Cube Parity of a Quarter-Twist for NxN Supercube

The following table shows the Parity (0=Even, 1=Odd) for each Orbit Type for a Quarter-Twist (Face or Slice) applied to a solved Supercube. Each value is the sum (mod 2) of all cube piece orbit parities for the same Orbit Type. For Face twists, Parity of X-Center and +Center Orbit Types varies by cube size and the value is the result of equation: V = Floor((N-2)/2) mod 2.


Orbit Type Face Slice
Corners 1 0
Central Edges 1 0
Wing Edges 0 1
X Centers V 0
+ Centers V 1
Arc Centers 0 0


The following table shows Cube Parity for Quarter-Twists by Cube Size. Slice twists are not applicable in the fixed-center model for cube size less than three. Obvious patterns emerge.


Cube Size
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Face 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Slice - - 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1


To see how the Face values are obtained look at the following table which includes the V values. For cubes with size > 3, Parity is always Even for odd-size cubes because the sum of the V values for X-Center and +Center parities is always Even (they are always both Even or both Odd) as is the sum of Corner and Central Edge Parity (they are always both Odd). Therefore, the V value (for X-Centers) only comes into play for even-size cubes and since it is summed with Corner Parity which is always Odd. The result is that Face Quarter-Twist Parity is the toggled value of the V value (for even-size cubes).


Cube Size
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
V 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Face 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

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