Attempting to Solve a Square-1 (With NO Help)

Today we learn that everything in life really just comes down to J perms.
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[@Lxyaltyhvh]

"I managed to get a square on one side" *square one finished*

[@chronicsynergy]

best comment

[@GezzaCubing]

lol

[@khanhnguyennam6007]

Wow good job man

[@bsed_mathmethusalemjudahbl7056]

lol good one

[@ezdor8877]

Haha haven't thought of that

[@cs-lw5xf]

J Perm solving square-one intuitively: “I just kept trying stuff and it kept working.”

[@seanachafe6844]

Its Square-1

[@maybeoptify]

@@seanachafe6844 that's what he said

[@mirriahwilliams7317]

I08i÷ 8w02

[@jonasc613]

Yet I feel so dumb

[@dylanbacon4577]

Jerry smith be like

[@welsonliong8607]

Literally 1 month later… ●How to solve sq1 (beginner) ●How to get fast on sq1 ●Sq1 walkthrough solves

[@ClumsyCuber]

Welson Liong yes 😂

[@HyperCuber]

Lol

[@vietlexuan2736]

Awesome

[@lightningcreates1271]

@@ClumsyCuber hi

[@williamdinhh]

Cries in pb

[@themercycatalog]

j perm: "ignore the stuff on the top" me: *immediately becomes curious about the stuff on the top*

[@dianaalvarado6197]

YOU ARE A LEGEND

[@piggyporkerss9680]

Lol

[@oofy69]

exactly

[@Doom_Guy_Slayers]

And just to be clear. I look at it and it's not a Simpsons paradox and math stuff

[@cuberboi848]

yep

[@PreacherLawson]

I've never felt so stupid

[@kiiroisyellow]

Yo preacher whaaatt is uppp

[@lalafirdous5717]

Didn't expect u to be here Oh well...

[@minipriyasunilraj6130]

Preeeeaaaacher

[@minipriyasunilraj6130]

Holy crap I did not expect you to be hear

[@minipriyasunilraj6130]

I am voted for you in champions

[@NJBSports_KH]

Smartest cuber alive using logic to solve a puzzle in 2 hours

[@saiyanfederal7539]

Ikr

[@cat9448]

fathin maftuh abdullah - it was definitely logic related, how he used jperm on a 3x3 and applied it on a cube with totally different mechanisms, thats just crazy. I just solved the squan for the first time today, watched several tutorials and it took me HOURS, like more than 3 (only following instruction) and I’m still slower than Dylan who does it partially intuitive. So he’s definitely really smart.

[@ThawBerry]

Sowath yea

[@elijahharberthemcgamer5177]

500th like. I guess I’m special now

[@seancahill6844]

Well he is Asian

[@conradtan6319]

J perm: "50 % chance never solve tis again." SCS: "sends another square one."

[@s2erp5ent]

Welp, guess it's back to Square 1. *yes I stole this joke*

[@krishnaperla9472]

And the square 1 is scrambled

[@nooberaserhead6566]

Is that u kaneki??

[@sheldonrego6121]

1 week later: square 1 tutorial 2 weeks later: square 1 intermediate tips 1 month later: CSP tutorial 2 months later: how to be sub 8 on square 1

[@khanhnguyennam6007]

Sheldon Rego whats csp

[@nguyener14]

Khánh Nam Nguyễn Cube shape parity. Basically you can avoid parity in every squan solve but there’s a bunch of algorithms for it.

[@Untoldanimations]

Steven Nguyen Changing parity is completely intuitive and needs no algs, the hard part is determining in inspection if you need to do your regular cubeshape solution or if you need to change parity. There are 90 cases and sometimes it's different when mirrored in the bottom, so it's effectively learning 180 cases. I used to know them all but now I've forgotten it.

