Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UYfggOJOThBdffon8l3AZCdm1fu5eoVGPwaPcmftW8Q/edit?usp=sharing Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/RayVD4ri

Sep. 13, 2019

Route:

U = up, D= down, L = left, R = right, total number of moves at the end

1 DR5 6 2 D3R3U3LULU2R2DR2U2R2D6L2U2 33 3 DLURDR 6 4 U2LDRDR3U2L 12 5 U2LDRDR2URUL 12 6 LD3RURUR2ULD4RURDRU 22 7 D4R7D3L3U3 20 8 U2R2D2R2U2R2U4L5 21 9 D3R2D 6 10 R4U2LURDR2U4L5D2L2 25 11 R2U5R2LD3L 13 12 D2R5U5L2DL3UL2D7R7L7U7R2DR3UR2D5L5U2R3 73 13 U3R6D2U2L6D6R6U2D2L6U3R2URD2LURULD2RUR 60 14 D2ULU2R5LRLDLD2UDUDUD2RU2RD 30 15 LRLRLR4DUDUDL2DRU 19 16 UDRLDRUL3UDR2D2L3UL2 22 17 DLURDLURUR6DLDL3DRULD3R3URD2L2DL5UDR5UR2U2LDL3U3RDLUR3URUL6DRU 82 18 DR5L4D2LD2RU2L2D2U2RU2R3U2D2LD2LD2LRU2L2D3L 50 19 D2LD2LURURU2R2D3RD2L2UDR2U2LU3L2D2LD2LD2RDR6ULDRULDL5ULU3RDLURURU2L2DUR2D2LD2LD2RDR6ULDRULDRU5LRD5L6ULU2RULDRU2RU2R5 143 20 RDRLRL3D3RUDU3RLD2LRLRLRDUR2D3UR2U2 39

Strategy notes:

CW = clockwise, CCW = counterclockwise adj. = adjust in that direction S and Z = make the shape of that letter

3 CW 4 CCW, up middle 5 CCW, up, CCW 6 CCW, S CCW 7 down CCW 9 down 3 right 2
10 CW 11 2R adj. 13 CW Z CCW 14 2D adj, 2R adj, 4D adj. 15 3L adj, 3D adj. 16 immediate turn, CCW 17 2CW, CW, CCW, CW, reverse to small red square, CCW 18 purple, yellow, CCW down adj, left up, blue, right down, left adj, CCW 19 down CW, blue, bottom right 2CCW, up CW, yellow, bottom right 2CCW, purple, up CCW 20 purple left, left adj, yellow, down adj, blue, 3L adj, bottom right, CW, right adj

Tapping multiple times to turn the cube is faster than holding the key down and buffering it.

Strategy history: 9/3/19: 16 brought down from 32 (UDRLDRUL3ULUDRLDULRLRLRD2L3UL2) to 22. Full game 729 to 719. 9/7/19: 15 LRLRLR faster start. LRLRLR4DUDUDL2DRU instead of LRLURDR3DUDUDL2DRU 9/9/19: 18 brought down from 64 (DR5L4D2LD2RU2L2D2RU2L2D2RU2RU2RU2D2L3D2LD2RU2L2D2RU2L2D3L) to 58. Full game 719 to 713. 9/9/19: 18 brought down from 58 (DR5L4D2LD2RU2L2D2U2RU2R3U2D2L3D2LD2RU2L2D2RU2L2D3L) to 52. Full game 713 to 707. 9/9/19: 18 brought down from 52 (DR5L4D2LD2RU2L2D2U2RU2R3U2D2L3D2RD2RLU2L2D3L) to 50. Full game 707 to 705. 9/9/19: 20 brought down from 50 (RDRL2RDLRDLRDL2D3RU2DUDUDU2RLD2LRLRLRDUR2D3UR2U2) to 46 (RDRL2RDLRDLRDL2D3RUDU3RLD2LRLRLRDUR2D3UR2U2) to 39. Full game 705 to 701 to 694. 9/11/19: The second and third turns on the left side of 19 can be either CW or CCW in the same moves.

Level codes: 1 lemonsqueezy (not lemonsqeezy) 2 windingpath 3 cakeatstake 4 miniplatform 5 oppostiesattract (not oppositesattract) 6 somanylevels 7 topofhteoworld (not topoftheworld) 8 thatisalot 9 holesintheground 10 skatingonthinice 11 cubemover 12 dyingisfun 13 purpleispretty 14 finetune 15 fearofheights 16 gettingdizzy 17 nosolidground 18 idolikeit 19 ittakeshours 20 ilovethelastlevel

Moves for each level: 6 33 6 12 12 22 20 21 6 25 13 73 60 30 19 22 82 50 143 39 sum 694 694/4=173.5. Split at 11, 15, 18, and 20. 15 could be moved to third split but the time doesn’t make it more balanced.

OST: Cary and Michael Huang - Cube Roll Theme Song Unknown, maybe the Huangs screaming Kevin MacLeod - Stringed Disco Kevin MacLeod - Radio Martini Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up Silence