Have any of you guys tried FMC for 4x4x4 and/or 5x5x5? If so, what's your best results? Mine is 95 for 4x4x4 and 172 for 5x5x5 (counting STM = any slice, ...
Hi :-) When you say you count any slice as 1 turn, then how about block turns like (mr') on 5x5x5? In other words i prefer Chris Hardwicks block turn metric...
... Same thing as I ment when I wrote "any slice", more explicit: any slice or face as long as they stick together = no gaps in between. ... I was rather...
Hi Gilles :-) I will have to explore the "T-method" more in the future rounds ;-) The drawback is i don't know COLL, but i guess it shouldn't stand or fall ...
Hi ;-) The results of the fifth round of linear fewest moves are just out. Yet again some amazing solutions. Lots of low 30's again... I was not amongst them...
... Yet ... I'm a little suprised you did not get a better result, there were so many 1x2 blocks and possible 1x2's in this scramble. Also a little suprised...
Hi :-) Yes that's the thing about linear solving, you are caught by your early choices. Since the cost of undoing/changing a turn is high im not doing that....
OK, I see =) Dead ends, sometimes when I'm practising LFMC I get into situations where I got most of F2L blocked up but the blocks are stucked behind each...
... Yes, although I wonder if we will reconsider this in 20 years... Luck is only a byproduct of our limited knowledge. For example, someone might have a...
Hi :-) Likewise, by observing more in chess. Is it feasible that most future chess players will reach todays grandmaster level when analying the game and make...
Hi everyone, The FMC results service seems to be ill, and I can't work out why at the moment. I haven't changed anything, but the results are now coming out...
Hi Dan :-) Some suggestions: - Make an index to the "htm column" whatever it is called. - Even you have an ORDER BY in the query, dump the result set into ...
The only cure for limited knowledge is unlimited knowledge. And that will take more than 20 years to find. Average of 3 could be ,ore interesting without...
... I don't think 3 trials will be enough. Based on the results so far, it seems just as likely for the same person to get 42,45,41 as 33,39,35. Like Per said,...
Hi :-) Another idea. Doing 5 linear solves of same scramble within 2 hours. Repeating a solution is not allowed ;-) -Per ... that ... time. ... im ... linear ...
Hi everyone, I am a total beginner at Fewest Moves, but I really like it. So far I have only attempted it twice (US Open, Czech Open) and I have gotten 48 and...
Hi Arnaud =) First thing, you need to learn more algs to solve simple LL-cases like all three cycles for corners and all for edges. Corners are pretty easy to...
That's 12 + 22 = 34 moves. Just as much as Joël van Noorts winning solution (also a National Record) which had 2 "lucky" F2L pairs and a "lucky" PLL-skip! I...
Under the WCA 1-hour format, the "T-method" always gives me solutions between 30 and 32 HTM. When I say always, it means 8 times out of 8! (around 27 STM) So,...
Hi :-) That's why i always use same color scheme U=white, F=blue and never write x,y,z,M,E or S in my fewest moves solutions. Same with lowercase faces, i...
... Hehe, that's the same alg anyway, it is U or U' in both cases, stupid me! :P ... And that took the whole day =) Na, I actually first tried your 8 + 4 turns...
... I think that's wrong (I'm not wery good at writing my turns), maybe F2 = B2, try both =) Well, I tried to down both the piars using "FRFR" but in the...
... What! A 45 moves scramble? 1 hour is already not that long, moves 45 takes time and increases the chances of making a mistake (and force the competitor to...
(bye the way, sorry for all my mistakes when I write in english, the message above is a good example of how bad I am when I don't read again and again and...
... Me too. I often fail at 2 of the first 3 scrambles. With practice it gets better, but within the one hour format it definitely eats real time for me. I...
... I agree. But keep in mind that the meaning of lower case latters when scrambling big cubes was changed just to make the scrambling faster and easier for...
