Rubik's cube

interactive

• Jaap's cubie with many features
• Ryan Heise's Virtual Rubik's Cube with keyboard controls
• Werner Randelshofer's Cube Twister with cubes in many sizes

information

Jaap's Puzzle Pages

• 2x2x2
• 3x3x3
• 4x4x4
• 5x5x5

wikipedia

• wikipedia:rubik's_cube
• wikipedia:rubik's_cube_group
• wikipedia:optimal_solutions_for_Rubik's_cube

other

• Analyzing Rubik's Cube with GAP
• Michael Reid's cube page
• Mark Longridge's cubeman.org
  • God's Algorithm Calculations (date?)
• Daniel Bump's Math of the Rubik's Cube at Stanford
• David Joyner's Rubik-cube-like puzzles
• cube lover's emails (1980 - 1996)
• cube lovers returns

stores

• http://www.rubiks.com/
• http://www.mefferts.com/

solutions

• Jim's: edges first, then corners, using
  • commutators of adjacent side quarter turns
  • "preparation" moves before and after those commutators, and
  • commutators of sequences that leave one layer unchanged, as discussed in Oct 7 notes.

• http://www.wikihow.com/Solve-a-Rubik%27s-Cube-(Easy-Move-Notation)
• http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/
• http://www.lar5.com/cube/
• http://www.chessandpoker.com/rubiks-cube-solution.html
• http://www.alchemistmatt.com/cube/rubik.html
• http://www.puzzlesolver.com/puzzle.php?id=29
• http://www.rubiks.com/ look for "solution"