Message #1081

From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] 3^4 in 237 twists
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:31:54 -0700

Klaus,

I don’t mean to assert that a solution is computer-assisted simply
because the puzzle is implemented in software. In the case of MC4D the
most obvious forms of assistance are undo/redo and the macro facilities.
The piece finding tool in Magic120Cell is another obvious computer aid.
I also consider the reset command to be a computer aid. You can see how
intelligent minds can begin to disagree about just what constitutes an
aid and the degree to which those aids should or should not matter when
comparing solutions.

I’ll continue to maintain the existing record categories in the HOF but
please feel free to create and curate any new categories on the wiki
that you feel motivated to maintain.

Congratulations on your amazingly short solution BTW,
-Melinda

Klaus Weidinger wrote:
>
>
> Hi Melinda,
>
> I don’t really understand what you mean by "all 4D solutions are
> computer-assisted to one degree or another". Well, of course you need
> a computer, because otherwise you can’t run MC4D, but that is no
> assistance, yet. In my first solve I only used a pen, some sheet of
> paper, a regular rubik’s cube and one pocket cube. In my second solve
> I computed one PLL alg for the 3^3, but if I had known 2-look Fridrich
> and used the same alg or looked it up on the internet, there wouldn’t
> have been any difference. Therefore I would not call my first two
> solves computer-assisted.
> My third solve, however, is computer-assisted, because I would not
> have been able to solve a 3^3 in less that 30 twists.
>
> Concerning the categories, I would suggest the following three:
> - Without any help of a computer
> - Computer-assisted
> - Completely done by a computer
>
> If you don’t want to maintain these, I could do the job for now.
>