{"id":1359,"date":"2013-04-20T20:09:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T20:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2018-12-14T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T15:57:54","slug":"megagigaminx-algorithms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/1359","title":{"rendered":"Mega\/Gigaminx Algorithms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/megaminx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/megaminx-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"megaminx\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-460\" \/><\/a>I find both the Megaminx and Gigaminx to be fun puzzles to solve but I always get stuck on the last layer.  The last two steps get me every time.  Then, I take a little break from the puzzles and forget the algorithms again the next time!  In fact, my Gigaminx has sat unsolved (last-layer corner orientation and permutation) for well over a week.  The puzzle is quite impressive when solved.  With the last layers unsolved&#8230;not so much.  SO, let&#8217;s do it!<\/p>\n<p><b>Last-Layer Orientation: Clockwise<\/b> (Turn cube so top is L)<br \/>\nR&#8217; U&#8217; R U<\/p>\n<p><b>Last-Layer: Counter-Clockwise<\/b><br \/>\nU&#8217; R&#8217; U R<\/p>\n<p><P>(Tip: Prime\/Regular &#8211; If Counter, U first)<\/p>\n<p><b>Last-Layer Permutation<\/b><br \/>\nR&#8217; D R&#8230;R&#8217; D&#8217; R<\/p>\n<p>Not so bad!  These are all from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oijt5WC6_FY\">LanceTheBlueKnight&#8217;s Megaminx Tutorial<\/a>.  :D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find both the Megaminx and Gigaminx to be fun puzzles to solve but I always get stuck on the last layer. The last two steps get me every time. Then, I take a little break from the puzzles and forget the algorithms again the next time! In fact, my Gigaminx has sat unsolved (last-layer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,15,34],"tags":[62,60],"class_list":["post-1359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algorithms","category-blog","category-cubing","tag-gigaminx","tag-megaminx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3134,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions\/3134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}