The Cubing Thread

Robocopter87 · Post Post #50 (ISO) » Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:13 am

In post 90, Junpei wrote:Could you put all the links to these guides in the OP?

Also have you gotten anywhere on the 4d puzzle yet robo? I haven't spent time on it yet.

Yeah sure I can do that. Question: Do you know how to solve 3x3? I'm unclear of what you actually know.

No I haven't gotten anywhere because I haven't spent anytime on it yet. I might never get around to it, but if I'm super bored and I remember I'll go through it.

Junpei · Post Post #51 (ISO) » Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:28 am

Yeah I have. But nothing else.

DTMaster · Post Post #52 (ISO) » Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:22 am

Oh man this is ultra sexy for the guides.

Robocopter87 · Post Post #53 (ISO) » Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:27 am

Yeah after 3x3 is done, I'll move on to 4x4 and 5x5. Probably Pyraminx and 2x2 as well.

DTMaster · Post Post #54 (ISO) » Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:29 am

2x2 should be easier. In principle it's all corners anyways.

Robocopter87 · Post Post #55 (ISO) » Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:34 am

Did some timed solves with my 5x5 to see how fast I go. Set a current record of 4:21.31. I'll continue to work on improving it.

Also, the timer I use is here,

http://mzrg.com/qqtimer/

It has all the different puzzles and it shows proper cube averages. It is pretty frikkin sweet.

EDIT: Also I solved the cube I used in the cross demonstration. Link

Ythan · Post Post #56 (ISO) » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:46 pm

I learned enough to solve it. Haven't explored past learning Petrus.

Isa · Post Post #57 (ISO) » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:53 pm

Shoutout to the mods for cleaning up this

I can't solve the cube, but I have a friend who was part of "Rubik's Crew" at her school. She loves the cube, so I bought her a Gigaminx from some odd company. It wasn't cheap and it broke before she could use it, so it's just decorative now.

noraaa · Post Post #58 (ISO) » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:32 pm

Yeah, thread looks way better.

So I scrambled up a cube. Then I got the white side (that dude said people start with white so why not) mostly faced but the edges are not with the right side and I don't know how to eghkldjasfklas I'll worry about it tomorrow.

Robocopter87 · Post Post #59 (ISO) » Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:45 pm

F2L is pretty ridiculously large to explain. (Which makes sense because it is the biggest part of the solve.)

So I can't finish it tonight. It'll be up soon though. I'm not even aware if anybody in this thread is actually following it.

noraaa wrote:Yeah, thread looks way better.

So I scrambled up a cube. Then I got the white side (that dude said people start with white so why not) mostly faced but the edges are not with the right side and I don't know how to eghkldjasfklas I'll worry about it tomorrow.

He said the majority of people choose white, not that you should. I can't emphasize enough the importance of not wrapping yourself in specific colors.

Also, if you ever have a problem you can't explain. just post a picture of it or visualize it somehow and somebody will help you.

UberNinja · Post Post #60 (ISO) » Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:42 am

I can do a Teraminx in 60 seconds with my eyes closed btw

Bow before me

VisMaior · Post Post #61 (ISO) » Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:16 am

In post 58, noraaa wrote:So I scrambled up a cube. Then I got the white side (that dude said people start with white so why not) mostly faced but the edges are not with the right side and I don't know how to eghkldjasfklas I'll worry about it tomorrow.

Youre still thinking in facelets. Try thinking in cubules. If a white face is "corerct" but the other face if the same cubule is not, then the white face is actually incorrect too. It has to be switched with come other cubule later, so it is just as bad as if it was blue instead of white.

However, if you have all white edges correct, you can use the "allaround" method I described earlyer to fix the positions.

VisMaior · Post Post #62 (ISO) » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:57 am

Any luck?

Robocopter87 · Post Post #63 (ISO) » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:58 am

Was going to work on the F2L guide and I will get around to it. But I don't think anybody is following it, so it doesn't really affect anyone by it being late.

UberNinja · Post Post #64 (ISO) » Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:40 am

I'd read it.

themountainclimber · Post Post #65 (ISO) » Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:49 am

I can cube, albeit not very fast...my fastest time has been 1:31. I only have a Rubik's (lubricated) for now.

I tried to learn how to do it blindfolded a few years back...I should try again...

Scigatt · Post Post #66 (ISO) » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:07 am

I used to cube quite a bit a while back. One of things you should learn as a beginner is how to properly cheat at solving the cube(none of that peeling stickers b.s.). You then get a concrete sense of how the cube works and learn such things as why you must think in terms of cubelets, not facelets, and why face centres are important.

