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

0,2

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

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..9.

Jaap Scherphuis, Puzzle Pages

Crossrefs

Cf. A010928, A080560-A080563.

Sequence in context: A319901 A058228 A093455 * A048260 A333946 A354809

Adjacent sequences: A080561 A080562 A080563 * A080565 A080566 A080567

Keyword

nonn,fini,full

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 21 2003

Status

approved