... Mmmm, yes... I have tried solving with the tip of my nose, but with eyes open (not by smell). Didn't succeed. But I think the braille idea is still too...
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Joël van Noort
joel_vn
May 1, 2005 11:20 am
Yeah! Thats a nice video! But why do I always have to see the timer afterwards.. I will believe you anyway, trust me :). -Joël. ... second...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
May 1, 2005 12:28 pm
... believe ... I know when I do this after getting a good time, it's partly because I want to be sure myself that I don't write down or remember a wrong time....
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
May 1, 2005 1:49 pm
I solve the last layer of the megaminx by first solving edges and then corners. That's because corners move much more freely than edges, they're part of three...
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mike_go_uk
May 1, 2005 2:10 pm
... first, ... comparison ... I think what you need is in Bernard Helmstetter's pages: http://www.ai.univ-paris8.fr/~bh/cube/ He lists: CLL (25 configurations,...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
May 1, 2005 4:33 pm
... (distinct) ... Thanks, that's really nice. I'm sure I've seen it before, but obviously I forgot about it... Do you know whether his move averages are...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
May 1, 2005 8:18 pm
Because this tournament will bring in a different crowd than those who go to the normal Caltech competitions, we will probably make it official pending...
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Gilles Roux
gogozergus
May 1, 2005 8:41 pm
!!#&+*#&& !!!!!! I just had a sub-10 solve (well scrambled, but very lucky in the end of course), and my video camera was not working...GGGGRRRR... Putain de...
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Joël van Noort
joel_vn
May 1, 2005 9:22 pm
That's too bad, Gilles... But I believe you ;). ... end ... Putain ... because I ... wrong...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
May 1, 2005 9:29 pm
Haha, I just typed in that last bit into my translator. Tyson Mao MSC #631 California Institute of Technology...
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cmhardw
May 2, 2005 2:52 am
Hey everyone, I recently have gotten very interested in bettering my 2x2x2 times. I had a question about one strategy that I think would help for those who do...
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cubacca1972
May 2, 2005 3:13 am
Hi Chris This is a rather quirky event. It seems similar to solving one side with one move. I think that trying to figure out the correct CLL alg with a mix...
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Ben Marx
albuscorvus
May 2, 2005 3:56 am
Does anyone know of any good sites that have some advanced F2L (corner-edge pair) algorithms beyond the 41 Fridrich ones? The algs on this page are great, but...
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Mike Bennett
cubiks_ruber
May 2, 2005 5:40 am
That was the face I made after I read that French bit... -Mike ... From: Gilles Roux<mailto:grrroux@...> To:...
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Richard Patterson
richy_jr_2000
May 2, 2005 6:24 am
Hey, that page looks familiar :P I started that page a while ago, and I have a bad tendency of getting tangled up in other projects. Of course if anyone has...
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Richard Patterson
richy_jr_2000
May 2, 2005 7:13 am
The curiousity got the best of me and I had to translate...:P Too funny -Richard ... ...
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cmhardw
May 2, 2005 8:36 am
Hey Lucas, and all following this thread. I had my first success in using this offset 2x1 groups as the first layer approach. I just got a 5.90 second solve...
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mike_go_uk
May 2, 2005 9:19 am
... Hi Stefan, Almost certain they are weighted, as the figures for "Fridrich"; are the usual ones. Why do you need the unweighted? (Just nosy!) [Btw, I had...
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speedsolvingrubikscub...
May 2, 2005 9:32 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the speedsolvingrubikscube group. File :...
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Gilles Roux
gogozergus
May 2, 2005 9:45 am
Hello Chris, I think that managing opposite colors during CLL as you proposed (and as I proposed before, and Ryan even before ;-) ) should not be a big ...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
May 2, 2005 10:32 am
Hey! For some slightly more complicated exmaples check this old post : http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/message/13 083 And of course...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
May 2, 2005 10:56 am
OK! One last link to old posts : http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/message/88 90 Now go use the search facility urselves ;-) Cheers! ...
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mike_go_uk
May 2, 2005 11:16 am
... Yes, it _is_ a pain. It might also help all those people who time and time again cry "Help! Help! how do I swap 2 edges on a 5x5x5?", etc. On the other...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
May 2, 2005 12:34 pm
Wow, it looks awesome! Did you build this or is this the mysterious olympicubes video? Cheers! Stefan ... speedsolvingrubikscube ... wmv...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
May 2, 2005 12:39 pm
Hi Michael! There's a few sticker-swapping "patterns"; at Stefan Pochmann's site. (http://www.stefan- ...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
May 2, 2005 12:46 pm
Haha ... No way i built that beauty ;-) But i can't wait to get my hands on one (w stickers on it :-P). I saw that video at Ron's place and asked him to send...
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mike_go_uk
May 2, 2005 12:50 pm
... Great to see that video at last, but if it is olympicube, the inventor has specifically requested (on twistypuzzles.com) that the video *NOT* be made...
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Joël van Noort
joel_vn
May 2, 2005 1:26 pm
Hi Chris.. It is an interesting strategy... But recognition is a bit of a problem.. However, when Fridrich published her method, some people thought...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
May 2, 2005 1:56 pm
Ah ok! I didn't know that. I have deleted the file from the group ... -Per ... Fredlund" ... size ... it's ... him ;-) ... inventor ... *NOT*...
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Per Kristen Fredlund
aspiring_to_...
May 2, 2005 2:17 pm
Hey! I posted some interesting stuff about 2-color cubing in the fewestmoveschallenge group. Here's a link to that post : ...
