{"id":4884,"date":"2025-06-13T15:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2025-06-13T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T16:44:47","slug":"7-axis-puzzle-algorithms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/4884","title":{"rendered":"7 Axis Puzzle Algorithms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This puzzle is a simple, light, addition to my collection.  Sengso is putting out a lot of these lately and I&#8217;m quite enjoying them.  While the first steps of this solve are simple (it just requires 3x3x2 algorithms), the last layer needs some more finesse.  So, here&#8217;s what you need to know to solve the 7 Axis, pentagonal-shaped puzzle.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1: Solve first-two layers<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This works just like a 3x3x2.  Get the center layer completed intuitively.\n<li>Then match bottom-layer edges\n<li>Then position bottom-layer corners (R2, U, R2, U\u2019, R2)\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Step 2: Solve Last-Layer Edges (Three-Cycle)<\/b><br \/>\nWith a flat side facing you, this swaps the L, R and BL edges.  This retains the F and BR edges.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7axis-LL-edges-trim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7axis-LL-edges-trim-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4895\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><b>Clockwise:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>R2, U\u20192, R2, U\u2019, R2, U\u20192, R2<\/ul>\n<p><b>Counter-Clockwise:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>R2, U2, R2, U, R2, U2, R2<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you have adjacent edges correct, place one of those in the BR position.  This ensures you\u2019ll have one correctly-placed piece and means you\u2019ll be doing this algorithm twice.  Figure out which piece needs to move so that the second time you do this, it\u2019ll solve all edges.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3: Solve Last-Layer Corners<\/b><br \/>\n<br \/>This is also a three-cycle.  There are two different forms, however:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2><b>Case 1: FL, FR, B corners (Triangle)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7axis-LL-corners-case1-preview.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7axis-LL-corners-case1-preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4889\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=top><b>Clockwise:<\/b><br \/>\n* BR, R, L, U, L, U\u2019<br \/>\n* R, U, L, U\u2019, L, BR<\/p>\n<p><b>Counter-Clockwise:<\/b><br \/>\n* BL, L, R, U\u2019, R, U<br \/>\n* L, U\u2019, R, U, R, BL\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=2><b>Case 2:  FL, FR and BL corners (B &#038; BR safe)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7axis-LL-corners-case2-preview.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7axis-LL-corners-case2-preview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4890\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=top><b>Clockwise:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>F, L, R, D, R, D\u2019, L, D, R, D\u2019, R, F<\/ul>\n<p><b>Counter-Clockwise:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>F, R, D, R, D\u2019, L, D, R, D\u2019, R, L, F<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This puzzle is a simple, light, addition to my collection. Sengso is putting out a lot of these lately and I&#8217;m quite enjoying them. While the first steps of this solve are simple (it just requires 3x3x2 algorithms), the last layer needs some more finesse. So, here&#8217;s what you need to know to solve the [&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":[],"class_list":["post-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algorithms","category-blog","category-cubing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884","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=4884"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4896,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions\/4896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}