OBL: An Intuitive Guide
An explanation of OBL from a user's perspective.
Left Thumb / Right Thumb
Faces:
Left Thumb
/
Right Thumb
Recognition Tips
Bad thumbs; thumbs are mirrors of each other, or making a kite on one face forms tree on the other.Algorithms
Best Alg: 0,-1/1,1/2,-1/-2,1/3,0/-1,0
Keep bottom shell in DL, swap 2 edges on top with isolated corner on bottom to form good birds.Color Mirror Algs
Use best alg canceled with /6,6/ at the end.Other Algs
- 1,0/-1,-1/3,0/-2,1/3,0/-1,0
Related Cases
Parent Cases
Relatively useful cases that can be reached in one slice from this case.
Mirrors
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!
