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		<id>https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php?title=Thistlethwaite%27s_algorithm&amp;diff=39986</id>
		<title>Thistlethwaite&#039;s algorithm</title>
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		<updated>2019-06-07T18:51:30Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;WoowyBaby: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Method Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Thistlethwaite&lt;br /&gt;
|image=Thistlethwaite.gif&lt;br /&gt;
|proposers=[[Morwen Thistlethwaite]]&lt;br /&gt;
|year=1981&lt;br /&gt;
|anames&lt;br /&gt;
|variants=[[Human Thistlethwaite]]&lt;br /&gt;
|steps=4&lt;br /&gt;
|moves=31.3&lt;br /&gt;
|purpose=&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Computer Algorithm]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Fewest Moves]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
A computer cube solving algorithm, based on reducing the cube to subgroups.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Steps==&lt;br /&gt;
# Reduction to &amp;amp;lt;U,D,L,R,F2,B2&amp;amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#* [[Edge Orientation]]&lt;br /&gt;
# Reduction to &amp;amp;lt;U,D,L2,R2,F2,B2&amp;amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#* placement of U/D edges in U/D faces&lt;br /&gt;
#* [[Corner Orientation]], and placement&lt;br /&gt;
# Reduction to [[Square group|&amp;amp;lt;U2,D2,L2,R2,F2,B2&amp;amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
#* Corners&lt;br /&gt;
#* Edges&lt;br /&gt;
# Final Solve &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; Permutation of all pieces using only 180 degree faces turns&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Human Thistlethwaite]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kociemba]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[God&#039;s Algorithm]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Puzzle theory]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rubik&#039;s Cube Group]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Computer algorithms]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/thistle.htm Jaap&#039;s Thistlethwaite page]&lt;br /&gt;
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morwen_Thistlethwaite Morwen Thistlethwaite]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>WoowyBaby</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php?title=Thistlethwaite%27s_algorithm&amp;diff=39985</id>
		<title>Thistlethwaite&#039;s algorithm</title>
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		<updated>2019-06-07T18:50:34Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;WoowyBaby: 45 moves is NOT the average, it is the maximum. 31.3 is the average.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Method Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Thistlethwaite&lt;br /&gt;
|image=Thistlethwaite.gif&lt;br /&gt;
|proposers=[[Morwen Thistlethwaite]]&lt;br /&gt;
|year=1981&lt;br /&gt;
|anames&lt;br /&gt;
|variants=[[Human Thistlethwaite]]&lt;br /&gt;
|steps=4&lt;br /&gt;
|moves=31.3&lt;br /&gt;
|purpose=&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Computer Algorithm]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
A computer cube solving algorithm, based on reducing the cube to subgroups.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Steps==&lt;br /&gt;
# Reduction to &amp;amp;lt;U,D,L,R,F2,B2&amp;amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#* [[Edge Orientation]]&lt;br /&gt;
# Reduction to &amp;amp;lt;U,D,L2,R2,F2,B2&amp;amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#* placement of U/D edges in U/D faces&lt;br /&gt;
#* [[Corner Orientation]], and placement&lt;br /&gt;
# Reduction to [[Square group|&amp;amp;lt;U2,D2,L2,R2,F2,B2&amp;amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
#* Corners&lt;br /&gt;
#* Edges&lt;br /&gt;
# Final Solve &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; Permutation of all pieces using only 180 degree faces turns&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Human Thistlethwaite]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kociemba]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[God&#039;s Algorithm]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Puzzle theory]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rubik&#039;s Cube Group]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Computer algorithms]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/thistle.htm Jaap&#039;s Thistlethwaite page]&lt;br /&gt;
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morwen_Thistlethwaite Morwen Thistlethwaite]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>WoowyBaby</name></author>
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