Message #2947

From: ed.baumann@bluewin.ch
Subject: RE: MagicTile Solving
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 07:56:18 -0800

Solving of MT hyp G4GX {4,10} cb v001 —– || 09/02/2014 || 10
Remark : small

Solving of MT ell proj h-octa v 1.5:0:0 —– || 10/02/2014 || 14
Remark :

Small but very interesting puzzle:

You have to realize that there are only belt moves in principle. So faces stay at home.
You need maximum 2 moves to get edges at home. Than you have to apply a commutator very carefully to get the vertices home (4 twists). I was left with four wrong orientations. To get rid of these I had to apply the commutator twice. This gives 14 twists.
To get less twists you must repeat the exercice until you are left with no orientations after 6 twists (by chance).

Interesting
The puzzle has 6 vertices which show exactly all 4!=24 4-color permutations neclecting cycling (24/4=6).

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New MT ranking 10.02.14

Michael 385
Ed 362
Nan 150
Andrey 102
Damjan 40
Melinda 17
Zhao 9
Roice 2

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@Michael: Try one of the 4 MagicTiles mentionned in http://wiki.superliminal.com/wiki/MagicTile_aspects !

(ev. not read for not spoil)