Shawn Ong

puzzle enthusiast

Notes

Some course notes and survey-type papers I have written or contributed to.

Other

Outside of my academic pursuits, I enjoy cooking; weightlifting; playing games; and solving crossword puzzles, puzzles that twist, and puzzles about wearing hats (note: the solution buttons may not function properly in all pdf readers).

A brief tutorial to solve the Cube. This is a slight variation on one of the many common beginner methods, which replaces one of the basic inserts so as to require one fewer algorithm to memorize. This comes with the downside that it likely induces another competing standard.