You should do your best to grow out your beard....
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 2, 2008 9:37 pm
What about: F2 U R' L F2 L' R U F2 vs. R2 U R U R' U' R' U' R' U R' ?...
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Joshua Woelmer
jwoelmer2
Apr 2, 2008 10:07 pm
Notice I wasn't discussing LL algs- I said that those who are fast excel primarily in the f2l, while their LL algs are also fast. It is the f2l that makes the...
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Shelley Chang
aznseashell
Apr 2, 2008 10:47 pm
What about (R U R' U')x3 vs. R2 U R2 U R2 U2 R2 ... top guys ... speedcubing ... see the...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 2, 2008 10:53 pm
That's true, but it applies to F2L as well. The shortest solution for an F2L might not be the easiest to physically execute....
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Lucas G.
lucasgarron
Apr 2, 2008 11:12 pm
I like this. I'll relearn optimal CLS algs, and make sure I know optimal algs for all my PLLs (really not hard), and I can compete with everyone but Harris,...
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Amir Michail
amir-michail
Apr 3, 2008 3:21 am
Hi, A major issue with taking into account both time and # moves in a competition is that it is difficult to count the # moves. So why not have the cube itself...
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Amir Michail
amir-michail
Apr 3, 2008 3:35 am
... See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4A_wfaScy4 Amir...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 3, 2008 3:40 am
But that's not a Rubik's Cube....
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Bob Burton
rubikscubewhiz
Apr 3, 2008 5:26 am
If you want to take this seriously, I don't think you stand a chance. I can grow a mean beard and you're going to have to at least scramble at some upcoming...
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stompey1
Apr 3, 2008 6:58 am
tyson, you sure know how to ruin a good idea...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 3, 2008 7:29 am
Oh wait... that's right. I just remembered your driver's license picture. I think I could win if your significant other objected to the beard. I've done my...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 3, 2008 7:31 am
Well, I think we all entertained this one a bit longer than we usually do. All we need now is a competition where you measure BAC and look at the speed solve...
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bladez740
Apr 3, 2008 7:51 am
... I don't think Rowe can make it. I'd like to see tyson with a beard, though....
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 3, 2008 8:06 am
Hey Bob, I think our speed solve times are comparable. How about we just wager our best speed solve averages in that competition, and loser waxes his chest? ...
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stompey1
Apr 3, 2008 8:13 am
I really don't see why that isn't an event yet....
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Adam P. Larsen
kb9ljx
Apr 3, 2008 11:32 am
... Wow, that's a lot of pretty sweeping generalizations. Have you guys ever even seen/worked with someone who has autism?...
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Brewer, Neil
neilmbrewer
Apr 3, 2008 2:21 pm
I have a full-time job, a wife, a son, and not nearly as much time. Can I have a handicap? ;) Neil From: speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 3, 2008 3:46 pm
Sure, but Bob gets the same handicap....
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Apr 3, 2008 4:28 pm
... and ... Wow, I think you stopped reading right between my two sentences. Cheers! Stefan...
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Eric Brunson
ericbrunson
Apr 3, 2008 8:03 pm
I have a list of ~4800 scrambles I've generated and I'd like to feed them to cube explorer and have it reduce the 20-30 twist algorithms as best the two phase...
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Lucas G.
lucasgarron
Apr 3, 2008 10:14 pm
Select the first cube. Scroll to the last cube, and select it while holding on to SHIFT. Add or remove cubes by CTRL-clicking. "Start search for selected...
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Bob Burton
rubikscubewhiz
Apr 4, 2008 1:06 am
nice try. ... I'll bet ... Denver...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Apr 4, 2008 9:22 am
Scrambles that can all be reduced from 20-30 to 8-15? Where did you get those? The "best the two phase solver can"? If you let it, it'll always find an optimal...
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h_kociemba
Apr 4, 2008 9:28 am
I most of the cubes need only 15 moves ore less you should consider to autorun the optimal solver instead....
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Eric Brunson
ericbrunson
Apr 4, 2008 5:16 pm
... They are LL drills created by taking an algorithm for every OLL and every PLL and concatenating them with an AUF in between, then reversing that entire...
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Eric Brunson
ericbrunson
Apr 4, 2008 5:20 pm
... I'll give that a try. I was under the impression it was much slower than the two phase and, until reading Stefan's response, thought that the two-phase...
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Eric Brunson
ericbrunson
Apr 4, 2008 5:36 pm
... Hey, thanks for the reply Lucas. I got that far, apparently there's a limit to how many cubes you can select (500) and running under wine limits that...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Apr 4, 2008 6:16 pm
... consider to ... that ... Well, it *does* give near-optimal solutions much much faster than optimal solvers solve. Especially for random cubes. Most cubes...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Apr 4, 2008 6:23 pm
... you ... So, your goal is not actually to have HTM-optimal algs, right? You just want their execution to be fast? If so, I highly recommend Herbert's...
