Questions tagged [twisty-puzzles]
Twisty puzzles consist of a set of pieces which can be manipulated into different combinations by a group of operations. Use this tag for puzzles similar to the archetype of combination puzzles, the Rubik's cube.
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Rubik's Cube - How to swap 2 middle layer pieces, it can affect the top, but not the bottom
While solving with CFOP, I have the following situation. The bottom side is solved. On the front face, I have the left-center and right-center pieces swapped. How can I swap these pieces? I know ...
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How can I visualize the Mastermorphix 3x3 modification?
I bought a Mastermorphix a while ago and I’m just starting to want to figure out how to solve it, which is great because it came with instructions. The instructions are telling me that the ...
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Puppet 2 invalid configurations w.r.t. Rubik's Cubes
My MoYu Puppet 2 has had a few small cubes disassembled and I've put them back more or less randomly. Specifically, I merely made sure that the resulting configuration remains solvable as if it was a ...
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Cube Scrambling
Take a normal 3x3 rubiks cube (the Classic unmodded cube).
I know the WCA method for scrambling is to pick a random (valid) cube state and calculate a sequence of moves to go from solved to that state,...
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Rubik's Cube PLL Series Challenge
Assumed Knowledge:
To complete this puzzle, you must have a basic understanding of the 3x3x3 Rubik's cube, and the CFOP method of solving one. You need not have the algorithms memorized or be able to ...
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Why do centers seem flipped from guide despite centers not moving in relation to each other?
I've been struggling with the first step of the beginner Rubik's cube solving algorithm with one simple problem. I am able to get the top face as all white, with blue and orange center pieces adjacent ...
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Megaminx last layer edge permutation
I'm learning/teaching myself the megaminx (3x3), based on my experience of cube solving (ranging 1x1 to 8x8, I have no problems with them, but I'm not fast).
Mostly it's pretty intuitive, I could get ...
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Shortest algorithm to rotate 2 corners on a Rubik's Cube
I'm looking for the shortest algorithm to rotate 2 corners without rearranging any other pieces location or orientation. For example, turning the Top-Front-Right corner clockwise and the Top-Front-...
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My 2x2 has a twisted corner
So my 2x2 corner is twisted. Anyone know how to fix it without breaking the cube? The cube is the MoYu RS2M.
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Shortest Algorithm to flip 2 edges on a Rubik's cube
I'm looking for the shortest algorithm to flip 2 edges without rearranging any other pieces location or orientation. For example, flipping the Top-Front edge and the Top-Right edge. My current best is ...
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n*n*n Rubik's cube algorithm
Is there a universally working (I mean, regardless of n) algorithm for Rubik's cube n×n×n ?
It is acceptable to divide ...
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Rubiks Cube 4x4x4 Top Layer Issue - One Edge Pair Flipped
I have trouble with that edge. Please give algorithm or images for solutions for turning it up so that I can form a cross.
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Is there a move-efficient way to rotate the center pieces on the Octo-Star?
I'm looking for a more efficient algorithm to rotate the center column of the Octo-Star puzzle 45 degrees.
The situation below occurs when four properly-oriented edges are next to each other, ...
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How can one solve a Rubik's cube without relying on guides/algorithms?
I am wondering who is able to solve Rubik's cube just by thinking without knowing the rules behind it. As far as I know the inventor Ernő Rubik was professor of architecture and he intended to help ...
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Is this Rubik's cube broken?
I am trying to solve the Rubik's cube in the picture using the layers' method. I used successfully the same algorithm on another cube, but somehow when I reach the last stage it just does not work. ...
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Scrambling a Rubik's cube such that there are no more than two squares of the same color per side [duplicate]
Inspired by these questions,
Is it possible to scramble a Rubik's cube such that no two squares of the same color are touching?
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Rubik's cube with no squares of same color nearby
I've been ...
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Help with solving 7x7 sub-centers inside 11x11x11 Rubik's cube -- errors in guide book
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I was given an 11x11x11 Rubik's cube as a gift. It came with a guide book that I have been following to solve the cube.
After solving four of the 9x9 sub-centers of the cube,...
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Help with solving 5x5 sub-centers inside 11x11x11 Rubik's cube -- errors in guide book
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I was given an 11x11x11 Rubik's cube as a gift. It came with a guide book that I have been following to solve the cube.
I have solved four of the 9x9 sub-centers of the cube,...
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CSE Hex Cube Puzzle
I've been tackling this puzzle named "Hex Cube" from the CSE (Communications Security Establishment, the Canadian "equivalent" of the NSA) which comes with the instructions: "...
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Rubik's Cube: Corner stickers appear switched
My 8 year old son has a 3x3 Rubik's cube. He's had it for months and solved it many times. He has accidentally (or purposefully) flipped corners, but we've always been able to flip them back and ...
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Orientate the centers of a Master Pyraminx (Pyraminx 4x4)
I have a very strange state on my 4x4 Pyraminx. The green side is solved and the other sides are almost solved, the problem is, on these 3 remaining sides the centers are not solved. The state looks ...
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5×5 illegal parity - how could I move the centerpieces to fix it?
My cube was dropped (kids uugh) and only three center pieces fell out (red blue and yellow). I put them back where I thought they should be, and then solved the cube.
The end result is this weird ...
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Communication via a Rubik's cube
I watched The Promised Neverland recently and after exploring a little, I found out that Norman used a 5x5x5 Rubik's cube (aka a professor's cube) to communicate when he was held at the $\Lambda\text{-...
