SpeedCubeShop Rubik’s Cube 3×3 Quickly & Easily Instructions
- June 9, 2024
- SpeedCubeShop
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RUBIK’S CUBE EASY SOLVE GUIDE
master the cube!
KEEP THIS IN MIND
Most speedcubes have the same color arrangement as below with white opposite yellow, orange opposite red, green opposite blue. If the colors on your cube do not match, you can still use this guide!
GET FAMILIAR WITH THE CUBE
| Center pieces have one color each and do
NOT move. There are six center pieces.| 
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| Edges have two colors per piece. There are
twelve edge pieces.
| Corners have three colors per piece. There are eight edge pieces.
SOLVING THE WHITE CROSS
STEP 1
Start by creating the flower on the U face.
Place four white edge pieces in any order around the yellow center ignoring
the position of the corner pieces.
STEP 2
If a white sticker is flipped hold the yellow center on the U face and the
fipped edge on the F face.
To move a white sticker to the red location hold the cube as shown and perform the following algorithm.
STEP 3
After completing the flower, turn the U layer until the second color of a white edge matches with a center piece and hold it as shown below. Perform the algorithm below and repeat until there are no white edges around the yellow center.
YOU SOLVED THE WHITE CROSS!
(Ensure that the white edges match all four center pieces.)
SOLVING THE WHITE CORNERS
STEP 4
| Hold the cube so that the white center is the D face and the yellow center
is the U face.
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| Turn the U layer until a white corner is in the position highlighted in red.
STEP 5
| Make sure that the other two colors of the corner match with the two
centers that the corner is in between.
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| If the colors do no match (left image), turn the U layer until you find a
white corner that matches.
This algorithm will move the corner into the solved position. Repeat this algorithm until the corner is solved.
STEP 6
| The corner is now in the solved position.
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| Repeat Step 5 until all white corners are in the solved position. If there
is a white corner in an unsolved position on the D layer you can use the
algorithm Step 5 (one time) to bring it to the U layer and then proceed as
normal.
YOU SOLVED THE WHITE CORNERS!
SOLVING THE SECOND LAYER
STEP 7
| Hold the cube so that the white center is
the D face and the yellow center is the U face.
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| Find an edge piece on the U layer that does not have a yellow sticker.
| Turn the U layer until the edge piece matches with a center piece. In this
example the blue sticker on the edge matches with the blue center.
STEP 8
Hold the matched edge on the F face so that it forms an upside down T (shown below). Identify the second color on the matched edge and check if it needs to move to the left or right slot. In this example, the second color is orange which needs to go to the left slot since the orange center is on the Left face.
LEFT SWAP
RIGHT SWAP
STEP 9
Flipped Edge
If an edge piece is in the correct slot but needs to be flipped, hold the cube as shown above and use the Right Swap algorithm. This will move the edge to the U layer and allow you to resume from Step 7. This can also be used to bring an incorrectly placed edge to the U layer.
YOU SOLVED THE SECOND LAYER!
SOLVING THE YELLOW CROSS
STEP 10
After completing the second layer you will have one of the following
patterns on the U face:
If you have the yellow cross, move on to Step 12. If you have any other case hold the cube as shown above to match your case and use the algorithm on the next diagram.
FLIPPED EDGE
Repeat Step 10 until you have the yellow cross on the U face.
After completing the yellow cross you will need to turn the U layer to check
to see if all yellow edges are in the solved position, if two are solved, or
if none are solved.
STEP 12
All yellowedges solved| (Case 1) Two yellow edges solved| (Case 2) Two yellow edges solved
Turn the U layer to match up solved edges and identify which case you have. If all yellow edges are solved, move on to Step 14. If you have no solved yellow edges or case 1 or 2 use the algorithm on the following diagram holding the cube as shown above.
STEP 13
After completing the algorithm, turn the U layer to match up the solved
yellow edges and start again from Step 12 until all yellow edges are in the
solved position.
YOU SOLVED THE YELLOW CROSS!
The yellow cross should now be solved.
SOLVING THE YELLOW CORNERS
STEP 14
Rotate the entire cube while keeping the yellow center as your U face and
check to see which case you have:
(Case 1)
One corner in the correct location but needs to be flipped| (Case 2)
All corners in the correct location but need to be flipped| (Case 3)
One solved corner
STEP 15
| (Case 4) One solved corner, other corners in the correct location but need
to be flipped.
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(Case 5) If none of the yellow corners are in the correct location use the
algorithm on Step 16 to get to one of the cases and proceed from Step 14.
For case 1 and 3, hold the cube as shown and use the algorithm on Step 16 to
move the yellow corners into the correct location. For case 2 and 4,proceed to
Step 16.
STEP 16
Now all of the yellow corners should be in the correct location but some may need to be flipped to be solved. Turn the U layer to move an unsolved corner into the location highlighted in red on Step 17.
STEP 17
After moving an unsolved corner to the red location, use the following algorithm until the unsolved corner becomes solved. It may take more than one execution of the algorithm for the corner to solve and if the cube looks scrambled after the corner is solved don’t worry it is normal!
THE FINAL STEP
After the corner is solved, be sure to keep holding the cube from the same
position and turn the U layer to move another unsolved corner into the red
location and repeat
the algorithm until that corner is solved. After you do this for all unsolved
corners, the cube will be solved! Congratulations! Now go show your friends
and family your new
skill!
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Author: Cameron Brown, SpeedCubeShop.com
References
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