A080560 Number of positions that are exactly n moves from the starting position in the Orbix Type 1 puzzle.

1, 1, 3, 5, 12, 14, 24, 14, 12, 5, 3, 1, 1

Offset

0,3

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 96. Here positions differing by rotations are considered the same.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..12.

Jaap Scherphuis, Puzzle Pages

Crossrefs

Cf. A010928, A080560-A080564.

Sequence in context: A212061 A287570 A265220 * A260818 A151866 A269928

Adjacent sequences: A080557 A080558 A080559 * A080561 A080562 A080563

Keyword

nonn,fini,full

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 21 2003

Status

approved