similar setup but when from that angle I always have to rotate

 

[xyzzy]

Algs for this case and this other other one? Both are a similar setup but when from that angle I always have to rotate

First case: r' U2 R2 U R2 U r
Second case: R2 f R f' U' R2

 

[Sub1Hour]

Algs for this case and this other other one? Both are a similar setup but when from that angle I always have to rotate

First case I use this if (U R U' R') U (R U R' U') (F R' F' R)
Second case I just rotate and do the inverse of the setup. Honestly I'm not sure if doing these rotationless is worth it though since its easy to 2 gen them with a rotation, especially if your rotations are fast

 

[brododragon]

Algs for this case

U F' U2 F U2 F' U F is my instinct but it's F move heave. Same with #2: U F' U' F U2 F' U F

 

[Sub1Hour]

First case I can sub 1 w/o rotations but the second one with a rotation takes me 1.06 to do it. Honestly as long as your execution is good you should be fine if you rotate

 

[ProStar]

First case: r' U2 R2 U R2 U r
Second case: R2 f R f' U' R2

First case I use this if (U R U' R') U (R U R' U') (F R' F' R)
Second case I just rotate and do the inverse of the setup. Honestly I'm not sure if doing these rotationless is worth it though since its easy to 2 gen them with a rotation, especially if your rotations are fast

U F' U2 F U2 F' U F is my instinct but it's F move heave. Same with #2: U F' U' F U2 F' U F

Thanks! I think I'll use Sub1Hour's idea of just rotating to do it 2-gen, I'm pretty fast with it already. I may switch to xyzzy's in the future though

 

[NevEr_QeyX]

Algs for this case and this other other one? Both are a similar setup but when from that angle I always have to rotate

It's honestly best to rotate unless it's last slot. In which case algs are the best.

 

[Brest]

Algs for this case and this other other one? Both are a similar setup but when from that angle I always have to rotate

2nd
U' r U' R' U R U r'

 

[coolite]

A lot of times, I finish OLL on 4x4 and after I do a PLL alg, I get this. Is there any way of doing that case without doing pll parity and then a u perm?

If not, is there a way to avoid this?

 

[ProStar]

Adjacent PLL parity can be solved like this: R U R' U' (PLL Parity) U' R U' R'

Basically sexy parity undo sexy