OBL: An Intuitive Guide
An explanation of OBL from a user's perspective.
Right Whale / Left Whale
Recognition Tips
Bad whales; whales are mirrors of each other.
Algorithms
Best Alg: 0,-1/-3,0/-2,1/3,0/-1,0
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
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-3,-1/3,0/4,1/3,0/-1,0
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-2,0/-3,0/3,0/2,-1/0,1
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-2,0/-3,0/2,-1/3,0/0,1
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!