OBL: An Intuitive Guide
An explanation of OBL from a user's perspective.
Left Scottie / Right Bird
Faces:
Left Scottie
/
Right Bird
Recognition Tips
Good scottie/bird; the clean slice between the tent and corner on top breaks squareshape when preserving the kite on bottom.Algorithms
Best Alg: 0,-1/3,0/4,1/-1,0
Position isolated corner on top next to the slice, and hold D kite in DL; first move trades isolated corner on top with two edges on bottom to make good thumbs.Color Mirror Algs
- 0,-1/0,3/4,1/-1,0
- 6,5/3,0/-2,-5/-1,0
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!
