Sledgehammer (definitions)

The 'Sledgehammer' is the little brother of the much more famous 'sexy move'. Is A simple algorithm, yet powerful enough to solve the entire cube.

A 'Sledgehammer' splits the cube into the 'Workbench' and the the 'Tripod'

• 1) U The 1st rotation can be clockwise or anti-clockwise.
• 2) F' The 2nd rotation 'follows' the first. (performed in the opposite direction)
• 3) U' The 3rd rotation cancels the first move. (Undo)
• 4) F The 4th rotation cancels the second move. (Undo)

    (This is the most used 'sledgehammer' in the tutorial.)

A 'Sledgehammer' is a set of 4 single-rotations (never opposite faces).

In certain respects, the 'sledgehammer' acts as a framework that facilitates the rotation we are primarily interested in, effectively containing any related impacts within a specific area known as the 'workbench.'

The 'conventional names' are:

• The 1st move is called the action move (gets the result we want to achieve)
• The 2nd move is called the protection move ('protects' the the first move from the effects of the next moves.)
• The other two moves are roll back (confining the side effect of the first 2 moves)

Look at the pages under the 'Tutotrial.Sledghammer' for a full comprehensive description of all the meaningfull Sledghammer's properties.