These are standard nomenclature, and they are as follows (courtesy of The Official Rubik's Cube Site): Letters donate: front face (F), right column (R), left column (L), upper row (U), down or bottom row (D), etc. In the following guide and others, we will be referring to certain moves when revealing algorithms for solving the cube. You will be aiming to move pieces into their correct final position based on these color pairings. This is important to understand and is essential for solving the cube. The colored sides, on a standard cube, are always paired in the following ways: It takes, on average, about 45 minutes, or so, to learn these moves. Some of those who have gone through the grinder and learned these algorithms, or set moves, can solve a Rubik's cube in double-quick time. In fact, this is the very reason that algorithms exist in the first place. You need to know some strategies, technically called algorithms, to short cut the process. It would take you a very, very long time to attempt to solve it through brute force alone. Rest assured this is not cheating.Ĭonsider this, a standard 3 by 3 by 3 Rubik's cube has nearly 42 quintillion possible combinations, but only a single correct solution.
#HOW TO SOLVE A RUBIX CUBE HOW TO#
The best way to learn how to solve one, without spending hours and days trying to work it out for yourself, is to follow some guides or tutorials. Intimidating for many, but exciting for others, the Rubik's cube is a great way to work your grey matter.
Position and then execute the appropriate sequence.Ĭongratulations! Your cube should now be solved.In fact, it took the inventor of the Rubik's cube, Erno Rubik, one month to learn how to solve his very own creation. This will put one of the pieces into the correct If no edges are in the correct position, then executeĮither sequence above. If one of the edge pieces is in the correct position, orient the cube so this edge is in the back. If no corners match, execute the 2 nd sequence to swap A and D.ħ) Top Layer: Position the Yellow Edges Correctly If two corners are matching, hold the cube as shown below with two matched corners in the A and B positions and execute the first sequence below to swap C and D. 6) Top Layer: Position the Yellow Corners Correctly If the top layer doesn’t match either of these 2 cases, the sequence needs to be done 3 times. If it matches Case 2, it will need to be done twice. If the top layer matches Case 1, the sequence only needs to be done once. Each time before executing the sequence, check to see if the top layer matches Case1 or Case 2 below and orient the cube like below. The same sequence will be used 1-3 times until complete. The next step is to orient the top corners so that the yellow stickers are all facing up. Turn the top layer until it matches one of the patterns below and then execute the matching sequence below to build the yellow cross.Ĭase 3: F R U R’ U’ F’ U2 F U R U’ R’ F’ 5) Top Layer: Make all the Corners Yellow Hold the cube with the yellow centerpiece facing up. Now that the first two layers are complete, there are a few steps left to complete the top layer. To rotate the edge piece into the right position on theĬase 2: U R U’ R’ U’ F’ U F 4) Top Layer: Make the Yellow Cross To build the middle layer, find the four edge pieces (green/red, green/orange, red/blue, blue/orange) and line each piece up matching it to its matching center like in the picture below. Now that the first layer is complete, turn the cube over so that the white layer is facing down. If the corner piece is in the top layer, do the following sequence to move it down into the bottom layer: R’ D’ R 3) The Middle Layer Times until it is in the correct position: R’ D’ R D With the corner piece in this position, do this sequence multiple If a corner piece is already in the bottom layer, rotate the bottom layer until it is directly below where it should go like the images below. Hold the cube with the white cross facing up. Many will be able to figure out the white cross with no instruction, but you can go to the video version of the instructions if you find yourself stuck. The completed white cross should look like the picture below.įor this first step, spend some time playing with the cube and get a feel for how the pieces move. This step takes a little work and practice to figure out. Find each of the white edges and get these into position so that the white sticker is on top with the white centerpiece and the side stickers match with the side centerpieces. The first step in solving the cube is to build the white cross. Letter followed by the number 2 indicates doing the move twice. An explanation of cubing notation: In these instructions and with almost all cubing guides, we will use cubing notation.Īre the equivalent moves counter-clockwise
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