From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mon Nov 10 10:58:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id KAA13166; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 10:58:11 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From whuang@ugcs.caltech.edu Sun Nov 9 12:36:08 1997 To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu From: whuang@ugcs.caltech.edu (Wei-Hwa Huang) Subject: Re: Better way to flip a middle edge? Date: 9 Nov 1997 17:35:21 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Message-Id: <644s8p$4er@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: "Michael Swart" writes: >> Is there a short way to flip a middle edge cubie without disturbing the >> top layer or the other middle edges? I mean, better than replacing it >> with one from the bottom and then putting it back in the correct >> orientation, which takes 15 moves. >F' L' R F L' R T' B2 T L R' F L R' D2 F' >18 q turns 16 h turns. Guess it wasn't any better but you may notice >that this sequence also leaves the bottom intact except for one flipped >cubie at the back down edge. This can be slightly improved: D R' F D' R' L B D' R B' D R L' F' 14 quarter turns; does exactly the same thing. -- Wei-Hwa Huang, whuang@ugcs.caltech.edu, http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~whuang/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "[Lucy's eyes] look like little round dots of India ink..." -- Charlie Brown