DeeDubb
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So, I put together a series of videos over the weekend explaining how to solve a cube. It's targeted for complete beginners who can't solve the cube at all. The pace is very slow, but it's extremely thorough. The first video covers basic concepts (cube is made of pieces, centers don't change places, every piece is unique) and also notation. From there, it goes into a simplified form of Roux, where the DF edge is used to load the edge pieces onto the corner piece. This is, of course, not efficient, but neither is the beginner's method. Once they get through the first two blocks, I show how to use Niklas to permute the corners and Sune to orient the corners. From there it's L6E, which isn't terribly difficult. I also keep track of which moves are allowed and not allowed during each step.
Positives to using Roux as a beginner method:
No rotations, so beginner's shouldn't get lost.
Simplified block building concepts are easy to follow.
The only step where you could possibly mess up what you've already done is CMLL, and the two algorithms for that are very easy.
Negatives:
The one I could think of is that if they have a very poor cube, M slices may be difficult.
Anyway, I really need people to test out my video series, so if you are a complete beginner, or know a beginner, or you are an advanced user who just wants to "audit" my series, feel free to watch and give me any feedback.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB-y0XQiN0M&list=PLajHGvYF36nSsL1r_DqrpDY07TnJwqEpn
Part 1: Fundamentals and Notation
Part 2: Left Block
Part 3: Right Block
Part 4: Corner Permutation
Part 5: Corner Orientation
Part 6: Fixing Bad Edges
Part 7: Solving Left and Right Edges
Part 8: Last Four Edges
Positives to using Roux as a beginner method:
No rotations, so beginner's shouldn't get lost.
Simplified block building concepts are easy to follow.
The only step where you could possibly mess up what you've already done is CMLL, and the two algorithms for that are very easy.
Negatives:
The one I could think of is that if they have a very poor cube, M slices may be difficult.
Anyway, I really need people to test out my video series, so if you are a complete beginner, or know a beginner, or you are an advanced user who just wants to "audit" my series, feel free to watch and give me any feedback.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB-y0XQiN0M&list=PLajHGvYF36nSsL1r_DqrpDY07TnJwqEpn
Part 1: Fundamentals and Notation
Part 2: Left Block
Part 3: Right Block
Part 4: Corner Permutation
Part 5: Corner Orientation
Part 6: Fixing Bad Edges
Part 7: Solving Left and Right Edges
Part 8: Last Four Edges
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