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[Matt11111]

HTPRI: Hey, The Pattern Really Is!

I'unno. I'm not good at acronyms. And I mean some algorithms could just be thought of as a pattern of moves. Is.... Is that acronym grammatically correct?

Oh well, I tried.

 

[RennuR]

Oh gosh @Matt11111 Just got a new spam thread game idea!

 

[Matt11111]

Oh gosh @Matt11111 Just got a new spam thread game idea!

Nah, we already have a thread about acronyms.

But that did cross my mind as I was making that post. And I'm not going to make a thread called "Make an acronym out of the previous poster's gibberish letters."

 

[wallstreet777]

Not sure if it's the "right" way to teach F2L but we've been following Rido's hunting story. He's got the "eagle" down really well. Today was the first day he completed the 2 layers by himself. Now he can consistently complete, not bad!

Going to start on alligator and tiger next.

Hopefully I'm taking him in the right direction.


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[Tycubing]

HTPRI: Hey, The Pattern Really Is!

I'unno. I'm not good at acronyms. And I mean some algorithms could just be thought of as a pattern of moves. Is.... Is that acronym grammatically correct?

Oh well, I tried.

Then why did you make that thread?

 

[wallstreet777]

"I need to finish these before I go to bed"

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[wir3sandfir3s]

"I need to finish these before I go to bed"

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lol that's me all the way. Except my squan because I'm too lazy to learn how to solve it

 

[Dom]

That's why I've spent the time learning how to solve something I never thought I would!

That's awesome that you're learning along with him! That badmephisto.com site has some awesome printouts you can take to work or give your son to work on and take notes on.

 

[pglewis]

Not sure if it's the "right" way to teach F2L but we've been following Rido's hunting story. He's got the "eagle" down really well. Today was the first day he completed the 2 layers by himself. Now he can consistently complete, not bad!

Going to start on alligator and tiger next.

Hopefully I'm taking him in the right direction.

Learning intuitively like that will give a good feel for how things move around. That skill will carry over if he takes an interest in another method and if he continues on with more advanced CFOP it just naturally builds from there.

A tiny bit of edge orientation can go a long way. Edges are said to be "oriented" if the top color on an edge in the U layer matches or is opposite the color of the front face. So blue edge/blue front or blue edge/green front would be oriented, and blue/orange would not. You can't change an edge's orientation with R/L/U/D moves only, changing the orientation requires either a 90 degree F or B face turn or a 90 degree cube rotation. So, oriented edges can be inserted with easy U/R or U/L moves. An immediate concrete use: if you see the edge for the "eagle" case is not oriented you can do a quick cube rotation (this is one of those judicious ones) and know you're now oriented for a quick insert, just with a glance at the top of the edge and the front color without a lot of thinking. The same will apply for aligning and inserting the other cases. (Other methods like ZZ make smart use of how edge orientation works, it's a fundamental property of the puzzle and not specific to any method)

One other easy useful tip: putting your solved slots in the back means less hunting for your unsolved pairs.

 

[RennuR]

Dang nice profile pic wallstreet777! I love this interest in him! You even got him lots of cubes! Haha. Whats the top middle, and top right cube in that picture? GTS Somewhere?

 

[Matt11111]

Then why did you make that thread?

(Shrugs)

 

[wallstreet777]

Dang nice profile pic wallstreet777! I love this interest in him! You even got him lots of cubes! Haha. Whats the top middle, and top right cube in that picture? GTS Somewhere?

Yes, I keep buying them, my wife thinks I'm a bit crazy [emoji3]

These are the top middle and top right Cubes

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[RennuR]

Yes, I keep buying them, my wife thinks I'm a bit crazy [emoji3]

These are the top middle and top right Cubes

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Ah gotchya, you know what COULD be cool, instead of buying him lots and lots of Weilong GTS's, you could get him a mini speedcubing mat+timer! Crap its out of stock, its called the GX Edge, or just any speedcubing mat +timer in general could be quite cool!

 

[wallstreet777]

Ah gotchya, you know what COULD be cool, instead of buying him lots and lots of Weilong GTS's, you could get him a mini speedcubing mat+timer! Crap its out of stock, its called the GX Edge, or just any speedcubing mat +timer in general could be quite cool!

Great idea. Was actually looking at those yesterday. It's on my list for sure. Using the iPad now but mat & timer makes more sense.


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[RennuR]

One other question, do you lubricate your cubes? If not I DEFINETLY suggest checking out some of thecubicle.us's premium cube lines. They professionaly set up the cube with tensionsing and perfect combinations of Lube, as well as a custom sticker set to perfectly adjust the puzzle, its amazing how good the cubes feel. Because your son has smaller hands, and might not be able to turn the cube as fast right now, as he is still "slow solving", I may reccomend something like a Yuexiao or Tanglong. However if you like the Weilong GTS, you will definetly not be dissapointed by the Cubicle Premium Weilong GTS

 

[Loiloiloi]

It's really easy to just buy Traxxas 50k and Maru Lube and look up a tutorial on YouTube. You could get both for under 10 dollars and lube all your cubes well with them.

 

[RennuR]

Hey @wallstreet777 hows he doing? Havent been updated in a while!

 

[Aaron Lau]

One other question, do you lubricate your cubes? If not I DEFINETLY suggest checking out some of thecubicle.us's premium cube lines. They professionaly set up the cube with tensionsing and perfect combinations of Lube, as well as a custom sticker set to perfectly adjust the puzzle, its amazing how good the cubes feel. Because your son has smaller hands, and might not be able to turn the cube as fast right now, as he is still "slow solving", I may reccomend something like a Yuexiao or Tanglong. However if you like the Weilong GTS, you will definetly not be dissapointed by the Cubicle Premium Weilong GTS

Not tryna be negative or anything but i dont think he really needs a cubicle premium cube as he is still just learning.They're quite expensive and as Loiloiloi said, you can do it yourself for a much cheaper price and if he needs a set up cube i dont think having a premium cube will make that much of a difference from a self set up one as he is still a beginner. Also i think he'll have a fun time setting it up himself.

 

[RennuR]

Not tryna be negative or anything but i dont think he really needs a cubicle premium cube as he is still just learning.They're quite expensive and as Loiloiloi said, you can do it yourself for a much cheaper price and if he needs a set up cube i dont think having a premium cube will make that much of a difference from a self set up one as he is still a beginner. Also i think he'll have a fun time setting it up himself.

That's a good point!