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OLL 40

The algorithm, how to recognise it and how to practise it without cheating.

Probability1/54
Moves9
TypeLightning bolts
Inverse and mirror39

Recommended algorithm

R' F R U R' U' F' U R

9 moves

How to recognise it

A big lightning bolt: the left and right edges with the back-left and front-right corners. The front-left corner's yellow faces left.

Its inverse is another case

Do the 40 algorithm backwards, R' U' F U R U' R' F' R, and you are solving 31.

That's why CubeDojo never scrambles 40 that way: it builds a random state with the case fixed, so you practise 40 and not 31.

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Other cases: Lightning bolts