From: Assoc Prof W David Joyner To: C.McCaig@queens-belfast.ac.uk Cc: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: 4x4x4 solution On Tue, 30 Sep 1997 C.McCaig@queens-belfast.ac.uk wrote: > i recently borrowed a friends 4x4x4, and i know the basic method for > solving it. ie get the 6 centres, pair up all the edges, and then > solve for the normal cube. however, about half the time i end up > with a single edge pair inverted and cant figure out a move for > reorientating the single edge pair. usually i break a few pairs > and try and reorientate them this way, but this seems rather longwinded... > does anyone have a move for this?. for example, say the green edge > is on the blue face, and the blue edge is on the green face... The idea is on the www page http://www.nadn.navy.mil/MathDept/wdj/solve4.txt Try L2^2*D1^2*U2*F1^3*U2^3*F1*D1^2*L2^2*L1*U1*L1^3*U2^3*L1*U1^3*L1^3 (due to Jeff Adams). - David Joyner ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 14:13:50 -0400 (EDT)