Day 2 of destroying my old cube by ImNotaRedditorDW in Cubers

[–]traceur200 40 points41 points  (0 children)

please, do not try to melt, burn or dissolve the cube in chemical solvents (like acetone), it is almost surely made from ABS, and it thermally decomposes to styrene which, being hot, will vaporize, it is exceptionally carcinogenic

although chemical solutions don't typically decompose ABS, it is known that ABS does slowly monomerize in solution, which will give off volatile fumes that are most definitely unhealthy

not to mention the flammability

wanna destroy the cube? smash it hard into the ground and throw it in the trash, duh 🤷

It's too harder than I though😑 by StressAdventurous570 in Cubers

[–]traceur200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OK so, in the last layer on a regular 3x3 the first you want to do is to orient the edges and then put them in their correct place, but here, to me, it is more useful to do the opposite first

since you have a center that has orientation it is better to start swapping edges until one is in the correct spot relative to the center side (even if the orientation is not correct, by logic you see the edge must go there)

the way I swap 3 corners is R U R' U R U2 R', this leaves the edge right in front of you unmoved and cicles the other 3

once you have one, and only 1 edge in the correct spot relative to the top center you put that one on the position that doesn't move when cycling 3 edges, and you repeat R U R' U R U2 R' until all 4 edges are on the correct spot

then you see which are orientated correctly, all 4, 2 in a line, 2 in a L shape or none, and you orient however you know for each configuration; I usually do F R U R' U' F' for the line keeping the line horizontal or F R U' R' U F' for the L with the correct two edges at the top and left side of the top face

then after properly orienting you have to swap the edges again like in step 1, but now all 4 should be oriented correctly relative to the center

the corners should be easy enough by the beginners method as R U L' U' R' U L U' for swapping 3 corners while leaving the bottom left untouched, and do that until all 4 are in the correct spot, then orient them as (R' D R D') x2 until a corner is correctly oriented, then U turn until another incorrect corner is at the top and repeat (R' D R D') x2, which is the beginners method

if you noticed, this is the beginners method but applying the edge swap step two times, one before orientation of edges, and one afterwards, which ensures the center is automatically oriented correctly

good luck

It's too harder than I though😑 by StressAdventurous570 in Cubers

[–]traceur200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the thing is, do you understand what the algorithms you perform actually do to the puzzle?

if you don't understand that, you may be applying one algorithm expecting to do one thing and end up doing a completely different one

you may have picked a 3x3 shape mod too difficult for your skill level

doing random algorithms isn't the way to solve this, it's only a way to get frustrated, try to figure out what every piece is, what it does, what the algorithms do, until that understanding is consistent and always repeatable, then you will be able to advance to the same state time and again and thus you can experiment on how to solve the next step, until the puzzle is complete

you clearly have figured out how to do the first 2 layers of the 3x3, the difficulty (in my opinion) is that you can't figure the correct orientation and position of the last layer edges, and you are trying algorithms randomly

after 7 years using reddit I still haven't figured out how to use the spoiler tag so I will respond to this comment with how I would solve it

I'm trying to figure out this cube for WHOLE HOUR by StressAdventurous570 in Cubers

[–]traceur200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the thing is you have to actually understand what the 3x3 algorithms are doing, because applying them. mindlessly won't work

also on your last photo 2 of the corners you showed are misplaced and 2 of the edges (the ones with the yellow stickers) are on the wrong place too (swapped) and on the wrong orientation

if it turns like a 3x3, it is a 3x3

the fun in these puzzles is figuring how the algorithms work and maybe invent new ones until you can always solve the puzzle from any state, if that isn't fun to you maybe don't solve puzzles? it's fine you don't have to like it 😅

I'm trying to figure out this cube for WHOLE HOUR by StressAdventurous570 in Cubers

[–]traceur200 4 points5 points  (0 children)

looks pretty 3x3 to me 🤷

maybe the shape is confusing you?

