Notation

The six faces of the cube: up, down, left, right, front, back.

90o clockwise moves of the faces are described as U, D, L, R, F, B
90o anti-clockwise moves are described as U', D', L', R', F', B'
180o turns are described as U2, D2 , L2, R2, F2, B2

Middle layer turns are described as:
90o clockwise move of the layer between top and bottom face: Ts (the s stands for slice)
90o clockwise move of the layer between left and right face: Rs
90o clockwise move of the layer between front and back face: Fs

90o anticlockwise move of the layer between top and bottom face: Ta (the s stands for antislice)
90o anticlockwise move of the layer between left and right face: Ra
90o anticlockwise move of the layer between front and back face: Fa

Moves in brackets with a superscript figure have to be executed as many times as the superscript figure indicates. For example (RL)2 is the same as RL RL.


Pretty Patterns

Sent in Wed, 23 Dec 1999 by Ronald Flettermann Sent in by Martin Grant
Key:
W=White B=Blue O=Orange G=Green R=Red Y=Yellow
cl=clockwise cc=counterclockwise/anticlockwise ht=half turn
Look directly at the face then rotate it in the indicated direction.

Here are some patterns:


H-Cube (probably not ideal)

   WWW
   WWW
   WWW
BGBOROGBGROR
BBBOOOGGGRRR
BGBOROGBGROR
   YYY
   YYY
   YYY

Bht Ght Wcl Ycc Oht Rht Wcl Ycc Oht Rht Ght Oht Ght Rht Bht Oht Ght Rht 
Bht Oht Ght Rht

I-Cube

   WWW
   WWW
   WWW
BBBOOOGGGRRR
GBGRORBGBORO
BBBOOOGGGRRR
   YYY
   YYY
   YYY

Bht Ght Wcl Ycc Oht Rht Wcc Ycl

HI-Cube (this found by me, probably not ideal)

   WWW
   WWW
   WWW
BGBOOOGBGRRR
BBBRORGGGORO
BGBOOOGBGRRR
   YYY
   YYY
   YYY

Bht Ght Wcl Ycc Oht Rht Wcl Ycl Oht Wht Rht Yht Oht Wht Rht Yht Oht Wht 
Rht Wht Yht

Single Checkerboard (this found by me)

   WYW
   YWY
   WYW
BBBOOOGGGRRR
BBBOOOGGGRRR
BBBOOOGGGRRR
   YWY
   WYW
   YWY

Bht Oht Ght Rht Bht Oht Ght Rht Bht Oht Ght Rht

(I'm sorry if I couldn't get it in your format, I got this from a Word 
document that I created)

--Martin Grant


2-X = (F2R2B2L2)3
4+ = (FaRa)3(RaFa)3
4 spot = R2sUsF2sUs
4-Z = (FaRa)3U2a
Sent in Sun, 11 Jan 1998 22:24:38 -0500 by Aaron Scott

4 Cross 2 checkerboard : ( R L3 U2(s) ) *2 R3 U2(s) R3 F2(s) R3 U2(s) R3 F2(s) R3 U2(s) R3 F2


Sent in Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:37:37 -0500 (EST) by burkhardt erich
Sent in Sat, 22 Nov 1997 21:03:18 -0500 by Aaron Scott
  1. Diagonals = RLBFLRFBRLBF
  2. 4-H = RLBFLRFBRLBFFBRLBFLRFBRLU2(s)
  3. 6-OX = R(s)F(s)R(a)F(a)U2(s)R2(s)F2(s)
  4. 4-1 = (F2R2B2L2)3 R2(s)F2(s)
  5. 4-X = U2(s)R2(s)F2(s) (F2R2B2L2)3
  6. 4-O = R(a)F(a)U(s)R(s)F(s)U(a)
  7. 4-I = R(a)F(a)U(s)R(s)F(s)U(s)
  8. 4-H + 2-X = R(a)F(a)U(s)R(s)F(s)U(a)R2(s)F2(s)
  9. 2-cross, 2-1, + 2-H = R(a)F(a)U(s)R(s)F(s)U(s)R2(s)
  10. Snake eyes = (L2F2)3
  11. 4-1 + 2-X = R2(s)F2(s)
  12. 4-X + 2-I = R(a)F(a)U(s)R(s)F(s)U(s)R2(s)DUF2(s)U'D'R2(s)F2(s)
  13. 2-cross + 2-line = R(a)F(a)U(s)R(s)F(s)U(s)R2(s)DUF2(s)U'D'
  14. HI = (L2D2)3 (D2R2)3 (U2F2)3 (F2D2)3
  15. 6-I = (L2D2)3 (D2R2)3 (F2D2)3 (D2B2)3 (L2F2)3 (F2R2)3
  16. 2-I = (L2D2)3 (D2R2)3
  17. Crosses = RLBFLRFBRLBFFBRLBFLRFBRL
  18. Crosses + Xs = RLBFLRFBRLBFFBRLBFLRFBRL (F2R2B2L2)3
  19. 4-I + 2-X = RLBFLRFBRLBFFBRLBFLRFBRLR2(s)F2(s)
  20. 4-O + 2-X = RLBFLRFBRLBFFBRLBFLRFBRLR2(s)F2(s)U2(s)
  21. 2-X, 2-O, + 2-crosses = RLBFLRFBRLBFFBRLBFLRFBRLR2(s)F2(s)U2(s) (D2R2U2L2)3
Hi, this is Aaron Scott from Augusta, Georgia. I am thirteen and in eighth grade. I made most of these patterns or found that others have already found them. If you're wondering how I got so many, I have a lot of spare time like people always assume. I can solve the cube in 1minute and 50 seconds and the last part with my eyes closed. It's not as hard as it seems. If you know what to do, it is easy. I learned over the summer on a website that you could print up.

While writing the patterns I wrote what I thought best described the pattern. + (plus) means and . When there is an I or and H, you can flip it to make it look like the other letter. Please write to me and tell me what you think about the patterns.


Sent in at Wed, 01 Oct 1997 17:00:30 -0700 by Hsien Wong
6-T= (L'RD2)2(F2U2)3
6-P = LRD2L2R2F2LR
A different 6-P: R2D2F2U2(L2U2)2
4-P: D2L'RF2L'R'

Sent in at 23:46 15/06/1997 +0200 by Mete Ciragan
6 O = R(s) F(s) R(a) F(a)
Sent in Tue, 18 Mar 1997 22:21:07 -0800 by Josh (optimus@galstar.com)
6 X = T2s R2s F2s
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