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Solving the puppet cube without preserving the shape
I'm looking for a simple way of solving the MoYu Puppet cube (version 2 to be precise). It's a shapemod of a 3x3 Rubik's cube on which 7 of 8 corners have additional parts which form a bigger 2x2 cube ...
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How do I solve this 5x5 Rubik's cube? Two faces have the "inner ring" swapped, but the rest of the cube is completely solved
I was just fiddling with a previously solved 5x5 Rubik's cube, and when I attempted to revert it back to the solved state, it ended up with all but 2 faces solved. I can't remember the moves I did to ...
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How to Flip Adjacent Edges like this
Only these two edges are misplaced. Any algorithm to solve this?
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How to fix swapped edges in a 5x5 rubik's cube
I have a 5x5 Rubik's Cube in a similar situation to this previous post - entirely solved, except for a pair of swapped edges: Swap the edges in a solved Rubik's cube.
However, since it's a 5x5, it'...
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How can I switch 2 yellow corners that are on the same face of a 3x3 cube?
How can I switch these two corners?
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How many stickers can a Rubik's Cube lose?
I have an old Rubik's Cube, the kind with stickers. The stickers tend to fall off.
That got me wondering: How many stickers can you remove from a Rubik's Cube at most, while preserving the property ...
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Adjusting wrongly assembled Rubik's Cube
I bought a new Rubik's Cube and was able to solve it with some tutorials.
However, I made a wrong movement, so that one piece came out. I think, I put it wrong together, because I'm not able to solve ...
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Algorithm to make two scrambled Rubik's cubes be exactly the same on all faces
There are millions of Rubik's cube combinations possible. If I have two 3×3 Rubik's cubes and both are scrambled, I want to make one scrambled cube exactly the same as the other without solving them. ...
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What is the name of this Rubik's Cube pattern where the two squares bordering a corner are switched cyclically around the faces touching that corner?
I know one that there was a similar one called "glitch".
If possible, could you also provide notations/a video tutorial for making it as well.
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$4\times4\times4$ Rubiks cube Top Layer Issue
The only way i am able to solve is to jumble the whole cube again. If you know the way to solve pls give images or algorithm.
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What's the name of this Rubik's Cube pattern, where each face has a main diagonal and an L on either side in three different colors respectively?
This pattern looks really interesting, but all I can find on it is this one picture.
If someone could also provide a video tutorial (if possible), because I don't really do well with notations.
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How to make a Rubik's Cube look like a die?
Is it possible to "solve" a Rubik's Cube (the original with 3x3 elements per side and six sides) to make it look like a die (each side showing a different die pattern from 1 to 6, opposite ...
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Rubik's Scramble Search
Find a scramble which will produce a Rubik's cube fulfilling the following criteria which uses as few turns of faces as possible (Half-Turn-Metric):
Each of the six faces show exactly three colours
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How to swap adjacent corners?
I want to swap adjacent corners of U layer, the only thing I care is:
position of other 6 corners.
I don't care:
orientation of all corners
position of all edges
orientation of all edges
The goal ...
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Misaligned Cube: How to fix? [duplicate]
There must have been an accidental turning of corners. Now, I do not know how to turn corners, so that the cube is solvable again.
The red and blue edges are the only misaligned pieces.
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Rubik's Cube: Does going from one arbitrary configuration to another have same God's Number as solving it?
Assuming two different (valid) configurations for a Rubik's Cube - A and B - does going from A to B directly have the same complexity as solving the cube?
Considering solving a cube can be done in 20 ...
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How to solve this Rubix cube? [duplicate]
Help!!!! Is this rubix configuration solvable? These are the only two pieces in the wrong place.
If the answer is no, what pieces do I need to reconfig to make the cube solvable? Note that my kid ...
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Is there a standard name for this 2 look PLL algorithm?
I'm currently learning 2-look PLL and came across this PDF with some algorithms. I went through and gave names to the algorithms just so they'd be easier to remember and refer to, but got stuck on ...
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Minimum effort to detect a solved Rubik's Cube
When writing a program to permute a Rubik's Cube and then subsequently detect whether it is solved or not, what is the absolute minimum amount of programmatic effort required to determine if the cube ...
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How to flip top row center pieces on a 4x4x4 Rubik's cube? [duplicate]
I'm trying to solve a 4x4x4 Rubik's cube by first reducing it to 3x3x3 and I'm stuck in the end. I've completed all sides, matched all corners, but two pieces remain and I can't figure out how to flip ...
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Twisted rubiks cube [duplicate]
I have a rubiks cube with two wrong corners. How should I twist it back to get the right orientation?
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What is the best method of scrambling a rubik's cube?
If I wanted to solve a physical Rubik's cube multiple times, for practice, what is the best, most random way, to scramble the solved cube?
The best way I can think is to hold it behind my back and ...
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Is it possible to scramble a Rubik's cube such that no two squares of the same color are touching?
My friend always insists on scrambling my Rubik's cube "perfectly" before giving it to me to solve. According to his definition, a "perfect" scramble must have no three of the same ...
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Simple 4x4x4 OLL parity algs?
I am learning to solve a 4x4x4 Rubik's cube and I think that the beginner OLL parity alg:
(r U2 x r U2 r' U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 r' U2 r')
is a little too complex.
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Is twisting a corner of a Rubik's cube a valid move?
I believe the question is self-explanatory but I'm asking the question in different contexts. I understand that it makes the 3x3x3 unsolvable if you twist a single corner but there are cases where it ...
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Spin the letter-squares!
Spin the letter-squares!
A 5x3 grid of letters, e.g.,
a b c d e
f g h i j
k l m n o
can be rearranged by spinning either the 3x3 section centered at the second letter of the second row (in this case ...
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