
Rotate the left side clockwise 90 degrees followed by rotating the down side clockwiseĩ0 degrees. Right side counterclockwise 90 degrees, then rotate the back side 180 degrees. You should read this as "rotate the front side clockwise 90 degrees, then rotate the To summarize everything in an example, lets say you have the following sequence of (.)*N, that means do the sequence of moves indicated by ". To moves, and we will explicitly state when we want the single letters to refer to faces.Īlso, to make reading the sequences of movements simpler to follow visually, if you see The meaning you should use should be obvious from the context. " U" means both "the upper face" and "turn the upper face clockwise.". Warning (4): You may be wondering how we can let one symbol stand for two different

Warning (3): When we say rotate a face clockwise (or counterclockwise), that means rotate it in the direction that would be clockwise if you were looking straight at it. And we let X 2 stand for rotating the X side 180 We let X' stand for rotating the X sideĬounterclockwise 90 degrees. Rotating the X side clockwise 90 degrees. What we do is let X (where X represents the name of any side) stand for Now we need to determine a way to describe how we They "anchor" their side, in a manner of speaking. Need to give names to because they are fixed - they cannot be rotated into a different While edge (non-corner) cubelets have names of two letters. That because of the chosen naming system, corner cubelets will have names of three letters The cubelet on the left edge (meaning not at either of the corners) that is also on the front side will e referred The upper right-hand front corner, be will referred to as URF. The big cube) with the letters of the sides it is a part of. We name each cubelet (a cubelet is one of the smaller cubes that makes up Using the names for faces, we now have names for all the 26Ĭubes that make up Rubik's Cube (we don't really count the center of the cube, because we Do not change your orientation of theĬube unless the directions specifically ask you to do so! If one instructionĬalls for you to rotate the right side, do not hold the cube so that the right side faces you, rotate it, then decide to rename it the F side. Not bottom! Do not make this common mistake and think B refers

Facing left is the L side,įacing right is the R side, the face on the front is the F side, and the face on the backĪt this point a number of little warnings are justified: Will be solved (and you may be revered as a Mathematical Wizard by friends and family).īut before we start, we need some notation. You simply have to identify the state that applies to your cubeĪt each step, and perform the rotations indicated. My own) I have posted this solution to Rubik's Cube. Though you have a better chance at winning the lottery than relying on blindīut happily, you don't need to be frustrated any longer.

(Ironically though, many of us seem to try this methodĪnyway. There are approximately 42 zillionĭifferent states the cube may be in, only one of which is the correct one. Probably are also aware that it is very difficult. Rotate the sides of the cube to get all the same colored squares on the same side. Possibly you have seen or even own a Rubik's cube. Solution to the Rubik's Cube Solution to the Rubik's Cube
