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so i just got my 5x5 professor cube and am so close to solving it. i have all the centers and 6 of the edge/wings but i cant get all of them. does anyone have any good guides/tutorials/algorithms that they use to solve this dastardly puzzle?
also general cubing thread

>> No.4190336

>>4190332
I've barely started with a 3x3x3 cube, still solving it with the beginners' method. Your shit scares me.

>> No.4190342

>>4190336
lol ill give u the link to the method i use. ive gotten down to 1:30 at my fastest. the 3x3 is like megablox and the 5x5 is like real lego. its really funny when using them back to back
http://peter.stillhq.com/jasmine/rubikscubesolution.html

>> No.4190357

bamp for general cubing discussion

>> No.4190367

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga9z4gF3QDc
this is what you need.

I takes me about 15:00 minutes to solve.

>> No.4190369
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4190369

bunpin with awesome cubes

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>>4190367
thanks bro. when u say 15 min, is that just edge pairing or the whole cube?

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also, can anybody solve this little bugger. its a 17x17 cube.

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sudokube anyone?

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>>4190395

>> No.4190408

>>4190381
I just realized he's an idiot. I figured it out myself I just thought he TRIED to teach. He's an idiot. Follow this.

15 min for the entire cube. I haven't tried speed solving it, could maybe get it down to 10 mins. It's just too long to concentrate for me to be honest. About 15 is when i sit and chill.

>> No.4190412

>wings

wut

Just solve each 3x3 centre, then solve each 3-piece edge and it's like a 3x3x3 cube (You should be able to figure this out). If you can't get the last edge, just use the sort of parity-resolving algorithm you'd use on a 4x4x4.

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>> No.4190423

>>4190408
i honestly have no idea what that first sentence means

>> No.4190432

>>4190412
i guess one of my problems is that i skipped the 4x4 and dove right into the 5x5 after the 3x3 became my bitch
also see >>4190422
the one the arrow is pointing to is the wing

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>>4190435
oops, forgot pic

>> No.4190435

I personally suck at rubiks cubes, but my friend is a wizard. He got a 5x5x5 and he solves it by basically turning it into a 3x3x3 (pic related) and solving from there. The diagram might be confusing, but hopefully you get it.

>> No.4190442

>>4190435
thanks but that is kinda the basic idea that im going for, but i cant get the edges! i thinki its a parity error but i still cant even figure out what that means or how to fix it

>> No.4190447
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4190447

>2011
>still struggling with 3D cubes

Real men solve 3x3x3x3x3 5-cubes.

pic related

>> No.4190449

>>4190447
>cubeception

>> No.4190828

k so now i have 8 of the 12 edges arranged but cant get the final 4. if i do a Rr2 and a Ll2 i have another 2 sets of edges lined up, but to get them back i would disrupt the 8 other matched edges that are stored on the left and right sides of the cube. wat do?

>> No.4190850

>>4190828
Commutate the shit out of it, of course.

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bamp

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4190861

>>4190447

>> No.4190864

>>4190861
nigga please
the computer does all the work

>> No.4190865

Shit, I can't even figure out the 4x4 cube. I'm unable to get all 6 2x2 centers at the same time. I'm impressed, OP.

>> No.4190881

>>4190865
thanks son, i think the 5x5 is more intuitive, which is why i picked it over the 4x4. i say this because i use algorithms to solve the 3x3 but this 5x5 i just searched the technique (how to start and what to do) and did it all logically

>> No.4190907

somebosy please halp me :( this is the most frustrating thing evar!

>> No.4191244

k. now i have all of the edges paired and lined up, and i need to position and orient the corners. all of the guides i have say, just solve it like a 3x3 but im not sure what to do

>> No.4191600

>>4190907
It's fairly intuitive man. The hardest part is the solving it like a 3x3x3. That's the only thing that isn't intuitive and really needs thinking.

Just pair all the edges until you only need to pair 3 edges. When you have this, make one of them fit, and when you want to turn them back, make sure it falls into the right place.

