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2-gen reduction algorithm count?

Teoidus

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I could've sworn there was a statistics thread, but I can't seem to find it...

How many cases are needed to perform full reduction to 2-gen after 2x2x3 + 1 F2L Pair, leaving a 2-gen LSLL?

i.e. how many cases are needed to solve CP + EO + FD edge?

Here's what I have so far:

If we fix the FD edge at UF, there are 2^6/2 unique EO cases, and only 2 types of swaps are needed to reduce corners to 2-gen group. Yielding 64 algorithms?
 
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I could've sworn there was a statistics thread, but I can't seem to find it...

How many cases are needed to perform full reduction to 2-gen after 2x2x3 + 1 F2L Pair, leaving a 2-gen LSLL?

i.e. how many cases are needed to solve CP + EO + FD edge?

Here's what I have so far:

If we fix the FD edge at UF, there are 2^6/2 unique EO cases, and only 2 types of swaps are needed to reduce corners to 2-gen group. Yielding 64 algorithms?

Do you mean fixing the FR edge? FD should be solved if you have a 2x2x3
 

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Sorry, I should specify that the 2x2x3 is in BD (so all unsolved pieces are facing you)
 

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Where are you getting those figures?
They are common values. For eo (2^4)/2. Cp is a little more confusing to explain pre last layer. Take a look on Jaap's website for a good understanding on cp. Another way to look at it is that you can insert the corner 2gen (preserve cp) and the last layer cp wise can only be 1 of 6 cases (solved, adj front, adj right, adj back, adj left, and diag)
 

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You might've misread the OP--FD is not solved to begin with, so EO shouldn't be 2^4/2 (6 edges to work with, not 5).

I've looked at jaap's website but I can't quite understand it yet. I think I get where you're getting 1/6 but I keep seeing CP methods like Briggs or Noah's CP blocks where they only use 2 algorithms to do 2-gen corner permutation. Do you happen to know how this works?
 

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You might've misread the OP--FD is not solved to begin with, so EO shouldn't be 2^4/2 (6 edges to work with, not 5).

I've looked at jaap's website but I can't quite understand it yet. I think I get where you're getting 1/6 but I keep seeing CP methods like Briggs or Noah's CP blocks where they only use 2 algorithms to do 2-gen corner permutation. Do you happen to know how this works?
Yeah I thought you meant FR since FD would give worse algs. The three algs are nothing, fix adj swap, fix diag swap.
 

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Could you explain why only one algorithm is needed to fix adj swap, yet there are 4 adj swap possibilities for LL?
 

gyroninja

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Rotational symmetry. You can solve a T perm with only one alg. You can auf T perm to be an adj swap on any side.

Edit: The figure I gave with the corrected eo value would be an upper bound.
 
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