solving with missing stickers?

[riffz]

I don't see the problem with taking a green edge sticker off, would also make solving it easier.

But anyway, get back to chemistry or imma come to Clare and eat you.

Yea but then you could cycle UL -> FL -> FR

(yellow on top, green in front)

EDIT: Or UR -> FR -> FL depending on which green edge you unsticker.

 

[chrisness]

I realised I made another error with the orientations. Instead of taking all stickers from an edge OR a corner, its possible to take all stickers from a single edge AND a single corner since all other edges/corners determine orientation in both cases. So in my proof I should really have counted 22. Bit of a cube theory fail :rolleyes:

I haven't thought this through a huge amount, but doesn't this mean we can take another sticker from QQ's solution to leave a single edge with no stickers?

Yeh ok, this would leave a three cycle, my bad:

Yea but then you could cycle UL -> FL -> FR

(yellow on top, green in front)

EDIT: Or UR -> FR -> FL depending on which green edge you unsticker.

But anyway, get back to chemistry or imma come to Clare and eat you.

Chemical engineering...

 

[Pembo]

I don't see the problem with taking a green edge sticker off, would also make solving it easier.

But anyway, get back to chemistry or imma come to Clare and eat you.

Yea but then you could cycle UL -> FL -> FR

(yellow on top, green in front)

EDIT: Or UR -> FR -> FL depending on which green edge you unsticker.

Ah yeah, I completely missed that 3-cycle.

What's the problem with removing the orange from OB edge (or same with red from RB)?

@Chris, why don't you come up to Girton and say that to my face :3

 

[riffz]

I don't see the problem with taking a green edge sticker off, would also make solving it easier.

But anyway, get back to chemistry or imma come to Clare and eat you.

Yea but then you could cycle UL -> FL -> FR

(yellow on top, green in front)

EDIT: Or UR -> FR -> FL depending on which green edge you unsticker.

Ah yeah, I completely missed that 3-cycle.

What's the problem with removing the orange from OB edge (or same with red from RB)?

@Chris, why don't you come up to Girton and say that to my face :3

The problem is the same for both but you could swap the FR and FL pieces as well as UB and BL.

Or for orange you would again have FR <--> FL as well as UB <--> BR

 

[Pembo]

Just the answer I wanted, many thanks.

 

[Samania]

.. 5.