I have a livejournal here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/snickersnee Once I have some money, I'm going to buy me a domain name and put a personal one on it....
With the following times I have acheived my first 2 sub-minute average :) (52.06), 57.94, 1.01.46, 1.04.97, 58.66, 59.54, 55.52, (1.13.92), 56.4, 1.00.97,...
wow, im trying to learn dan knights 3 look LL..the 2 orient stages arent bad.. but the PLL (using fridrichs) is something i have no idea how ill ever learn..i...
The permutations are tough at first, but you start to develop easy ways to recognize the cases. I'll see if I can help you out though. Out of the 21 ...
great, thanks..thats is something i was looking for that should help me out alot anyone else have little tricks like that? ... five categories here. When you...
I'm pretty sure a lot of people do this but I look for patterns on the sides of the upper layer (the LL) instead of looking for how to move the pieces around. ...
The way I recognize the PLL case is to study the "band" around the U layer. This will be the only unsolved part of the cube. What I do then is to take notice...
Does anyone know of any good LL edge algs for the 4x4. I'm learing Makimoto's column method from his site. I'm already using his 3x3 method so the LL corners...
Hi Wayne! U can cycle any 3 edges on last layer quite easily. Use a basic 3- cycle with some setup moves. Here is one example: r2-lD2l'-U-ld2l'-U'-r2 Another...
Hello all speedcubists ! I am a French boy, and I would like to know if somebody knew why 22 is the minimum number of movement to solve the cube? -- ZogStriP ...
Hey! That number is rather a minmax than a minimum. It is believe that some worst case positions do require at least 22 moves. But as far as i know Kociemba's...
Are we talking about single edge cubies or about edge pairs? It would help if you could describe a little better what you'd like, e.g. "I'd like to swap...
... If you count inner slice turns as two turns, you lose 16-14 against this one: (Ll) U2 - (F L F') l2 (F L' F') l2 - U2 (Ll)' ... (Bb)' D - (D' R2 D) l2 (D'...
You can of course know all PLL by just seeing two faces. First notice the corners, are they all the same, all opposite, or a mix? This helps you narrow the...
Hi Stefan, I get a 'page cannot be found error' when I go to http://hlavolamy.gumruch.cz/europe.php :( If I'm ever in Prague, I shall email you for the details...
thanks for all the tips on recognizing which case i am presented with. i had one more question..how do you guys go about memorizing all the algs needed.. so...
Hey! Optimal algs were not the issue here. The thing is that u can make my kind of edge 3-cycles on the fly. Ur alg u would have to just memorise anyway. Only...
The secret in memorizing algorithms is in 'chunking'. <snip> http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110291/tricks/mnemonics/grouping.php Chunking Look at the...
hey guys! i finally broke the 60 second barrior.. just got a 48 second non lucky solve, my first sub minute. it was on tape too..after watching the tape i...
practice you'll get better definiately. Keep trying and your time will decrease really fast. I was at 46's once and a week later i broke 30 sec. :D ... ...
Try and look for your next corner/edge pair while doing the current one. You may think you're doing this but you're really following the pair you're currently...
Be able to identify and execute your F2L algorithms without thinking. That way your fingers are working while you are looking for your next pair. Something...
... on ... Congratulations with your new record...! On thing I would personally advise to a person averaging around a minute or maybe 40 seconds, is to solve...
Strange... I clicked on it again (the link you wrote) and got the correct page. Please try again. The Square-1's I use (actually the Cube21 type) both had some...
Hey, I claim you can make up my kind of edge 3-cycles on the fly, too ... far I only really use your way, but I'm gonna try the inner-slice algs as well. And...
... There's quite a lot of variation, even judging from a small sample of 4 Square-1s. All improved by lubrication after cleaning (only one appeared to have...
