Triton method - My own Bandaged Cube/Bicube speed solving method

[JackTriton]

Notations:

1. Free corner is the corner that is not bandaged
2. The right configuration is when all center's orientations are corrected and free corner is placed at UFR
3. The correct way to hold the cube: (Non-scrambled) Free corner is placed at UFR and BD centers are connected into one piece. (center-edge-center)
4. alg n (Number): ALGORITHM (actual swapping sequences. UFL->UBL: Place piece placed at UFL to UBL, UFL<->UBL: Swap piece placed at UFL and UBL)

Hi! This is Jack(Bandaged cube single, ao5, ao12 UWR holder).
and this is the method I use to solve the puzzle.
there are only three steps/18 algorithms you have to follow/remember.

Step 1: Bring the puzzle into the right configuration and place BD pieces correctly

I don't actually have any words/ways to describe this.​

At this point, I always figured out to solve them while inspection.​

Only thing I can write is some algorithms that will help you to solve.​

​

alg 1. FRD->LBD:​

F' U L F U L' U2 (FRD->LBD->UFL->FLD->URB->FRD)​

​

alg 2. FRD->LBD w/o swapping other D pieces:​

R U' L U2 R' U L' U2 (FRD<->LBD, URB<->UBL)​

​

alg 3. UBL->LBD:​

U L F2 R' F' R U F' L' U2 (UBL->LBD->UFL->UBL)​

​

alg 4. UFL->LBD:​

U2 L U' F' L' U' F (UFL->LBD->FRD->URB->FLD->UFL)​

​

alg 5. UFL->LBD w/o swapping other D pieces:​

U2 L F U' R' F R F2 L' U' (UFL->LBD->UBL->UFL)​

​

alg 6. FLD->LBD:​

R U F' L F2 U F' L' U2 R' (FLD->LBD->UFL->UBL->FRD->FLD)​

​

alg 7. BRD->LBD:​

R U F' U L F U L' U R' (BRD->LBD->FRD->FLD->UBL->BRD)​

​

alg 8. URB->LBD:​

F' U L F R U2 L' U R' (URB->LBD->UFL->FLD->UBL->URB)​

​

For RDB piece, F R F' from right configuration will help you to solve it easily.​

Step 2: Place FD pieces correctly

There are six types of unsolved states for FD pieces.​

A. FLD piece is already solved​

B. FRD piece is already solved​

C. FLD piece is placed FRD​

D. FRD piece is placed FLD​

E. Both pieces are placed U Layer​

F. FLD piece and FRD piece are swapped​

​

A. FLD solved​

alg 9. UFL->FRD:​

R U F R U' R' U F' L' U L U2 R' (UFL->FRD->UBL->UFL)​

​

alg 10. UBL->FRD:​

R U2 L' U' L F U' R U R' F' U' R' (UBL->FRD->UFL->UBL)​

​

B. FRD solved​

alg 11. UBL->FLD:​

U L F2 R' F L' F2 R F' U' (UBL<->FLD, URB<->UFL)​

​

C. FLD placed FRD​

alg 12. UBL->FRD:​

R U R' F' U L F L' U2 (UBL->FRD->FLD->UBL)​

​

D. FRD placed FLD​

alg 13. UBL->FLD:​

U2 L F' L' F U' R' F R F' U' (UBL->FLD->FRD->UBL)​

​

E. None placed​

alg 14. UFL->FLD and URB->FRD:​

F' U L F2 R U' R' U F' L' U' (UFL->FLD->URB->FRD->UBL->UFL)​

​

alg 15. URB->FLD and UFL->FRD:​

R U2 L' U R' U2 L U' (URB<->FLD, UFL<->FRD)​

​

F. Swap​

alg 16. FLD<->FRD:​

alg 15->alg 14 (FLD<->FRD, UFL<->URB)​

​

If none of these matches, use alg 17 or alg 18 to move the top layer pieces around.​

​

Special cases:​

A. Clockwise three pieces attaching free corner:​

alg 17->alg 10 (URB->FRD->UFL->URB)​

​

B. Anti clockwise three pieces attaching free corner:​

alg 9->alg 18 (URB->UFL->FRD->URB)​

Step 3: Place the top layer pieces correctly

​

This is the last step to solve.​

​

alg 17 "T Shape" / Anti clockwise:​

R U R' F2 L F L' U' F (UFL->URB->UBL->UFL)​

​

alg 18 "Kite Shape" / Clockwise:​

F' U L F' L' F2 R U' R' (UFL->UBL->URB->UFL)​

I personally don't use alg 6, 7 and 8
but I'm sure that using these will make you to solve even faster than me!

Thanks for reading!

 

[abunickabhi]

Really cool method. I find bandaged puzzles very interesting, R' U2 S' U S U' S' U S U R.