Do you ever wish you could figure out how to solve one of these things [The Rubik's
Cube]? Well after watching this video, consider your Problem Solved!
Logo Scene "This is, Problem Solved!"
This video is for anyone who has absolutely no idea what they are doing with a Rubik's
Cube. All you need is a desire to learn how to solve it
Before we actually get into solving this cube there's two things I want to teach you real
fast. The first are the three types of pieces a cube has. First, you have these centers
with one color, edges with two colors, and corners that have three colors on them. Now
in order to solve the cube we are going to be looking at these center pieces which never
move and therefore tells us which color the side will be when the cube is solved. So when
the cube is solved this side will be all white, all green, all orange, so on and so forth.
Now to solve the cube we are going to take each of these individual pieces and match
up all their colors like this one. This is a white-red edge piece so we're going to match
up the red with the red and the white with the white. Once you do that kind of thing
with every piece on the cube, then it's solved! Now the way that we solve the cube is using
algorithms, just a series of steps, and these are written by labeling each face with a letter
and then having a superscript to tell you how to turn that face. So this face right
here is the Up layer, and that's going to be labelled with a "U". "D" for Down. "R"
for Right. "L" for Left. "F" for front, and "B" for Back. Now if you see just the letter,
like just a "U" that means turn it clockwise. If you see a little "1", a little tick-mark
that means turn it counter-clockwise [anti-clockwise]. And if you see a "2", turn it twice.
So over here to the right you are going to see three things. You're going to see the
"Set-Up", 'Algorithm", and "Glitches" sections. This is how I'm going to break up each step
in the solve. The set-up explains the moves or things that you have to do before the second
step, the Algorithm will work. Then the Glitches section explains special cases that you have
to address even before the you can even get the Set-Up to work.
A final note, feel free to pause or back up this video as needed also, check out the description
to find a printable page that explains all seven steps.
Now we can start solving the cube! The first step is to to make a cross on the bottom.
Now you can do this with any color but we're going to start with White, just for simplicity's
sake. So start by taking this white center piece and put it down in the bottom. Now our
goal with making this white cross is to make it look kinda like this, where we have literally
a cross, with all these edges matched up. Now in order to do that, we're going to start
looking in the top layer for any edge that has white. We have two here, we're going to
use this one for now. Now we are going to look at the other color on this white edge
piece, in this case it's Orange, and we're going to put it right above that center, so in this
case right here, orange is above orange. Now we're going to do a F2 in order to put it
down. Ta-da! and that one worked. Sometimes, like with this piece, we have green as the
other color, so we're going to put it above the green center piece, so sometimes when
we do this F2, we notice this piece is backwards and so that's where we have to use the special
algorithm that you see on the *bottom. Now the way that this algorithm works is you take
this piece and move it right over to this position right here using the F layer, like
that. Now this D layer where this piece was, is going to slide over, now this is going
to drop down, and you're going to put the piece back. And that solves this piece without
messing up the rest of your cross. Sometimes when you're working on your cross you'll notice,
it's not done, but when I look in the top layer I can't find any of these edges [with
white]. Now that means one of two things, either you have an edge stuck in the bottom
layer in the wrong spot, or you have an edge, stuck in the second layer. Now this one's
the easiest to fix, you just do a F2 to pull it out the same way that you would normally
put a piece in. Now you can then go ahead and solve it, put it above its center piece
and then do a F2 to bring it down. Now this one that's in the second layer, you have to
use what's called the trigger move, and a trigger works by doing "up, over, down, back."
And that will pull that out of the second layer into the top layer. You can then go
ahead and solve it as normal. Our next step in solving the cube is to solve
our 1st layer, which will end up looking like this. Now in order to do that we solve each
of these corners, this one is solved, and this one is solved. Now in order to solve
these what we have to do is to find one in the top layer like this one, that has white
on it, look at the three colors on it, white, orange, and blue, and first figure out where
this piece goes. Now in order to do that, we put a finger on each of these center pieces:
white, orange, and blue. White, orange and blue. Now when we pull our fingers together
we notice that our fingers are resting on a spot, that spot that our fingers are resting
on is where this corner goes, and we have to put the corner above that spot. White,
orange, blue. White, orange, blue. Okay, now we can use the algorithm, which is just the
trigger move that you just learned. Up, Over, Down, Back. Now you may have to repeat that
up to five times in order for that to happen. Now sometimes, you're going to notice that
your first layer isn't done, but you can't find any corners with white on them in the
top layer. That means you have a corner stuck in the bottom layer. Now in order to pull
this out just to the trigger move again to pull it out. Up, Over, Down, Back. Now you
can solve it as normal. You're doing a great job! You have one layer
complete! Now the next step is to solve the second layer, which looks like this, notice
two rows all the way solved. Now in order to do that, we're going to look for a piece
in the top layer that doesn't have this center color, in this case yellow, so we're going
to look for a piece that looks like this one, it doesn't have yellow on it, that's good!
Now if you'll notice, we have these "Little Ts" that have been made by our first layer
and the center piece. Now we want to look at this front color, the color that's on the
side of this piece, this is blue. You want to match that up so you get this "Big T",
just like that. Now the second thing we need to know before we can use an algorithm, notice
there's two of them, is which direction this piece goes to. Now the way that we find out
where this piece goes is similar to the [1st layer] corner. We have a blue and a red, put
a finger on the blue and the red, pull them together, and that's where this piece goes.
