Complete Guide for Rubiks Cube

Get the yellow cross Holding Your Cube Match the yellow pattern on the top (U) face of your cube to one of the yellow patterns shown on the cubes below. Then follow the correct sequence. Tip Yellow edge pieces on the top (U) face do NOT need to match on the side pieces... yet! 1st Step: Make a Yellow Cross State 1. Proceed to the 2nd Step, below. State 2. Then match the result to State 3 or 4, hold the cube to match that State and do that sequence. State 3. State 4. 2nd Step: Make All the Corners Yellow NOW look at the top (U) face and match your top (U) face to one of the states below. State 1.  If  No Corner  Cubes are Yellow on the top (U) face, you must have Yellow  Left  Corner on Left Face as shown State 2. If One Corner Cube is Yellow match your top (U) face as shown and do the sequence below. State 3.  If any Two Corner Cubes are Yellow don't worry about their position. You ...

Holding Your Cube With the COMPLETED WHITE LAYER on the BOTTOM, now you have to solve the middle layer, which means positioning the "edge pieces" in the correct place. Tips Notice the vertical row of blue (this could be red, orange, green) -  THIS IS CRITICAL! Create a vertical line by rotating the top (U) face until the front color of the edge piece on the top (U) face without yellow on it matches a side center piece. The color on the edge piece's top (U) face will determine the direction the edge piece should move. 1.  If you're moving the edge piece in the same direction as indicated here... ... then follow the sequential moves pictured below: 2.  If you're moving the edge piece in the same direction as indicated here ... ... then follow the sequential moves pictured below: Continue these steps until all the edge pieces are in the correct position. NOTE: If one of the edge pieces is already in the middle row, but in the wrong ...

Holding Your Cube With the white cross on top (U) face you must solve the white corner pieces. Tips Corner pieces will have one white side plus 2 other colors If the corner piece is already on the bottom (D) face, then rotate the bottom (D) face until the corner is directly below its intended location. Once in that position, your cube may look like any one of the three pictures below. THEN do the sequence below 1x, 2x or 3x or UNTIL it is in the correct position Repeat this process for all four corners If the corner piece is on the top (U) face, move it to the bottom (D) face by doing this. NOW rotate the bottom (D) face UNTIL the corner is directly below its intended top (U) face location. Congratulations! If your white layer looks like the picture below, you have completed one third of the cube and you can move to  stage 4!

Holding Your Cube Holding your cube with the white center pice on the top (U) face, you must create a white cross as shown below. Much of this level is achieved with practice and by trial and error... but we do have some tips! Tips Be sure to solve the sections of the white cross in the following order - blue, orange, green, red. Notice the EDGE PIECE COLORS, above, match the top white center piece and the side red and blue center pieces. This is how we know the edge pieces are in the correct positions. Keeping the white center piece on top, move the blue/white edge piece to the bottom (D) face, then rotate it on the bottom until it is directly under the blue center piece. Now hold your cube so the blue center piece and blue/white edge piece are on the right (R) face. Rotate the right (R) face until the blue/white edge piece is on the top (U) face and above the blue center piece If your cube looks like this, hold your cube so the orange center piece is on the righ...

Definitions of the Rubik's Cube pieces Edge Pieces Pieces with two (2) colors. There are twelve (12) edge pieces located in the middle rows. Corner Pieces Pieces with three (3) colors. There are eight (8) corner pieces located on the corners. Center Pieces Pieces with one color. There are six center pieces located in the center of each side, center pieces DO NOT MOVE and represent the color of their side. Center piece colors are always opposite each other: WHITE opposite YELLOW ORANGE opposite RED GREEN opposite BLUE Sides of the Cube Each side of the cube is represented by a letter. R  = Right Face - Right side of the cube L  = Left Face - Left side of the cube U  = Up Face - Top side of the cube D  = Down Face - Bottom side of the cube F  = Front Face - Front side of the cube B  = Back Face - Back side of the cube Twisting the Cube A letter with an "i" after it means an inverted or count...

Learn to solve the 3x3 Rubik's Cube in 6 easy stages! Stage 1: Know Your Cube Stage 2: The White Cross Stage 3: The White Corners Stage 4: The Middle Layer Stage 5: The Top Layer Stage 6: The Yellow Corners