--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Soesbe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. wrote:
Out of curiousity, I decided to use a points system to determine
the Top Cuber and Top Puzzler at WC2005. I've been thinking
about
this as an extra category at competitions.
Hehe, good thing I
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, d_j_salvia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
in England a terrible cube that retails here for $1.00 went
for over $180.
Wow, that's the most extreme I've heard so far. Is the auction still
visible and do you have a link to it? If not, can you tell which
Ok ok... here's a statistic that works: average of best times of all
competitors in first 3x3 round. Not even counting the four USA DNFers
we get this result (country, competitors, average)
... France ... 3 .. 15.92
Spain ... 1 .. 16.90
United Kingdom ... 1 .. 17.63
.. Belgium
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One of the subjects was avoiding the orientation parity, as already
investigated by Chris Hardwick.
I really think there must be an easier way to check this parity,
than to count the cycles. Counting cycles takes
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, GameOfDeath2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know someone who wrote a paper on the effect of the shape of the
universe on the limits
of computation, but I don't recall the details too well. In
particular, certain shapes allow for
an infinite
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, David Barr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What is a grinding solve?
Grinding solve is a special instance of the more general term what
little brothers are good for.
Stefan
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Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Craig
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Craig Bouchard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm confused??? Just cuz I am not made for cubing, whats the
problem???
Craig
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Craig, with a message of about 21 pages
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, d_funny007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.. wrote:
Call your starting state A. Then what a program does is find an
optimal A^(-1). Say f(x) = x^(-1), but optimally so.
So now say we have a goal state B. Then f(B^(-1)*A) should do the
trick.
Thus I
For me, that's invisible :-(
I'm also from a country they don't support yet.
Anybody knows a proxy server in USA that I could try?
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Chris Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
That is insane...
-Chris
On 11/16/05, cmhardw [EMAIL
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Tyson Mao [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hey... don't blame the judge. If there was a dispute, you should
have
called over someone like me or Ron.
Ok ok, so let's blame Jon for not knowing the rules better than the
judge :-)
Cheers!
Stefan
In addition to three other running auctions I've just added one with a
speedcube:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6014299650
I wanted to add more today but I'm still in the process of preparing
them, so I'll probably add them Saturday.
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, cmhardw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hope someone likes them. The first one is definitely much faster
than
my current alg, and I think with practice I get get the second one
to
beat my current alg also.
What are your current algs for those?
How
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, cmhardw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
For my style though, that first new alg
is so much faster than my old one.
But man, it has an S-turn !!!
Don't you know that S stands for sin ???
Stefan
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--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gunnar Krig
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was looking at the WR history page and saw that the first WR for
Rubik's clock was set in India 1996!!! I was a little surprised so I
looked at the competition page but there were no Indian competition
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, cmhardw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I wish I had a camera and I could show you. I've gotten it in 1.5x
seconds several times though, so I mean it can be quite fast.
Hey, the other one is fast, too, I just did it 12 times in a row in
16.97 seconds,
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, pjgat09 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
At WC05 the judge warned me at 1 minute to go.
Even though I got a DNF (i messed up earlier in the
solve) it did help me speed up.
Hmm... quote from the rules:
While solving the puzzle, the competitor may not
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gilles Roux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That could be a new kind of competition. Give a scramble, let
competitors find a good solution (FMC style, but optimized for speed),
make them solve as fast as possible... mmhh... No.
Mmhh... no, this
I just did an uninspired slow F2L solve and came across something real
nice. Scramble with cross on bottom and L' U' R U R' L. Now this must
be the nicest special case to solve 2 pairs together...
Cheers!
Stefan
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Get
' U2 M ?
