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Jolly move: powering the 'Workbench approach'.


The 'Jolly move' is simply the combination of 3 moves:




When solving the cube, the 'Jolly move' has 2 names for different pourposes:

1) Defaul Setup When sets the conditions for the 'Delivery'. The Setup move brings the cubie we want to place onto the workbench. Buttons
2) Defaul Delivery When places the cubie already inside the workbench onto its final destination. Buttons
Sometime there is an extra step (name)
  Defaul Collision Manages the condition when two cubies try to occupy the same position. Buttons


Buttons The solver is the best way to practice with all the possible configurations




Buttons The 'Jolly move' is so effective that cansolve any cube configuration.


What follows is the sequence of moves in a generic solution, which always sticks to the same pattern and demonstrates the simplicity of the approach.


        ┌───────── Setups the cube for the 'Sledgehammer'
        │          
        │          ┌─────────── Executes a 'Sledgehammer'
        │          │
        │    ┌─────┴──────┐    ┌── Undoes the first move
        │    │            │    │

   1)   E2   ( U  F' U' F )    E2
   2)   M2   ( U  F' U' F )    M2
   3)   E    ( U  F' U' F )    E'
   4)   E2   ( R' F  R  F')    E2
   5)   U2
   6)   D    ( R' F  R  F')    D'
   7)   M    ( U' R  U  R')    M'
   8)   E'   ( U  F' U' F )    E
   9)   E'   ( R' F  R  F')    E
   10)  U
   11)  D'   ( F  R' F' R )    D
   12)  E    ( U  F' U' F )    E'
   13)       ( U  F' U' F )
   14)  S'   ( R' F  R  F')    S
   15)  S    ( U  F' U' F )    S'
   16)  E    ( U' R  U  R')    E'
   17)  E    ( R' F  R  F')    E'
   18)  U
   19)  S    ( U' R  U R' )    S'
   20)       ( U  F' U' F )
   21)       ( R' F  R  F')
   22)       ( F' U  F  U')
   23)       ( F  R' F' R )
   24)  U2   ( R  F' R' F )3   U2
   25)       ( F' R  F  R')
   26)  U'   ( R  F' R' F )3   U
   27)  U    ( R  F' R' F )3   U'
   28)       ( R  F' R' F )
   29)       ( R  F' R' F )
   30)       ( R  F' R' F )
   31)       ( D' R  D  R')2
   32)  F    ( R  D' R' D )2   F'
  


The idea underlying this approach is to divide the cube into two sections:

The reason is simple: to keep separated the side effects (inside the workplace) from the rest of the cubies.


There is no need to follow a strict order. With practice, a personal strategy based on intuition and the proposed technique will be adopted, making solving the Rubik's Cube even simpler.

You can also use the preferred 'by-layer' method, taking care not to position the two cubies the Red-White-Blue in the 'rdf' position (Right-Down-Front) and Red-Blue in the 'ref' (Right-Equator-Front) positions, and continue with this method, which solves the third layer in a much more intuitive way and without the use of other algorithms.