--- In [email protected], "zethusamphion"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ok, heres the problem i keep having. When i follow the patterns in
> 4a, it doesn't fix the orientation.
>
> Right now i have the cube on last 6. I'm doing blue and green as my
> top/bottom. 4 of the 6 cubes have the blue facelet either facing up
> or down. the ones that are not correct are the top-back edge and
> the top-left edge. So i look on the handy chart and it says
> that "M'UM'" will fix it (because that shows the topback and topleft
> edge as purple). So i do those 3 moves. now the topleft, topback,
> topright, and bottomfront sides are messed up. same move is
> supposed to fix it, "M'UM'", so i do it again. topright and
> bottomfront are now messed up. thats not on the chart, but if i do
> M2U', we're back to the first situation where the topback and
> topleft edges are messed up. am i supposed to just keep doing M'UM'
> over and over until it fixes it? None of these patterns seem to
> accomplish anything...
You have two problems. To solve this way, first you need to make sure
you have either the blue or green center on top. If you have the
other one, you'll always end up with two wrong at the end at least.
Second, you may have to adjust the U face after performing each M'UM'
type alg. When you have the UB and UL incorrect, perform M'UM' like
you said. Then, to match the new orientation to one of the patterns,
do U2. This gives you incorrect edges at UL+UF+UR. Now try M'UM'.
Solved orientation. If you leave your U the same between algs and
don't match the pictures, there's almost no way to get a correct
orientation. Try that. Good luck.
-Mike
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