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How To Solve A Rubiks Cube
How To Solve A Rubiks Cube
BOOKLET
Top Layer
Middle Layer
Bottom Layer
Example:
Quarter Twist
Back Face
Front Face
Right Face
Bottom Face
Hold RUBIKS Cube so the side you want to affect is the
Bottom Face. (The cube pieces in the Top Face will return
to their original positions at the end of the sequence.)
Select a sequence, and do the moves in order. The arrow
symbols used to guide these moves indicate the turning
directions. For each indicated face (Front, Right, Back, etc.)
move one fourth turn in the direction of the arrow.
First
Quarter Twist
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Second
Quarter Twist
Edge Cube
in Place
Edge Mover #1
Front ; Bottom ;
Bottom ; Bottom ;
Bottom ; Front ;
From this .
Example:
Front ;
Bottom ; Front ;
Front ;
Bottom ; Front ;
Bottom ; Bottom
. . . to this.
..
Front ; Bottom ;
Bottom ; Bottom ;
Bottom ; Front ;
Front ;
Bottom ;
Front ;
Bottom ;
Bottom ; Bottom
From this . . .
Front ;
Front ;
. . . to this.
Example:
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Hidden face:
Green
Hidden face:
Blue
(To
Bottom ;
Front ;
Bottom ;
Right ;
Bottom ;
Right ;
From this . . .
. . . to this.
Hidden face:
Red
Example:
Hidden faces:
Green/Yellow
Hidden face:
Red
Example:
Hidden face:
Orange
Hidden face:
Red
Edge Mover #2
Hidden face:
Orange
Hidden faces:
Red/Green
Hidden face:
Green
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Hidden face:
Yellow
Hidden face:
Yellow
Left ; Right ;
Right ; Front ;
. . . to this.
Hidden face:
Red
Hidden face:
Green
Left ;
Bottom ;
Back ;
Back ;
From this . . .
Left ;
Bottom ;
Back ;
Back
Cross Up
Make a cross with five cubes of the same color.
Now make an X.
Example:
. . . to this.
Example:
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Hidden face:
Yellow
Hidden face:
Yellow
Hidden face:
Red
Hidden face:
Green
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Double Cross Up
Make crosses on two, three, four or more faces of
RUBIKS Cube.
Face It
Arrange nine cubes into a solid-colour face.
Example:
Example:
2 Crosses
3 Crosses
Odd Corner
Put eight cubes of the same color together, so that
only one corner cube is
a mis-match.
Four Corners
Put four corner cubes in their correct positions.
Example:
Example:
Try this way . . .
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Four Corners2
Move all eight corner cubes in their places.
Example:
. . . or this way.
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Example:
Target
Corner
18
. . . to this.
From this . . .
Example:
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Target
Position
21
From this . . .
. . . to this.
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