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Unsolving the Rubik's Cube

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  • Anonymous
    May 16, 2008
    Hi Matthew, Interesting post. A few years ago my friend Katsuyuki Konishi asked the same question. This is what we came up with: http://www.planet-puzzle.com/cubekyukan3x3.html Have fun, Ron

  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2008
    Great Thanks I was thinking about this also the other day.

  • Anonymous
    August 10, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2008
    Exactly - this is the Rubik equivalent of forced busing.

  • Anonymous
    September 15, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    January 15, 2012
    i found two reds touching

  • Anonymous
    January 15, 2012
    Hmm... you're right.  Is there a way to save this?

  • Anonymous
    January 15, 2012
    OK, I think I found the problem.  Updated post.  (One of the red tiles should have been orange.)

  • Anonymous
    November 02, 2015
    Hi Matthew, that's what i was looking for. Thank you! For the case, that so. wants to use the common notation (red center is up, yellow front, blue right), here is it: U2 F2 D2 B2 U2 R F2 D2 L2 D2 L U B F2 R' F' D' L' F2 U2 B U'

  • Anonymous
    November 09, 2015
    ... even shorter: F2 U R' U2 L B' L2 U B D' L B' F' U F2 U R' D'