zslane
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Forgive me if this has been proposed or discussed before, but I wasn't quite sure how to search for this idea, so I introduce it here.
In a world where the 3x3 cube can be solved in mere seconds, we often look for ways to make it challenging again. That's how we get things like blindfolded solving, one-handed solving, etc. But has anyone considered the following simple tweak (to the cube itself):
Imagine a 3x3 cube in which the center pieces have a sticker/graphics as shown in the image above. Each center face shows four small triangles/arrows pointing to the color of the adjacent face in the given cardinal direction. When these arrows point to the matching color we say the centers have Canonical Center Orientation (CCO). So, the solving challenge here is to scramble the cube and then to not only solve all the face colors, but to also restore CCO.
In a world where the 3x3 cube can be solved in mere seconds, we often look for ways to make it challenging again. That's how we get things like blindfolded solving, one-handed solving, etc. But has anyone considered the following simple tweak (to the cube itself):
Imagine a 3x3 cube in which the center pieces have a sticker/graphics as shown in the image above. Each center face shows four small triangles/arrows pointing to the color of the adjacent face in the given cardinal direction. When these arrows point to the matching color we say the centers have Canonical Center Orientation (CCO). So, the solving challenge here is to scramble the cube and then to not only solve all the face colors, but to also restore CCO.