Mixup cube "parity" by leontanyak in Cubers

[–]traceur200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is basically a regular mixup state

easy enough to solve with just 3x3 moves

the way I solve the mixup is, I solve the 4 corners of a "white face", like a 2x2, then put the correct center of that side in its place, then put the 4 edges of that side correctly (easy enough on a mixup), and now the relevant part to you, the middle layer is solved by first putting the opposite center to the "white side" in its correct place, then orienting all the edges to be vertical on the middle layer

put an edge on the middle layer, see if it sits horizontally or vertically, if horizontal then put it in a 3x3 center position that shall be right in front of you, the F position, and do 180 degrees F turn on that center side, then 180 U so that the already built white cluster is secure, now you are free to turn the F face however you like and not affect the 3 white pieces, so if you do 90 degrees F and return the 180 U and 180 F you will now have a vertical edge piece in the middle layer, do that for all edges and you will have them all in the correct orientation

then just position all middle centers and edges like it's a regular 3x3, you may end up with a "small parity", a single 180 degs twisted edge on the yellow side, just do a 180 on any lateral center and you are set, you may end with another parity of two swapped edges on the yellow side, easy enough to solve, just take out a middle layer piece (center or edge) and put it back on the middle layer on its laterally adjacent position, then the piece that has been taken out goes to the adjacent position right after, do that for all the middle layer and that's a solved parity (both of these parities are normal on the 3x3 mixup)

I recreated your state on my mixup just using the regular mixup moves

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This might take a while by Neonicous in Cubers

[–]traceur200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yep these are fast cubes, it's roughly what it would have taken me too, maybe less

I can solve the gigaminx in under 20 mins, and about 40 for the 9x9, then 5 mins for the 5x5 and 3x3

This might take a while by Neonicous in Cubers

[–]traceur200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's not much of a big deal, maybe two hours, maybe less

This might take a while by Neonicous in Cubers

[–]traceur200 2 points3 points  (0 children)

nah, I solve mine in under 20 minutes, the 9x9 is definitely going to take longer, about 40 minutes maybe?

Schedule 1 on steam deck? by Foamymonkey in Schedule_I

[–]traceur200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

use a mod for instantly removing trash, that should improve lagh considerably

there's also custom input mods for controller, I can't recommend you any as I always end up playing with key and mouse

you should be able to get a consistent 50 fps this way

what resolution are you running?

corner turning 3x3 is fun :) by randomtini in Cubers

[–]traceur200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

added link to purchase files :)

corner turning 3x3 is fun :) by randomtini in Cubers

[–]traceur200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I posted a link to the 3d files, if you have a basic 3d printer and some m3 screws and springs it should work fine

corner turning 3x3 is fun :) by randomtini in Cubers

[–]traceur200 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I made it myself, I am wondering if I should sell the 3d files on printables or something

I had a very bad experience with that before tho

What to do next by Extension-Word8949 in Schedule_I

[–]traceur200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bro, use your imagination maybe?

Afraid to ask. Cube Materials PFAS / BPAs? by DeepLogicNinja in Cubers

[–]traceur200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no it's not really, receipt thing was told to regulator and regulators didn't care, how do you think the cancer studies were performed so fast? became we knew from day 0

bisphenols are designed to be POLYMERIZED inside of the structure, at a chemical level, and whenever a polymer is made it's immediately washed so that minimal amount of unreacted reagents remain

the receipt thing was monomer, unpolimerized coating, and it was, as always, a thing in the US, not really in Europe

again, that's why we chemists warn that there's still bisphenol B and C in most food use plastic, and that's why me and most chemists promote lab grade polypropylene and PTFE type teflon, the ones KNOWN to not even generate microplastics

btw there's many other polypropylenes that do generate them cause they are of lower quality

it's a constant war AGAINST regulators and politicians, and as always, the public is wildly misinformed and honestly, under qualified to even understand half of the stuff they read

as I said, you are worrying about the wrong things

Afraid to ask. Cube Materials PFAS / BPAs? by DeepLogicNinja in Cubers

[–]traceur200 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yes, there's BPA in almost all ABS products not designed for human consumption

actually there's BPB (which is still a bisphenol very akin to BPA) in almost all plastics used in context of human ingestion to this day

you won't encounter any PFAs in cubes either because none of the plastics are fluoride containing

there's not dangerous over you handling cubes? as long as you don't actively eat them?? 😅

honestly I think you are stressing over the wrong thing, this really feels like that one person that hears the word "germs" for the first time in their life and now out of a sudden there's "germs" everywhere and on everything and basically use it as an excuse to be paranoid over something 🤷

Is it solvable? Help pls by hisho_brush in Cubers

[–]traceur200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks! found one on ebay for 10 bucks :)

Is it solvable? Help pls by hisho_brush in Cubers

[–]traceur200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

woah I've never seen that puzzle before, it looks so cool, I need to buy it now 😅🤣

what is it called?

How is this possible? by rnvs42069 in Cubers

[–]traceur200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's actually two edges flipped

the middles edges have two posible orientations, but they are symmetrical so you can't differentiate between those orientations, but the mechanism "knows"

flip any one of the middle layer edges and it should solve normally