Introducing Magic Wondeful

[macky]

By David Gomes and Jeremy Fleischman, with contributions from Devin Corr-Robinett.
Available at http://cubefreak.net/speed/f2ladvanced/mw.html

Description from the link:

Magic Wondeful is a set cases for solving the last F2L pair while orienting the last layer. With the pair already made on the top layer (say where solvable by URU'R'), there are 2^3*3^3 = 216 possible orientations. Winter Variation is the 27 cases where all 3 last layer edges are correctly oriented. Magic Wondeful refers to the 2*3^2 = 18 cases containing an oriented 2*2*1, but with the last edge flipped.

David Gomes and Jeremy Fleischman's motivation for finding these algorithms was the Sledgehammer. Together with the 27 Winter Variation cases, these give you a roughly 20% chance, as David puts it, "to skip OLL while inserting your last pair with an awesome algorithm."

Yes, it's spelled "Wondeful."

macky

 

[CoryThigpen]

For those that use this, do you find it easy to recognize these rather than going for the quick insert? It seems like you'd have to always have your open slot on the FR.

Also, for Fridrich F2L solvers, do to think it would be good to learn the CLS and Magic Wondful cases to use to force OLL skips? If so, where should I start?