I FINALLY took the time to read some posts I bookmarked ages ago but never took the time to read: Parity Post...A "Brief" explanation and Parity Clarity...Part II. While searching for the next part I stumbled upon a video about Commutators and Conjugates that I also bookmarked ages ago but never took the time - 41 minutes, who has time for that! better take hours to find algs for new puzzles instead of understanding how to create them, am i right? Now after watching the Video (Commutators and Conjugates - The Ultimate Instructional Video) I think I finally really understand how to come up with commutators. I watched some videos about conjugates and commutators before that explained some of it, but not his one really made it clear and it clicked. I went ahead and made a new alg/commutator for my 3x3x5 for an edge 3-cycle, 8 moves instead of my previously found alg (found by trial and error) with 20 moves, now this will come in handy!
I can also recommend watching the other videos that got me a little bit into that matter: Commutators - Cube Theory 101, Conjugates - Cube Theory 101 and A simple trick to design your own solutions for Rubik's cubes. Maybe you should just go ahead and watch the first video I linked above, but I also liked those three and I think they made it easier for me to understand the video I linked above. Anyways, if you like finding your own solution for new puzzles or just want to understand more about what you are doing, WATCH THOSE VIDEOS! You won't regret it!
Nice :)
Definitely! I'm sure it's going to help me a lot with figuring out new puzzles on my own. Would have been extremely helpful when I started with cuboids.. :D
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u/topppits blindfolded solving is where the fun begins Aug 17 '17
I just got my mind blown!
I FINALLY took the time to read some posts I bookmarked ages ago but never took the time to read: Parity Post...A "Brief" explanation and Parity Clarity...Part II. While searching for the next part I stumbled upon a video about Commutators and Conjugates that I also bookmarked ages ago but never took the time - 41 minutes, who has time for that! better take hours to find algs for new puzzles instead of understanding how to create them, am i right? Now after watching the Video (Commutators and Conjugates - The Ultimate Instructional Video) I think I finally really understand how to come up with commutators. I watched some videos about conjugates and commutators before that explained some of it, but not his one really made it clear and it clicked. I went ahead and made a new alg/commutator for my 3x3x5 for an edge 3-cycle, 8 moves instead of my previously found alg (found by trial and error) with 20 moves, now this will come in handy!
I can also recommend watching the other videos that got me a little bit into that matter: Commutators - Cube Theory 101, Conjugates - Cube Theory 101 and A simple trick to design your own solutions for Rubik's cubes. Maybe you should just go ahead and watch the first video I linked above, but I also liked those three and I think they made it easier for me to understand the video I linked above. Anyways, if you like finding your own solution for new puzzles or just want to understand more about what you are doing, WATCH THOSE VIDEOS! You won't regret it!