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    Rubik's Cube Patterns

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    This document describes and provides notation for various patterns that can be made on a Rubik's Cube. It lists over 30 specific patterns, including checkerboards, stripes, cubes within cubes, snakes, spots, bars, letters, and other geometric shapes. For each pattern, it provides the number of quarter turns and face turns required to achieve the pattern in a minimal number of moves. Other pages with additional cube patterns are also listed.

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    Rubik's Cube Patterns

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    This document describes and provides notation for various patterns that can be made on a Rubik's Cube. It lists over 30 specific patterns, including checkerboards, stripes, cubes within cubes, snakes, spots, bars, letters, and other geometric shapes. For each pattern, it provides the number of quarter turns and face turns required to achieve the pattern in a minimal number of moves. Other pages with additional cube patterns are also listed.

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    This document describes and provides notation for various patterns that can be made on a Rubik's Cube. It lists over 30 specific patterns, including checkerboards, stripes, cubes within cubes, snakes, spots, bars, letters, and other geometric shapes. For each pattern, it provides the number of quarter turns and face turns required to achieve the pattern in a minimal number of moves. Other pages with additional cube patterns are also listed.

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    Rubik's Cube Patterns

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    This document describes and provides notation for various patterns that can be made on a Rubik's Cube. It lists over 30 specific patterns, including checkerboards, stripes, cubes within cubes, snakes, spots, bars, letters, and other geometric shapes. For each pattern, it provides the number of quarter turns and face turns required to achieve the pattern in a minimal number of moves. Other pages with additional cube patterns are also listed.

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    The document describes different patterns that can be made on a Rubik's Cube along with the algorithms to create them.

    Patterns such as checkerboards, stripes, cubes within cubes, snakes, and more are described on the pages along with their algorithms.

    The patterns are analyzed using the number of quarter turns (q*) and the number of face turns (f*) as metrics to compare the complexity of the patterns and algorithms.

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    Rubik's Cube patterns


    Here are some of my favorite patterns on Rubik's cube. Many of these are from Christoph Bandelow's Inside
    Rubik's Cube and Beyond. I have even computed all minimal maneuvers, using my optimal cube solver.

    * = minimal in the given metric

    Pons asinorum

    F2 B2 R2 L2 U2 D2 (12q*, 6f*)

    Checkerboards of order 3

    F B2 R' D2 B R U D' R L' D' F' R2 D F2 B' (20q*, 16f*)

    Checkerboards of order 6

    R' D' F' D L F U2 B' L U D' R' D' L F L2 U F' (20q*, 18f)
    R2 L2 U B L2 D' F B2 R L' F' B R D F2 L' U' (17f*, 22q)

    Stripes

    F U F R L2 B D' R D2 L D' B R2 L F U F (20q*, 17f*)

    Cube in a cube

    F L F U' R U F2 L2 U' L' B D' B' L2 U (18q*, 15f*)

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    Cube in a cube in a cube

    U' L' U' F' R2 B' R F U B2 U B' L U' F U R F' (20q*, 18f)
    F' U B' R' U F2 U2 F' U' F U2 D B' D' R2 B2 U' (17f*, 22q)

    Christman's cross

    U F B' L2 U2 L2 F' B U2 L2 U (16q*, 11f*)

    Plummer's cross

    R2 L' D F2 R' D' R' L U' D R D B2 R' U D2 (20q*, 16f*)

    Anaconda
    L U B' U' R L' B R' F B' D R D' F' (14q*, 14f*)

    Python

    F2 R' B' U R' L F' L F' B D' R B L2 (16q*, 14f*)

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    Black Mamba
    R D L F' R L' D R' U D' B U' R' D' (14q*, 14f*)

    Green Mamba

    R D R F R' F' B D R' U' B' U D2 (14q*, 13f*)

    Female Rattlesnake

    U2 D' L2 D B U B' R' L2 U2 F U' F R (18q*, 14f*)

    Male Rattlesnake

    R' F' U F' U2 R L2 B U' B' D' L2 U2 D (18q*, 14f*)

    Female Boa

    R U' R2 U2 F D2 R2 U' D' R D' F' (16q*, 12f*)

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    Male Boa

    F D R' U D R2 D2 F' U2 R2 U R' (16q*, 12f*)

    Four spot

    F2 B2 U D' R2 L2 U D' (12q*, 8f*)

    Six spot
    U D' R L' F B' U D' (8q*, 8f*)

    Orthogonal bars
    F R' U L F' L' F U' R U L' U' L F' (14q*, 14f*)

    Six T's

    F2 R2 U2 F' B D2 L2 F B (14q*, 9f*)

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    Six-two-one

    U B2 D2 L B' L' U' L' B D2 B2 (15q*, 11f*)

    Exchanged peaks

    F U2 L F L' B L U B' R' L' U R' D' F' B R2 (19q*, 17f)


    F2 R2 D R2 U D F2 D' R' D' F L2 F' D R U' (16f*, 21q)

    Two twisted peaks

    F B' U F U F U L B L2 B' U F' L U L' B (18q*, 17f)


    F D2 B R B' L' F D' L2 F2 R F' R' F2 L' F' (16f*, 20q)

    Four twisted peaks


    U' D B R' F R B' L' F' B L F R' B' R F' U' D (18q*, 18f*)

    Exchanged chicken feet

    F L' D' B' L F U F' D' F L2 B' R' U L2 D' F (19q*, 17f*)

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    Twisted chicken feet

    F L' D F' U' B U F U' F R' F2 L U' R' D2 (18q*, 16f*)

    Exchanged rings

    B' U' B' L' D B U D2 B U L D' L' U' L2 D (18q*, 16f)


    F U D' L' B2 L U' D F U R2 L2 U' L2 F2 (15f*, 20q)

    Twisted rings

    F D F' D2 L' B' U L D R U L' F' U L U2 (18q*, 16f*)

    Edge hexagon of order 2

    U B2 U' F' U' D L' D2 L U D' F D' L2 B2 D' (20q*, 16f*)

    Edge hexagon of order 3

    D L' U R' B' R B U2 D B D' B' L U D' (16q*, 15f)


    F L B U L F2 B2 R' F2 B2 U' B' L' F' (14f*, 18q)

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    Tom Parks' pattern

    L U F2 R L' U2 B' U D B2 L F B' R' L F' R (20q*, 17f*)

    Ron's cube in a cube


    F D' F' R D F' R' D R D L' F L D R' F D' (17q*, 17f)
    L2 D2 L' D2 B2 L2 B2 L' D2 L2 B2 L' B2 (13f*, 23q)

    Twisted duck feet

    F R' B R U F' L' F' U2 L' U' D2 B D' F B' U2 (20q*, 17f*)

    Exchanged duck feet

    U F R2 F' D' R U B2 U2 F' R2 F D B2 R B' (21q*, 16f*)

    Other pattern pages


    Jessica Fridrich's and Mirek Goljan's collection of patterns and maneuvers
    David Joyner's pattern page, and Patterns on the 4x4x4 cube (with Rainer aus dem Spring)
    Mark Longridge's pattern archive
    Herbert Kociemba's pattern page
    Georges Helm's pattern page
    Jorge Jaramillo's pattern page (Español)
    Taku Aoyama's cube patterns (Japanese): Page 1, Page 2 and Page 3

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    Updated October 28, 2006.

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