--- Ron van Bruchem wrote:
> ... Another thing is this: without looking at the cross, just orient
> all edges. This is much easier than for blindfold because you can
> do F to flip 4 edges. I think the maximum depth for edge
> orientation is 7 moves...

In case you cared to know for sure, you're correct. I had written
this into a program a bit ago and this is from the output - # of edge
orientation states at each depth:
depth 0: 1 0.05%(solved)
depth 1: 2 0.10%
depth 2: 21 1.03%
depth 3: 178 8.69%
depth 4: 592 28.91%
depth 5: 914 44.63%
depth 6: 327 15.97%
depth 7: 13 0.63%
Total : 2048

After that, corners can be oriented in at most 7 more moves, though
I'm sure us human solvers won't always see the optimal solution when
it's 5-7 moves away.

- Grant