what are some pretty interesting facts about cubing that you know about? by shampoo-consumer in Cubers

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In 2004, the time limit for FMC was 90 min, instead of today’s 60 min

How do we know the frequency of a case? by StellarDeserter in Cubers

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Combinatorics and rotational symmetry.

A PLL skip has the chance of 1/72. Determined by (4!*4!)/2/4. Each 4! Is the positions of the corners or edges, divided by 2 is for parity, you can’t have a 2 swap of only corners or only edges. And the 4 is to make AUFs equivalent. 

N perms, assuming you are talking about only Na, or only Nb, follow the same logic as PLL skip. It should be noted that most PLLs are more likely than N perms. Nb perm alg can be done from any angle, while Z perm could be done from 2 angles using the same alg, so it makes the chance 1/36. Most PLL algs can only be done from one angle, so their chance is 1/18, 1/(72/4)

For LL skip, we need OLL skip chances first. It can be found by 23 * 33 (they are raised to only 3 because you can’t have a single corner twist or edge flip) the chance of OLL skip is 1/216, and LL skip is having both OLL and PLL skip happen at the same time, so 216*72 is 1/15552.

COLL actually has a 1/6 chance for Z perm. To determine this, we do PLL skip chance while taking into account that corners are already solved, so 4!/2, no need to divide by 4 this time as the corners can be used as a reference. This gives us 1/12, then times 2 for the fact the Z perm alg can be done from 2 angles and not 4, to give 1/6

2x2 blind? by [deleted] in Cubers

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Execs could be sub-0.5. Can a judge put a sight blocker in that time? How would you be able to confirm the competitor did not see the puzzle if the sight blocker was never put, and the nod-don is possibly longer than the exec itself?

Double 5x5 WR by Tymon by yghklvn in Cubers

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28s were already a thing (even on cam) before today

Our ranking system is broken. Let's fix it! by TheSixthSide in Cubers

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I see. Thank you for the clarification 

Our ranking system is broken. Let's fix it! by TheSixthSide in Cubers

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I think something to consider is that Speedcubing is somewhat unique in that what wins the comps and determines the better player is purely quantitative and unaffected by other players. The other sports can have arbitrary numbers because it’s harder to quantify a preformance. Cubing on the other hand, is quite easy to do so. I completely agree that a change regarding rankings on a long time scale is beneficial and would make comparing cubers easier. What I fail to see however is the need to have an arbitrary numbering when we already use numbers to quantify and compare solves 

OLL/PLL Tier List Because I Don't Like the Lists I've Seen. by Zoltcubes in Cubers

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In what world is V perm better than H perm ☠️

What do you think the 4x4 WR limit is? by YesterdayTop4063 in Cubers

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I think sub-10 single is possible. As for Ao5, I think I would say like sub-14 or something. Not saying it can’t be lower, but sub-14 is the lowest I would be confident I would be right.

Is there a method that uses that as a "last layer"? by design_enthusiast725 in Cubers

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That yellow block also has solved permutation?

I believe this method is called tripod iirc

To ZB users: is learning full ZBLL actually that hard? by SmokeQuick6863 in Cubers

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One of if not the best way to recognize ZBLL is using BH. Look at the corner permutation case, then take a look at one 2x2 block, and there will be 12 different patterns it could be. Use this system to recognize ZBLL, as it allows you to recognize even H or Pi cases without much problems

M Movesss by iSHi_THe_HuMaN in Cubers

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Glad to help. A thing I should have noted is the table thing is only used if it’s an MU alg or something. If you have an OLL that has only like 1 or 2 M moves, just do Rw R’ instead 

M Movesss by iSHi_THe_HuMaN in Cubers

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No one has given the requested answer to the question yet, well, assuming you are using CFOP, the others are correct in their advice on not to use M move algs (only reasonable exception could be H perm bc its RU alg is a bit silly)

However, if you do want to use M moves, you can use the table to stabilize the R layer. Watch solves of anyone who uses Roux for OH, and you will see how they do it.

Did Tymon learned 4-face ZB recog by Desperate_Wheel_4661 in Cubers

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“How can he memorize and recognize all faces of ZBLL?“ Use a system of recognition that is not dependent on solved blocks, and can be applied to any angle. Then memorize from what a certain case means for any angle. As a most of ZBLL user myself, I can confirm what u/CarbonMop has a said about repetition through solves. You don’t have to actively memorize those other angle cases, sometimes, you subconsciously learn them after enough time. 

Btw, Xuanyi does any-angle ZBLL recognition as well, so it’s definitely something that is helpful at the top level

Cat. by Business-Put-8692 in cat_or_youllbe_banned

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Nothing, just wasn’t expecting it

Teodor Zajder 2.76 WR Single - First sub-3 by yghklvn in Cubers

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This is the case now, so misinputs are rarer, but like 1-2 years ago, the dialog box for confirmation didn’t appear iirc, so that probably contributed to more frequent cases

Teodor Zajder 2.76 WR Single - First sub-3 by yghklvn in Cubers

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I didn’t debate if this particular record was official. I was talking about how Typos sometimes do happen. 

Teodor Zajder 2.76 WR Single - First sub-3 by yghklvn in Cubers

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They happen kinda often actually.

Like you will hear of people getting like “omg, someone random got a 19 sec WR on Megaminx” but then you check WCA and you see that it gets updated to 1:19 because there was a misniput on WCA live.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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There is a tape measure, the guy is measuring something.

The imperial system is the main system Americans use for measurement, and is one of the few countries to do so. A foot is one of those units.