another cool yau variant for 4x4, is k4. k4 is quite interesting too, you do yau up to all centers done, then you solve the 4 f2l edges, which leaves you a messy last layer, however you can use commutators and ell algs to solve the pieces, personally i cant wrap my mind around it so i stuck to yau for 5x5, i kinda switched with 2 methods when i started, yau and redux, but soon i became more of a yau solver, but i realised, 6 centers and only 2 to choose from? i dont have colour neutrality, so i started using redux. then i found out hoya exists and started using both hoya and yau
The replacing technique on 4x4 is not actually new at all. It was widely used when I started cubing (2014ish) and I used it as well, only switching to the normal method a year or two later as top players stopped using that as well.
This was definitely not the first video I learned about it. I do recall yoshinator's channel but he deleted all videos. I have found a video from my friend. It's in Czech though th-cam.com/video/IHIknYCY7ME/w-d-xo.htmlsi=uwKJCc_KV8FxJOaK
Before anyone really did yau on 5x5 I would make my first four edges after centers like that. Make two, put the third in the wrong spot and then make the fourth and replace them. The reasoning was the white edges were easiest to find and I wanted to skip cross. I never made it past two mins with this method tho.
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another cool yau variant for 4x4, is k4. k4 is quite interesting too, you do yau up to all centers done, then you solve the 4 f2l edges, which leaves you a messy last layer, however you can use commutators and ell algs to solve the pieces, personally i cant wrap my mind around it so i stuck to yau
for 5x5, i kinda switched with 2 methods when i started, yau and redux, but soon i became more of a yau solver, but i realised, 6 centers and only 2 to choose from? i dont have colour neutrality, so i started using redux. then i found out hoya exists and started using both hoya and yau
Great video Micheal
Would be great to see videos like this about different techniques by differents world class solvers.
I do the "solve 4th edge before centers" on 4 and 5 lol, but I use redux for 6 and 7
Although I don't do Yau, this is interesting!
For 5x5 and up I do before l2c
thanks mr dumpster
The replacing technique on 4x4 is not actually new at all. It was widely used when I started cubing (2014ish) and I used it as well, only switching to the normal method a year or two later as top players stopped using that as well.
oh really? that's pretty cool! by any chance do you know any vid / people that did this method of yau? both me and Kai wen Wang is very curious
This was definitely not the first video I learned about it. I do recall yoshinator's channel but he deleted all videos.
I have found a video from my friend. It's in Czech though
th-cam.com/video/IHIknYCY7ME/w-d-xo.htmlsi=uwKJCc_KV8FxJOaK
Before anyone really did yau on 5x5 I would make my first four edges after centers like that. Make two, put the third in the wrong spot and then make the fourth and replace them. The reasoning was the white edges were easiest to find and I wanted to skip cross. I never made it past two mins with this method tho.
Feliks also mentioned all of these techniques in his free Cubeskills big cube courses
oh nice
0:51 *bleep*
Weeb
yes
Far too lazy, just gonna stick with hoya for 4 and redux for anything bigger lmao