Very nice scramble. Really good solve and full step too, though
Unfortunately my laptop was stolen before the comp, so it will take a while to cut and upload the NR average (11.51).
I realized I don't know what counts as a 'move' when calculating SQ-1 tps. I would assume a slice counts, but then do you just count each set of parentheses as one since the two moves are executed simultaneously?
I realized I don't know what counts as a 'move' when calculating SQ-1 tps. I would assume a slice counts, but then do you just count each set of parentheses as one since the two moves are executed simultaneously?
Well, the equivalent of HTM in Square-1 would be counting every / as one move, and every upper layer and bottom layer turn as separate moves (so, for example, the algorithm / -3,0 / 3,3 / 0,-3 / would have 4 (slices) + 2 (top layer) + 2 (bottom layer) = 8 turns). Another metric would be number of slices, which is sometimes called twist metric. The WCA uses a different counting system, as well, which says every / is one move, and every (x,y) pair is one move (so, the algorithm I listed before would have 7 moves).
The solution has:
18 slices
19 (x,y) pairs
13 U layer moves
13 D layer moves