superflip

English

The superflip position

Etymology

From super- +‎ flip.

Pronunciation

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Noun

superflip (plural superflips)

1. (Rubik's Cube) The position on a Rubik's cube that has every corner cubie positioned and oriented correctly and every edge cubie positioned correctly but oriented wrong. That is to say, all the edges are flipped around.
   • 2008, David Joyner, Adventures in group theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine & other mathematical toys, →ISBN, page 149:

     Many people have worked on God's algorithm for the Rubik's Cube. For a while it was guessed that the superflip position is the position which is as far from ‘start’ (the solved position) as possible.