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Subject: Re: scrambling puzzle
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:21:34 +0700

Derek Bosch wrote:

> anyone know the "shortest" sequence of moves to "scramble"
> a cube...  By scramble, my definition is:
>
> all six colors on each face (except for 2x2x2), no 2 adjacent tiles
> of the same color, and no "dominating" color on a face (ie for
> a 3x3x3 cube, no more than 2 of a single color on a face, for
> 4x4x4, no more than 3 of a given color on a face).


I don't, but for 3x3x3, I use software: Cube Explorer by H.Kociemba
http://home.t-online.de/home/kociemba/cube.htm

Here are some move sequences I get:

* D L2 B2 F2 R2 U' L2 . F L2 B2 R F2 D' U R2 B L2 R2 B R2  (20 moves)
* U2 F' L2 B D2 B F' U2 . R' B D R' F' L R U' F' L2 R U'  (20 moves)

Just apply them on an already-solved cube.