[@nguyener14]

Ping Pong Cup Shots How do you change parity intuitively. I do know about tracing tho

[@Untoldanimations]

@@nguyener14 well you just find somewhere where you can do an odd number of swaps, hence changing parity. If you have 6 corners on one layer, rotating does a 6-cycle (aka 5 swaps). If you can get all 6 corners on the right, slashing does 3 swaps etc. Those are the most obvious ways but by the time you're halfway through CSP you'll learn more ways to do it. By the time I was nearly done all I needed to do to learn a case was do a trace, solve it normally and see if I get parity. If I didn't, I'd remember that. If I did, I'd know to look for somewhere along the way to change parity without even learning the alg :p

[@liadsraier]

11:18 the fact that he didnt even ask us to like or subscribe... I just love that. And of course I liked because of the dedication and hard work J-perm has been doing just to entertain us. Legend.

[@rysea9855]

I guess you could say... You ended up back at square one

[@velocestreams8269]

u sound like a mom who thinks there so funny but they are actually funny

[@zeyy84]

GET OUT GET OUUUUUUT

[@velocestreams8269]

@@zeyy84 why u mad

[@rysea9855]

@@velocestreams8269 Wait, it was actually funny? Didn't expect that lol

[@velocestreams8269]

@@rysea9855 it was just a really bad pun. thats why its funny

[@DGCubes]

Dude this was so interesting to watch, I'm kinda mad that I resorted to tutorials for so many puzzles. I'd love to try this sort of thing more often :)

[@JPerm]

Thanks! Stuff like this makes me glad I didn't do a lot of puzzles early on haha

[@NoahS4226]

I learned most puzzles like this. It's so satisfying when you get it down but it's so frustrating and even more time consuming

[@whotyjones]

You should try the 4D cube!

[@brayyan2384]

Ty Jones wait what????

[@whotyjones]

@@brayyan2384 superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm The 2^4 might be a little easier to tackle at the start, but if you understand how to solve a 3x3, you can figure these out with some work!

[@nguyener14]

Sees title: I wonder if he gets parity

[@ClumsyCuber]

Steven Nguyen Same!

[@vuukcuberyt]

Yea

[@EliteCubingAlliance]

Lol! I wondered that too!

[@shannu_boi]

Is the parity algorithm tough?

[@EliteCubingAlliance]

shannu boi I think it's like 20-25 moves, but i don't do sqaun so someone can correct me on that.

[@knorfr]

“Ignore the stuff on the top its some maths stuff” *no cancer* *100* 2:00

[@wakkle]

Simpson’s paradox math stuff*

[@qs_infinite7105]

Lol

[@grahgrahmyass]

Lol the moment I saw this comment I was at the part

[@zezothepotatoguy5542]

man be solving a square one and finding the cure of cancer for "fun"

[@COAllAces]

Cancer isn't funny

[@MsTheawesomeshow]

I tried this with a Mefferts Skewb extreme and I gave up after a few hours. You have some motivation. Props to you.

[@dorothy.]

When he didn't say leave a like my respect for him skyrocketed

[@Jonathan-st5oy]

He's a really humble and wholesome dude.

[@-Me_]

@@Jonathan-st5oy yall praising him for that? Oof

[@napstablook9539]

@@-Me_ dude they're praising him because literally every youtuber asks for likes but j perm doesnt because he is a good person

[@yeah8709]

@@napstablook9539 how does that decide whether ur a good person or not it makes no sense

[@BestiaTres3]

@@yeah8709 people love to overreact to anything these days good and bad

[@yinh1206]

He’s so smart I don’t even understand what he’s saying

[@10kwithnovideochallengemem91]

If your cuber and know how to solve cube You will understand everything

[@L_mustrd]

haha

[@nuttyjoe]

@HyperKillingMachine RBLX those arent hard tho

[@Ayanokouji9]

🤲🏻 🙌🏻 🧼 wash your hand before typing

[@felixroux]

@@Ayanokouji9 I struggle to believe you went out of your way to wash your hands, just to say 'wash your hands'.

[@JustAndrewIsFine]

Me: This looks kind of neat, I might get one. J Perm: You can get parity. Me: That's gonna be a no for me dawg.