>> No.4191605

>>4191244
just...
solve it like a 3x3, dude

>> No.4191612

i dont know algorits but i have been playing chess for 12 years and i can solve this without any training

>> No.4192966

>>4191244
okay. when they say solve it like a 3x3 they mean that the 3 middle edge pieces can be considered 1 and solve the rest like a 3x3 cube

>> No.4192986

i cant even solve my 2x2

>> No.4193154

>>4192986
i found the 2x2 harder than the 3x3 at first. but once you figure out the 3x3 the 2x2 is simple

>> No.4193158

>>4190395
ha ha no

>> No.4193306

>>4191600

Solving a 3x3x3 is the easiest. And doing that you could solve a 5x5x5 using almost the same technics. I tried with a 4x4x4 and i think it's a little harder since the centers aren't 'fixed'.

>> No.4193351

Fuck you guys, I can't even solve the trivial case.

>> No.4193369

I've mastered the 3x3, are 2x2s or 2x3s any more difficult?

>> No.4194179

Real men solve these puzzles

http://users.skynet.be/gelatinbrain/Applets/Magic%20Polyhedra/index.htm

I'm pretty high up on the scoreboards but I'm not going to say who

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>>4193351
>implying they came up with the algorithms on their own and didn't just look it up online in and spend too much time on it in a typical aspergers manner.

>> No.4194807

>>4194186
>implying you can solve any cube
>implying your not new here
>mfw.nfo

>> No.4194822

Why the hell would you look up a solution online if you don't already know how to solve it? That ruins the whole point of the puzzle.

>> No.4194903

>>4194822
the solution isnt a solution, its a guide. it tells you moves that can move cubies here or there and make a specific pattern or place them in positions

>> No.4194912 [DELETED] 

>>4194903
so if you wanted to move all of your cubies from say, a scrambled position, into, let's say, a completed position, that "guide" would tell you everything you needed to. therefore, it's a solution and it ruins the fun of trying to figure it out yourself.

>> No.4194922

on a completely off topic note, does anyone know the algorithm to make a 5x5x5 swastika?

>> No.4194935

>>4194912
no. i guarantee, if u had a mixed up cube, and all the solutions evar made in front of you (being a newcuber) it would take you a tremendous amount of time to solve and recognize what needs to be done

>> No.4194942 [DELETED] 

>>4194935
how does the amount of time needed make a solution Not a solution? is it only a solution if it can be done in less than 10 minutes or something? where is the guideline

>> No.4194953

>>4194942
if it was a solution, it should take you the amount of time to read it plus the 30 or so seconds to execute the moves. since it would take much longer than that and you would still make mistakes, even with the guides and algorithms, it is not a solution only a guide

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4194955

>also general cubing thread
i guess i'll just take my pyramid elsewhere

>> No.4194962

>>4194955
lol, general puzzles thread?
>10/10 sir

>> No.4194969

here's your algorithm

<span class="math">E = KE + m_{o}c^2[/spoiler]

<span class="math">E = \frac{m_{o}c^2}{\sqrt{1-(\frac{V}{c})^2}}[/spoiler]

>> No.4194976 [DELETED] 

>>4194953
>>4194953
so if i gave you a word search that was 100 x 100 letters and you had 500 words to find, and then i gave you a "solution" sheet that showed you where all the words were, it would still take you more than 30 seconds to find all the words, so i guess that wouldn't be a solution at all then, just a guide.

but, if i gave you a word search that had 10 x 10 letters and 5 words to find, and gave you a "solution" sheet, it would still be a solution because you could find all the words in less than 30 seconds.

thanks man, i get it now.

>> No.4194993

>>4194976
yes.
>not sure if troll or just stupid
>read word
>see answer to where it is
>hi-lite word
>under 10 seconds
>mfw

>> No.4195107 [DELETED] 

>>4194993
> see how to flip two cubies that are adjacent to each other
> 16 move algorithm
> 28 seconds to complete
> mfw