Takafumi's Half turn cube -HANZOH-

Hidetoshi · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:21 am

I made Half turn only cube easy variation from Takafumi's idea.
The name is "HANZOH" named by Mr.Suse, Takafumi's friend.
HAN means half by one character Kanji, and ZOH is used often for old person's name's tail.

This cube can be rotated only 180 degrees.
When rotate 90 degrees only, separate line is shifted, and lock not to rotate other axes.

He made normal 3x3x3 version's Half turn cube, but it looks similarly outward of normally 3x3x3 cube.

Case's left space is for his normal Half turn cube.

joey · **Joined:** Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:02 pm

WOW! That looks really good! A*

Noah · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:18 am

I loved how this was discussed less than a year ago, and now it's real.

It looks amazing. I wish we could have a sneak peak at the inside.

Vadim · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:28 am

Brilliant design Hidetoshi!
Cube "bumping" idea has more potential than I first thought!
Well done!
Vadim

silver- · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:55 am

very nice. you know what, i just recently realized that the skewb (reg.) is a half-turn only cube as well....nice job!

Quinn Lewis · **Joined:** Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:08 am

no, silver-

skewb cubes turn in increments of 120 degrees

reeeech · **Joined:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:19 pm

So does solving this make it more like a domino?

Swordsman Kirby · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:28 pm

It is trivial to solve...

silver- · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:13 pm

Quinn Lewis wrote:

no, silver-

skewb cubes turn in increments of 120 degrees

oh, right right, i'm sorry, i meant you have to turn it twice cuz the corners can't be touching corners...or something..... :shock:

forget i said that LOL.

Thomas · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:32 pm

I love it Hidetoshi! And I think I prefer this design where the restriction is visible on the outside. Although for me personally it would look even better in the western white-opposite-yellow colour scheme. Blue and white on one face looks a bit too scrambled for me.

Excellent!

Thomas

Noah · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:44 pm

Here's my method:

Solve the corners.
Solve the centers in relation to the corners.
Solve the edges with some basic algs.

If by any chance you run into a 'parity' of a 3 edge cycle.

R2 U2 F2 U2 R2 U2 F2.

chris · **Joined:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:03 pm

Corners and centers are trivial, edges can all be solved with R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 U2.

Lee T. · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:12 pm

Excellent job Hidetoshi! Your work is always superb and innovative.
Your skills are great and I always love to see your ideas brought to life. Keep on Building!

Lee

Puzzlemaster42 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:24 pm

I actually scramble and solve the cube like this sometimes. It makes for an interesting challenge, if not too difficult.

Excellent work once again!

Noah · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:02 pm

chris wrote:

Corners and centers are trivial, edges can all be solved with R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 U2.

Don't forget the parity.

Here's the non half turn way to get into it.

R2 E R2 E'.

See my previous post on how to cycle the three edges in the slice.

chris · **Joined:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:03 pm

See my previous post on how to cycle the three edges in the slice.

Quote:

edges can all be solved with R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 U2

R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 U2 x R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 U2 x' R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 U2 x R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 U2 x'

Can of course cut down with move cancelation. Efficient? No. Simple? I think so.

Swordsman Kirby · **Posted:** Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:29 pm

chris that is far too long.

Try the commutator: X=(RU)x3 Y=BDB, of course, omitting all those "2"s.

chris · **Joined:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:03 pm

I know it's long, I know it can be done better. I was just saying it was wrong to assert that you can't solve that case with only that alg.

Myke · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:47 am

Very cool.

I like it a lot. (I really have to mod a Rubik's cube when I have
time.)

Takafumi's Half turn cube -HANZOH-

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