[@iwilldefeatjperm5631]

Parity is rlly easy to learn Intuitively ps there are really easy algs And csp exists

[@thewolfdude705]

That is an avoidable parity I think

[@PanjaRoseGold]

The parity's easy to avoid if you know 1-Look PLL on a 3x3, or at least can recognize every possible case in 1LPLL. If you can't though, then you'll have to deal with parity at the end of the solve and that's much a much nastier alg than the pre-emptive one.

[@FlyNAA]

@@PanjaRoseGold I'm not a cuber but KZbin has me down a rabbithole of these tonight. But... this seems like some good life advice for anything you can apply it to.

[@trickshotsmoviesandcubing2317]

I've never quite understood what parity is

[@seoul08]

Me who can sometimes solve 2/3 of a 3x3: “Hmm, yes. Interesting. Great technique.” Update: I can do it now, in like a minute 👍

[@Helpadoggoreachsubs]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4vViIejlKZ5p8k

[@pleeppants1712]

nice non cuber

[@seoul08]

@@pleeppants1712 yes, that…that is the point

[@Amoeby]

By saying 2/3 of a 3x3 you mean cross and f2l, right?

[@Tuntor689]

2/3rds? I can only finish the white side sometimes.

[@dianaalvarado6197]

11:12 when you get a square-1 for Christmas but you didn't want one...

[@rhaemz8087]

Lol

[@ME0WMERE]

be grateful :

[@mertansprinter]

If i got a sq1 for Christmas: AYO WTFFF

[@nooooaah]

I’ve returned to cubing after 3ish years, your “attempting to try ~~~~ without any help series” has had me retry things such as the 6x6+ using knowledge with the 4x4/5x5.

[@ronanheidenreich]

j perm: doesn't get parity me: gets parity my brain: *confused cube noises*

[@zakir2815]

50/50 is 50/50 I guess

[@JackAttackCat]

j perm guess its back to square 1 now

[@ClumsyCuber]

Jack Myers yes lol

[@CubingB]

Jack Myers I get the reference

[@maylsy8130]

Totally get that reference

[@blutygrr1053]

I think its from dg

[@daphroggie]

Brought to you by DGCubes and stolen by Jack Myers

[@cookidouqh]

2:45 "Based on my diagram.." *When your diagram is the only thing that matters in life*

[@Slekejkwls-1819]

Huh?

[@thoughtfulsamosa6037]

*I have no clue what you're talking about But your voice is very soothing and relaxing so that's a plus*

[@thoughtfulsamosa6037]

Oof fail I tried to do bold writing lmao guess it doesn't work on two different lines

[@melvintnh328]

he's too smart for us to understand

[@klausnielsen1537]

I really respect how you show your qualms and the pressure you put on yorself. So very well done 👍🙂

[@vecolityplayz5447]

woah I thought this day would never come

[@Jellylamps]

I actually saw this video, decided to do the exact same thing with my Square One (it’s been at least a year since i solved it about 5 times while staring at algorithms) and found almost the same solution as you. I found an algorithm that does a jperm on both the top and bottom at once and had to get creative. Then i watched your video and it was interesting to see how similar our approaches were. I think i had an easier time with square shape and “OLL” because of my past experience though

[@NoahS4226]

That's exactly how I did it first time as well

[@2-MinutesCraft]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aojWZHShaM93f68 Please support and subscribe

[@Jellylamps]

Mukhtar Nazeer no

[@danielam.7977]

You're a genius. I still haven't scrumbled my Square-1...

[@2-MinutesCraft]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aojWZHShaM93f68 Please support and subscribe

[@aplasticbag6222]

@@2-MinutesCraft no one will subscribe to you if you beg for people to subscribe in the comments section

[@tylerb7642]

I just finished watching your Rubik’s clock video (after binging many other random ones) where you mentioned how much time you spent trying to figure out how to solve this puzzle irl. I have loved all of your content so far. I saw this upload was a shorter one (I am commenting before actually watching the whole vid btw) and I was wondering if you have ever thought about uploading more raw footage. I personally really enjoy seeing the thought process behind solving complex puzzles and I think you explain your reasoning in a very clear and concise way. Anyway, thank you for your content! You have done a phenomenal job and I am very happy for you, man! :)

[@dillpickle5987]

I'm glad that there's people this smart in this world.

