bookworm
04-16-2005, 12:35 PM
Ok Guys this is a sure-fire way to solve a Rubik’s Cube in just a couple of minutes (without removing the stickers).
Before we begin, there you need to learn the terms and the basics of cubing. The first thing you need to know is that you solve Rubik’s Cubes is rows-not sides (not colour by colour, if you don’t understand you will later). The next important point is that you need to see that each of the different cubes on the full cube have more than one colour (excluding the middles), therefore you will need to make sure you match up ALL of the correct colours on the sides, not just one colour. Remember; the middles of each side cannot move/change colours. On a proper cube, white will always be across from yellow, red from orange, and blue from green. The corners on the cube each have 3 colours on them, and the middle pieces on the sides, called edges have 2 colours.
Key- first letter (what you turn)
B-bottom (row)
L-left
R-right
M-middle
F-front/ face
Key- second letter (direction that you turn)
U-up
D-down
2-twice around (halfway-doesn’t matter what direction)
R-right
L-left
So without further ado, let us begin! Any other explanations will be explained as we get there.
1. The first step to solving a Rubik’s cube is to make a + on 1 side. Pick any colour you want-it doesn’t matter. For the sake of explanation, I will use white. This colour will be your top side.
To make a plus sign, first look on the underside (if white is top then yellow is bottom) and see if there are any white edge pieces there. If there are, look at the other colour on that (mini)cube (for example, white and red). Turn the bottom row so that the piece that is white and red has the red on the same side as the red middle. Then, turn the red face up twice (turn it twice towards the white side). If you don’t do it properly or you don’t understand, sont worry. Just practice. Try to look at it logically (if I want to get this here, how do I do it…). Do this step to all the top side’s edges on the bottom.
Most likely, not all of the edges will be on the bottom. Most will be on the other 4 sides. Once you find 1 of these, look at the other colour on that cube. Let’s say green. Line up the white and green piece to the green side. Make sure it’s on the bottom row. Now turn the bottom row once away from that side (left or right-doesn’t matter). Turn the white middle down (turn two columns down, then turn the one that’s not the middle back up). Turn the white and green piece back (so it is right under the white middle) and then turn the white middle back up. It’s easier then it sounds. If a edge is on the top row, turn the face the white is on twice so as to put it on the bottom row.
2. Filling in the corners. Again, look on the bottom row. Find a corner (white). Look at the other two colours on it (for example, red and green). Turn that corner so that the corner is between those two colours (at the bottom of the column where it should be). Have the face with the white corener with the white on it facing you. Sometimes the white will be in the bottom left, sometimes bottom right. Either way is fine. Turn the back two rows away from the side the corner is on (if it is in bottom left, turn the back 2 right, and vice-versa). Turn the corner up, and turn the back 2 rows back to the top. The whole time you must keep the topside in the top.
If you have a corner on the top row, hold the white side towards you. Imagine that the corner at the bottom of its column goes on top, and do the step. This will put the corner you want on the bottom row.
If you have a corner on the bottom, put it where it would go if it was on the bottom row. Do the same thing, but when turning the corner up, turn it up twice. This will put it on the bottom row.
Now look. If you did all this properly, not only will you have one face, you will also have one full row. If you are confused, don’t worry. The rest is much easier to explain.
3. The T-Formula. The next step is to get the middle row of your Rubik’s Cube. There is one formula that you do, the T-Formula.
Make a T on 1 side of your cube (not the bottom). Make sure that the other colour on that cube is not the bottom colour. Have the T face you with the top on the top.
If the piece is going left:
B-R
L-D
B-L
L-U
B-L
F-L
B-R
F-U
If the piece is going right:
B-L
R-D
B-R
R-U
B-R
F-R
B-L
F-U
If you find you are stuck/ that the piece you need is in its spot but in backwards, do the T formula with any edge piece (it doesn’t matter if it has the bottom colour on it) and put it in the spot in place of the correct piece. This, obviously, will remove that piece from the spot allowing you to put it in properly.
After you do this enough times, you will have the whole second row.
4. Bottom corners. The next step is to put in the corners in the bottom row. This is done with the linking formulas; Linking 1 and Linking 2. With these, you might need to play around with them to get all of the corners, there is not such a strict rule of where do there apply, or where you can or cannot use them.
Linking 1
L-D
B-L
R-D
B-R
L-U
B-L
R-U
Linking 2
R-D
B-L
R-U
B-L
R-D
B-2
R-U
If you have one corner with the bottom colour on the bottom, turn it to its correct place, and put it in the front of your left hand and do Linking 2. You should see a bottom colour facing you in the bottom right. If you don’t, hold the correct corner in your right hand in the front and do linking two opposite ways( L-D, B-R, L-U, B-R, L-D, B-2, L-U)
If you have no corners, you can do either, but I like to do Linking 1.
If you have two corners with that both have the same colour on one side, turn them to the correct side they are (so that that side will have only the bottom edge missing) put the side in your left hand, do Linking 1, turn the bottom twice, then do Linking 2 with the two corners (they wont be on the bottom) in your left hand.
If you have all 4 corners on the bottom but not in the correct spots, find two that have the same colour, put them in your left hand, do Linking 1, turn twice, then do Linking 2 with the correct corner in the front of your left hand. If none share the same colour on one side, do this with any side you like.
NOTE: THESE SCENARIOS MIGHT NOT ALWAYS WORK. THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO PLAY AROUIND WITH THEMAND YOU EVENTUALLY WILL FIND WHAT WORKS.
