[Help Thread] what the hell is going on?

[finalbarrage]

ok so, a few years ago i learned to do the rubix cube, and i just picked one up again, but there seems to be something very wierd going on.

ive solved the cube 7 times in a row now, however, literally EVERY time i end up with this configuration in the end:
https://gyazo.com/43d12dd13ea0e38c68aff68a0470b333

every single brick end up in the correct place, but two of the edges are flipped. not location, just the rotation.

and i can not find a solution to flip these... so, i take those two bricks out of the cube, rotate them, and put them back together so that the cube is all correct, then i scramble the cube, and try to solve it again, but i end up with that wierd configuration again! i also tried NOT fixing the cube, but i still end up with that configuration. does anyone know whats going on?

 

[finalbarrage]

make that 9 times..

 

[finalbarrage]

10 times, this time i ended with this configuration https://gyazo.com/6226010645b9bf9d33f4469afb09650e

 

[aybuck37]

Try holding the "H" in front and do U2 M' U2 M' M2 D U R2 U' M' U R2 U' M D'.
Idk I'm not the best at3x3

 

[mDiPalma]

yeah i hate when that happens its probably a defective cube

when the two flipped pieces are opposite each other, hold the cube so it looks like an "H" and do this algorithm:
(M' U')4 (M U)4

when the flipped pieces are adjacent, hold the cube so they are in the front right and do this algorithm:
R B
(M' U')4 (M U)4
B' R'

 

[finalbarrage]

so i've just been extremely unlucky 9 times in a row? or am i setting myself up for it unintentionally? i only know a few moves. three moves in fact.

 

[Clarkekoko11]

I usually just take them off/twist the edges.

 

[finalbarrage]

thats what ive been doing half the times, but i seem to end up with that configuration every single time no matter what i do. 9 times in a row now.

 

[guysensei1]

M' U M' U M' U M' U2 M' U M' U M' U M' U M'


Also what kind of method are you using?

 

[WombatWarrior17]

Aren't these just normal OLL cases?

 

[cubing master]

F U R U' R' F' would solve the first one,
F R U R' U' F' would solve the second one. then you just solve the last layer like normal

 

[WombatWarrior17]

Or do M' U M U2 M' U M for the first, and R U R' U' M' U R U' r' for the second, then do PLL.

 

[finalbarrage]

can you guys do the animation like mdipalma did? i dont get the U M R 2 terms

 

[xyzzy]

Just leaving this here.

 

[DGCubes]

I'm not sure what method you use, but assuming you use a layer-by-layer method, at some point you have to orient and permute the edges, as well as the corners. It appears that you forgot to orient the edges each time. For most layer-by-layer methods, that's the first step once you get to the final layer.

To orient the edges:
If you have no edges oriented, do F R U R' U' F' to get 2 edges oriented.
If you have 2 edges oriented in an L shape, put the L in the back left and do F U R U' R' F' to get all edges oriented.
If you have 2 edges oriented in a line, hold the line horizontally and do F R U R' U' F' to get all edges oriented.

If you don't know notation, that's pretty crucial if you want to go further into cubing, so you can learn it here.

 

[Tabe]

If you're doing a method that solves corners first on last layer, ending up with the "K" is by far the most common outcome once the edges are in their correct place.

 

[finalbarrage]

https://gyazo.com/c7141228272fa1f789d42ba31e07530b
https://gyazo.com/b405151523c09adbd76cdcbbf0aee1c2
https://gyazo.com/f1c8274e908a03c214dbec0bbfad9665
https://gyazo.com/3f8c4220e5012095a16d85aaf0710cff

these are the only 4 moves i know.