Sunday, July 30, 2017

Getting Faster? No. Now I Can't Even Get A Solve!

This one is giving me fits. I thought I needed to slow down and be careful and that it would be more satisfying to get a solve than to rush it and fail again. But even going slow I messed up. I'm pretty sure I messed up on the Swapper. I forgot to R2 in the first part. But instead of stopping immediately I went too far to back it up and get back on track. That makes me wonder. If S is the Swapper algorithm, what is Si? I checked it out. I kept messing up and got tired of trying it.

By the way, the scramble that is giving me fits?

D' U2 F2 L B2 D2 U2 R D' R U B D L2 R2 U2 B' D2 U' R2 B2 R2 U R2 U2 L D' L' R F'
Everyonegetsrealvaluables
AllfollowersofJesus
Inpraisekneelunto
UntoChrist theLord
Victorskneelhumbly
despicablevillains

I wonder if it is the story? Maybe if the story wasn't so deep it would be easier to focus on the solve.

Obviously I'm in that stage of learning this method where I am trying to get comfortable with it but ain't there yet. One day I think I've got it and am improving, then the next day it is like I am not even close.

Picking Up Speed

Annie helped me make the story for this solve. It didn't take long at all to memorize. Like a minute or so. Then the solve took 10.5 minutes. I used the Rubik's Cube this time. It is not as smooth as the Dreampark cube I got with carbon stickers.

D B' L2 U' B' D' L D' F' U L B U' F' L F U R U L' B' D' R' D' R'
Vic's1ducksquirtsonfrogs
42pigsinaninstant
Stevejumpshomefrom
underVic'sgianteggs