A080563 Number of positions that are exactly n moves from the starting position in the Orbix Type 3 puzzle.

1, 12, 30, 140, 291, 440, 660, 792, 727, 572, 302, 92, 37

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 21 2003

Keywords

• nonn
• fini
• full

Comments

This is the number of positions that can be reached in n moves from the start, but which cannot be reached in fewer than n moves.

A puzzle in the Rubik cube family. The total number of distinct positions is 4079.

Links

• Jaap Scherphuis, Puzzle Pages

Crossrefs

Cf. A010928, A080560-A080564.