See last, parenthetical remark.
Also, I think counting arguments set a lower bound on God’s Algorithm for M12, in the worst case, of 22 moves. So there’s a bit of room for improvement on the limits…
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I finally found a solution to the M12 Puzzle from sciam.com. A hideously inefficient solution, but it works.
Spoilery remarks below.
Kriz and Siegel point out that the technique usually used with Rubik’s cube — finding sequences of moves that alter only a few cubies while leaving the rest alone, then using those sequences to put cubies [...]