[@M3ko2]

In weeks and/or months, JPerm will cast a Little Magic on Squan.

[@azlufa7607]

10/10 pun great job

[@t3bld846]

2:03 "ignore the stuff on the top it's some Simpson paradox math stuff"

[@tom5229]

"no cancer 100"

[@therobloxboss24]

@@tom5229 i was just about to say that lol

[@sushimrexx]

We need spam the comments for a video about that.

[@CubingB]

J perms next vid: *Solving sq1 parity with only J Perms* Edit: oh wow thanks 4 the likes

[@ob3vious]

MUST BE DONE

[@khanhnguyennam6007]

That isn’t possible

[@CubingB]

I’m aware it’s called a joke

[@khanhnguyennam6007]

fantdm hero what do you think I should say after that

[@Nylspider]

@@khanhnguyennam6007 You weren't supposed to say anything if you didn't get the joke

[@mrutherford1106]

This is the first time I'm watching this since learning the Square-1. It's pretty interesting to see it from this perspective honestly

[@UnknowableThen]

"I just kept trying stuff and it kept working.” is one of my mottos in life.

[@GTSCS27]

Squan is my main event and I love it and how it solves also see you tomorrow I'm going to the speedcubeshop summer open

[@JPerm]

see you there!

[@plebshno975]

Where are you coming from

[@justiny9657]

You learned how to solve a square-1 faster than me and I watched like 4 tutorials😂

[@cookiecubing1235]

I can feel your pain on a whole extra level

[@Jtak-qu5hk]

Coming from my mind

[@xamzx9281]

@@Jtak-qu5hk aaaaaaaah we are golden wind

[@trending_mobagames]

When I broke up my Square-1. I throw it in the trash can

[@jeffthomas9768]

I've had a Square-1 cube for the longest time, not knowing how to solve it.... You've just boosted my motivation to solve it, my friend!

[@activehamster7724]

You’re good at this by yourself man... I can’t even do it well with aa tutorial

[@The_NSeven]

Solving a Square 1 intuitively was some of the most fun I have had You should do this with more puzzles, like CanChrisSolve!

[@EliteCubingAlliance]

Wow GJ! I can't believe you did this! The squan looks so hard!

[@matthews7171]

I love how this is what helped me solve my square one... this... not the other actual tutorials...

[@accesscrimea]

I love how he was constantly holding it at the wrong orientation

[@aaronoccleshaw3332]

2:05 look at the top left "no cancer" ?

[@danielstone7921]

He said he was studying Simpson's paradox, which has to do with statistics. So I think "no cancer" was a label for a group being compared with a "cancer" group in a table.

[@juanbuscaglia2813]

No CORNER

[@NiagaraTFP]

100

[@COAllAces]

Cancer isn't funny

[@3_peri790]

@@COAllAces it isnt a fun joke

[@draakisback]

Square 1 is actually my favorite wca puzzle. Something about it just feels so nice compared to all of the other twisty puzzles.

[@dipendraagarwal6787]

Today we learn that everything in life comes down to J-perms

[@tomi4745]

a couple of months after watching this video I bought a Square-1 and remembering nothing from this video I took a 9 month trip of trying to solve it. I usually solve my new cubes with no help and after that I watch a tutorial, but no cube was asa painfull as this one. I solved it 3 weeks ago now and this video got recommended to me today. I also came up with my own Jperm and did every algorithm from it.

[@theblackwidower]

I distinctly remember seeing Square-one's in store. And they always sold them unsolved. So I feel like you have it easy.

