How to represent a Rubik's Cube in a data structure

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Published on 2012-04-03T11:38:26Z Indexed on 2012/04/03 11:40 UTC
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I am just curious, how will you guys create a data structure for a rubik's cube with X number of sides.

Things to consider: - the cube can be of any size - it is a rubik's cube! so layers can be rotated (in all three axes)

and a plus question: using the data structure, how can we know if a certain cube in a certain state is solvable? I have been struggling with this question my self and haven't quite found the answer yet.

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