From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Wed Aug 20 14:23:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id OAA12867; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 14:23:22 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From Goyra@iol.ie Wed Aug 20 12:36:22 1997 Message-Id: From: "David Byrden" To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: 5x5x5 Solution Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 17:28:52 +0100 > From: Corey Folkerts > I recently got my hands on a 5x5x5 from Dr. Christoph Bandelow, > however, I'm am at an almost complete loss as to how to solve it. I just extended the technique that had worked for me on the smaller cubes. Solve the corners, then solve the inner edges, then eventually the faces in the interior of the sides. By choosing these 5 subsets of the faces, which of course do not exchange faces with each other, you break the cube into a sequence of 5 smaller problems. Working inwards from the outermost faces is best because you can easily find operators (combinations of moves) that affect the inner faces in some way but preserve the outer ones that you have already solved. David [ Moderator's note-- The previous copy of this message had bad headers. Sorry. --Dan]