Birdflu aims to contain all knowledge of algorithms and positions for the last layer of Rubik's Cube, and present it in simple and useful ways. For now is has all algs up to 17 moves.

Hand crafted by Lars Petrus in Oakland 2015-17.

Big thanks to Tom Rokicki for generating the algs!

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Combo Alg Sets implement the old idea of solving LL in one look with only a few dozen memorized algs by using a pair of algs for each. ZBLL can be solved with only 14 algs, and the full LL with 39.

Combo ready algs are marked by a c

The name: "Birdflu" is the shortest English word containing the basic move letters BRDFLU.

Questions: birdflu@lar5.com

24 positions
Shortest 8
Fastest 6.80
Avg shortest 12.00
8 moves 2 algs
9 moves 7 algs
10 moves 33 algs
11 moves 132 algs
12 moves 569 algs
13 moves 2 168 algs
14 moves 11 164 algs
15 moves 46 466 algs
16 moves 256 909 algs
17 moves 1 129 473 algs
Setup: F' L' B' L F L' B L
COP OLL CO CP EO EP
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Ao
Bo
bo
Co
Do
Eo
Fo
Go
Ad
Bd
bd
Cd
Dd
Ed
Fd
Gd
Ab
Bb
bb
Cb
Db
Eb
Fb
Gb
Al
Bl
bl
Cl
Dl
El
Fl
Gl
Ar
Br
br
Cr
Dr
Er
Fr
Gr
Af
Bf
bf
Cf
Df
Ef
Ff
Gf
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PLL
OLL 27
OLL 26
OLL 24
OLL 23
OLL 25
OLL 21
OLL 22
OLL 13
OLL 16
OLL 33
OLL 45
OLL 39
OLL 55
OLL 52
OLL 57
OLL 15
OLL 14
OLL 34
OLL 46
OLL 40
OLL 56
OLL 51
OLL 28
OLL 7
OLL 12
OLL 32
OLL 44
OLL 36
OLL 54
OLL 49
OLL 10
OLL 9
OLL 30
OLL 41
OLL 37
OLL 50
OLL 11
OLL 8
OLL 29
OLL 42
OLL 38
OLL 47
OLL 5
OLL 6
OLL 31
OLL 43
OLL 35
OLL 53
OLL 48
OLL 20
OLL 3
OLL 4
OLL 19
OLL 18
OLL 17
OLL 1
OLL 2
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d
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r
f
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Position COP Shortest Solution
Cr4b
8 L' B' L F' L' B L F show
Af4b
9 L F' L B2 L' F L B2 L2 show
Ar4b
9 L F' L B2 L' F L B2 L2 show
Dr4b
9 L2 D' L U2 L' D L U2 L show
Ef4b
9 L U2 L D L' U2 L D' L2 show
Fd4b
11 B' R2 B2 U2 B' R2 B U2 B2 R2 B show
bd4b
12 B F R F' L F L' R' B' L F' L' show
Dd4b
12 R B L R' F L' R B' L R' F' L' show
Ed4b
12 B' U2 B2 L' B' L2 F R U2 R' F' L' show
Ff4b
12 F R' F' R U2 F2 L' B L' B' L2 F2 show
Gr4b
12 F2 R2 B' R' B R' F2 U2 L F' L' F show
Bd4b
13 R U2 F' L F L' U2 R' F' U2 F2 U2 F' show
bf4b
13 R2 D' R U2 R' D R U' L U' R U L' show
Bf4b
13 R U' L' U R' U2 L B L' U L U' B' show
br4b
13 B' U F U' B U' F D F' U2 F D' F2 show
Br4b
13 B' U' R U R' B R U2 L' U R' U' L show
Cf4b
13 R' F' L' U2 L U' L' U2 L2 F' L' F2 R show
Df4b
13 L' B' L F' L' B L2 F R' F' L' F R show
Fr4b
13 F R' F' L F2 R F L F L2 B' U2 B show
Gd4b
13 B U2 B' U2 B' R B' L' B2 R' B L B' show
Gf4b
13 L2 D' L2 D R' F2 D F2 D' R F2 U' F2 show
Ad4b
14 L' R' F' R B' R' F L R F' L' B L F show
Er4b
14 R B' U' B2 U' B2 U2 B R2 F R F2 U F show
Cd4b
15 B U2 B U2 B2 U' B' L' B' U' B' U B L B2 show
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