[@alejrandom6592]

I would really like a video on a Simpson's paradox math stuff

[@therobloxboss24]

me: well that was a cool video, im gonna read the description description: *Today we learn that everything in life really just comes down to J perms.*

[@thoughtfulsamosa6037]

11:19 "This is where another KZbinr might say leave a like for that, but I want you guys to go and try something like this." No thanks, I'll just leave a like 😂

[@Jonathan-st5oy]

Reverse psychology.

[@justsomeguywhocubesallday5693]

I don't know why but I have watched this video like 10 times. But it's still entertaining.

[@thehoodieguy1341]

Props to you for not giving up and solving this difficult cube.

[@ylellosnlo3165]

"it also shape-shifts into different shapes" KNOWLEDGE OF THE GODS CONFIRMED

[@andrewandrei3062]

Me: *sees title* Also me: *laughs in parity*

[@funcuberdeadchannel5426]

*laughs in Sall Andrei*

[@gavinhuynh8031]

Rename the video how to solve sqaure-1 using ONLY J perm

[@SG2048-meta]

@@2-MinutesCraft why

[@adambackhouse7250]

Lol I get it

[@kakiokaki7408]

You are so smart. The fact that you did this without a tutorial is so crazy

[@Chromithius]

No matter how old this is I’ll watch it

[@hojitani]

Ah, finally J Perm makes a Sq-1 vid, time for me to learn it as well I guess

[@LukasNoel]

Finally, i am better then jperm at something. Anyone feel the same

[@mdcuber2152]

Scs sends him a knife J perm: what am I gonna do with this?

[@mdcuber2152]

@Kiefer Pagute yes

[@lightray9264]

@Kiefer Pagute SUB-1 4x4 (SKIPPED PARITY ALG) (NOT CLICKBAIT) (DON’T TRY AT HOME)

[@k2pa00]

I knew the method for solving Square-1 around 10 years ago and now I forgot them all so I tried this. What I found was a brand-new (to me) T-perm that I don't know existed and also works as a J-perm in a Square-1: / U / U' / U' D / U' / U / D' (/ means R2 in 333, right side 180 turn in Square-1). It was overall very fun (probably because I had an experience although long time ago)!

[@sahityamondal7230]

This is what genius called. See you and I both can solve a Rubik's cube... We just memorized moves but very few can actually work out the moves and try it on other cubes like him. This video breaks my believe that a Square one can be solved with knowledge of Rubik's cube. Really you're genius

[@klimeshghimire5250]

this man is good at solving puzzels maybe he should open a youtube channel to teach people puzzle solving skills

[@therobloxiangang3218]

this is one

[@harshudhani5777]

Le J Perm after 1 hour "I figured out that I can do J Perm on it" 😂😂 Why do you always want to do a J Perm?

[@RealG2Cuber]

I know I’m super late but i just want to share that you can do a j perm on a square 1 with a shorter alg Ja Perm: R2 U’ R2 D R2 U’ R2 U R2 U D’ R2 U Jb Perm: R2 U R2 D’ R2 U R2 U’ R2 U’ D R2 U’ I don’t know if its faster but it helpful

[@RemoPihel]

that is not a good alg at all...

[@Ryann5]

Also for the t perm on top be could’ve done R2 U R2 U’ R2 U’ D R2 U’ R2 U R2 D’

[@bookworms4224]

You could also use Misalign bottom R2 U R2 U' R2 U R2 U' R2

[@SanguineFire]

Bro can anybody use square 1 notation in the comments?

[@melvintnh328]

@@SanguineFire lmao

[@rodrigoqteixeira]

I actually made up a piraminx method by myself and still use it. In case you wonder it's just 1st layer, PLL (magminx like), OLL (with a random alg I discovered to flip 2 edges)

[@former_dough]

i don't own a rubix cube, but i like your funny words magic man

[@kazzyamvs7102]

J perm: solves the cube without using tutorial Me: can’t even solve the same cube WITH the damn tutorial

[@ej22_gc86]

Jperm solving a [1] Meanwhile there’s me struggling to solve a barrel Did it though but had to look up a bit of cfop

[@whotyjones]

Oh man! Please try solving the 4D cube!

