Share an alg :D
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This thread is intended for cubers to post their favourite algorithms. This can help beginners and intermediates, with learning cool algorithms for seemingly hard cases (F2L,OLL,PLL,COLL,ZBLL,ELL,WV,VLS).
Any comments wich aren’t cubing related, and/or generally offtopic, will be removed.
To tell us your favourite algorithm, post the algorithm, with a description/picture of the case.
I’ll start with a nice 2gen F2L case. The algorithm is as follows: R U R2 U’ R.
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Well shit I just found a mistake in the thing I posted.
/suicide
I will reupload it soon, fav alg - H perm: z2 (R U R’ U’ D)*30 … :D
Alternative Z-perm, good for bigger cubes, where M slices might not be so easy to do:
(R’ U’ R2 U) (R U R’ U’) (R U R U’) (R U’ R’ U2)
weird - sexy move - similar to the sexy move - insert F2L pair + U2
Oh my! I will definately be using that one :o
[Edit, I actually won’t. The one @Tsskyx mentioned is hard to sub5, and I can easily sub 4 my standard V-perm with Z rotation.]
New favourite alg: V Perm!
D’ R2 D R2 U R’ D’ R U’ R U R’ D R U'
Favorite F perm: R’ U’ F’ (R U R’ U’ R’ F R2 U’ R’ U’ R U R’) U R
So basically R’ U’ F’ (almost full T perm) Insert pair
Please change the title, this is becoming more of a “share any alg” thread.
On that note, here’s a 3-gen REGRIPLESS Ga perm alg that I’ve discovered:
(R U R’ F’) (R U R’ U’) (R’ F R U’) (R’ F R2 U’ R’) U’ (R U R’ F')
Don’t hurt me but.. What’s 2gen and 3gen
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E perm I’ve discovered. Nothing amazing:
(l’ U’ L’ U) (R U’ L U) (R’ U’ L U) (R U’ L’ U)
#Weird PLLs:
X perm: (M’ U) (M2 U2 M2) U (M2 U2 M’) - basically an H perm with an added U2
“lefty” Z perm: (M’ U) (M2 U M2 U M’ U2 M2) U’ - the larger bracket is a portion of the Z perm alg itself, so it should be easier for you to remember it that way (also notice that the beginning is the same as for the X perm)
SUPER nice Ja perm alg:
R’ Lw’ F R F’ R U2 r’ U r U2’ x'
##Showcase
It’s really fast. Maybe even faster than the classical Jb perm alg.
Messing with underslides, I’ve found a neat solution for the F2L case when you have an edge in UB with the F color on top, and the corner is in the front right slot, with the D color pointing to the right (if you were to do an R2, they would pair up).
Solution: (R U R2’) D’ (R U’ R’) D R
My previous solution: R2 B’ R’ U’ R’ U R B U R’ (rly)
I actually found more than that. There’s the following winter variation alg: l D l’ U’ l D’ L’ (figure out the case by doing it in reverse). Some of you may know that one already.
(the normal non-lefty version of this alg is good for sideways insertions of F2L pairs: U r’ D’ r U’ r’ D r instead of U F’ U’ F)
Now, I have one problem with it. The slot contains pieces with U color, but from this angle that color isn’t facing front. So I often have to rotate so that I can execute that alg from the correct angle, since I have a tendency to pre-orient myself the incorrect way. BUT, thanks to underslides, I found a better way:
(R U R2’) D’ (R U R’) D R2 U’ R'
It’s good because then I can execute it almost equally as fast, but from a different angle.
Now, another F2L case solution (again, do it in reverse to get that case):
R’ D’ (R U’ R’) D R (U R U’ R')
And just for the sake of completeness, here’s another winter variation alg:
R’ D’ (R U2 R’) D R2 U’ R'
Hey ZBLL is fun, right?
R U2 R’ U2’ R’ F R U R U’ R’ F'
The way you recognize this one is pretty simple. If you do the standard COLL for the alg you get a U perm.
Also the alg is pretty easy to remember. Just take out the front right slot with R U2 and move it back over the slot with R’ U2’ and then do the standard Winter Variation for that case which is R’ F R U R U’ R’ F'
CFOP essentials:
CFOP (duh) X-cross (eg. blockbuilding) F2L algs (you can’t go just by intuition) Full OLL and PLL 2-sided PLL recognition (this one is a ton of fun to learn… at least for me) COLL Winter variation (cases with no corners can be omitted) The simplest cases of T and U ZBLL
That’s my CFOP advanced pack. I’m posting it here, since most of the points here are about algs, and I’ll be sharing algs for a few of these soon (I’m remaking my guides).
Here I’ll stress the importance of 2-sided PLL recognition.
Have you ever looked at the cube, started executing your PLL alg, only to realize that one side wasn’t what you thought it was after you look around properly, and so you undid the moves, and started all over again?
THAT’s why you need 2-sided PLL recognition.
You can start learning it here: https://sarah.cubing.net/3x3x3/pll-recognition-guide#section/introduction
To @Tsskyx with weird PLLs: my way of doing those
X permutation: M2UM2U2M2UM2U2
other-way Z perm: M2U’M2U’M’U2M2U2M’U2
X: (H perm)U2
other-way Z: mirror of Z
F2L edge flip alg:
R2 U2 F R2 F’ U2 R’ U R'
Start this alg by gripping the R side upside down, that is, hold your thumb on the U side.
G[c]
R2 u’ R U’ R U R’ u R2 Y’ R U’ R'
Also what is a good H perm and a good Z perm that only has R and U moves?
@King_WilliamB
(R’ U’ R2 U)(R U R’ U’)(R U R U’)(R U’ R’ U2)
R2 U2 R U2 R2 U2 R2 U2 R U2 R2
PLLEC (an abbreviation I made up, Permuting Last Layer Edges Clockwise) F2 U L R’ F2 L’ R U F2 PLLECC (Permuting Last Layer Edges Counter-Clockwise F2 U’ L R’ FF L’ R U’ F2
Only works if you have 3 edges remaining and the correct edge piece is in the back. If you have 4 incorrectly permuted edges, perform one of the algs, then continue.
@Leeskye bruh, learn better Ub and Ua perms. Also learn H and Z perms.
Memorize the “Permutations of Edges Only” section of algs at https://www.cubeskills.com/uploads/pdf/tutorials/pll-algorithms.pdf
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