Megaminx Reconstructions

[audiophile121]

I've been toying with the idea of a Youtube channel devoted to megaminx tips, walkthroughs, and reconstructions.

One of the obvious issues with megaminx reconstruction is that notation can be very difficult compared to other puzzles. I thought it might make things simpler to notate rotations by saying which colors were top and front before each set of moves instead of describing notating rotations in a traditional manner. Here is an example reconstruction:

Please let me know your thoughts on this notation.

Scramble:
R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ R++ D++ U
R-- D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R++ D++ U
R++ D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- R++ D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ U
R++ D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- U'

Reconstruction
(Pu/W) U R’ U2’
(DG/R) L U2’
(B/W) U2’
(B/Y) L2 R’ U2’ R
(Pi/B) R U’ R’ U
(Cr/DG) BL’ U BR’ FR R2 FR’
(Cy/DG)U L’ U F2 U’ F2’
(O/Pu) R U R’ U U L2’ U’ R2’ U2’ R2
(LG/Y) R2’ U2’ R2
(Pi/B) U
(O/Pu) BR2’ U L U L’ R U’ R’
(O/Y) U R’
(Gy/O) U2 F2
(Cy/Pu) BL2’ BR’
(LG/Y) BR2’ U’ BR U
(Gy/LG) U R U’ BR
(Cy/O) L’ U2’ L U2’
(Gy/O) U’ R U R’ U’ R U R’ U’ R U R’
(Pi/LG) U’
(Gy/Pi) BR U’ R U R’ U2’ F U’ F’
(Cr/R) U L’ U L U’ L’ U L U’
(Cy/Cr) R U R’ F2 L’ U F2 U’ F2’
(Gy/Cr) U2 R2’ U’ R2 U R2’ F’ R F
(Gy/Cy) U F2
(Gy/Cr) R U’ R’ U R’ U’ R2 U’ U
R’ U R U2’ R’ U R
U R U2 R’ U R U R’ U U’
F R U R’ U’ F’
R U R’ U R U2’ R
U R U R’ U2 R U2 R’ U U’ U’ U’
(Gy/Cy) R U R’ F’ R U R’ U R’ F R2 U’ R’
R2 U2 R2’ U R2 U2 R2’
(Gy/Pi) R2 U2’ R2’ U’ R2 U R2’ U’ R2 U R2’ U’ R2 U2’ R2’

Please let me know your thoughts on this notation.

 

[Deleted member 36445]

nice idea!

You have my seal of approval

 

[GenTheSnail]

I think the notation works fine, the major problem being that some people have different color schemes. Rotations <x,y,z> should work well as long as axis points, such as the <R,U,F> faces, are defined. This would also allow people to know how the puzzle is held and moved.

Also, scrambling a megaminx correctly takes longer and making sure that there aren't any mistakes in a reconstruction is a pain. If you've got a youtube channel, then video format would most certainly be the best option. I don't even see 3x3 video reconstructions with text recons in the descriptions very frequently, so I don't really see a need for this.