[@omu_squared]

This idea-giving video is really good, instead of watching a tutorial on how to do this, this idea giving video is really good to start yourself.

[@insellacolbradipo5322]

This is, hands down, your most epic video.

[@airstar3713]

When he messes up, hes back to SQUARE ONE AHAHAHA

[@Mirrordwitch]

I forgot to laugh my bad

[@airstar3713]

Lol

[@santhosh_se5476]

Most underrated

[@bradynewman626]

ye notice how we're not laughing. man, what a dad joke, here take this: L

[@airstar3713]

@@bradynewman626 its a pun

[@marcosj.a.lebron3337]

Now make a video telling how you solved the Sq-1, for beginners ☺😄

[@button.house101]

It seriously isnt for beginners 🤣

[@billma8064]

8:19 when u ask your gf “aren’t you forgetting something?”

[@samuelbamford936]

Im a cuber whats a girl friend

[@CWA19310]

​@@samuelbamford936 lol😂

[@saurabhjarodia335]

Normal humams: Lets try how this new cube works and then learn it on yt. J Perm: Lets solve this new cube intuitively and teach others on yt.

[@ericfielding668]

For the original Rubik's cube, I had to read a book to get the last layer (KZbin didn't exist back then). For the Square-1, I figured it all out myself. I enumerated all of its weird shapes and how to bring them back to the cube shape. Next I transformed the cube shape back to four or five (it has been a long while now) of the weird shapes - shapes that allowed me to rotate a "face" and still retain the same weird shapes. Bringing these rotated-face shapes back to to a cube gave me cubie displacement tables, which I could use to solve any position of the Square-1 using algebra. Truly the weird shapes helped me solve the puzzle from first principles.

[@sabrinaliu3215]

Dylan: dont solve the 3x3 side by side, its layer by layer. everyone when they see Dylan trying to Square 1: "why is he solving it side by side?"

[@harokidgaming9291]

his name is dylan?

[@strawbsyan]

me: mom!! i just solved this mirror cube! *later* me: (solving again) (realizes its the same as 3x3x3) also me: *IM PATHECTIC*

[@balloonbunny-371]

A mirror shape shifts right? Cuz I thought that one took a lot more thought than a 3x3.

[@Foxiethetoastingfox]

​@@balloonbunny-371 I mean, it kinda does??? It does shift in ways that don't resemble a cube, but it still turns like a 3x3, so nothing changes there

[@Foxiethetoastingfox]

Haven't solved a 3x3, but I am getting close to solving a mirror cube, so that's exciting (this cube has been scrambled for as long as I can remember, but I've been able to consistently solve two layers, but IDK how to solve layer three... I'll get there eventually)

[@Foxiethetoastingfox]

Haven't solved a 3x3, but I am getting close to solving a mirror cube, so that's exciting (this cube has been scrambled for as long as I can remember, but I've been able to consistently solve two layers, but IDK how to solve layer three... I'll get there eventually)

[@skm8838]

Who's here after "Attempting to Solve a Clock (With NO Help)"???

[@speedcubingaccount4121]

me

[@skm8838]

@@speedcubingaccount4121 cool

[@AdityaCuh]

@Ds Cuber me

[@PyroTG6]

Good grief! You are an absolute genius... whether you want to admit it or not. A humble genius! 💯 Wow dude...

[@redstoneablecz5742]

Ayyyy, here comes the million subs. Congrats legend!!!!

[@wissalkherbache4995]

he just YEETED my 3 years of engineering out the windows ❤️

[@scubasteve6175]

tbf a lot of this is just past experience in puzzles, particularly the algorithms behind a rubik's cube. although he is clearly a genius i assure you your years of engineering are very intact lol

[@wissalkherbache4995]

@@scubasteve6175 thank youu so much ! I actually knew that but what i meant was tho it should have been my first instinct to sketch out a solution a try to understand the algorithm if i had the cube in my hands i would have skipped all these steps.. it kinda felt like i stabbed my profs in the back hahah

[@kolaterol]

i seriously thought he named a move after him self lmfao

[@Webby104]

Other way round

[@maelgorth]

Just finished watching, all in all how long did it take you?

