OBL: An Intuitive Guide
An explanation of OBL from a user's perspective.
Left Bird / Right Scottie
Faces:
Left Bird
/
Right Scottie
Recognition Tips
Good bird/scottie; the clean slice between the tent and corner on bottom breaks squareshape when preserving the kite on top.Algorithms
Best Alg: 1,0/0,-3/-1,-4/0,1
Preserve shell of U kite in UL, and position isolated corner on bottom next to the slice; first move trades two edges on top with isolated corner on bottom to make good thumbs.Color Mirror Algs
- 1,0/-3,0/-1,-4/0,1
- -5,6/0,-3/5,2/0,1
Related Cases
Parent Cases
Relatively useful cases that can be reached in one slice from this case.
Mirrors
Top/Bottom Mirror:
When the top and bottom face are swapped with each other.
Left/Right Mirror:
When both the top and bottom face are swapped with their respective left/right mirrors.
Pseudo Mirrors:
When only one face is left/right mirrored. Not a real mirror, but it looks like one; don't be tricked!
