Rubik's Cube group by rotations of the centre pieces, the second solely by symmetries of the corners, and the third solely by symmetries of the edges. The latter two factors are examples of wreath products. The simple groups that occur as quotients in the composition series of the standard cube group (i.e. ignoring centre piece rotations) are formula_37, formula_38, formula_30 (7 times), and formula_31 (12 times). Rubik's Cube group The Rubik’s Cube group is a group formula_1 that represents the structure of the Rubik's Cube mechanical puzzle. Each element of the set formula_2 corresponds to a cube move, which is the effect of
Rubik's Cube pair of edges while leaving the others intact. Some algorithms do have a certain desired effect on the cube (for example, swapping two corners) but may also have the side-effect of changing other parts of the cube (such as permuting some edges). Such algorithms are often simpler than the ones without side-effects and are employed early on in the solution when most of the puzzle has not yet been solved and the side-effects are not important. Most are long and difficult to memorise. Towards the end of the solution, the more specific (and usually more complicated) algorithms are used instead.