See first part of this video. Note that if you do this, you should actually make sure the cube is in the solved state when you are done.

Robocopter87 · Post Post #67 (ISO) » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:19 am

I was working on some Blindfolded Solves yesterday.

However I'm creating my own method of memorization. It'll probably be through the use of letters and numbers.

The actual solve is done via Pochmann.

Wafflecopter · Post Post #68 (ISO) » Sun Jul 29, 2012 1:47 pm

I've cubed for a few years now.

I generally use a 4 look-last-layer, haven't bothered with OLL/PLL/Petrus due to time constraints. Gotten my best time down to sub-40, but thats about the limit with my methods.

I can do a 5x5 unless I get parity on the inside edges. I still have algorithms for those 2 cases. Ugh.

Psyche · Post Post #69 (ISO) » Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:10 pm

My dad stepped on my only Rubix Cube. It was worth seeing how those things are built such that squares can be moved so flexibly.

I can solve a 3x3, but not particularly quickly at all..

Robocopter87 · Post Post #70 (ISO) » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:15 am

In post 68, Wafflecopter wrote:I've cubed for a few years now.

I generally use a 4 look-last-layer, haven't bothered with OLL/PLL/Petrus due to time constraints. Gotten my best time down to sub-40, but thats about the limit with my methods.

I can do a 5x5 unless I get parity on the inside edges. I still have algorithms for those 2 cases. Ugh.

I don't believe that is close to the limit for that method.

I've gotten 25 second Dan Brown method solves.

The way i solve my inner edges for the 5x5 allows me to only ever get the parity like this

O --- X
X --- O
X --- O

It is slightly slower but it allows me to only have to know one new alg to solve the 5x5.

Robocopter87 · Post Post #71 (ISO) » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:23 am

Also I made a Memo method for the 3x3.

Working in a clockwise motion around each face for the corners and counterclockwise for the edges.

It starts at the U-Face, then F, R, B, L, D

Keeping the same patterns for each face.

Edge memos are letters and corners are numbers.

The edge memos are easier if memorized in groups of 3/4 depending on whether they make a word or acronym.
The corners are pretty simple because there aren't a lot of them.

Scigatt · Post Post #72 (ISO) » Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:21 pm

In post 69, Psyche wrote:My dad stepped on my only Rubix Cube. It was worth seeing how those things are built such that squares can be moved so flexibly.

I can solve a 3x3, but not particularly quickly at all..

That's why I suggest you learn how to properly cheat at the cube. It's definitely worth it, especially if you become serious about it.

@Everyone:What is you dominant cubing hand(the hand you make the most turns with)? If you OH, what hand do you use?

I'm normally right-handed, but when I started learning the cube my left hand ended up making most of the turns. This was fortuitous when it came to OH as I didn't have to choose between using my stronger hand and using familiar algs, so I used my right hand.

@Robocopter87: Any advice on switching over to colour-neutrality from having a preferred colour?

Robocopter87 · Post Post #73 (ISO) » Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:05 am

In post 72, Scigatt wrote:
In post 69, Psyche wrote:My dad stepped on my only Rubix Cube. It was worth seeing how those things are built such that squares can be moved so flexibly.

I can solve a 3x3, but not particularly quickly at all..
That's why I suggest you learn how to properly cheat at the cube. It's definitely worth it, especially if you become serious about it.

@Everyone:What is you dominant cubing hand(the hand you make the most turns with)? If you OH, what hand do you use?

I'm normally right-handed, but when I started learning the cube my left hand ended up making most of the turns. This was fortuitous when it came to OH as I didn't have to choose between using my stronger hand and using familiar algs, so I used my right hand.

@Robocopter87: Any advice on switching over to colour-neutrality from having a preferred colour?

I am right handed for 2H and left handed for OH. I feel I have a very more precise and accurate and a lot more control over my left hand when I OH.

Depends on how far you are in to the preferred color. The best way to be color neutral is to start neutral. However, really if you wanna switch then your best bet is just to go cold turkey and switch. You'll have slower times at first but it pays off.

Robocopter87 · Post Post #74 (ISO) » Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:06 pm

In post 10, DeathRowKitty wrote:Can you write me a tutorial for this? I downloaded it 2 years ago, then remembered I'm terrible with spatial visualization and promptly gave up on figuring out how the damn thing turned.

I've looked into this (finally) and realized that solving this thing is out of my reach.

Figuring it out would be a smashing success for me. Doing it twice would be a miracle. Teaching others how to solve it would be unspeakable.

Could I solve it? yes, I believe I could given enough time and effort. Do I want to? Yes and no. yes it would be cool, no it would be way too much time.

So all in all, I forfeit.