:-D
Chris
P.S. Actually all of these are nice algs ;-)
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just did an uninspired
Uh, one more comment about springs: their ends should be as flat as
possible, optimally like a ring without a start. You can buy springs
with ground ends from manufacturers but they don't do the best job, so
I grind further with a dremel clone (sandpaper also does the job but
is more work
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
http://www.cubewhiz.com/videos/burtonmastermagic255dnf.avi
Man, that hurts watching it. So close. I can see you flipped those
tiles and somehow they flipped back. But hey, stop it! Seriously, I
finally want to
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Joël van Noort
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hehe.. Another nice property: it's the only algorithm (not being an
identity-alg) that commutes with everything.
What about an alg that rotates all centers by the same amount? :-)
Cheers!
Stefan
Just one of the pictures I took last weekend, more will follow soon:
http://stefan-pochmann.de/foo/hungarian_guinness_book.jpg
Cheers!
Stefan
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--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just one of the pictures I took last weekend, more will follow soon:
http://stefan-pochmann.de/foo/hungarian_guinness_book.jpg
Hmm, I just noticed it's right next to one of Ashrita Furman's
records. You
No, that's insider sarcasm.
~ Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
That's terrible.
~ Bob
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gilles van den
Peereboom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
oh yes, you are right
I would really hate a super-flip scramble with stefan's method lol
(making it a 12 cycles solve :-((
Gilles.
If that ever happens (it won't - unless maybe Tyson scrambles
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, d_j_salvia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Everyone,
What is the definition of a generator?
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GroupGenerators.html
The 3x3 group for example can obviously be generated by the group of
six generators {U,D,L,R,F,B}.
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I had to. I need you to practice. If you don't beat me, I have to
reason to play with my Master Magic. :P
Yeah I know... how about you beat me at Megaminx? Haven't seriously
practiced that for a while for
Scramble with
R U' R' U R U2 R' U R U' R' L' U L R U' R' U
and find a short solution for F2L.
Cheers!
Stefan
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--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Tyson Mao [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
There are aspects of my life, in particular my interaction with
attractive women, that I may be more socially challenged with.
Why, do they learn different algorithms?
Uh, that's assuming you meant
me 16 :P
~ Bob
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Sapan Upadhyay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ergh.. i must be pretty bad at f2l... took me 18 or 20 (lost
count)
moves :(
On 11/26/05, Stefan Pochmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Scramble with
R U' R' U R U2 R' U R U' R
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Koen Heltzel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey all,
Today I finally got around to updating my website's video page.
I converted all my videos to Flash video, and added a nice Flash
player to the page. Among other new videos are official solves from
Yes, Per's 9 moves were what I had in mind. Chris Hardwick called it
slant pairing, that's why my hint. Understand it now?
Still working on your riddle now, Macky :-)
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, mackymakisumi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nice, Per. That's
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, Per's 9 moves were what I had in mind. Chris Hardwick called it
slant pairing, that's why my hint. Understand it now?
Oh, and I claim even though it's not really new in general, it might
still
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, thomkirjava
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But I do M and
M2 quite badly (r2R2, etc) I need some tips on this myself.
I like (L2 l2') better than (r2 R2') now, rotating a hand 180 degrees
towards me seems easier than away from me.
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Koen Heltzel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The alg is: R2 D' R U2 R' D R U2 R
I think you know F2 D' F U2 F' D F U2 F, that's the one on
speedcubing.com.
Hi Koen,
thanks, that's what I've thought. I actually came up with that alg
myself (it's just
@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Scramble with
R U' R' U R U2 R' U R U' R' L' U L R U' R' U
and find a short solution for F2L.
Cheers!
Stefan
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--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
My speedcube died. Anybody know when rubiks.com is expected to have
more DIY cubes in stock? It's killing me. :(
Seriously, I don't even want to cube with my piece of crap anymore.
What's the problem with
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kovacic81
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Similar to F2L, the F2B is the key to getting fast at the ROUX
method.
I think that a 12 sec avg is a reasonably attainable goal.
Hmm, there are people averaging like 9 seconds for full F2L, so 8
seconds
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gilles Roux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kovacic81
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Similar to F2L
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Try this alg for the L perm! :)
F R U R' U' S R U R' U' f' R U R' U' R U R' y L' U2 L2 F' L' F2 U2
F'
But... why?
