dlin

Describe piece cycles on a Rubik's Cube.

Installing

To install, run

pip install dlin

Usage: As a Python Package

The dlin.trace function converts a scramble (set of moves defined by WCA regulation 12a separated by spaces) into a python dictionary describing cycles on the cube.

To use, run

from dlin import trace

The following is example code to get the tracing for a scramble.

described_cycles = trace("F' L2 B2 F2 D' F2 D F2 U R2 U' L' B L' R' F2 R2 B2 U2 Fw'")

Here is an example of what could be contained in described_cycles

{
    "edge": [
        {
            "type": "cycle",
            "buffer": "UF",
            "targets": ["LD", "LF", "RU", "LU"],
            "orientation": 0,
            "parity": 0,
        },
        {
            "type": "cycle",
            "buffer": "UB",
            "targets": ["RB", "DR"],
            "orientation": 1,
            "parity": 0,
        },
        {
            "type": "cycle",
            "buffer": "FR",
            "targets": ["DB", "DF"],
            "orientation": 1,
            "parity": 0,
        },
    ],
    "corner": [
        {
            "type": "cycle",
            "buffer": "UFR",
            "targets": ["UBL", "RUB", "RDB", "FDR", "UFL", "FDL"],
            "orientation": 1,
            "parity": 0,
        },
        {
            "type": "misoriented",
            "buffer": "DBL",
            "targets": [],
            "orientation": -1,
            "parity": 0,
        },
    ],
    "scramble": "F' L2 B2 F2 D' F2 D F2 U R2 U' L' B L' R' F2 R2 B2 U2 Fw'",
    "rotation": ["z"],
}

Usage: Command Line Script

Run

dlin-trace [scramble]

Make sure to surround the scramble in quotation marks. This will output a json, with similar structure to the dictionary shown above.