Rubiks Cube Tutorial

Beginners guide to solving a Rubik's Cube

7 Steps on How to Solve A Rubik’s Cube

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To be able to do that, there are two things you will need:

  1. Your Rubiks Cube – if you haven’t got one, you can purchase one from us. Click on the buy now button.
  2. Your Patience – without it, there’s no way you’re going to be able to solve the Rubiks Cube!

A few tips to help you solve the Rubiks cube much easier:

a) Center-squares’ colors are unchangeable which means these are your bases as to what color to put on a side just as shown below:

b)Kinds of Pieces: 8 Corner pieces, 12 Edge pieces, 6 Center pieces. See below: 

c) Turning the Faces – In this 7-step guide on How to Solve a Rubiks Cube, you will encounter Algorithms which will tell you which way and which face of the cube to turn. For example I would say:

U, that means you have to turn the top face clockwise. Or if I say Ui, that means you have to turn the top face counter-clockwise. So basically, U=up (top) F=front R=right L=left B=back D=down (bottom) i=inverted (counter clockwise)

CONTINUE TO STEP 1

STEP #1 (White Cross)

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Algorithm1: Fi, U, Li, Ui

Goal: To form a cross on the top face while aligning the edge pieces with the center pieces on all four front, right,left, and back faces. See illustration below:

A. How to do it:

1)Position your cube where the white center piece is on Top.

2)Look for the four edge pieces that has whites in it (white&blue, white&red, white&green, white&orange) and begin arranging them so that they form the figure shown above Finding it difficult? Study the example below:

B. Reminder:

In this step, you will sometimes be in a situation where you have already flipped an edge piece in the right position BUT the colors are oriented the wrong way. This is where you use Algorithm 1. See figure below:

CONTINUE TO STEP 2

STEP #2 (letter Ts)

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Algorithm: Ri Di R D

Goal: To complete the top face while also forming letter ‘T’s in all four front, right, left, and back faces.See below :

How to do it:

1) You need to find the four corner pieces with a color of the Top face (white&red&blue, white&red&green, white&green&orange, white&orange&blue).

2) Once you find one, place it directly below its correct position and perform Algorithm 2.

3) Repeat Algorithm 2 either once, thrice, or five times until the corner piece gets in to the right position.

CONTINUE TO STEP 3

STEP 3 (2nd Layer)

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Algorithm 3a: Ui Li U L U F Ui Fi

Algorithm 3b: U R Ui Ri Ui Fi U F

Shuffle Algorithm: L Ui Li Ui

Goal: To complete two bottom lines on all four front, right, left, and back faces. Like below:

  • 2nd layer

How to do it:

1) Turn the cube upside down so that the white face is now the bottom face and the yellow face is now the top face.

2)Find an edge piece located on the Top face that does not have any Yellow in it.

Note: Sometimes all edge pieces may have yellow in them. Follow the Shuffle Algorithm and an edge piece with yellow will appear.

3) Flip the top face to align that edge piece with its corresponding color then make it as your Front face. In my example below, I aligned it to the blue face which then became my Front face.

Part 2

4) Look at the 2nd color of that edge piece. In my case, it’s orange. You will find out that that color is either the color of your left face or right face. In mine, orange is the color of my left face.

If it is the color of your left face, do Algorithm 3a

If it is the color of your right face, do Algorithm 3b

5) Repeat these steps until you form the Goal.

CONTINUE TO STEP 4

Part 1

Algorithm 3a: Ui Li U L U F Ui Fi

Algorithm 3b: U R Ui Ri Ui Fi U F

Shuffle Algorithm: L Ui Li Ui

Goal: To complete two bottom lines on all four front, right, left, and back faces. Like below:

How to do it:

1) Turn the cube upside down so that the white face is now the bottom face and the yellow face is now the top face.

2)Find an edge piece located on the Top face that does not have any Yellow in it.

Note: Sometimes all edge pieces may have yellow in them. Follow the Shuffle Algorithm and an edge piece with yellow will appear.

3) Flip the top face to align that edge piece with its corresponding color then make it as your Front face. In my example below, I aligned it to the blue face which then became my Front face.

Part 2

4) Look at the 2nd color of that edge piece. In my case, it’s orange. You will find out that that color is either the color of your left face or right face. In mine, orange is the color of my left face.

If it is the color of your left face, do Algorithm 3a

If it is the color of your right face, do Algorithm 3b

5) Repeat these steps until you form the Goal.

CONTINUE TO STEP 4

STEP #4 (Yellow Cross)

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Algorithm 4: F R U Ri Ui Fi

Goal: To form a yellow cross on the top face.

How to do it:

1) After completing step 3, you will always end up with having formed either a dot, a 9 o’clock, a horizontal line, or a cross on the top (yellow) face. Like these:

2) Perform Algorithm 4 repeatedly to form the cross (unless you’re lucky to already have the cross).

CONTINUE TO STEP 5