Awkward Shape

OLL 42 — Awkward Shape 4

Awkward Shape case — two adjacent edges oriented, two corners oriented.

Recognition — what OLL 42 looks like

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Algorithm

R'U'RU'R'U2RFRUR'U'F'

13 moves. Execute with the solved layers on the bottom and the last layer on top.

Setup / recognition

Apply this scramble to a solved cube to reach the OLL 42 case so you can practise it on demand:

z2FURU'R'F'R'U2RUR'UR

Category: Awkward Shape. This is one of the cases you recognise by the shape the top stickers form before the algorithm.

About this case

OLL 42 (Awkward Shape 4) is an OLL case — the orientation step of CFOP. Awkward Shape case — two adjacent edges oriented, two corners oriented. Once the last layer is fully oriented, the top face shows a single colour and you move on to PLL to permute the pieces into place.

Related cases

These cases look similar to OLL 42 and are easy to confuse — drill them together to sharpen your recognition:

OLL 29Awkward Shape 1

MURUR'U'R'FRF'M'

OLL 30Awkward Shape 2

FURU2R'U'RU2R'U'F'

OLL 41Awkward Shape 3

RUR'URU2R'FRUR'U'F'

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