Blue, Red. So this piece goes to the right of where it is now, so we're going to use
the "right" algorithm. Now both of these algorithms actually work very similarly. They both start
by turning the piece away from where it needs to go, then you do a trigger (in this case
since it's the "right" algorithm, we'll do the right trigger: Up, Over, Down, Back),
then we're going to bring this piece that's in the right over, turn the top layer to the
right, and then back down into the right, just like that. Now we look for another piece,
like this one, again it doesn't have yellow, look at the side color, blue, and we make
this "Big T." Now we are going to ignore these just so you can see that "Big T." Now we know
this one is blue and orange, blue orange, they go right here, so that goes to the left,
so we'll use the left algorithm. Again, we turn it away, use a trigger, but this time
it's the left trigger: Up, Over, Down, Back. Bring this piece that's in the left over to
match up, turn the top layer to the left, and front layer back down inserting that to
the left. So sometimes while you're solving your second layer you're going to look and
you're going to say, "I don't have any edges that don't have this top color, yellow." That
means that you have some that are stuck. That will look like this where the pieces are backwards,
or it could end up looking like this where a piece is just in the wrong spot either way,
to solve either of these cases use the same method. You just pretend that this piece would
go here or here. You just use the algorithm that you did before, in this case the right
algorithm, and this piece has been pushed out. You can look at the side color, green,
match it up to make your "Big T", and then you can solve it as normal.
Now on to the Third Layer! We're going to start solving this similar to the first layer.
Where we started with a cross, we're going to start with a cross up here, so when we're
done it's going to look sort of like this. Now notice the edges aren't matched up, that's
going to be solve in another step. So in order to do this, if you look across the top you're
going to see that there's four pictures there, you have a "Dot", an "L", a "Line", and a
"Cross". Now each of these are possible cases that you can get after you finish your second
layer. In this case, ignoring the corners, we have a dot, now in order to get from one
case to the next, you use the same algorithm, which look like this. Front, your right trigger
(Up, Over, Down, Back), and undo that Front turn. Now, again ignoring the corners, we
have this "L" shape. Now you can see from this picture that it goes up in the top-left,
just like that. Do the algorithm again, Front, Up, Over, Down, Back, Undo Front. Now we have
the line, hold it parallel to your shoulders, and do the same thing. Front, Up, Over, Down,
Back, Undo Front, and now we have out cross, again, ignoring corners.
The next step to solving this cross is to match up all of these edges. Now upon first
glance you may look and see, there's none that are done, but if you turn the top layer
once or twice you can always match up at least two, in this case we have this green one,
and this blue one, now our ultimate goal is to have it look kinda like this, where all four are matched
up. Now again, notice in the top, there are *three pictures. We have this "Line" which
is made by this matched-up edge, this matched-up edge, and the center. Notice, a line. Now
our next goal is the "L" which is these two edges matched up. Now in order to go from
step to step, we do the next algorithm. This is called a "Sune", just a fancy name to help
you remember. This works by working with these two pieces right here. We are going to start,
almost like a trigger, Up, Over, and Down, but instead of going Back, we go Over again.
Now we are going to bring this back Up, then we're going to do Over twice, and back Down.
Now we have this "L" shape, these two are solved with the center, and these two aren't,
they need to be flipped. So if you see, the "L" goes in the top-right, and we're going
to do this again. Up, Over, Down, and instead Over again, Up, Over twice, and back Down.
Now you are a single turn from having your cross matched up.
So our next step after solving this top cross is to put each corner in the correct spot,
which when we're done, will look something kinda like this. Now in order to check and
see if a corner is in the correct spot we look and see where it needs to go to be solved.
In this case, yellow, blue, orange; yellow, blue, orange, notice that our fingers are
on the corner we just checked. It's okay that it's turned wrong. Now if you'll notice across
the top we have three diagrams, one with zero checkmarks, one, and four checkmarks. Each
checkmark represents a corner like this that is in the correct spot. Most of the time you'll
have one. So we're going to hold this in the bottom left corner as we can see, and each
arrow means to the algorithm once. This is called the "Riklas" and it works like this.
Right up, top to the right. Left up, top to the left. Right down top to the right. Left
down, top to the left. Now you may have to do that up to two times in order to get every
corner placed correctly. We are now super close to having the cube
solved! That's our next goal! So in order to that we're going to take one of these corners
that's not turned correctly, and hold it in the bottom right. Now we're going to use the
trigger move, but upside down. So we're going do it like this, Down, Over, Up, Back. And
we're going to repeat it until this yellow is up here on the top. Down, Over, Up, Back.
Now hold it right there! Don't do anything else! You may look at the side and see, "It
looks like I just completely messed this up!" Trust me, it comes together, and it's kind
of magical, but if you don't do it just right you'll have to go back to the second layer,
and that's no fun, so in order to keep it safe, only turn the top layer in order to
get a new unsolved corner in to place. Now you repeat that upside-down trigger in order
to finish solving it. Down, Over, Up, Back. Down, Over, Up, Back. Down, Over, Up, Back.
Down, Over, Up, Back. And you're a single turn away and it's solved! Go ahead and party
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