--- In [email protected], GameOfDeath2
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "thomkirjava"
<snkenjoi@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Stefan Pochmann"
> > <pochmann@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "thomkirjava"
> > > <snkenjoi@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My aim is to try and do the cube blindfolded with no
algorithms and
> > > > just commutators and conjugates
> > >
> > > That's a poor method, it can't even solve this scramble: U
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > > Stefan
> > >
> >
> > Oh.
> >
> > I'm thinking that i can just do a U from that position to create
even
> > parity. Then surly that can be solved? What am i misunderstanding?
> >
> > ~Thom
> >
>
> Commutators involve an even number of quarter turns. If you mean
conjugates only of
> commutators then you can only solve cubes requiring an even number
of quarter turns to
> solve. Thus you can't solve that scramble.
> i.e. U cannot be solved using only commutators (and conjugates of
commutators).
>
> Stefan's post is to point out that restricting yourself in this way
doesn't allow for that
> position to be solved.
>
Correct. I'm just a good nitpicker, that's all. And I try to point out
things indirectly. Actually I wish I had just written "I tried that
method but strangely couldn't get a success rate over 50%"...
Cheers!
Stefan
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