• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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    5 months ago

    What have folks been up to this past week?

    I played around with this Sudoku Cube, attempting to find alternate “solved states” which fit the Sudoku criteria.

    I managed to find one by cycling three edges, but some of the numbers are sideways or upside down. I wonder if there are other solved states, and whether there is a systematic way of finding them…

  • Narusite@piaille.fr
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    5 months ago

    @threelonmusketeers

    I haven’t done a #speedcubing session for a long time (still a bit of figdet, patterns on big cubes…), and it’s showing!
    I’ve forgotten loads of CMLL, my SB is catastrophic, and I’ve done quite a few FBs with more than 12 moves (not counting all the mistakes). My ao5/ao12/… are nowhere near my best.

    Otherwise, I’ve made a few good resolutions (planned all my FB, SB and CMLL easy…) and managed 2 sub-20s.

    Time to get back to it!

    cstimer screenshot, Reconstruction tools with insp, exec, turn, tps for fb sb cmll l6e and total cstimer screenshot with mo3, ao5, ao12, ao25 stats. Current and best. 31 solves, 27.23 average FB 4.5, SB 10.62, CMLL 5.49, L6E 6.61

      • Narusite@piaille.fr
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        5 months ago

        @threelonmusketeers Those are steps of the #Roux method. It’s not a layer by layer method. The steps are FB, SB, CMLL, LSE (or L6E).

        To start, you make a 1x2x3 block on the left side (FB = first block), then a 1x2x3 block on the right side (SB = second block).
        Next you permute/orient the corners in 1 alg: the CMLL step (only 42 algs)
        And finally you solve the remaining 6 edges (Last six edges: LSE/L6E)

        It has a low move count, is more intuitive and less algorithmic. It’s often used in OH.

        Usually, FB can be done in less than 8 moves. With unlimited inspection, I usually managed to keep under 8. So 12 felt definitively rusty.

        #speedcubing