From dik@cwi.nl Mon Nov 14 17:41:11 1994 Return-Path: Received: from charon.cwi.nl by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AA08291; Mon, 14 Nov 94 17:41:11 EST Received: from boring.cwi.nl by charon.cwi.nl with SMTP id ; Mon, 14 Nov 1994 23:41:02 +0100 Received: by boring.cwi.nl id AA02504 (5.65b/3.8/CWI-Amsterdam); Mon, 14 Nov 1994 23:41:00 +0100 Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 23:41:00 +0100 From: Dik.Winter@cwi.nl Message-Id: <9411142241.AA02504=dik@boring.cwi.nl> To: CRSO.Cube@canrem.com, cube-lovers@life.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Antipode! > First Antipodal Process (25 q, 20 q) > UR13 = U2 R1 U3 R2 U3 R2 U3 R1 U2 R3 U1 R3 U3 R1 U1 R2 U1 R3 U1 R3 > Also.... UR13 ^ 2 = I > Using current techniques, this required a run of about 11 hours. > It remains to be seen how the Kociemba algorithm resolves this > position, and I will try this next. You mean: F2 U3 D2 L3 D3 R1 U2 B2 R1 B2 R3 D1 L1 D3 R2 U1 D3 (or rather its inverse)? Took Kociemba's algorithm 10 minutes. I do not yet know whether this is minimal.