Btw, you should switch to R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L for the mirror
case.
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kwickykanny
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.
wrote:
Try this alg for the L perm! :)
F R U R' U' S R U R' U' f' R U R' U' R U R' y L' U2 L2 F' L' F2 U2
F'
~ Bob
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Craig Bouchard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=39MLS1X8593NZ2WHCTPB61VWKP
The solve was a 1.36, and it ended like this...it looks COMPLETELY
messed up, and I have pictures, but it really isn't that bad...just
don't
Almost, I meant half naked magicing.
But you get 500 imaginary $$$ :-)
And I agree with Bob, magicing makes very sweaty...
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kwickykanny
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HAlf NAked MAgic?
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com,
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hey, aren't you embarrassed about your 2.20 seconds video on your
page? Compare to 1.26:
http://stefan-pochmann.de/foo/Jperm126.wmv
Yes. What algorithm are you using for that case? It looks like I
Two more:
sub-16.53 - 43 people
sub-22.95 - 131 people
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gunnar Krig
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just noticed that the world ranking list has been updated with the
results from the world championship. The times are so awesome when
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, d_j_salvia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can I play? Gee, R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L. Where have I seen
that
before?
http://games.groups.yahoo.
com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/message/2684
Hehe, same explanation Jasmine gave me when she showed
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, nascarjon2001
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Friends,
This is what I use:
x' (U2 r U r') U2' x (R D' R D R2)
Average just under 2 seconds.
Jon
Ok boys, let's get serious. I just did the J-perm 34 times in 1
minute. How about you
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok boys, let's get serious. I just did the J-perm 34 times in 1
minute. How about you guys? :-)
Oh, and while we're at it, try beating 35 T-perms or 32 R-perms. Man,
this is tiring...
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, d_j_salvia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can someone help me understand/develop this OLL, maybe similarly as
I
did with the J-perm above?
M U R U R' U' M2 U R
made that list reallylong if i wanted to. So
which glaring omission from the list did u spot? A reference to your
own site ? ;-) Commutators? The way to force urself to become
faster?
Cheers!
-Per
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Or with same F2L, try doing the OLL from the other side:
y' U L2 U R' F R B2
y2 R U' R' U2 R U' R'
U R' U R U R' U' R U2 R' U' R U
F' L' U' L U F
U2 R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gilles Roux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Scramble: F2 L2 B' U' D R2 L2 U2 D F R2 B R L' F' L' R' F D2 B L U
F2 B2 D2
(1*2*3 in 2 moves? incredible!)
What, it doesn't end there! Hey Gilles, try this F2B solve:
(l' R') U' r2 U' r' R' F U F r U'
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, cmhardw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
You know how sometimes someone posts a scramble from their 9-12
second
solve on speedcubing.com, or someone posts on their site try this
scramble, it's fast. Well what if you saved up 13 of them, and
took
an
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kovacic81
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Please send me CLL Algs!
There are some here:
http://www.speedcubing.com/corners_first_corners.html
(I guess the *-marked are most interesting for you, they don't destroy
F2L)
Cheers!
Stefan
Hmm, there seem to be several different websites for Tmpgenc, and at
least on one of them several different programs with that name (as
prefix). Where should I go and which program should I get?
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, David Barr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmm, there seem to be several different websites for Tmpgenc, and at
least on one of them several different programs with that name (as
prefix). Where should I go and which program should I get
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gilles Roux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Scramble: F2 L2 B' U' D R2 L2 U2 D F R2 B R L' F' L' R' F D2 B L
U
F2 B2 D2
(1*2*3 in 2 moves
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Mike Bennett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, if you finish with y R d (L'U'L) B' U'(L'U2 L) U M' U2 M'
U,
but continue with r R d' M' U2 M' d' R2 it's a little easier to
perform.
