[Help Thread] Axis Cube Discussion and Help Thread

[Dhruv Ambadekar]

 

[stoic]

It’s a while since I’ve solved an axis cube - it’s a fun puzzle - but I’m pretty sure those are corners...

 

[Dhruv Ambadekar]

It’s a while since I’ve solved an axis cube - it’s a fun puzzle - but I’m pretty sure those are corners...

Sorry about that, I was in a hurry while I wrote that. But could you help me with those two correct corner peices and the other two incorrect corners. Please...

 

[stoic]

I love shapemods, and I usually go with something like this:
-switch BR and FR corners with Niklas L U' R' U L' U' R (U2)
-orient corners with Sunes
-U-perm the edges
-orient any centres which moved as a result of the last step with (R U R' U)5 - to rotate the U centre 180 degrees - and/or (M' U M U')5 - which rotates the U and F centres 90 degrees.

 

[Foreright]

Sorry about that, I was in a hurry while I wrote that. But could you help me with those two correct corner peices and the other two incorrect corners. Please...

I have an Axis cube on my desk here at work and for LL corners I use A-perm to permute (first - possibly multiple times) and then twist the (UFL and UFR) corners (again, possibly multiple times) with the below:

x R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 x' /// cycle UFR, UBL and UBR clockwise (A-perm)
x' R U' R D2 R' U R D2 R2 x /// cycle UFL, UFR and UBR anti-clockwise (A-perm)

and then...

(L D2 L') (F' D2 F) U (F' D2 F) (L D2 L') U' /// rotate UFL corner clockwise and UFR anti-clockwise
(F' D2 F) (L D2 L') U (L D2 L') (F' D2 F) U' /// rotate UFL corner anti-clockwise and UFR clockwise

Having said that, the specific case you have there, you have two corners in place but twisted with the other two swapped. In this kind of scenario you can do any A-perm and you should have one corner in the correct place and then cycle the other 3 corners using A-perm(s) until they are correct. That will just leave you with the corner orientation step.

 

[Chandrika]

Hello guys,
I have been trying to orient the corners in the top layer of the axis cube ..everybody are telling to try beginners method i.e r prime d prime r d but i am not able to rotate the axis cube in those directions can anybody help? I have attached the current position of my axis cube..please help

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

I have no specific question but am bumping / commenting to shed light on some misinformation that exists in this thread. Some have commented that the rotated centers in last layer are not possible and that the puzzle is in an impossible state. This is most likely not true if you have not physically taken your axis cube apart or thrown it against a wall in a fit of rage.

It behaves like a supercube thus center orientation matters. Chances are most of the historical responses here are solvers unfamiliar with supercubes. That coupled with the recognition struggles that results from multiple edge and corner shapes and the fact that a "side" or face turn is not composed of a single color just makes this cube an absolute struggle.

Last layer is a real beast...the fun is in the struggle of figuring it out.

 

[ep2]

I recently got an axis cube, which I've enjoyed a lot, but still haven't completed. I now have it in a cube, but have two corners flipped. Any ideas on what could flip them?

 

[Spacey10]

I recently got an axis cube, which I've enjoyed a lot, but still haven't completed. I now have it in a cube, but have two corners flipped. Any ideas on what could flip them?
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Looks like the Superman case

 

[ep2]

Looks like the Superman case

Ohhh, so an OLL rather than a PLL. That never occurred to me. Thanks

 

[Cubingcubecuber]

I recently got an axis cube, which I've enjoyed a lot, but still haven't completed. I now have it in a cube, but have two corners flipped. Any ideas on what could flip them?
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Those are edges, as it is a 3x3 shape mod. Any edge flipping alg for adjacent edges will work

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

I recently got an axis cube, which I've enjoyed a lot, but still haven't completed. I now have it in a cube, but have two corners flipped. Any ideas on what could flip them?
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As stated you have 2 edges not corners that need to be oriented before moving on to PLL. Piece identification is tricky at first on the axle cube & I usually resort back to a 4 look last layer b/c “transposing” or executing algs is a bit of a challenge with the intense shape shifting.

We’re you able to get it solved? Last layer is surprisingly hard I think

 

[ep2]

As stated you have 2 edges not corners that need to be oriented before moving on to PLL. Piece identification is tricky at first on the axle cube & I usually resort back to a 4 look last layer b/c “transposing” or executing algs is a bit of a challenge with the intense shape shifting.

We’re you able to get it solved? Last layer is surprisingly hard I think

Still haven't managed it, I can get to LL relatively quickly, but consistently mess up my algs, bad recognition and messing up execution, but happy I'll get there over the next few days. It's a total head melt trying to understand which piece is which, but getting there.

 

[ep2]

Finally, finally, did it. Took about a week in total, maybe 10 hours or so. But delighted. And reckon I can do it again now, just took a long time to get my head around orientation. But might just leave it a while before I scramble again

 

[Maati1980]

So close but I stucked... any clues?

 

[DevlinDevil]

I have gotten this far without any help, other than knowing what the cross was. If someone could tell me how to fix this that would help a lot. Also try to keep it beginner pls idk too much about the technical terms i just started cubing and still solve a 3x3 with mostly beginner method (sill manged to get my best down to 40 with that method).

 

[callmezap]

how do i solve this torture device