Puzzle: Octahedron, Face Cut, Type A, 2nd Order
Abbreviation: Octa FA2
Commonly Known As: Skewb Diamond

Piece Counts

Name	Qty	Colors	Orient.	Perm.	Orbits
Corner	6	4	2, Fixed	Even	None
Center	8	1	None	Even	2

Move Types

Type	Layer	Period	Pieces Affected	Total Parity
Face	1	3	1 corner 3-cyc, 1 center 3-cyc	Even

Suggested Solving Orders

Block Build Start
1. Build a block of 2 centers and 2 corners
2. Place centers, (0-2 moves)
3. Place corners, orient some if possible
4. Orient corners

Important Issues and Notes
The faces move like the corners of Cube VC2 (because of duality) so they are pretty easy to solve.

Corners only twist in 180 degree increments, despite having 4 colors.

Useful Algorithms
In step 3, three cycle corners (DFN): (R+ U+ R-) D+ (R+ U- R-) D-
In step 4, twist two corners (DFN): (R+ U+ R- U- R+ U+ R-) D+ (R+ U- R- U+ R+ U- R-) D-