From @po5.andrew.cmu.edu:dn1l+@andrew.cmu.edu Sat May 11 03:48:46 1991 Return-Path: <@po5.andrew.cmu.edu:dn1l+@andrew.cmu.edu> Received: from po5.andrew.cmu.edu by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA02102; Sat, 11 May 91 03:48:46 EDT Received: by po5.andrew.cmu.edu (5.54/3.15) id for Cube-Lovers@life.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 11 May 91 03:48:42 EDT Received: via switchmail; Sat, 11 May 91 03:48:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from yen.mg.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sat, 11 May 91 03:47:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from yen.mg.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sat, 11 May 91 03:47:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Messages.7.8.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.yen.mg.andrew.cmu.edu.pmax.3 via MS.5.6.yen.mg.andrew.cmu.edu.pmax_3; Sat, 11 May 91 03:47:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: Date: Sat, 11 May 91 03:47:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dale I. Newfield" To: Cube-Lovers@life.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: 5by cubes Cc: Cube-Lovers@life.ai.mit.edu In-Reply-To: <9105110258.AA29787@boston-harbor> References: <9105110258.AA29787@boston-harbor> I solve the cubes in a way much different than lots that people have explained: (Don't read if you don't want!) I pick a "top" side and solve it. I put the centers together(on the order 3, this was REAL easy! :-) I put the edges together that go from the top to the bottom. I solve the bottom 4 corners I solve the bottom 4 middles. depending on which cube, the 2nd and 3rd steps are switched. I am only having one problem with the 5x5x5 cube, though: X|O|X|X|X X|X|X|X|X X|X|X|X|X X|X|X|X|X X|X|X|O|X looking at the bottom of my cube, the 2 pieces marked O are swaped sometimes, so that the face is still a solid color, but the sides are swapped. I also got it to have the swapped pieces near each other: X|X|X|X|X X|X|X|X|X X|X|X|X|X O|X|X|X|X X|X|X|O|X My question is this: I can't figure out what causes the swapping. Is it the because in this face, X|X|X|X|X X|O|I|O|X X|I|X|I|X X|O|I|O|X X|X|X|X|X the I's and the O's are in the "wrong" positions, even though they are indestingiushable? Dale Newfield