Diagonals

In this pattern, the cubies have been rotated around the axis formed by two opposite corners, leaving diagonal lines of color. The red/green/white faces have stripes around the axis. For example, start at the red/green/white corner cube in the middle of the picture. There is one white cubie on that cube. Next go clockwise to the face with two cubies in a stripe, then go clockwise to the face with three cubies in a stripe. The pattern continues all around. Unfortunately, the orange/yellow/blue faces cannot have similar stripes because the centers cannot be move into the correct location. The pattern on those faces is as close as possible to the pattern on the opposite faces. Just like the normal Rubik's cube, the centers cannot move relative to each other.

This pattern was the hardest one I have ever put together. It clearly cannot be created easily from a solved cube, so I needed to solve the centers and edges from my notes about what colors should be where. Several times I came to positions with the cube that demanded a change in the orange/yellow/blue pattern, and several times I needed to find new moves that are not normally required for solving the 5x5x5 cube. It was at times very frustrating, but I was pleased with the final results.