how Old Pochmann workshow 4x4 bld workshow 5x5 bld works
| hold | white top, green front, by the centers |
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| edges | buffer UR (B), swap spot UL (D) T perm R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'setups: L, Lw, D, Dw |
| corners | buffer UBL (A), swap spot DFR (P) Y swap R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F Rsetups: R, D, F |
| trace | next target: where the buffer sticker belongs. Buffer piece already home, others unsolved: shoot to one of them (cycle break) |
| in place | flipped edge or twisted corner: 2 targets |
| parity | odd number of edge targets: R U' R' U' R U R D R' U' R D' R' U2 R' U' between edges and corners |
| memo | letter pairs as words, edges then corners |
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| hold | a 2x2 has no centers to hold it by, so after scrambling turn the whole cube until the yellow-orange-blue corner sits bottom-left-back, where it is drawn |
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| corners | buffer UBL (A), swap spot DFR (P) Y swap R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F Rsetups: R, D, F |
| trace | next target: where the buffer sticker belongs. Buffer piece already home, others unsolved: shoot to one of them (cycle break) |
| in place | twisted corner: 2 targets |
| parity | none on 2x2 |
| memo | usually 5 to 9 letters, in pairs |
| hold | a 4x4 has no fixed centers, so the yellow-orange-blue corner sits bottom-left-back, where it is drawn |
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| corners | buffer UBL (A), as on the 3x3 |
| wings | buffer UFr (C). A wing never flips in its slot, so it has one letter |
| x-centers | buffer Ufr (C). Centers of one colour are alike: shoot to any unsolved spot of the buffer's colour |
| trace | next target: where the buffer sticker belongs. Buffer piece already home, others unsolved: shoot to one of them (cycle break) |
| parity | odd number of targets in a piece type: that type needs a parity fix |
| memo | letter pairs per piece type |
| hold | white top, green front, by the fixed centers |
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| midges | buffer UR (B), as the 3x3 edges |
| corners | buffer UBL (A), as on the 3x3 |
| wings | buffer UFr (C). A wing never flips in its slot, so it has one letter |
| centers | x-center buffer Ufr (C), t-center buffer Uf (C). Centers of one colour are alike: shoot to any unsolved spot of the buffer's colour |
| trace | next target: where the buffer sticker belongs. Buffer piece already home, others unsolved: shoot to one of them (cycle break) |
| parity | odd number of targets in a piece type: that type needs a parity fix |
| memo | letter pairs per piece type |