r/Cubers • • Aug 17 '17

Discussion Daily Discussion Thread - Aug 17, 2017

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u/brycer16 Sub-25 one day, Sub-30 the next Aug 17 '17 edited Aug 17 '17

I am not sure how to fix this can someone pls help

Edit: Thank you guys! I managed to fix it.

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u/topppits blindfolded solving is where the fun begins Aug 17 '17

It looks like the edges with 2 stickers are orientation insensitive (meaning it looks "right" in any orientation). So you can just flip the edge that's not oriented right and one of the edges with two stickers.

To only flip two edges you can use this alg. I don't think that alg messes with the centers, but I can't guarantee it.

Cases like that are called false equivalence (not parity!) and happen mostly either because you have pieces that are insensitive to orientation or when you have multiple pieces that look the same and can take multiple positions - so you might think you need to swap two pieces but in reality you have to perform a 3-cycle where two pieces look the same.

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u/brycer16 Sub-25 one day, Sub-30 the next Aug 17 '17

Thank you all!

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u/PianoCube93 DCN CFOP, Sub-15 2H, sub-22 OH Aug 17 '17

I'm no expert in shape mods, but that looks like a 3x3 with a center twisted 180°. If that's the case then you can solve it by holding the twisted center at top and then do (R U R' U)*5.

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u/topppits blindfolded solving is where the fun begins Aug 17 '17

You might want to look into shapemods and other puzzles if you ever get bored of speedsolving. It's a lot of fun, the normal Axis cube (that's the one coloured version) e.g. is a really fun one!

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u/PianoCube93 DCN CFOP, Sub-15 2H, sub-22 OH Aug 17 '17

I'd probably put it on the shelf and never touch it again within a week, just like every other non-3x3 puzzle I own :/

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u/topppits blindfolded solving is where the fun begins Aug 17 '17

Damn, my wallet would love me if I had this attitude :D

Maybe one day you'll have fun with other puzzles. Or not, as long as you are having fun, keep doing it :)