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How to solve a Rubik's cube

The Rubik's box

By Oyelese ToluwaniPublished about a year ago 7 min read
How to solve a Rubik's cube
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Hello, my name is David, and today I'm going to teach you how to solve a 3x3 Rubik's cube. The method I'm about to demonstrate is very simple, and anyone can learn it. I can assure you that after watching all four parts of this tutorial, you will be able to solve a Rubik's cube with ease, no matter how jumbled it is. If you already know how to solve a Rubik's cube, though, this method will be incredibly helpful because you can use it to teach your friends, parents, siblings, or classmates.

Let's begin by learning what the Rubik's cube is made of. It has six faces and so six hues: orange, red, blue, green, white, and yellow. It is crucial to keep in mind that the Rubik's Cube structure ensures that white is always against yellow, blue opposite green and red opposite orange. Regardless of how you arrange or rotate it, the white centerpiece will always be opposite yellow, blue opposed green and red opposite orange. It's also crucial to remember that the Rubik's Cube has three layers. To figure out which layer is which, simply pick up the cube; the lowest layer is referred to as the first layer.

Remember that the first layer is the second layer, the middle layer is the second layer, and the top layer is the third layer. Don't mistake layers with faces. Let's take apart the Rubik's Cube to examine its components. It has three different kinds of components. The central axis is the first type; as you can see, all centerpieces are fixed and cannot move in relation to one another. It also has edge pieces, which have two colors, such as this one, which is red and white.

This is the interior of the cube, and the corner components, which have three colors, look like this one. Now that we know what the Rubik's Cube can say, let's move on to the turns. A cube's sides can be turned both clockwise and counterclockwise.

There are six faces, and this one has blue, white, and red. This is how it looks inside a cube once more. It's really important to learn the pieces and not confuse them with each other. I will be calling them by their names. There are labels indicating which way to turn each of them: the right side is labeled R for clockwise turn, and the apostrophe indicates Prime, which means turning counterclockwise. The same is true for the left face; left clockwise is L for counterclockwise turn, and Prime front-face clockwise turn is labeled F for counterclockwise turn. first-rate The site can be turned twice; in that case, the letter with the number two next to it is indicated, for example, u2 u2, which denotes turning the up phase twice, regardless of the direction.

Since the outcome of this procedure will always be the same, you will only need to utilize the following four sides: front F and F Prime, up you and you Prime, left L and L prime, and right R and R prime. Let's practice for a bit. In front of you, place a solved Rubik's Cube, and do the following combination The four primary movements of this solvent will be R, which is the right side clockwise, U, which is the up side clockwise, and then do the reverse of our prime, or right face counterclockwise, and to prime, or up face counterclockwise.

It may seem unbelievable, but all you have to do to solve a Rubik's Cube is master those four movements. Let's put in some more practice. R u R prime u once more R u R prime u prime to become more cozy Grasp the cube correctly. After repeating the bass combo six times, you will be able to return the cube to its initial position, providing you with all the information you need to begin solving the puzzle. Put three fingers on the top of the right side on these three pieces, and it will be much easier to turn right up right counterclockwise up counterclockwise.

Now that you understand the basics of the Rubik's Cube puzzle and how to solve its sides, let's move on to learning about the solvent technique. The first and most important thing we should learn to do is solve the cross. I'll start with the white side because it's easier for me to explain and most speed cubers start solving with this side as well. This is how the finished cross looks, and it's the desired outcome, but the first step is to get the white edges around the yellow centerpiece.

And now I'm going to demonstrate for you how to do it. First, let's scramble the Rubik's cube. To do this, locate a yellow center, then turn the cube so that the center is facing up. This allows me to easily rotate the cube without having to move the yellow center from the top. Next, we should search for white edges. Keep in mind that edges are pieces that have only two colors, like this one, this one, and this one. Do not confuse them with the corners. I found four edges, one of them is already where I wanted to be the other ones aren't the easiest way here would be to the yellow Center on the top put an edge that is located on the second layer in front of you for example this one or this one it goes up in just one move let's have a look just like that so the first thing we should do is to look for the edges on the second layer we can move to the top the edge on the right and the edge on the left please note that if you have an edge here that will perfectly fit on top in one move

However, you already have the white edge here. To gain a free place, simply turn the opposite way in that direction. Now, let's look at a few more examples. In this case, we have an edge on the first layer, so we can easily get it on top. To make it convenient for us, we need to put it on the second layer, which is accomplished by turning the front face into a frown face. If there are no edges on the second layer, we search for them on the first or third one.

The object is currently on the second layer and can be moved upward in a single motion, but in order to do so, we must first clear a space there because a white edge already exists there. Once this is done, we can easily move the final edge in a single motion. In the first instance, the object appears the same; we have an edge on the first layer, but we are unable to simply rotate the front face to make the edge convenient because, directly above it, we already have a white edge that moves in tandem with our edge from the first layer. Therefore, we must take pretty much the same thing. Turn it upside down so that the bottom layer's edge is not above ours. Then, we can easily move it to the other side or onto the second layer, where the edge is convenient and can easily rise.

However, we already know that we must clear a space for this edge, so turn the front face. Once the space is free, move the edge upward. You can also end up in this situation, and the solution is the same as the previous one: all you have to do is turn the front face to create an awkward edge from the third layer.

This means that our white edge is hidden on the bottom of the Rubik's Cube here. It holds the cubes of the edge that is near you here, close to us, and at the bottom right here. To move it up, we only need to turn the front face twice and now it's up there, but if you pay attention with this move we move the edge. The last possible situation is when we have no convenient edges on the second layer or even the first and third layer but we still haven't got all of the white edges on top.that was previously at the top, so once more, we must clear the area directly above our concealed edge, where a space is available. The first part of the cross is solved, but we're not quite there. A complete full cross should resemble this: the white centerpiece should be surrounded by all of the white edges, and the surrounding edges should also mesh their centerpieces. Here's what we need to do to accomplish that. The edge is here, and we use the double turn to move it up here and turn the front face twice. Take the cube that already has the white edges in their proper positions.and rotate the third layer till the white-and-blue edge here meets the blue center. Then, we rotate this face again, causing the edge to move to its original position and match both white and blue once more.

Turn the cube so that you are facing the opposite center. Then, turn the third layer until the edge there corresponds with your centerpiece. Finally, turn the front face twice more. This piece is now in its proper position. Since the green ash matches the center, we placed it here.The first and most important thing you need to learn is how to complete the cross. If you try a little bit, you should be able to do it without any trouble. Thank you.

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