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How To Slove A RUBIK"S CUBE (3x3) cube

STEP 1 - COMPLETE THE FIRST LAYER CROSS

  1. Keep WHITE centre on top

  2. Put the GREEN centre piece in front

  3. Find the GREEN/ WHITE edge piece (it only has 2 colours) and move it to one of the positions shown below (keeping White on top and Green in front)

  4. Choose the options below that matches your situation and follow the arrow steps to place the GREEN/ WHITE edge piece in place.

Keep White on top, turn the cube so that a different colour face is toward you. Follow the above instructions again. Repeat with the other two faces until the White cross is complete.

 


STEP 2 - COMPLETE THE FIRST LAYER CORNERS

  1. Keep the WHITE cross on top

  2. Put the GREEN centre piece in front (facing you) 

  3. Find the GREEN/WHITE/RED corner (it has 3 colours) and place it in between the  Green and Red centres without disturbing the white cross. Do this by turning only the bottom layer. 

  4. Choose from the steps below to place the GREEN/WHITE/RED corner piece in place without disturbing the white cross. 

Possible Problem: The corner you are looking for is in the top layer, but in the wrong position or turned the wrong way around. Turn the cube so that the corner is in the front right top corner then move the corner to the bottom layer by following the following steps.


Perform these steps , then choose again from steps above to put the corner in place

Keep the White cross on top, turn the cube so that a different colour face is toward you. Follow the above instructions again. Repeat with the other two faces until the white layer is complete.


STEP 3 - COMPLETE SECOND LAYER

  1. Keep the WHITE face on top

  2. Find the GREEN/RED edge piece 

  3. If it is in the bottom layer, then turn the bottom layer to match the edge with the centre colour (see fig below). 

  4. If the edge is not in the bottom layer, then go to Step C

  5. Choose from the steps below to place the edge piece in place, which will be to the Right (A) or Left (B)..


The edge piece you want to move is in the second layer, but in the wrong position or the wrong way around.

Turn the cube so that the edge is in the front layer then do either solution above to move the piece into the bottom row. The go back to step 3 above.

 

Repeat the steps with different centers facing you until you have placed all four middle edges and the second layer is complete.

STEP 4 - COMPLETE THE THIRD LAYER CROSS

  1. Turn the cube over (White is now on the bottom and the yellow centre on top)

  2. You should find that there is 0, 2 or 4 pieces facing upward. Ignore the corners for now.  

  3. Perform the algorithm below to get to the yellow cross.  Make sure your cube is orientated is shown in the image.

 

 

Swap edge pieces into the correct position.

  1. Rotate the top layer until you have 2 or 4 edge pieces matching with the center colors.

  2. Hold the cube so that the correct edge pieces are at the back and right face.

  3. Use the algorithm below to put the edge pieces in the correct position. 

Two pieces that are in the correct position are opposite each other.

Perform the steps above once and then turn the cube like the one shown above and perform the steps again. 

STEP 5  -  COMPLETE THE THIRD LAYER CORNERS

1) First we will put the corners in the correct position

You will now have either 0, 1 or ALL the corners pieces will be in their correct positions, either the right way up or reversed.

If one corner piece is in the correct corner turn the cube to that this correct corner is in the front top right position. The piece is in the correct position, BUT may not be turned the correct way around. 

Repeat the sequence until all the corners are in the correct position.

Possible Problem: None of the corners is in the correct position. Solution: Perform the steps in once with ANY side facing you (YELLOW at the top). Now one corner will be in the correct position. Proceed with above.

The next steps will turn the corners (one by one) the correct way and ultimately solve the cube.

THIS ROUTINE MAY APPEAR TO UPSET THE REST OF THE CUBE. DO NOT DESPAIR AND KEEP THE SAME SIDE FACING YOU IT WILL ONLY BE SOLVED ONCE THE LAST CORNER IS ORIENTATED. 

Repeat the moves until the YELLOW side of the corner piece is on top. You may have to do it 1-2 times.

 
 
 

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