From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Thu Nov 20 21:52:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id VAA22910; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 21:52:53 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From cube-lovers-request@life.ai.mit.edu Wed Nov 19 11:58:12 1997 Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 11:53:14 -0500 Message-Id: <000E9C40.001706@scudder.com> From: jdavenport@scudder.com (Jacob Davenport) Subject: Re: Rubiks Revenge moves To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Forget three adjacent top edges, I just want to cycle two of them. I've been solving a 5x5x5, and finally figured out how to make it look like a 3x3x3 so that I could solve nearly all of it. However, the one place where I cannot do that is solving the second and fourth edges from any side, and have been using a short move that cycles three of them: .axx. .bxx. y.... z.... y.... => z.... b.... a.... .czz. .cyy. The move is 2L F' L F 2L' (where 2L means the second layer from the left) This works great for getting nearly all the edges in place, but I have two edges that are switched, and every time I use this move to put them in place, I either leave two other edges out of place or leave four edges out of place. That is, I have the following: .baa. .aaa. b.... c.... b.... which I can only make into c.... a.... b.... .ccc. .cbb. which does not help. I believe that my move works on 4x4x4 edges, and any move that helps a 4x4x4 cube will probably help me.