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Consider 3 X 3 X 3 Rubik cube, but consider only positions of corners; sequence gives number of positions that are exactly n moves from the start.
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%I #4 Mar 30 2012 16:49:39

%S 1,12,114,924,6539,39528,199926,806136,2761740,8656152,22334112,

%T 32420448,18780864,2166720,6624

%N Consider 3 X 3 X 3 Rubik cube, but consider only positions of corners; sequence gives number of positions that are exactly n moves from the start.

%C Total number of positions = 88179840. Here a half-turn is counted as two moves.

%H Mark Longridge, <a href="http://cubeman.org/fullcube.txt">God's Algorithm Calculations for Rubik's Cube...</a>

%Y Cf. A080601, A080614, etc.

%K nonn,fini,full

%O 0,2

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Feb 26 2003