Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Three Easy Solves. All In My Head.

I put the scramble on four cubes determined to do it without notes. If I failed on the first I'd go right to the second. This one was easy though. If they were all this easy I would consider going for 2 scrambles on 2 cubes consecutively. Close my eyes, solve one, put it down, solve the next, then open my eyes.

Today's solve used
Steve Picked 1 Cake And Ice cream
for the corners. One corner was solved to start with.
Then for the edges
Dan Ate Only Large Helpings Proclaimed Joe Vehemently
followed by a 3-cycle and a flip of two edges. The 3-cycle was simple and the flipped edges were both on front. Easy peasy.

The scramble: checkerboard then U L2 D' R B' L F' D2 F2 D L' D' L' D2 R F2 D' R2 B U

And another. All in my head.
B2 D F U2 L F L' U L' F' L R2 D F R F D' U' B F D B L2 R' U' B2 U2 F' D2 L2

2 B Forgiven AHA
twist 3 corners
Then edges
King Fred Got Very Proud In Every Open Revolt LAP

It doesn't have to make sense. It just has to be memorable. :)

The third solve:

4 Every Free Offer U 1 2 did the corners. Pretty easy.
O R 1 A Pretty Face? Just 4 Vic Ethan. Then flip I and 3.

Is this the first time I've done 3 solves in a row without messing up? Maybe. For sure without notes.

A Tough Solve. Four Cubes Discussed.

This scramble was really difficult for me to solve. I messed up originally because I mixed up a couple words. I changed the story a little to make it easier to recall. This one started with an edge 3-cycle which was quite easy and solved 3 of the edges right off. Then I went to the corners. But I tacked on an edge sentence as if it was a corner sentence. I tried to backtrack but messed up somehow and gave up. This morning I reviewed the story again and successfully solved it on the new Duncan cube.


B2 D U F' D U B' F2 L F' R D2 L2 B' F' D2 L2 R2 B D' F D U B D' U' F' D' B' R
cycle edgesL to S to C
Corners
IPaulLengtat
OweHimAll2
Edges
AGreat1BeYeshua
KingEternal
2 (to)VerilyDie

Of my 4 cubes the Duncan is my least favorite. I'm not sure if it is the stickers, or the lightness of the puzzle, or what. You would think I have a favorite of my other 3 but I don't. There is something about the Rubik's Cube with tiles that appeals to me even though it is sort of clunky and noisy. The carbon fiber Dreampark cube has a nice feel. And now that I have lubed the Zanchi I really like the way it feels. I don't like the way it looks as much as the other 3, but I like the absence of stickers when solving. I like the looks of the Dreampark cube except the light has to be right to distinguish the colors. So I guess I do not have one perfect cube. Does one exist? Probably not. Maybe I should pose the question online somewhere and see what others say.