[@rccubing4924]

Aulong did it took? Did it took Weilong? But it took mei-long But you Did it took Yulong?

[@tutorialsandgaminghelp288]

@@rccubing4924 Yuxin you're so smart huh? Well, I gan do it too.

[@Pete-Prolly]

As a rule, I never look up tutorials, algs, or videos or any help until AFTER I solve it once 1st on my own, (and almost no one seems to want to do that,) SO MAD PROPS TO YOU FOR DOING THAT!!!! And with a square1! Damn bro! That still has me stumped! I solved the Rubiks 3x3x3 speedcube with good ol' Abstarct Algebra & modular arithmetic. (It took me almost a year! (Yea)) I had my own notation..., dude, I made sketches, I drew graphs with nodes & vertices, adjacency matrices from Linear Algebra. I wrote down all the algorithms that I made up, (so I could do them in reverse when they failed instead of starting over. 😂) Now I can do it in 2minutes but when you don't have any hints whoooo!! thats the real hardcore s**t homie!!

[@Pete-Prolly]

THIS IS BASICALLY THE LONG VERSION OF MY PREVIOUS COMMENT. I just talk into it really fast and before I know it my cmment is 20 pages long so Im like oh well... can't delete that now, might as well hit send, hope there are no typos, good luck, have fun reading my crazy thoughts, and listening to me rambling🤦🏻‍♂️ lmao 😂 As a rule, I never look at tutorials or videos for help until AFTER I solve it once on my own, (and almost no one seems to want to do that,) SO MAD PROPS TO YOU FOR DOING THAT!!!! And with a square1! You could get a degree in Math easily (if thats your thing.) I solved mine with Algebraic Structures & modular arithmetic. (The original 3x3 took me almost a year!) My notation was almost identical! My "left & right Sunes" were symmetrical: -L -U +L -U -L +2U +L = 0 and slo R +U -R +U +R +2U -R = 4U = 0 (4U = U4 = 0 'cuz 4U in a row is like 0, like doing nothing,) i.e. 0 is the "additive identity" (I remember thinking it was important for me to see if my algs were equal to 0 in certain cases while other cases I had to be certain they didn't = 0.) It depended on parity, even if this type of "addition" is non- commutative. ( R' U ≠ U R' ) But if you forget cubes & rotations & just pretend you're in Math class then -R +U +R -U = 0 Also, I write "2R" instead of "R2" The main difference that may be confusing about my notation is this: What every cuber calls "R prime" I do the same thing but call it "minus R" This is because if you look at the "D side" from the botton then it's turning clockwise (but I was always hold the cube facing the green with white side up & I imagined the cube was transparent & that I was looking "through the puzzle from the top" which makes cubers D' look clockwise to me instead of looking at the bottom (which would have confused me when I started out.. lol. ) I yeah, dude, I made sketches, I drew graphs with nodes & vertices, adjacency matrices from Linear Algebra. I wrote down all the algorithms that I made up, (so I could do them in reverse when they failed instead of starting over. 😂) So, full disclosure: I solved the 2x2 1st with no help, and that was REALLY HARD for me to do "Lone Wolf Style." Afterwards, I had confidence... AND I had two Rubik's cubes to double my output 🤣🤣🤣 AND the "Void cube" so when I got stuck I could try 2 different things in the other cubes and compare... and you did that with a Square 1??? Good for you, man!! I got MAD respect for you. That's that Lone Wolf s**t right there!!!!. 👍 Did you write anything down or just do it all in your head and rewind when you made an error?? It took me a few weeks to get the 1st 2layers on square 1 and its been looking like a bird house for a months 😂 Would you believe that I solved the Void Cube BEFORE the 3x3x!!!??? Fortunately I had the foresight to write down my moves... so I was able to re-use that same algorithm to solve the 3x3 the 3x3 right after (Today I can solve the 3x3x in under 2mins.) The 1st thing I did after each solve was compare my solution to the ones online I still solve like that with puzzles today. Cuboids I can usually solve same day with no help: 3x3x2, 2x2x3, 2x2x4, 2x2x6 and no paper. Except the 3x3x4 ... that took me a while and I got stuck with a parity on the last layer. Megaminx & Kilominx no problem until last layer. Mirror cubes, Dino cubes, Ivy Cubes, pyraminx, all easy. all 4x4 , 5x5, 6x6, and 8x8 I can do... just tedious af. (I love the 4x4 & 6x6 for long trips. Xman cube has me baffled right now but it's also delicate so I can't just plug those algs in and fingertrick. Gearball was deceptively easy which made it hard (if that makes any sense.) Puzzles I really love & are in "the Goldilocks difficulty range are the Kilominx, Rubik's Missing Link, the Pentacle Cube, the Clover Cube, the Skewb, the skewb extreme, the skewb Dodekahedron, and even tho thesesseem innocent: (the 3x3x2 cuboid & 4x4x4 cuz I forget how to solve the parity algs on both of those if I hadn't done them inn a while.) and the Penrose cube. they're fun af. Some honorable mentions are the 11 steel Hanayama Puzzles I own, , 2x2 gearshift by Oskar, The Gordian Knot, The Moyu Axis Wheel Cube which I will NEVER scramble again! (Im good on all axis cubes.) And puzzle I own but haven't attempted yet cuz Im scared are Mefferts Ghost Cube, the Fisher Mirror Cube? (I think its called,)

