Neat 3x3 Mod making it turn like a square-1

[CoasterKingII]

This neat 3x3 mod I came up with just a few days ago:

Yes its more like just two gen 3x3

 

[rubixwiz031]

This is nothing like a square 1. Yes, the middle layer now moves similarly, but the other 2 layers are completely different.

 

[Endgame]

>tries to replicate the Square-1 turning experience
>NO SHAPESHIFTING

 

[sneaklyfox]

So essentially you can only do U moves, D moves, and R2.

 

[Endgame]

So essentially you can only do U moves, D moves, and R2.

You can also do L moves if you remove the tape

 

[sneaklyfox]

You can also do L moves if you remove the tape

Duh... you can do all moves if you remove all the tape.

 

[Endgame]

Duh... you can do all moves if you remove all the tape.

But can it do 1,0/?

 

[ben1996123]

It's a 3x3x2 with an E layer and M moves, not a square 1.

 

[5BLD]

all you had to do was try to scrable it with a square-1 scramble to find out

or realise that the first step of a square-1 method is called cubeshape

 

[CoasterKingII]

Yes I do agree. It only really makes it a 2-gen 3x3 but for me it did make a challenge to figure out

yes really the only similarity is you're restricted to only 2-gen stuff if I am correct

 

[Endgame]

Yes I do agree. It only really makes it a 2-gen 3x3 but for me it did make a challenge to figure out

The challenge of the SQ-1 is cubeshape, figuring out how to solve a SQ-1 isn't too hard once you've got that down

 

[qqwref]

Congratulations, you reinvented <R2,U,D>.

 

[Ranzha]

or realise that the first step of a square-1 method is called cubeshape

Not in every method

 

[5BLD]

Not in every method

pssh. i said a square-1 method

 

[Meep]

Yeah, it's just a move restriction, and it obviously doesn't permute pieces entirely like a Square-1. Though the point was probably that it feels like Square-1 execution, which it does for a lot of people.

This sequence with the same execution feel on both a Square-1 and a 3x3 with these restrictions do the same permutation on both puzzles, though.

/ ( 3 , 0 ) / ( -3 , -3 ) / ( 0 , 3 ) /

R2 ( U ) R2 ( U' D' ) R2 ( D ) R2

 

[TMOY]

It's a 3x3x2 with an E layer and M moves, not a square 1.

Actually it's a 332 with three out of four vertical sides being blocked and the possibility to free any one of them by moving the E slice appropriately. The set of reachable positions is the same as on a regular 332 and the blocked moves don't even make it more difficult to solve, only a bit more annoying because you constantly have to move the E slice to make the desired moves possible.