ok, i spent a few hours with that last part and have it pretty much down. heres the only problem i'm having... if i rush up to the very end and have only 1 on the L face and one on the R to solve (red and orange for me), then if the 2 faces are complementary (say red/blue and orange/green or something), then i can finish very quickly. If its something like red/blue and orange/white, or red/yellow and orange/green, then i get confused because i view the yellow/white sides as "wrong". So the extra time spent to either make sure the red/orange edges that are missing are either green or blue, OR to fix it when i get to that point, seems to take much longer than simply stuffing them all in the right place and finishing with M'UM'UM'U2MUMUMU2
--- In [email protected], "Mike Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "zethusamphion" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > One question though... how much faster is this than doing position > > first and just fixing the (usually only one) orientation problem > > with M'UM'UM'U2 MU'MU'MU2? One way or another you need to put the > > cubes in the right location, so that should take the same number of > > moves, but isn't it faster just to do the 12 move switch rather than > > having to keep chasing down sides and doing patterns that aren't > > always predictable? For me, on a random cube with "final six", the > > way i do it is usually either 20-24 moves (if one side is oriented > > wrong), or 10-12 moves if they're already fixed. Essentially i'm > > wondering how the 12 move zero recognition time thing stacks up > > against messing with the orientations. > > Not at all. Following Gilles' Step 4, you can generally average fewer > than 14 moves to place and orient all 6 edges, without learning any of > the special cases. The fact that you can orient the edges in around 7 > moves helps, because M'U moves are incredibly fast. Those > orientations are very easy to recognize. Just go through each one and > memorize which of the 3 move algs needs to happen when. Most of them > are just M'U M' U adjustment M'U M'. After that, learn to place the > UR and UL edges simultaneously, giving you a simple 3 edge cycle in a > slice to finish most of the time. Very fast. > > -Mike > 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/