Thanks Mike for your examples, watching Gilles go fewest moves
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gilles Roux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With this start, I didn't find a *very* short solution, but look at
this one:
[F2B] xRrU'r2U2M'Ur2
[CMLL] y'U2RU'R'yL'U'R
[6E4C] U2MUz2U2M'U2M'
22 moves, my best (Speed-)FMC. Sub-5s ?
Alright, how
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Have you tried FrameShots? It's really good, you can play at 40 fps.
..(each frame as 0.025 seconds)
http://www.frame-shots.com/
Indicated to me by Joël
Thanks, Joël
Pedro
Hmm, how do you
] escreveu:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
You can't have just 1 or 3 or 5 or 7 corners correctly
(or incorrectly) oriented.
Are you sune
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Oh, and there's one more thing:
A while ago, Stefan posted something to people who use cycle
method for BLD. You can manipulate the centers to have a better CO.
Little correction: that was intended for *any*
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, cmhardw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I just think it would be cool to lock up a cabinet or locker or
something with a scrambled cube.
Maybe maybe that might work in the peaceful hidden area of the math
department, but in the real world you'd need at
!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gilles Roux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
but watching a more realistic speedsolve is also nice.
Ok, a much more realistic example of speedcubing
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Yeah, I know your method is a cycle method...but, you didn't answer
my question...With that thing, you can take a non-lucky case and make
it be a lucky case. And is that considered lucky?
Main reason why I didn't
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Well, doing an average of BLD solves is not so easy...
but, what do you think? should I post that record?
The one where six corners were correctly oriented, right? Depends on
your method, I'd say. If for example
I've found and posted some algs I found myself (mostly with help of
ACube) in the past and every time somebody asked for one I had to
recreate it slowly. So finally I now created a page to collect them at
one place:
http://www.stefan-pochmann.de/spocc/speedsolving/3x3/
There are 2 or 3 that I
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Lars Vandenbergh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Stefan,
that N1 algorithm is awesome! It looks like this is going to be the
one I'm going to use
from now on.
Hi Lars,
yeah, I'm very happy with that one :-). I was never good with the
standard
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Take a solved cube and do this:
L' R' U R U' L R' U'
Then do its F-B mirror, i.e.:
L R U' R' U L' R U
Cheers!
Stefan
Actually it feels much better rearranged like this:
L' (R' U R U' R
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually it feels much better rearranged like this:
L' (R' U R U' R') (L U' L) (R U' R' U R) (L' U)
Ok, one more adjustment, after a few minutes practice I can already do
4 times in a row under 12
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually it feels much better rearranged like this:
L' (R' U R U' R') (L U' L) (R U' R' U R) (L' U)
Ok
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Round numbers are just there to bother you.
The whole concept of round numbers is flawed already, in my opinion
these don't even exist. For example, you might consider 10.00 to be
a round number, but that's
;-)
Sorry guys ... (+ guyesses)
-Per
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Round numbers are just there to bother you.
The whole concept
to a cuber, but hard to see for non-cubers. I am not
only talking about the color scheme thing by the way :).
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you think about the question and answer (about color
schemes)
in this auction
On the train today I wrote about my method for solving the centers of
the 4x4, now it's online:
http://stefan-pochmann.de/spocc/speedsolving/4x4_centers
Feedback appreciated :-)
Cheers!
Stefan
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Hmm...
Gilles is even better :-)
http://grrroux.free.fr/method/Miscellaneous.html
If I remember correctly, David takes about 30 seconds, and with that
speed, Gilles says he averages 43 moves. And I think he wrote that
page a while ago, maybe he has improved further in the meantime?
Cheers!
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kovacic81
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Final Question: What's a good ballpark guideline on how tight to
tighten the screws?
No idea. Depends on you.
i had superglued the caps on.
BAD idea.
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--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, christopher_pelley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jason, the DIY caps are a real problem. You almost have to resort
to
at least a drop of glue to make them stay.
