Message #2391

From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] MagicTile Solving: tiny size / big challenge [1 Attachment]
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:04:32 -0700

Who will be first and who will be shortest?
3..2..1.. Go!

On 9/14/2012 2:58 AM, Eduard Baumann wrote:
> [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from Eduard Baumann included below]
>
> Here is a fully scrambled log file containing my 3-cycle
> hidden in the middle somewhere.
> I have deleted the history and also deleted the macro which is
> normally saved with log file.
> Kind regards
> Ed
>
> —– Original Message —–
> *From:* Melinda Green <mailto:melinda@superliminal.com>
> *To:* 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com <mailto:4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2012 12:47 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [MC4D] MagicTile Solving: tiny size / big challenge
>
> Nice find, Eduard! I especially like that it is non-orientable in
> addition to being small.
>
> How about you create a fully scrambled log file containing your
> 3-cycle
> hidden in the middle somewhere and then share it with the group?
> We will
> then see who can solve it. I just confirmed that you can erase the
> scrambling history from the log file by deleting everything
> between the
> <Block> and </Block> tags. That will make it a fair contest. It
> doesn’t
> seem to give the "ding" sound when you solve it that way but it
> seems to
> work fine otherwise.
>
> -Melinda
>
> On 9/13/2012 12:48 AM, Eduard wrote:
> > I’m very surprised to encounter a tiny MagicTile puzzle
> presenting a BIG challenge ! It’s "MT eucl klein {3,6} 8 v 0:0:1".
> It has only 12 two-color elements but the commutator moves 6
> elements (double 3-cycle) and has only 6 fixed elements. To create
> a single 3-cycle you have to find a setup which moves 5 moving
> elements on the 6 fixed places. Possibly you can solve this puzzle
> by chance when scrambled with few moves. But if I give you a
> scrambling with my 28 move single 3-cycle you have to do the job.
>