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If the brushed lines are uniform, they might have half the state, right? A center cube could be at 0˚ or at 180˚ and the pattern could still line up. I've neve
by function_seven 6y ago
If the brushed lines are uniform, they might have half the state, right? A center cube could be at 0˚ or at 180˚ and the pattern could still line up.
I've never seen one, so I don't know if that's the case or not. I also don't know if there are natural constraints in the topology of the cube that make it possible or not for center faces to be 180˚ out of alignment without others being off by a quarter turn. I do assume that any center face that's flipped would have to be paired with another one in the same orientation. But that's just my intuition.
- kazinator 6y agoA brushing pattern, even if perfectly straight, consists of scratches with random thicknesses. It does not have 180 degree symmetry; if the piece is reversed, the scratches do not match, and that is pretty obvious if held up to the light. I believe all the center face re-orientations are paired, 180 degree rotations: there are no quarter turns.