Hey Gilles, Interesting idea. I had never really thought to try that to be honest.
Sometimes I do start with centers moves right after I pick up the cube though. Say I have two c/e pairs that connect correctly to the same corner, so sort of like a 2x2x1 block but the center is not the right one. If the center is in a bad spot, and I can't really use face turns effciently then I sometimes permute the center into the 2x2x1 block and finish from there. I do remember once, maybe twice, I actually have had a solved cross bu on the wrong face, and I permuted the center into that face and a super fast cross. That was very lucky to get that though. I think your idea will allow for always solving an easier cross (since you can choose to solve it almost anywhere. I say almost since half of the positions you could solve a cross into will give you a parity error. If you turn any middle layer on a cube where centers are indistinct then you perform an odd cycle on the edges but leave corners alone. Choosing to solve the cross on other faces will make this edge parity possible, so you would have to watch out for that. The F2L is a bit confusing, but you could get used to looking at the side color of the cross edge rather than the center to know where stuff goes, so that is not a big deal. I think the only real hump in such an approach is learning your color scheme well enough to always solve your cross sch as to avoid the parity error, but I think that would not take much work. I actually want to look into this, since for a solve where a cross is mostly or completely built on the wrong face, this could be fast. I'll definitely try it and see what I think ;-) Chris --- In [email protected], Gilles van den Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Yesterday when I was watching the drawing for the Football World Cup > in Germany, I was turning my cube and something came up in my mind : > What about using a cage method for the 3x3 ? > > Some times when you solve the cross, you really have a bad time > (though it's usually not so hard :p) but what if the cross was already > solved, but not with the good center ? (or something close to that) > > Wouldn't it be better to do F2L and then LL without the right centers > and then fix the centers afterwards ? > > The thing is I don't see many advantages with that, but maybe you'll > see more than I do :-) > > What do you think ? > Gilles. > ------------------------ 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/
