Gowdy's Megaminx Solution
After learning how to do puzzles like the Rubik's Cube and Skewb from
online tutorials I decided that I would always solve any new puzzles
that I acquired without help for the first several times. The Megaminx
was one of the first puzzles which I put this resolution into practice
on (others were the Pyraminx and the Bicube).
The solution in the following pages is just the way I do the Megaminx.
I don't make any claims that it's the fastest way, in fact it probably
isn't, but with a quality minx and some practice this method
can
be reasonably fast. Also, this is by no means completely original. The
first step is borrowed heavily from Grant Tregay's method, the
orientation steps are very similar to Lar's Petrus's cube method (although I had to work out all the cases on my own), and
the edge permutation borrows some algorithms from Erik Akkersdijk's
site.
By the way, you will need to be fairly competent with the 3x3x3 cube to understand this guide.
Contents
1. Preparation
2. First Four Faces
3. Orienting Edges and Approach to Last Layer
4. Orientation of Last Layer Corners
5. Permutation of Last Layer Edges
6. Permutation of Last Layer Corners
7. Notes
8. Gigaminx FAQ
Relevant Links
Grant Tregay's Method
Erik
Akkersdijk's Method
Lars Petrus's 3x3x3 Method
Stefan Pochmann's Page (Preparation)