• Bryan's sequences The sequences I have here are those I use to solve a cube. I got my cube when I first went to university back in October 1980. It took me about a week to come up with some sequences to solve it. I never did understand the book I got given for Christmas that year, and was just happy to impress everyone I could solve it. I never got into speed-cubing, but could do it in about a minute, it was important to me to have just a few sequences to remember. Name Sequence Comment swap LB L  D' L' D  L  D' L' These 4 sequences are mirrors and reverses of each other. Used to get layer 2 done, once layer 1 is complete. Although I complete layer 1 with the corner purposely rotated but in place, as these sequences rotate the front top corner while they swap the bottom-side edge piece with the front-side edge piece. I have to choose which of the 4 mirrors to do, based on which colors are where. LF L  D  L' D' L  D  L' RB R' D  R  D' R' D  R RF R' D' R  D  R' D' R kick L L  D  L' D  L  D  D  L' These 2 sequences are mirrors. Used on solving the bottom/last layer. They swap 3 edges down there. When the two are back-to-back, they rotate just 2 bottom layer corners. R R' D' R  D' R' D  D  R 3 Corners L L  D' R' D  L' D' R  D These 2 sequences are mirrors. Used on the bottom layer to swap 3 corners around. R R' D  L  D' R  D  L' D' 6-to-Cross R' B' D' B  D  R Used on solving the bottom/last layer. Turning what looks like a 6-o-clock into a cross. It also turns blank into 9-o-clock, and 9-o-clock into 6-o-clock. There is apparently a similar sequence that does 9-o-clock directly to the cross, but I don't want to bother remembering more sequences, when repeating this one does what I need. So I really have just 4 sequences to remember. I've seen sequences that do things that I have to do sequences twice (or have to do two of mine) to do the same as their one sequence, but I'm happy to remember the few sequences I came up with. You might notice that sequences generally move just two surfaces, I find those are easiest to do, as I have two hands. Sequences like 6-to-cross I find awkward to do, but it's what I worked out did the job, and I guess I'm stuck in my ways. I generally take about 110 moves to solve a cube using my sequences. I hear the speedcubing people usually do it in 50 or 60 moves. But I do call the same move twice "2 moves", and I write something like "D D" instead of "D²", so maybe I have 10 or so less moves when I solve it, if that's the case. I read that there is a great computer-necessary algorithm that takes between 15 and 20 moves to solve a cube.