OBL: An Intuitive Guide
An explanation of OBL from a user's perspective.
Left Whale / Right Whale
Recognition Tips
Bad whales; whales are mirrors of each other.
Algorithms
Best Alg: 1,0/3,0/2,-1/-3,0/0,1
Swap top whale head, held against slice with tail in UL, with full bottom whale in DR.
Color Mirror Algs
Use best alg canceled with /6,6/ at the end.
Other Algs
-
4,0/-3,0/-1,2/3,0/0,1
-
3,-1/3,0/-2,1/-3,0/-1,0
-
3,-1/3,0/-3,0/-2,1/-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!