From cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Sat Jun 28 14:03:46 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 OAA13053; Sat, 28 Jun 1997 14:03:46 -0400 Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@oolong.camellia.org Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 05:50:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Jiri Fridrich X-Sender: fridrich@bingsun2 To: Corey Folkerts cc: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: First corners, then sides In-Reply-To: <199706271628_MC2-1961-C7B8@compuserve.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII It appears that both systems are good if worked out into sufficient detail. As far as I know, the fastest speed cubists can achieve an average of 16-17 seconds irrespective! of whether they use corners-edges or by-slices systems. You can look at a system which I have developed some time ago and which enables me to solve the cube in 17 sec. on average. It is described in detail here: http://ssie.binghamton.edu/~jirif/. I also recommend the section on speed cubing tips. Good luck! Jiri On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Corey Folkerts wrote: > > > During the last 5 months or so I have been fiddling around with a > Rubik's Cube that I got for Toys R Us. I have become pretty good at solving > it with the layers method (90 seconds is my record so far.) My question is > this : Is the method of solving the cube corners first and then sides any > faster (once one becomes good at it) then solving it by layers? If so, > could someone please reply with a description of that method. I don't know > the names of any fancy moves, so if possible please use F B U D L R for > the faces during specific moves and expain the other parts of the strategy > clearly. I realize this is asking alot. Thanks in advance to anyone who > replies! > > Corey Folkerts > > ********************************************************************** | Jiri FRIDRICH, Research Associate, Dept. of Systems Science and | | Industrial Engineering, Center for Intelligent Systems, SUNY | | Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, Tel.: (607) 797-4660, | | Fax: (607) 777-2577, E-mail: fridrich@binghamton.edu | | http://ssie.binghamton.edu/~jirif/jiri.html | ********************************************************************** ...................................................................... Remember, the less insight into a problem, the simpler it seems to be! ----------------------------------------------------------------------