OBL: An Intuitive Guide
An explanation of OBL from a user's perspective.
Right Whale / Right Tent
Faces:
Right Whale
/
Right Tent
Recognition Tips
Bad whale/tent; splitting sandwiched tent on top and tent on bottom breaks squareshape.Algorithms
Best Alg: 0,-1/4,1/-3,0/-4,-1/0,1
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
- -3,-1/1,4/0,3/-1,-4/0,1
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!
