From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Wed Aug 6 22:13:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id WAA05412; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 22:13:34 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From reid@math.brown.edu Wed Aug 6 22:12:07 1997 Message-Id: <199708070208.WAA08375@life.ai.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 22:14:21 -0400 From: michael reid To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: optimal solver for quarter turns i have my optimal cube solver working for quarter turns. it seems to be as effective as the face turn version. some minimal maneuvers it has found are cube in a cube in a cube U' L' U' F' R2 B' R F U B2 U B' L U' F U R F' (20q) six X's, order 6 F U' L2 F' L' D R U' D L' B U2 F' L' D' F D R (20q) ron's cube within the cube F D' F' R D F' R' D R D L' F L D R' F D' (17q) and it has also confirmed minimality of known maneuvers for several other patterns. mike