Thanks, that's a great program! I already found a nice algorithm for fixing both 4x4 parities in one go: F2 (Uu)2 R2 (Uu) F2 (Uu) F2 R2 (Uu) R2 (Uu)' R2 (Uu)...
Hi speedcubers, especially Elvin Fond, great work guy! I recently worked/ played a lot with artificial life Simulations which use evolutionary algorithms....
I always cut lucky times from my averages, but the rules on the records list say that you don't have to for the official average of ten. I don't like to count...
Hi Chris, I believe that you should not cut any times from your averages even if they are lucky. The reason for this is "lucky" is subjective to the solver....
If this is only for speedcubing.com records, I see no problem with using your own discretion. Obviously, we count on people wanting to submit averages that...
Hi Everyone, The World Cube Cup has been updated again. All countries with at least 5 people will be formed into official teams for their countries. I will ...
I agree that for official contests we have to allow lucky times as there is no way at all to tell whether a time was lucky or not without causing problems. I...
You're not a bother. This is a mail group. It's purpose is discussion, one who discusses at it, can't really be a bother! I for one agree with Chris. In...
... I think you make it sound like it's very rare to have lucky cases. Even if we don't count luck during cross/F2L, you still have a 20% chance of getting a...
Chris- I totally see where you are coming from. Not allowing lucky times in an average is a good means of measuring ones ability, but in my opinion it is not a...
... I found this mysterious page by Alan Bawden: http://www.linearity.org/bawden/links.html It seems to suggest his original version of the cube-lovers mailing...
My opinion is that lucky cases should not be taken out, because part of speedcubing is learning to increase your luck. For example, some of us use COLL to...
Yeah!!! Evan, can u make about 1000 robots ready for early august ? :D Hehe ... Another use of the robot could be to assist during cubing marathons. After u...
I had the robot idea a while ago actually... In any case a robot should beat humans just about all the time anyway, at least given the same premices....
First, I think that noone on this speedcubing group has ever managed to spell my name right. Peculiar. :) I am intrigued by the idea of using an evolution-like...
Interesting program but it doesn't take into account intuitive steps which I think are very important in speedcubing. How would that program rate the Petrus...
It's easy for a program to do a few (say ~100) samples from intuitive steps, where it calculates a rough average of number of moves, and also the ease ratings....
It's no big deal, you're more than forgiven, lol. I'm a hobby programmer at least. I really want to give it a try, but I haven't made anything like this...
I know we've had this discussion before... but I was doing some thinking and I realized it isn't fair unless both the Euro and US Championships use the same...
The World Cube Cup has just completed its qualifying rounds. If you sent in an entry, you are on a team. Please check the webpage for a list of teams. The...
I think Macky makes a good point about when a 'lucky' case perhaps isn't necessarily a lucky case. If a person has put in extra effort (eg. learning and...
... forgive me for not reading all 250-some mails in my cubing folder to check whether or not this is redundant. Yes, it is the last ZB step. and I plan(ned?)...
I learned all the permutation algorithms, so I just orient the corners then permute all the pieces. I have an average of just over 20 seconds. ... Yahoo!...
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