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Learn to Solve the Rubik's Cube
Beginner's method — 6 steps from scrambled to solved. Algorithms you can copy directly to practice.
White Cross
Form a white plus sign on the bottom face
Hold the cube with the white center on top. Your goal is to bring all four white edge pieces (the ones with white + one other colour) to form a cross around the white center, with each edge also matching its side center colour.
Method — The Daisy:
- Look for white edge pieces anywhere on the cube. Move them one by one up to sit around the yellow center on top — this creates a "daisy" pattern (yellow center, white petals). Don't worry about matching side colours yet.
- Once you have 4 white edges around yellow, rotate the top layer until one white edge lines up with its matching color center on the side (e.g. white-red edge aligns with the red center).
- Turn that side face 180° (F2, R2, etc.) to bring the edge down to the white face. It will now be correctly placed.
- Repeat for all 4 edges. Turn the top layer between each one to line up the next edge without disturbing ones already placed.
💡 If a white edge is already on the bottom but flipped wrong, bring it back up with a U move on the side face, then reinsert.
Once the white cross is done, flip the cube over — white cross on the bottom — and keep it there for the rest of the solve.
White Corners
Complete the first layer — two algorithms to learn
Now fill in the four white corner pieces to complete the bottom layer. First, learn these two algorithms — you'll use them throughout the entire solve:
R U R' U'L' U' L UFind a white corner in the top layer. Look at its three colours — that tells you which slot it belongs to (e.g. white-red-blue goes in the red-blue corner). Hold the cube so that slot is at the front-right-bottom.
Three cases based on where white is facing:
- White faces the right side — do Righty Alg once:
R U R' U' - White faces the left side — do Lefty Alg once:
L' U' L U - White faces up — do Righty Alg three times:
R U R' U'×3
💡 If all white corners are already in the bottom layer but in the wrong slot or orientation, use Righty Alg to pop one out to the top, then reinsert it correctly.
Second Layer
Insert the four middle layer edges
The bottom layer is solved. Now solve the four middle layer edges — pieces with no yellow. Look in the top layer for an edge that has no yellow sticker.
How to insert an edge:
- Rotate the top layer (U moves) until the edge's front colour matches its center colour (e.g. the red side of the edge faces the red center).
- Now look at the top colour of that edge to decide which way it goes:
Edge goes to the right (top colour matches right center):
- U — rotate top layer right
- Righty Alg:
R U R' U' - Re-align front face, then Lefty Alg:
L' U' L U(to reinsert the dislodged corner — or just skip if the corner stayed)
Shortcut algorithms:
U R U' R' U' F' U FU' L' U L U F U' F'💡 If no middle edges are in the top layer, an edge is stuck in the middle in the wrong place. Use the 'Edge goes Right' algorithm from that position to pop it out, then reinsert correctly.
Yellow Cross
Make a yellow cross on the top face
Look at the top face. You'll see one of four patterns made by the yellow stickers on the edges. Apply the algorithm below until you get a yellow cross. (Ignore the corners for now.)
The algorithm:
F (R U R' U') F'What you might see:
- Yellow cross already — skip this step ✓
- Line (two opposite yellow edges) — orient the line horizontally, do the alg once
- Hook / L-shape (two adjacent yellow edges) — orient so the hook opens to the bottom-left, do the alg once
- Dot (no yellow edges) — do the alg once to get a line, then do it again from the line position
💡 After each attempt, check if you have a cross. You may need to do the alg up to 3 times total.
Yellow Edges
Move the yellow cross edges to match their centers
You have a yellow cross, but the edge pieces may not match their side centers. Turn the top layer (U moves) to match as many edges as possible. Then use the Sune algorithm to cycle the remaining ones.
R U R' U R U2 R'What you might see:
- All 4 match — skip this step ✓
- 2 correct edges opposite each other — do Sune from any angle. You'll get 2 adjacent matching. Then do the next case.
- 2 correct edges next to each other — hold the two matching edges at the back and right, then do Sune. All 4 should now be correct (you may need one final U rotation).
💡 The Sune cycles the front, right, and back top edges counterclockwise. Holding the solved edges at back-right protects them while the other two are moved.
Yellow Corners
Move corners to their correct positions
Now move the four yellow corners to their correct positions — they don't need to be oriented yet (yellow doesn't have to face up). A corner is in the right spot when its three colours match the three centers around it.
R U' L' U R' U' L UWhat you might see:
- All 4 corners correct — skip this step ✓
- 1 corner correct — hold that corner at the front-left, then do Niklas. Check again and repeat if needed.
- 0 corners correct — do Niklas from any angle. You will get exactly 1 correct corner. Then do the 1-corner case above.
💡 The Niklas alg cycles the three corners that are NOT at the front-left. Hold your one solved corner at the front-left each time.
Finish Cube
Orient the last corners — cube solved! 🎉
Every corner is in the right place — now you just need to twist them so yellow faces down. Read all steps before you start — the cube will look scrambled mid-process. That's normal!
- Flip the cube over so yellow is on the bottom.
- Find a corner where yellow does not face down. Hold the cube so that corner is at the bottom-right-front.
- Do Righty Alg (R U R' U') either 2 or 4 times until yellow on that corner faces down. The rest of the cube will look scrambled — ignore it.
- Without rotating the whole cube, turn only the bottom layer (D) to bring the next unsolved corner to the bottom-right-front position.
- Repeat steps 3–4 for every remaining corner.
- After the last corner is done, turn the bottom layer to realign it — the cube is solved!
R U R' U'⚠️ Critical rule
Never rotate the whole cube between corners — only turn the bottom layer (D move). Rotating the cube will break the algorithm.
🥳 Congratulations — you solved the Rubik's Cube!
Cube Notation
Every move is written as a letter. Uppercase = clockwise. Add ' for counterclockwise, 2 for 180°.
Basic Moves — R L U D F B
Modifiers — Prime / 2 / Lowercase
Rotations — x y z
Slice Turns — M S E
Intermediate Method — 2-Look OLL & PLL
The stepping stone between beginner and CFOP. Solve the last layer in 2 looks each for OLL and PLL — only 10 + 6 algorithms total. Click to copy.
Advanced Method
CFOP method — solve the cube faster by learning F2L, OLL, and PLL. Each card shows the case and algorithm. Click to copy.
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