This puzzle is a mostly-straightforward solve, but I got quite stuck at one certain point. It is similar to the Polaris Cube or Skewb Mixup in that you can’t do much without performing half-turns. That plus the fact that it’s a Skewb made the Skewb Mixup one of my lesser-liked puzzles, but this one is a bit more challenging. Here’s how I solved it, addressing the concern when we get to it.
Step One
For me, I got each center individually, but that became an issue with the final two centers. So, next time, I may instead just get the four triangles of each center. This would leave the petals to solve later. Remember, you can always see which side is which due to the colored plastic underneath.
Step Two
Solve those petals. In this case, there’s an algorithm which will do a three-cycle. This maneuver will move the red petal –> green petal –> white petal – so a counter-clockwise of those positioned petals.
- Move white up adjacent green
- Swap and return centers
- Move red down adjacent green
- Swap and return centers
- Repeat the same steps again (R/R’/L/L’ (x2))
Of course, this can be done in reverse (L/L’/R/R’ (x2)) to do a counter clockwise swap.
As you get to the very end, you may need commutators to move things around.
Step Three
Solve a Skewb. Have you forgotten how?
- Solve the white face intuitively
- Get yellow top corners
- Try to get headlights on yellow top
- If so, put them on right and do this:
- If not, do this once to get headlights and then do this:
- R’/L/R/L’ (usual down/up/down/up)
- Then aim to move opposite colors with the same algorithm but…
- R’/L/R/L’ – then turn 180° and repeat