A080564 Number of positions that are exactly n moves from the starting position in the Orbix Type 4 puzzle.

1, 24, 30, 12, 180, 492, 735, 1460, 1101, 60

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 4096.

Links

• Jaap Scherphuis, Puzzle Pages

Crossrefs

Cf. A010928, A080560-A080563.