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All moves operate on the bottom face, except 3, 5, 6, and 10 which operate on the top face.

(See also threefold moves for the Rubik’s cube.)

1. (Nourse) Operates on the bottom face R’ D’ R F D2 F’ R’ D R D’	2. (Nourse) Operates on the bottom face R’ D’ R F D F’ R’ D R D2	3. (Singmaster) Operates on the top face L F R’ F’ • L’ F R F’
4. (Nourse) Operates on the bottom face D2 R’ D2 R D R’ D R Inverse (rotates corner pieces counterclockwise): R’ D’ R D’ R’ D2 R D2	5. (Singmaster) Operates on the top face B R’ D2 R B’ U2 B R’ D2 R B’ U2	6. (Singmaster) Operates on the top face B2 • L2 B R B’ • L2 B R’ B
7. (Fridrich) Operates on the bottom face S D • S2 D S2 D • S D2 S2 D’	8. (Fridrich) Operates on the bottom face S2 D S2 • D2 • S2 D S2	9. (Nourse) Operates on the bottom face L’ R F L R’ • D2 • L’ R F L R’
10. (Singmaster) Operates on the top face L’ U R’ U2 L U’ R       L’ U R’ U2 L U’ R U	11. (Fridrich) Operates on the bottom face S2 D’ S’ • D2 • S D’ S2	12. (Fridrich) Operates on the bottom face S2 D S’ • D2 • S D S2
13. (Fridrich) Operates on the bottom face S2 D S D2       S’ D S’ D S’ D2 S D S’	14. (Fridrich) Operates on the bottom face S’ U S U • S’ D2 S U’ S’ U’ • S D2	15. (Fridrich) Operates on the bottom face S’ D2 S D2 • S’ D S D2 S’ D2 • S D’

• Nourse: The Simple Solution to Rubik’s Cube, James G. Nourse, Bantam, 1981.
• Singmaster: Notes on Rubik’s Magic Cube, David Singmaster.
• Fridrich: http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/cube.html, Jessica Fridrich.

John Kerl
2010-04-15
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