Rubik's Cube Solution
This Rubik's Cube solution is very easy to learn. Anyone can do it! In about 30 minutes with this guide, you'll have a cube that looks like this:
Throughout this guide, I'll be using some terminology that you may not be familiar with, this first page will familarize you with this terminology.
So lets Get Started .
Terms You Need to Know
Here you can e that each side of the cube has a different name:
Front (F), Back (B), Right (R), Left (L), Up (U), Down (D).
The sides are named becau of their orientation to you, not becau of their color. If you turn the cube upside down, the UP becomes DOWN, and the DOWN becomes UP, so the sides don't retain their names. DOWN is whatever side is pointing to your feet, and UP is always pointing up.
There are only 3 types of turns that are uful: clockwi(), counterclockwi('), and half turns(''). The symbols in parenthesis will be what I u to differentiate between different types of turns.
For example:
R would mean to make a CLOCKWISE quarter turn of the RIGHT face:
F' would mean to make a COUNTERCLOCKWISE quarter turn of the FRONT face:
U'' would mean to make a HALF TURN of the upper face:
The color grey in my diagrams will reprent sides that you do NOT need to worry about for this step. The color purple will reprent the position where the current move will place the current piece. The other colors are just normal.
Onward to Step 1
Step 1
| Legend
R = Clockwi turn of right face
R' = Counterclockwi turn of right face
R'' = Half turn of right face |
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The first step is to get the cube looking like this:
First pick a color to be on the DOWN face. This will remain down for the entire process. In my diagrams, I have chon the color white, but you are welcome to pick a different color. What you need to do is get the 4 bottom edge pieces matched up with the center of the DOWN face, as well as with the other center pieces like in the above picture. In other words get the cube looking like the picture above, not like this:
If you are lucky, one of the edge pieces is already in the correct place. All you have to do is turn the DOWN face (D) until the colors on the edge piece match the center piece on the bottom and the center piece on the side.
Now, there are 4 possible wrong places where an edge can be. It can be in the top layer in two positions, in the middle layer, or in the bottom layer. If its in the top, rotate the UP face a few times until the side colors match like in the figure. Remember white is the bottom color.
If it is like the left diagram, then you will need to do this move: F'' (That means turn the front face a half turn). If you dont understand this terminology, make sure you read my Terms to know page.
If it is like the right picture then you need to do this move: U'R'FR (Turn the UP face counterclockwi, then the RIGHT face counterclockwi, then the FRONT face clockwi, and then the RIGHT face clockwi)
Notice that the piece in the top layer moved into the purple spot.
Now, lets say that the edge piece is in the middle layer:
All you have to do is F'U'F to get the piece in the UP layer. Now, its in the UP layer and you just learned how to do that.
What if the edge piece is in the bottom layer but in the wrong place:
Here, do the turns F''U'F'' and then it is in the UP layer and you can do that already.
That wasn't so hard was it?
Onward to Step 2
Step 2
| Legend
R = Clockwi turn of right face
R' = Counterclockwi turn of right face
R'' = Half turn of right face |
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The cond step is to get the cube looking like this:
You are going to now be solving the DOWN corners. When doing this, there are only four different places for the corner to be. It can be in the top layer in 3 different rotations, or it can be in the bottom layer. If the corner is in the top layer, find the DOWN color, and notice which side of the cube it is on. You might have to turn the UP face a few times to get the 3 colors on the corner to match with the 3 colors on the DOWN, FRONT, and RIGHT faces. If this is confusing, look at the figures (Remember that white is the down color). So, go ahead and decide which picture applys, and u the quence of turns in the caption.
Now, you are probably wondering what to do if the piece you want is in the bottom layer, but twisted the wrong way, or in the wrong place. Well, all you have to do is pick a wrong piece in the UP layer, and u one of the quences above to place the wrong piece where the piece you want is currently located. Now the piece you want is in the top layer and you already know how to do that.
Only solve three of the corners. You can solve the fourth if you want, but the next step will mess it up, so don't waste your time. We will call this unsolved corner the "working corner," and donate it by the letters "WC."
Getting the hang of it?
Onward to Step 3
Step 3
The third step is to get the cube looking like this:
For this step it is important that you know what the "working corner" is. If you don't know, then go back to the previous step