Yes, but only almost :-)
Most importantly, first you should make the cap fit into
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Bob Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Mike Bennett
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Odds to skip:
Orient edges: 1/8
Orient corners: 1/27
Permute corners: 1/6
Permute edges: 1/12
Total odds to skip
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Joël van Noort
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I also tried the Y-PLL on
the stackmat (1 attempt), btw, my record was 2.16... With Stefan
Pochmann's new alg :).
You mean your (R2 U' R' U R U' z' y' L' U' R U' R' U' L U)
modification, right? Man,
I have a few in this thread about a new blindsolving method in the
blindsolving group:
http://tinyurl.com/8ttut
Also... you say you'd fix centers after the rest, why not fix them
right at the start with the same alg?
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gilles van
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, tlceer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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would nail polish be a good substitute for cube stickers?
How about cube stickers as a substitute instead?
In other words: why do you want to do that?
Cheers!
Stefan
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--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Ron van Bruchem
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Hi Jason,
What you normally do is:
1) take 2 or 3 cubes
2) have someone scramble them before you start
3) start the time and start solving
4) while solving cubes, the scrambler scrambles the solved
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kovacic81
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On the 9 the ledge was already inserted, so I used the Ming Thai Alg
for CCC.
Alright, I read it 3 times today and enough is enough :-)
The name is Minh, not Ming!
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Gustav Fredell
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I've bought an Harry Potter 2x2x2 and tried most of my tricks for
breaking it in, but it's still little more than awful. Does anyone
know
how to take it apart? I don't even now which mechanism it has. Is
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Koen Heltzel
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Rubiks studio 4x4 is NOT the same as 4x4 Rubiks.com
Different plastic I think, and again I prefer Rubiks.com. Turns much
smoother. And yes I have both :P
- Koen
Mmh... makes me think about people who
And the world record holder, too!!
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Joël van Noort
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Yes.. The world champion actually does the same thing :).
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, rubikorkow
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I
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. wrote:
So just to let you know that I am back on the scene, although I
doubt I will be able to catch up with all the messages left on the
group since my hospital stay.
Yeah, I at least somewhat know what you mean. I made
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hey Stefan,
just one more thing:
if you find a very easy center, say, 3 pieces already complete and
the other just a rR U (rR)' away, do you start with it or start with
white (or yellow)?
So far I only start
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Per Kristen Fredlund
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Hi Stefan :-)
When Joel, Lars, Matt (Walter) and Ron tried the marathon after the
World Championships the scrambler(s) tried as best as they could to
put the cubes so that the cuber could see an
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Duncan Dicks
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And you were right Stefan so thanks for the comment! I should work
out my
solve numbers in STM for comparison.
That probably won't save you much, though. Unless your method uses
lots of slice turns in
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kirk83616 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. wrote:
If it's too tight, take it apart
and wedge a credit card or two bewteen the center edges for a day or
two to loosen up the tension in the springs.
Does someone know where this advice comes from? The current
Check it out:
http://www.merlin.com.pl/images_big/11/9875753.jpg
Cheers!
Stefan
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--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kirk83616 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. wrote:
I think I read about it in a former post in here a long time ago. I
haven't done it in a long time, but I recall getting some
improvement in how tight the cube turned, but at the same time I was
doing the
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, darereck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.. wrote:
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, washyourmonkey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
how can i get a rubiks studio cube and do they have solid corner
pieces.
You can probably find them on ebay once
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Mike Bennett
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--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Pochmann
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--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, kirk83616
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. wrote:
If it's too tight, take
Yes, sounds a bit similar, nice report :-)
Go Canada !!
Cheers!
Stefan
--- In speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com, Jasmine Lee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know at least some of you are into Scrabble, so I thought I'd post
this link a friend sent me about the recent Scrabble World
For a while I wanted to know how many sune variant applications I need
to solve OLL.
Let's say standard sune is (R U R' U R U2 R'). You can invert it, you
can mirror it, and you can do an M' setup move which simply turns the
first R into r and the last R' into r'. So you have 8 sune variants
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