Bowtie
The algorithm, how to recognise it and how to practise it without cheating.
Probability1/7
Moves8
TypeYellow face
Inverse and mirror—
Recommended algorithm
F' r U R' U' r' F R8 moves
How to recognise it
Two diagonal corners show yellow on top. Hold them at front left and back right: the front-right corner's yellow faces you.
Its inverse is another case
Do the Bowtie algorithm backwards, R' F' r U R U' r' F, and you are solving Chameleon.
That's why CubeDojo never scrambles Bowtie that way: it builds a random state with the case fixed, so you practise Bowtie and not Chameleon.
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