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6987 nviennefr Oct 1, 2003
10:38 am
... be ... I don't know god's algorithm , and i don't understand group theory , but in theory the limit could be 6-7 secondes if someone can find those 19-20...
6988 patrick stinson
grendel_102 Send Email
Oct 1, 2003
12:20 pm
r ² B ² U ² l U ² r ' U ² r U ² F ² r F ² l ' B ² r ² do this w/ the two flipped edges on the F U place. got alg from speedcubing.com/chris. ...
6989 Rune Wesström
uweren2000 Send Email
Oct 1, 2003
2:55 pm
Hello Ron, Could you tell a little bit more about your new approach? 1. How many moves in average for the first layer? 2. How many moves for the last corners?...
6990 Michael Atkinson
unipsycho6 Send Email
Oct 1, 2003
4:30 pm
Yeah, that's probably right. I don't know anything about it either, just that it's about 20 moves long. ... theory ,...
6991 d_funny007 Oct 1, 2003
6:17 pm
I think it takes usual computers longer then 15s to find an optimal path, so I don't see how the human brain could do it in 15s.... ... solved ... that...
6992 j_rueth Oct 1, 2003
6:29 pm
no, its more of a thistlewaite approach. Its about 70-80 moves per solution without the use of any new algs. But once i start using more effiecint moves i...
6993 Lars Vandenbergh
jazzthief81 Send Email
Oct 1, 2003
6:41 pm
Since Adrian is talking about an edge permutation, I'd suggest he would have to do this instead: r² U² r² (Uu)² r² u² LarsV ... two flipped edges on the...
6994 Gilles Roux
gogozergus Send Email
Oct 1, 2003
6:46 pm
... Algorithm] either, ... Just ask Him! Some gods are even smarter than computers, they can solve the cube in 5 moves, and with the feet. That's called...
6995 d_j_salvia Send Email Oct 1, 2003
7:01 pm
Hi Guys, A lot of what has been discussed here in terms of getting faster has to do with looking ahead. But so far in contests people are given 15 seconds of...
6996 patrick stinson
grendel_102 Send Email
Oct 1, 2003
8:29 pm
ah, after reading that post for the first time, i thought he had come to the parity problem. sorry bout that. Lars Vandenbergh...
6997 turnthatcube Oct 1, 2003
8:56 pm
It is an Idea, but is it practical? I do not have 5 speedcubes, most speedcubers have 2 some 3 speedcubes So I gues this can only be performed using normal...
6998 fatansn2 Send Email Oct 1, 2003
10:45 pm
I still have a few questions: First, what does all that do? Second, what's the difference between U and u? Also, what's a parity problem? Thanks! Adrian ... ...
6999 Andy C
rubiks1938 Send Email
Oct 1, 2003
11:04 pm
When I first brought up the idea of limits in my cube log on my site, I was specifically talking about the Fridrich method with no other random memorized...
7000 Christopher MoyerGrice
cybermesh0 Send Email
Oct 1, 2003
11:27 pm
I've had the same problems as well. Second ?: U and u have to do with the notation of the Revenge. On a regular 3x3 you have...
7001 Lars Petrus
gorimek Send Email
Oct 2, 2003
12:04 am
... These guys are very talented full time professionals. It takes them many years of full time work to learn all that. They don't just memorize moves, but...
7002 d_funny007 Oct 2, 2003
1:00 am
"U(up)D(down)F(front)B(back)r(right)L(left)" <---- I think that r is supposed to be capitalized. "The asterisk for a counterclockwise twist" <---- I don't...
7003 fatansn2 Send Email Oct 2, 2003
1:28 am
Great! Thanks a lot! I've solved it now! Adrian ... is ... it's ... slice ... ( ... <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=256694.4002236.5216697.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1 ... ...
7004 Christopher MoyerGrice
cybermesh0 Send Email
Oct 2, 2003
1:58 am
Oops... sorry about that... stupid typos ;) I'm glad you got it! CMG ... From: fatansn2 [mailto:fatansn2@...] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 9:29 PM ...
7005 Pyraminx Master
pyraminx14 Send Email
Oct 2, 2003
2:18 am
Hi all it's me...again If you are extremely devoted to cubing, it is possible to memorize that 1200 some algs for the LL. If each alg is 10-15 moves, and the...
7006 fatansn2 Send Email Oct 2, 2003
2:57 am
Darn. Another problem. This time, I have an odd number of "edges" oriented incorrected at the last layer. Is there a good website which has all the algorithms...
7007 d_funny007 Oct 2, 2003
3:03 am
Yes, I agree with the point Andy makes. Just wanted to clearify, defend, and add to these points, if it's ok.... I hope I'm not getting to annoying about these...
7008 d_funny007 Oct 2, 2003
3:05 am
This would be "that other" alg that was posted when you first asked. I also posted Akimoto's version of it a while back that you can search for. Hemm...,...
7009 d_funny007 Oct 2, 2003
3:15 am
I was teaching one of my friends how to solve the 4x4 last night, using the partitioned 3x3 method that we all know and love, detailed on Chris's site, i.e....
7010 Richard Patterson
richy_jr_2000 Send Email
Oct 2, 2003
3:16 am
I found your reference of extended cross not being "pure fridrichs". While I don't know what your definition of pure is, I do assume EC to be just as pure as...
7011 Richard Patterson
richy_jr_2000 Send Email
Oct 2, 2003
3:21 am
With the Zborowski-Bruchem method a 1-look last layer is possible...number of algs needed to learn, around 600 I think. 1. cross 2. 3 CE pairs 3. Last CE...
7012 Richard Patterson
richy_jr_2000 Send Email
Oct 2, 2003
3:23 am
Like I just posted about 45 seconds ago..no need for 1200 algs for 1-look. saying zz method isn't correct, as no one is sure if Bruchem or Zoborowski came up ...
7013 Richard Patterson
richy_jr_2000 Send Email
Oct 2, 2003
3:26 am
Sometimes I wish I was a super-computer...then I'd be faster than all of you....lol..:P -Richard ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New...
7014 Christopher MoyerGrice
cybermesh0 Send Email
Oct 2, 2003
3:52 am
I see what you're saying, and I think it's probably possible, but it seems like a lot more work to me to match up the corners like that than to just do it like...
7015 cmhardw Oct 2, 2003
4:12 am
My gut reaction is to say that it might not be as efficient but I say that only because I am ridiculously biased to the way I do it now, since I've done it...
7016 Ryan Heise
r_h_e_i_s_e Send Email
Oct 2, 2003
4:42 am
Hi, ... There have been a few variants of Fridrich, like orienting the last layer edges while inserting the last F2L pair (was Dan Knights the first to do...
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