The scramble for FMC 146 looked easy. 31 moves in one hour (actually 35 minutes) and 25 moves within 2 hours. I still see a lot of other nice starters so my...
Hi Guus :-) I briefly looked at th scramble on Dans site. Playing with the apple for 5 mins i had f2l minus 3 cubies in 9 or 10 turns. But i haven't seriously...
Hi, I'm sure the others would love to know much more detail about how you found your solution. If you could point out the steps you used, that would be great....
My problem is with insertions. I go from step a to b to c. I have a good f2l going for fmc 148. But I'm gonna finish that with zbf2l and coll. I can't wrap my...
OK, here is what I do. Imagine I have found a skeleton solution with 3 corners left to solve. These could be any 3 corners, and twisted in any direction. So I...
Hi :-) 2 tips for now: When u end up with edge or corner 3-cycle put numbered stickers on them so that cycling them in order of the stickers will solve them. ...
... No mention of Mirek Goljan? It was "all" made possible by Per? (Actually, Mirek was the first person of the two to discover (1981) *and* teach us (2003)...
Well, Per was the one who took the time to sit down and explain it to me several times through what was a pretty excruciating process. So everything I...
... Ok, although I think you might have worded it more clearly, to sound less like "We have Per to thank for insertions", and more like "*I* have Per to thank...
Hi :-) it could be that Mirek did insertions before me, but i thought that up the same on my own also early-mid 80s and i had never heard of anyone doing that...
... I'm not disputing this, so rest easy :-) My purpose is just to let people know (who didn't already know) that this technique was first introduced to the...
... I should add to this that after Reid developed his famous "optimal" solver, based on Kociemba's work, the Kociemba used Reid's ideas to add an "optimal"...
Hi :-) Yes i got my facts slightly wrong. Mike Reid's solver that predates Kociemba's was optimal but was based on a single phase algorithm. Kociemba does give...
... they ... all ... let ... first ... software ... Fucking Christ! I didn't want an argument to ensue about who did what and when. I just wanted advice. And...
... Did you know you are the first person to use this offensive word here in all the years since the group was created? Anyway, you received several answers to...
... Just want to say, although I find this language unwelcome, I do want to welcome you to the group. It seems you do just want to learn more mysteries behind...
... want to ... tend ... have to ... all ... I want to apologize for that. As my brother reminded me, even though that is my normal everyday speaking language,...
Hi :) It's common to have precomputed sequences for the G1 phase. Search in G is done until some predetermined length and a match in G1 is sought by simple...
1. Am I allowed to figure out a solution using a computer algorithm by writing out the computations manually on a piece of paper (without a computer)? 2. Am I...
Hi Ryan, The best rule of thumb is to not do anything you couldn't do in a competition. Therefore if you want to write out computations on a piece of paper,...
... Doesn't this also apply to the tool I just described? All of these things could be done manually too: - notating moves while you're solving - undoing moves...
Hi :) The fmc rules are actually very simple: Your solution has to be created by YOU entirely! So software is allowed for "book-keeping" only, not for anything...
Hi :) In principle one can manually do the 2-phase algorithm too. But time and other factors prohibits that naturally :-P You can use sofware as long as EVERY...
Hi :) I always have a hard time in competitions because my normal fmc routine/methods take me far too long. I should really try to restrict myself to strictly...
Ah, I see, I misunderstood you. As long as your simulator doesn't do anything for you automatically, including automatically notating the solution for you,...
... Sorry but I still don't understand... YES, it automatically notates the solution (I said that in my last email), so what you're saying is actually "no" my...
The difference is I am saying that you cannot use your simulator but you can use FMC companion. Ultimately it's up to you whether you decide to abide by this...
Hi Ryan :-) If i understood your first post correctly your program will do nothing but book-keeping right? You do all the turns and branching. That's fine with...
