From cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Mon Jun 2 17:31:24 1997 Return-Path: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Received: from oolong.camellia.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oolong.camellia.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA04139; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 17:31:23 -0400 Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Message-Id: <199706022035.VAA05665@mail.iol.ie> From: Goyra To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: 5x5x5 practical Q's Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:30:19 +0100 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > From: Hersch Pilloff > I'm proud to say that after significant quantities of blood, sweat, and > tears, I have finally solved the 5x5x5 cube. I used some techniques from > the good old 3x3x3 cube Congratulations! I remember going through this about 8 years ago, when I got my 5X5. My approach for the 3X3 was to solve the corners, then the middle edges; so those techniques carried over without a change. The rest was simpler, as far as I recall. Trouble was, even knowing the finished procedure, it took about an hour each time. David