Bureau of Civilisational Assessment

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The Matter of the Misorientious Cube

The Bureau always checks.

Bureau Suitability Assessment

Recommended for ages 9 and over.

* The nine-year-old must be sufficiently composed to lose a duel without sulking. The Bureau has seen worse from grown adults.

Filed by the Bureau of Civilisational Assessment. Mrs Henderson has a copy.

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About the game

The Matter of the Misorientious Cube is a Rubik's cube solving and teaching tool, administered in full by the Bureau. The Bureau has regulations covering every legal configuration of the six-faced object. The regulations exist. They are enforced without exception.

Two solve methods are available: the Beginner's Protocol and CFOP. The Bureau does not recommend one over the other. The Bureau notes which you used and files it accordingly.

Progress through the rank ladder from Probationary Filing Clerk to the highest designation the Bureau will acknowledge: Mrs Henderson Has Noticed. She always does.

What the Bureau offers

  • — Beginner and CFOP solve methods
  • — Step-by-step notation training
  • — Daily Filing: a new date-seeded scramble every day
  • — Audit Mode: identify the Bureau's move from four options
  • — Rank ladder: eight Bureau designations
  • — The Bureau Glossary: nine ratified vocabulary entries
  • — Works offline — no connectivity required

Official Assessment of Standing

The Bureau's official leaderboard is being established. Register with the Bureau Circular to be notified when it opens.

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How to play

01 — Reassembly

The Bureau provides a scrambled cube and a complete step-by-step solution. Use playback controls to advance through the solve. The Bureau narrates each stage.

02 — Notation

Standard Rubik's notation, explained by the Bureau. No suffix advances quarterwise. A prime reverses the rotation. The Bureau finds this notation entirely satisfactory.

03 — Audit Mode

The Bureau performs a move. Four options are presented. Identify the correct notation. Score and streak are tracked. The Bureau does not offer hints.

04 — Daily Filing

Each day the Bureau issues a new scramble, identical for all players on that day. Complete the daily filing to advance your standing. Mrs Henderson notes the streak.

The Bureau Rank Ladder
Designation Bureau notes
Probationary Filing ClerkThe Bureau has noted your arrival.
Filing Clerk (Third Grade)Progress has been filed and acknowledged.
Senior AssessorThe Bureau considers this satisfactory.
Principal AssessorNoted and approved at the appropriate level.
Deputy Chief AssessorThe Bureau has been watching with interest.
Chief AssessorPerformance has been formally commended.
Commissioner of Cubical AffairsA commendation has been placed on file.
Mrs Henderson Has NoticedShe always does. The Bureau considers this the highest possible assessment.