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Most "scrambled" Rubik's cube?

Is there a theoretical limit to how "scrambled" a Rubik's cube can be?

Supposing you use the most efficient algorithms/strategies to solve a scrambled cube, approximately what is the minimum number of moves (tens, hundreds, etc.) you would have to make to solve the cube when it is in its "maximum" scrambled state?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Any standard Rubik's cubic cube in any state can be solved in at most 20 moves (this number is called God's Number), and there are positions that require a minimum of 20 moves to solve, so the required number is 20.

    You can read more about it here:

    http://www.cube20.org/

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