OBL: An Intuitive Guide
An explanation of OBL from a user's perspective.
Left Whale / Left Tent
Faces:
Left Whale
/
Left Tent
Recognition Tips
Bad whale/tent; splitting sandwiched tent on top and tent on bottom breaks squareshape.Algorithms
Best Alg: 1,0/-4,-1/3,0/4,1/-1,0
Keep only isolated corner on top, swapping isolated edge for same-color whale to form scottie/bird.Color Mirror Algs
Use best alg canceled with /6,6/ at the end.Other Algs
- 4,0/-1,-4/0,-3/1,4/-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!
