mm...you posted on the same time as I did, just check my previous message ;-)
Gilles. 2006/1/4, David Pritts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hey -- sorry to be sending so many emails, but I realized that if my edges > are at least oriented properly, I can solve them... the only problem I have > is when they are rotated. So my real question (my initial one) is how do I > rotate edge pieces? Can it be done without affecting the rest of the puzzle, > or should the edges not be done last? > > Thanks > > David Pritts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey. A few things. > > What I was talking about is > http://www.geocities.com/ladartfrog/untitled.jpg > > Also -- I encountered another pattern (top layer looks like an H) which > took me a while to solve.. anyone know an easier method to solve that? > > In case it helps, I use the following algorithms for the last layer: > F U R U' R' F' (to solve the cross) > F R U R' U' F' (to solve the cross) > L' U' L U' L' U2 L U2 ( rotate 3 corners) > F2 U R' L F2 R L' U F2 (edge switch) > F2 U' R' L F2 R L' U' F2 (edge switch) > > Maybe there is a site with a big list of solutions for this? I've looked but > can't find anything good. > > thanks > > David > > David Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What puzzle are you tring to solve? 3x3x3, 4x4x4, 5x5x5? > What method are you using to solve? When you are trying to solve > these middle pieces, are all the other pieces on the cube solved? > > If you are trying to swap center pieces of two adjacent faces on a > 4x4x4 or 5x5x5 without messing up anything else, you can use this > sequence: > > r' D l D' r D l' D' > > In this case, lower case letters means to turn the inner slice that is > adjacent to the named face. > > On 1/4/06, David wrote: > > I'm having trouble solving the last two pieces whenever I end up with > > two adjacent middle-pieces that are switched. Sometimes I have 2 > > pieces which need to be switched, and sometiems I have two pieces > > which need to be switched and rotated. I only have 6 sequences that I > > use for the last layer, and I can usually solve this situation in 5-10 > > minutes of randomly trying different combinations of sequences. > > > > How do I solve this? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "speedsolvingrubikscube" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > 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/
