Want to get Faster at Square-1

[Deleted member 4527]

So basically just keep practicing?
Mostly cube shape and EP?

I'm going to learn o perm and opposite parity.

yeah those two are the hardest parts. watch MTGJumper's video on O perm. I don't think opp parity is that necessary but I did hear that H + opp is really easy to execute so you might want to learn that.

 

[MTGjumper]

Yeah, H-opp and opp-H are really good. W-U and U-W go to adj-adj with them, and you can get rid of ugly H-parity cases with them.

Also, fast O perm and example solves

 

[vcuber13]

Yeah, H-opp and opp-H are really good. W-U and U-W go to adj-adj with them, and you can get rid of ugly H-parity cases with them.

Also, fast O perm and example solves

Ya I watched those already.
I may learn those.

 

[DavidWoner]

I always used to use adj-adj twice, because I'm quicker at it than opp-opp =/

Same. You can also do double J twice.

 

[Dene]

I use opp/opp because you can control middle slice.

 

[Deleted member 4527]

MTGJumper, how can I improve my cube shape? I average around 3 I think but I only do optimal for about half the time.

 

[MTGjumper]

I'm actually worse at controlling middle slice when doing "m slice" algs on square-1. I can easily cancel adj-adj though.

Neo: practice. Also, there's a list of optimal cubeshape algs. I checked mine against that, and I was doing all but one optimally Also, learn to do the same cube-shape in multiple ways, dependent on the initial rotation of the top and bottom layers.

 

[Deleted member 4527]

wow that is intense. Yeah I remember the site. I'll go do that then.

 

[vcuber13]

wow that is intense. Yeah I remember the site. I'll go do that then.

I'd like to know the site. I have learned the o perm, should I learn the other o perm (cw)? Also do you think I should learn the W perms?

 

[Deleted member 4527]

http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~mfung/speedcubing/algs/square-1/

there you go.

O perm is quite useful but I used to always use adj parity so I can sub-4 on that. (lol most usage of the word use? )

W perm, not really. I suggest you learn all the U perm and adj combinations (there are four). They make parity cases much nicer.

 

[vcuber13]

http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~mfung/speedcubing/algs/square-1/

W perm, not really. I suggest you learn all the U perm and adj combinations (there are four). They make parity cases much nicer.

so like u perm on top and parity on bottom?

 

[Deleted member 4527]

http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~mfung/speedcubing/algs/square-1/

W perm, not really. I suggest you learn all the U perm and adj combinations (there are four). They make parity cases much nicer.

so like u perm on top and parity on bottom?

U perm (cw and ccw) on top and adj on bottom
and
adj on top and U perm (cw and ccw) on bottom.

learn the u perm on top ones first

 

[Truncator]

wow that is intense. Yeah I remember the site. I'll go do that then.

I'd like to know the site. I have learned the o perm, should I learn the other o perm (cw)? Also do you think I should learn the W perms?

I used this.

 

[Deleted member 4527]

wow that is a really good site. Thanks

 

[MTGjumper]

What algs are you using for U-adj combinations?

 

[vcuber13]

What algs are you using for U-adj combinations?

if your asking me I don't know them yet

 

[MTGjumper]

I was asking Neo. More specifically, his algs for adj-u, rather than u-adj.

 

[vcuber13]

I was asking Neo. More specifically, his algs for adj-u, rather than u-adj.

what ones do you use because i think im gonna learn them

 

[MTGjumper]

I don't use any yet. I just do O perm into U-U or adj-adj.

 

[DavidWoner]

I don't use any yet. I just do O perm into U-U or adj-adj.

Same. I still don't know which direction which alg goes, but I know which cases it solves