--- In [email protected], "Mike Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Odds to skip: > Orient edges: 1/8 > Orient corners: 1/27 > Permute corners: 1/6 > Permute edges: 1/12 > Total odds to skip a step: about 41% > > These are the same no matter whether you orient or permute corners > first. No, I dont agree with that! This is being very technical, of course. But, do M2 U M2 U2 M2 U M2. You may consider this to be a CP skip if you do CP first or you can consider this to be a EP skip if you do EP first. But, if you do EP first, then you have 2/12 = 1/6 chance to skip the EP and a 1/12 chance to skip CP. It depends on how you classify that case. :) > A 3 look LL with PLL gives you about a 17.5% chance to skip a step, > usually the edge orientation. This is the usual way to turn a 4 look > into a 3 look. It only requires 21 extra algs and improves your > speed considerably. Well, if you have a 4-look, then you already know 7 of the PLL, so you only really need to learn 14 more. Of course, the J, R, N, and G account for 10 of these if you count mirrors and inverses, so it's not bad at all. :) > If you were to learn the algs to orient corners and permute edges > together, that would work great as well, but be 71 or so extra algs > to learn. Your odds to skip a step would be around 29%, though. > It would be a nice lead in for a more advanced method, too. What? Orient corners and permute edges together? Who does this? :P Are you suggesting learning 71 algs so that you had a 3-look LL? (OE -> OCPE -> PC) ? 71 algorithms to have a 3-look is terrible for only a 29% chance to skip a step! If you learn 78 algorithms total, you can have a 100% chance to skip step 3 (OLL -> PLL!) ~ Bob ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
