The strong uniform time conjecture for Rubik's cube corners

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Fix an arbitrary order on the positions of the corners of a Rubik's cube. Let XtX_t denote the configuration of the cube at time tt, and call two corners unlinked when they are unlinked along each of the XX, YY, and ZZ axes. Strong uniform time conjecture. When every pair of corners of XtX_t is unlinked, any two corners are equally likely to be placed one before the other or vice versa. Unfortunately, this conjecture does not hold, so the proposed strong uniform time property is refuted.

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Thomas Fernique, “How not to scramble a Rubik's cube”, arXiv:2509.12134 (2025).

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