2x2x3

[gilles]

I found a 2x2x3 at RD in 8 moves.
Maybe we could grow a list of 2x2x3 or pseudo-2x2x3 in this thread?

[gilles]

I think it was F' R B D' R D2 R2 D2

[cyril]

same 2x2x3 in 10 with 6 bad edges : F' R D R' D' R2 B2 R2 B' D'
... I did not read your post before trying to find a good start by myself ... looks like this location sounds interesting ...

[lars]

Oh look, there are other threads here!

I found a pretty good 10 move start a week ago. If I find the notes I'll post it.

[lars]

I think it was F' R B D' R D2 R2 D2

Nice. There is of course also the similar F' R B D' R L2 U2 L2.

I'll try to take a look at those tonight.

[lars]

Here's a fun one. After F' R B D' R L2 U2 L2...

... R' U2 R2 F' U F2 R F' R U R'

There's probably a short PLL alg for that that one of you know, but even so it doesn't get under 30. And it's not suitable for insertion.

I'll keep looking.

[cyril]

Hi
I added D' at the beginning of the scramble and I found
F'RDR'D'B'D2LUL'D2 (11+1 moves 2x2x3)
L'RB'LR' (edges orientation, one can replace B' by B)
This gives a lot of pairs (try U2B2 then ...), but I did not find any good ending yet ... but that's why this is called team solution Any suggestion ?

[cyril]

Hi guys,
here are my week-end results with the mentionned start (add D' before scambling, then solve the 2x2x3 and orient the edges with F' R D R' D' B' D2 L U L' D2 {L' R} B' {L R'} U B' U B' U, this leaves 4 corners in 21 HTM (+1)

1) Insert (R'F'LF:RF'L'F) at the very beginning and(FR'B'RF'R'BR) at the colon for R' F' L F2 R' B' R F' R' B R2 F' {L' R} D R' D' B' D2 L U L' D2 {L' R} B' {L R'} U B' U B' {U D'} (34,38,30,34) : fairly few quarter turns, but way too long solution to win

2) F' (FRB'R'F'RBR').R D R' D' B' D2 L U L' D2 {L' R} B' {L R'} U B' U B' U leaves 3 corners in (26,28,23,25), counting the final D', but I did not find any good insertion to solve them

3) My most frustrating attempt : F' R D R' D' B' D2 L U L' D2 {L' R} B' {L R'} U B' U2 [as U B' U U' B U] F U' B' U F' (25,28,3,26) : three twisted corners and I haven't any good alg to deal with this situation