Message #4062

From: Ty Jones <whotyjones@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] 2x2x2x2: a few algs and an example solve
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:42:02 -0600

Wow! That’s exciting that someone with so many subscribers got a hold of
your puzzle!

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 12:32 AM Melinda Green melinda@superliminal.com
[4D_Cubing] <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> That’s so cool, Marc! Best of all it puts you among the first 10 official
> solvers at number 8. And so much goodness within these videos. I love your
> single piece flip and the way you so casually perform twists in the
> spooky projection
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4lqDkDJ4Yo&feature=youtu.be&t=4m4s>
> which hurts my brain. I’m also curious about that crazy solve you did where
> you placed all the pieces and then oriented them all in place and hope
> you’ll make a video walk through of that method. It may not be a useful
> solution method but it’s certainly a good exercise of a handy technique.
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> In unrelated news, a crazy YouTube celebrity Miguel Gimenez in Spain
> bought a puzzle and made a wonderful video introduction in Spanish
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjHC6iR_DUM>. I had seen his work before
> but didn’t realize this was him until he told me about his new video. He
> has an astounding 1.2 million subscribers and his video already has over
> 100,000 views and 1,000 comments! He appears to have done a very careful
> job though I can’t tell how accurate it is. If one of you understands the
> puzzle and also speaks Spanish, please let me know what you think. He told
> me he plans to allow community subtitle submissions, so if anyone wants to
> attempt that, please let him know, and of course let us know because I’m
> eager to read it myself.
>
> Now back to Marc with congratulations on securing his prime spot in the
> 2x2x2x2 HOF! Very nicely done, Marc!
>
> Happy puzzling!
> -Melinda
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> On 7/12/2018 6:51 PM, Marc Ringuette ringuette@solarmirror.com
> [4D_Cubing] wrote:
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> Hi gang! I’m back to studying the physical 2^4, after a 6 month
> break. You know what that means: lots of little YouTube videos with
> no production values whatsoever! I’ve uploaded six videos to the new
> YouTube channel I’ve created for my puzzle stuff. Five short videos
> describe the move set I’m using and a few algorithms, then I give a 10
> minute solution video to put me on the HOF list.
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> Probably the most generally interesting of these videos is the third,
> #23 in my numbering sequence, showing how to perform a 180 degree twist
> on a single piece (in 30 moves using ROIL Zero). I shorten this to 10
> moves in the case of orienting two opposite faces only, in video #24. I
> used the shortened version in my example solve at this point 6m45s in: https://youtu.be/N4lqDkDJ4Yo?t=6m45s
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> 21 ROIL Zero moveset 1m11s https://youtu.be/hOt5DnDNibg
> 22 Sune+Antisune+twist2 3m17s https://youtu.be/R9DQhB88yMY
> 23 Doubletwist algorithm 2m17s https://youtu.be/Io4rN080V7c
> 24 Doubletwist, align two faces only, shorter, 3 cases 2m59s https://youtu.be/wmdbYPiegqQ
> 25 Alg for final U2 on R cube 1m16s https://youtu.be/K2d01CMqtgw
> 26 Example solve 10m42s https://youtu.be/N4lqDkDJ4Yo
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> Just now, I tried an additional goofy experiment: a wildly different
> solution method where I permute all pieces first, then orient them
> afterwards! It only took half an hour or so. It was a hoot, try
> it! I’m fascinated by the 12 orientations of these 4d puzzle pieces,
> and the second half of this method is a way to focus in on orientation
> exclusively.
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> Cheers
> Marc
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