Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Mod Turn Four

On the Subject of Turning a Minimum of Four (4) Times

“Spin that buddy!” - William Shakespeare (Radio Edit)

  • One of the four circles in the center of the module can be selected to set it as the “pivot”
  • Pressing the left gear will rotate the 4 tiles surrounding the pivot 90 degrees clockwise. Pressing the right gear will rotate them anticlockwise.
  • To solve the module, arrange each tile such that every number is right-side-up and the numbers are in ascending order.

Step 1: Placing the Corners

  • The numbers 1, 4, 6, and 9 must be placed in their corresponding positions and oriented correctly.

Step 2: Arranging the Center

  • The numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8 must be placed in their positions. Pay no attention to their orientation.
  • For the following algorithms, a direction alone represents a clockwise rotation (left gear), and a direction followed by a ’ represents an anticlockwise rotation (right gear).

Step 3: Orienting the Numbers

  • Once the numbers have been positioned, they must be rotated into place.
  • The following algorithms will rotate the specified tiles 180 degrees.
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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Mod Turn Four

Center Rotations

Tiles Clockwise Anticlockwise
2-3-5 R' L R L' L R' L' R
5-7-8 L' R L R' R L' R' L
3-5-8 D' U D U' U D' U' D
2-5-7 U' D U D' D U' D' U

Corner Rotations

Tiles Clockwise Anticlockwise
2-3-8 D' U D U' R' L R L' L R' L' R U D' U' D
3-7-8 L' R L R' D' U D U' U D' U' D R L' R' L
2-3-7 R' L R L' U' D U D' D U' D' U L R' L' R
2-7-8 U' D U D' L' R L R' R L' R' L D U' D' U

Diagonal + Center Swaps

Tiles Moves
2-5, 3-7 U L' U' L
3-5, 2-8 R U' R' U
7-5, 2-8 L D' L' D
8-5, 3-7 D R' D' R

Dual Adjacent Swaps

Sides Moves
2-3, 7-8
(horizontal)		 U U D D
U U D D
U U D D
2-7, 3-8
(vertical)		 L L R R
L L R R
L L R R

Adjacent Pair Swaps

Edge Moves
2-3 (top) U' D' L' U' L
D U R U' R' U
3-8 (right) R' L' U' R' U
L R D R' D' R
7-8 (bottom) D' U' R' D' R
U D L D' L' D
2-7 (left) L' R' D' L' D
R L U L' U' L

All-But-Corner Flips

Tiles Moves
3,5,7,8 D R' D' R D R' D' R
2,5,7,8 L D' L' D L D' L' D
2,3,5,8 R U' R' U R U' R' U
2,3,5,7 U L' U' L U L' U' L

Pair Flips

Pair Moves Pair Moves
2,3 L D' L' D L D' L' D
D R' D' R D R' D' R		 3,7 L D' L' D L D' L' D
R U' R' U R U' R' U
2,7 D R' D' R D R' D' R
R U' R' U R U' R' U		 3,8 U L' U' L U L' U' L
L D' L' D L D' L' D
2,8 U L' U' L U L' U' L
D R' D' R D R' D' R		 7,8 U L' U' L U L' U' L
R U' R' U R U' R' U
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