Petrus v. Fridrich

[Dene]

But Petrus does have cases, if you think about it. For the start, you are only looking for 4 pieces. Sure they could be anywhere on the cube, but the amount of cases for those 4 pieces is limited, and thus making cases (maybe millions or billions, but still limited)

 

[joey]

But Petrus does have cases, if you think about it. For the start, you are only looking for 4 pieces. Sure they could be anywhere on the cube, but the amount of cases for those 4 pieces is limited, and thus making cases (maybe millions or billions, but still limited)

That is the same for the cross, 4 pieces on the cube!

I would say there are 41 cases after the cross, for F2L. There are many more states, however. I would say there are many states after a 2x2 block, but not cases.

 

[Lofty]

There are a few recognizable cases for blockbuilding tho. Check out Lars's site's blockbuilding tips page and he has all kinds of cases named.