[@jj_murphs]

I have one of these and I haven’t solved it for like 2 years and now watching this I have a better understanding and I will hopefully be able to solve now

[@angstromcuber7966]

Amateurs walking to class: 3x3 Me: Square 1 Everyone: turns to me instead of the amateur OH MY GOSH! Did you you just solve a Square 1? Amateur: What happened to my attention

[@dexxiepascua3987]

Me: (knows how to solve a sq1) Me: I'm proud of you

[@2-MinutesCraft]

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[@oshiezz]

And thats why hes called "J Perm."

[@u3cuber898]

I was given a square-1 when I was 13 and wanted to figure it out on my own. Ive picked it up here and there, and finally after 9 years ive solved it!

[@Mr_BG_Boy]

FunFact! :- 4:57 this is the thumbnail

[@eduardsandrejevs5581]

11:15 when you get home from a hard work/school day

[@undeterminedstudent3636]

Eduards Andrejevs I have homework usually😰😭

[@make9560]

"I was about to search How to solve squan J perm and i saw this"

[@dylster2662]

Note about the speech at the end- As someone who solved a skewb entirely intuitively, this is absolutely correct

[@markgaines6210]

This reminded me so much of when I did the same thing like fifteen years ago. A very similar process of finding out the same things and having similar ideas. The difference was that my algorithm swapped two edges in the top and two on the bottom, so I did setups based on that instead. Solving the corners is really simple, so coming up with an algorithm for edges was all I needed. I think I was little faster at making the cube shape and completing the white and yellow sides(and the corners), but unfortunately I ran into the parity error. I spent like a day trying to solve it despite the parity error, before I conceded that I had to yield the progress I have made thus far. I didn’t just mindlessly scramble the puzzle and hoped I would be lucky with the 50/50 the next time, though; I came up with my own algorithm that 100% fixed the parity error, but returned the puzzle to a scrambled version of the cube shape. After that, it didn’t take too long to fix the whites/yellows, then corners, and finally the edges to complete the puzzle. My reaction was very similar, the feeling of completing a first slice of Square-1 on intuition is less that of satisfaction, and more that of just relief and having a burden released from you. 😂 It’s satisfying in hindsight, of course, but not in the moment!

[@ianhuangncubed]

I legit was about to ask if you could solve a Sq-1