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Before we begin, there you need to learn the terms and the basics of cubing. The first thing you need to know is that you solve Rubik’s Cubes is rows-not sides (not colour by colour, if you don’t understand you will later). The next important point is that you need to see that each of the different cubes on the full cube have more than one colour (excluding the middles), therefore you will need to make sure you match up ALL of the correct colours on the sides, not just one colour. Remember; the middles of each side cannot move/change colours. On a proper cube, white will always be across from yellow, red from orange, and blue from green. The corners on the cube each have 3 colours on them, and the middle pieces on the sides, called edges have 2 colours.
Key- first letter (what you turn)
B-bottom (row)
L-left
R-right
M-middle
F-front/ face
Key- second letter (direction that you turn)
U-up
D-down
2-twice around (halfway-doesn’t matter what direction)
R-right
L-left
So without further ado, let us begin! Any other explanations will be explained as we get there.
1. The first step to solving a Rubik’s cube is to make a + on 1 side. Pick any colour you want-it doesn’t matter. For the sake of explanation, I will use white. This colour will be your top side.
To make a plus sign, first look on the underside (if white is top then yellow is bottom) and see if there are any white edge pieces there. If there are, look at the other colour on that (mini)cube (for example, white and red). Turn the bottom row so that the piece that is white and red has the red on the same side as the red middle. Then, turn the red face up twice (turn it twice towards the white side). If you don’t do it properly or you don’t understand, sont worry. Just practice. Try to look at it logically (if I want to get this here, how do I do it…). Do this step to all the top side’s edges on the bottom.
Most likely, not all of the edges will be on the bottom. Most will be on the other 4 sides. Once you find 1 of these, look at the other colour on that cube. Let’s say green. Line up the white and green piece to the green side. Make sure it’s on the bottom row. Now turn the bottom row once away from that side (left or right-doesn’t matter). Turn the white middle down (turn two columns down, then turn the one that’s not the middle back up). Turn the white and green piece back (so it is right under the white middle) and then turn the white middle back up. It’s easier then it sounds. If a edge is on the top row, turn the face the white is on twice so as to put it on the bottom row.
2. Filling in the corners. Again, look on the bottom row. Find a corner (white). Look at the other two colours on it (for example, red and green). Turn that corner so that the corner is between those two colours (at the bottom of the column where it should be). Have the face with the white corener with the white on it facing you. Sometimes the white will be in the bottom left, sometimes bottom right. Either way is fine. Turn the back two rows away from the side the corner is on (if it is in bottom left, turn the back 2 right, and vice-versa). Turn the corner up, and turn the back 2 rows back to the top. The whole time you must keep the topside in the top.
If you have a corner on the top row, hold the white side towards you. Imagine that the corner at the bottom of its column goes on top, and do the step. This will put the corner you want on the bottom row.
If you have a corner on the bottom, put it where it would go if it was on the bottom row. Do the same thing, but when turning the corner up, turn it up twice. This will put it on the bottom row.
Now look. If you did all this properly, not only will you have one face, you will also have one full row. If you are confused, don’t worry. The rest is much easier to explain.
3. The T-Formula. The next step is to get the middle row of your Rubik’s Cube. There is one formula that you do, the T-Formula.
Make a T on 1 side of your cube (not the bottom). Make sure that the other colour on that cube is not the bottom colour. Have the T face you with the top on the top.
If the piece is going left:
B-R
L-D
B-L
L-U
B-L
F-L
B-R
F-U
If the piece is going right:
B-L
R-D
B-R
R-U
B-R
F-R
B-L
F-U
If you find you are stuck/ that the piece you need is in its spot but in backwards, do the T formula with any edge piece (it doesn’t matter if it has the bottom colour on it) and put it in the spot in place of the correct piece. This, obviously, will remove that piece from the spot allowing you to put it in properly.
After you do this enough times, you will have the whole second row.
4. Bottom corners. The next step is to put in the corners in the bottom row. This is done with the linking formulas; Linking 1 and Linking 2. With these, you might need to play around with them to get all of the corners, there is not such a strict rule of where do there apply, or where you can or cannot use them.
Linking 1
L-D
B-L
R-D
B-R
L-U
B-L
R-U
Linking 2
R-D
B-L
R-U
B-L
R-D
B-2
R-U
If you have one corner with the bottom colour on the bottom, turn it to its correct place, and put it in the front of your left hand and do Linking 2. You should see a bottom colour facing you in the bottom right. If you don’t, hold the correct corner in your right hand in the front and do linking two opposite ways( L-D, B-R, L-U, B-R, L-D, B-2, L-U)
If you have no corners, you can do either, but I like to do Linking 1.
If you have two corners with that both have the same colour on one side, turn them to the correct side they are (so that that side will have only the bottom edge missing) put the side in your left hand, do Linking 1, turn the bottom twice, then do Linking 2 with the two corners (they wont be on the bottom) in your left hand.
If you have all 4 corners on the bottom but not in the correct spots, find two that have the same colour, put them in your left hand, do Linking 1, turn twice, then do Linking 2 with the correct corner in the front of your left hand. If none share the same colour on one side, do this with any side you like.
NOTE: THESE SCENARIOS MIGHT NOT ALWAYS WORK. THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO PLAY AROUIND WITH THEMAND YOU EVENTUALLY WILL FIND WHAT WORKS.
--CONTINUES FEW POSTS DOWN