Usually when I have a bunch of random edges to flip, I usually flip
all 12 then flip the two I messed up.
As for the cycles, when I have a bunch of doubles, I cycle them as
normal, knowing that the FIRST edge of the next cycle will simply go
to the back.
So in your case you have (UF DF DR DL) (UL BR UB BL) (UR FL FR DB).
Cycle (UF DF DR) as normal and you now get (UF DL) (UL BR UB BL) (UR
FL FR DB). Instead of "keeping UF DL in mind for later," go ahead and
cycle (UF DL UL), knowing it'll drop DL and kick UL (the end of the
first cycle) to the end of its own cycle.
(UF DL) (UL BR UB BL) (UR FL FR DB) becomes (UF BR UB BL UL) (UR FL FR
DB). The cool thing about this approach is that it doesn't disturb
your memory much -- all it does is finish off the second element of
cycle 1 and kick the start of cycle 2 to the end. All you need to
remember is what the start of the second cycle was specifically -- and
be able to kick it to the end. So in this case you'd do (UF BR UB)
then (UF BL UL) to finish off that mutated second cycle. Then you got
(UR FL FR DB) to reduce after doing (UR FL FR), in which case you then
have (UR DB) and thus a parity error.
I still haven't devised an easy way to deal with parities. I am
thinking maybe Pochmann approach would be best here? Simple two cycle
of corners and edges using T Perms... very mindless and easy to do.
--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, smoothcuber
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> I'm not good at cycle style. Here's a sample EP: Just do F2 D' B R
> B L U' L' U B to setup.
>
> Now I go to memorize. I start at UF and see that the cycle goes UF-
> >DF->DR->DL, then ends, and I have to recall that I have two to swap
> now.
>
> Next my eyes go back up to my next spot, UL. I see that the cycle
> goes UL->BR->UB->BL, then ends, and again I have to recall another
> two to swap.
>
> Next my eyes go up again to my next spot, UB, but I had UB in my last
> cycle, so I skip it, and go to my next spot, UR. I see that the
> cycle goes UR->FL->FR->DB, ends, and once again I have two to swap.
>
> So I have now UF needs to swap with DL, UL with BL, and UR with DB.
>
> I have not yet come up with a good way to memorize this situation,
> nor do I have a good way to solve it.
>
> Assuming that for a 1:20 solve I'd need to memorize this in at least
> 30 sec, I haven't been able to do it.
>
> Unrelated note: What do you guys do when you have 10 edges to flip?
>
> I hope no typos and no mistakes.
>
> -Dave O.
>