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A Hamiltonian circuit for Rubik's Cube!

(Devil's Alg) [twist corner clockwise] (Devil's Alg) [twist corner clockwise]
(Devil's Alg) [flip edge]
(Devil's Alg) [twist corner clockwise] (Devil's Alg) [twist corner clockwise]
(Devil's Alg) [swap two edges]
(Devil's Alg) [twist corner clockwise] (Devil's Alg) [twist corner clockwise]
(Devil's Alg) [flip edge]
(Devil's Alg) [twist corner clockwise] (Devil's Alg) [twist corner clockwise]
(Devil's Alg)

For a Hamiltonian circuit, the "(Devil's Alg)" would have to be a Hamiltonian circuit leaving out the final quarter-turn. Also (for the above to become a Hamiltonian circuit), you would also require a simultaneous clockwise corner twist and edge swap at the end to get back to the "legal" coset (and the solved state, if that's your starting position). I realize elrog may not have been clear if he meant a Hamiltonian circuit or just a (not necessarily minimal) sequence that visits all illegal cube group states.

My solution:
Let's say the illegal moves are to be limited to:
P = Flip edge at UF
T = Twist corner at UFR clockwise
C = Swap the corners at positions ULF, UFR

Further, let's let H = standard Hamiltonian circuit of quarter-turn moves, leaving out the final move, assuming that move would have been D.

Then, a Hamiltonian circuit for the illegal cube group could be made as:

HTHTHPHCHTHCHTHCHPHTHTHC
 
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