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takes a popular beginner solution (Jasmine Lee's) and cuts out the unnecessary stuff: just 5 moves to learn. is packed with animated examples that show every step (Java required). provides unique memory aides to help you remember the sequences.
Grab a cube and let's go! Don't give up. Ern Rubik, the cube's creator, took a month to solve it, but you will be impressing people in a few hours.
5. Solve the other 3 edge pieces the same way. To prevent solved pieces from getting messed up, use the bottom layer to move pieces around as shown in the example. When you have a cross, you're ready to solve the corners.
unsolved corner is at the front-right, like this, and do any one of the moves in step 4 to move it to the bottom. 3. Turn the bottom layer so the yellow corner piece is under its target position. 4. Now check the corners bottom color.
If the bottom color matches the right side center piece, do these turns:
If the bottom color matches the front center piece, do these turns:
If the bottom color matches the top layer center piece, flip the corner using these turns, then go to step 3.
Case 2
Case 3
When there are no solvable pieces on the bottom, do move 1 with an unsolved piece in the front-middle-left position (like the red-green piece shown to right) to move the piece to the bottom.
Move 1
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Flip the cube so the solved layers are down. Move 2 works when the left and back edge pieces match the center. Can you rotate the cube to get that pattern? If not, do move 2 with any face in front until you can. The mnemonic is a little different for this one. The first 3 turns are clockwise and the last 3 turns are counterclockwise. "Back" indicates the change in direction.
Move 2
You place the layer 3 corner pieces with move 3, which swaps the two top-right corners. Oddly enough, there are always 2 corners that can be placed correctly before you do the move. The trick is to find them. Case 1: When one or no corners are correctly placed, turn the top layer and check again to get to case 2. Keep looking until you find them! Case 2: When adjacent corners need to be swapped, orient cube with the bad corners at the topright and do move 3. Case 3: When diagonal corners need to be swapped, do move 3 twice, the first time with any face forward to get to case 1.
Move 3
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If no corners are solved (fig. A), start move 4 with the top color on the left face of the NC corner. To remember, think "none left". If 1 corner is solved (fig. B), start the move with the solved corner in the NC position. Logical, no? If 2 corners are solved, put a bad corner in the NC corner with the top color towards the front (fig. C). Think "too forward."
Move 4
Move 5
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