From cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Mon Jun 2 22:09:29 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 WAA04771; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:09:29 -0400 Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199706022035.VAA05665@mail.iol.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 18:37:48 -0400 To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu From: Nichael Lynn Cramer Subject: Re: 5x5x5 practical Q's At 9:30 PM +0100 6/2/97, Goyra wrote: >> 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. Ditto congrats. As far as solving, I find it useful (from a "finger-exercise" point of view) to give myself "stunt" solutions to work towards. For instance with the 5X, I like to start with a single center face (say, blue). Then I solve the remaining "ring" of inner blue faces in order. Then the ring of blue edge and corner pieces (again, in circluar order). Then each successively higher "horizontal" slice (again, in order around the cube)... and so on until the cube is finished. Needless to say, some backup is occassionally necessary. But this can be a pleasant way to pass the time. Nichael nichael@sover.net "Did I forget, forget to mention Memphis, http://www.sover.net/~nichael/ Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks..."