The Rubik’s Cube Average Moves

1. Research Question: How many moves to solve the rubik’s

cube after scramble between CFOP Method V.S. ROUX
Method? (In 5times)
2. Hypothesis: After scramble the rubik’s cube, Normally use
50-60 moves for CFOP Method and 40-50 moves for ROUX
Method.
So ROUX Method has lower move count than CFOP
Method.
3. Experimental Design
-Independent Variable: Solving the rubik’s cube with CFOP
Method VS ROUX Method.
-Dependent Variable: Move count for CFOP and ROUX
Method.
-Control: Person who solve the rubik’s cube.
Use the same scramble for solving.
Use the same rubik’s cube.
Start with Blue face.
Use two hands together only
Cannot use pinky fingers
4. Material list: 3x3x3 rubik’s cube (Valk 3 Power M Stickerless)
5. How to do
1. Scramble: U2 L2 U2 D B2 U’ R2 D’ B’ R D’ F’ B’ U R2 D’ U
R’ D’ L2 U F B
2. Start with blue face
3. Use CFOP Method
4. Do again from 1. – 3. In 5 times.
5. Do again from 1. – 4. But this time use ROUX Method.
Data: CFOP Method

1. Inspection: X Y’
Cross // L’ F L D2 L’ B’ D
1st Pair // D U’ R U R’ D’
2nd Pair // d U L’ U L
3rd Pair // U’ L U’ L’ d’ R U’ R’
4th Pair/OLL Skip // d’ U’ R U R’ U2 F’ U L’ U2 R U R’
U2 L
PLL // U’(R’ U2 R U2 R’ F R U R’ U’ R’ F’ R2 U’)
MOVES: 64 moves

2. Inspection: Y2 X’
Cross // R F D2 L’ F2 D
1st Pair // U L’ U’ L
2nd Pair // L U’ L’ R’ U’ R d’ L’ U L
3rd Pair // U2 R’ U R U2 R’ U R
4th Pair // R U R’ d R’ U’ R
OLL // R U R’ U’ R’ F R2 U R’ U’ F’
PLL // Y(R U R’ F2 u’ F U’ F’ U F’ D R2)
MOVES: 66 moves
 3. Inspection: Y2 X’
Cross // L D’ L’ R’ u’ R u’
1st Pair // R U2 R’ U2 R U’ R’
2nd Pair // Y’ L2 U2 L2’ U2 L2
3rd Pair // D R U R’ D’ d R U’ R’
4th Pair/VLS // U’ d’ R U2 R’ U’ R U’ R’ F’ U’ F U R U2
R’
OLL Skip
PLL // U’ F R U’ R’ U’ R U R’ F’ R U R’ U’ R’ F R F’ U’
Moves: 73 moves

4. Inspection: X
Cross // r U’ r’ R D’ R’ D2
1st Pair // d R’ U R L’ U L
2nd Pair // L R’ U R L’ U2 L U’ L’
3rd Pair // U’ R U2 R’ U’ R U R’
4th Pair // Y2 M U’ R’ F R U M’
OLL // U l U2 L’ U’ L U’ l’ r U R’ U R U2 r’
PLL // d R’ U’ F’ R U R’ U’ R’ F R2 U’ R’ U’ R’ F R2 U’ R’
U’ R U R’ U R
MOVES: 80 moves

5. Inspection: X Y2
 X-Cross // D L R B’ u’ R’ D2 L
2nd Pair // d Y’ R U’ R’ d2 L U’ L’
3rd Pair // d R’ U’ R U’ R’ U R
4th Pair // U f’ L’ f r’ U L U’ X
OLL // U F’ L’ U’ L U L’ U’ L U F
PLL // Y R U R’ F’ R U R’ U’ R’ F R2 U’ R’ U
MOVES: 61 MOVES

Data: Roux method

1. Inspection: Y2 X’
First 1x2x3 block : L X U2 X’ E’ U2 L U’ L’ U M U’ M’ U L’ U2
L U L’ U’ L
Second 1x2x3 block : U’ R U2 R’ U’ R U R’ M’ U2 M2 U2 r’ U’
r
Last 4 corners : F U R U’ R’ U R U2 R’ U’ R U R’ F’
Last 6 edges : M U’ M U’ M2 U2 M’ U M’ U M’ U M’ U2 M U
MUMU
MOVES: 81 MOVES