CET TO KNOW YOUR UTE 3 DEFINITIONS OF RUBIK'S CUBE PIECES EDGE PIECES PIECES WITH TWO (2) COLORS. THERE ARE TWELVE (12) EDGE PIECES LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE ROWS. CORNER PIECES PIECES WITH THREE (3) COLORS. THERE ARE EIGHT (8) CORNER PIECES LOCATED ON THE CORNERS. CENTER PIECES PIECES WITH ONE (1) COLOR. THERE ARE SIX (6) CENTER PIECES LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF EACH SIDE, CENTER PIECES DO NOT MOVE AND REPRESENT THE COLOR OF THEIR SIDE. ULI VERO GRANGE RED GREEN GATS CENTER PIECE COLORS ARE ALWAYS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER: . OPPOSITE THUOW © GRANGE OPPOSITE RED © GAG OPPOSITE GLBWes ED BY A LETTER: R= Right Face - Right side of the cube ite L = Left Face - Left side of the cube Ba U= UpFace - Topside of the cube wy D= Down Face - Betton det the eae FEB, F = Front Face - Front side of the cube B&B B= Back Face - Back side of the cube ce ae Aletter with an after it means an inverted or counter-clocKwise move when looking at that Face directly. VERY When making the moves below hold your cube full-face front with logo on top as shown. Dark grey on the pictures means the color does not matter. Each move is a 1/4 turn rotation.Holding Your Cube: Holding your cube with the white center piece on the top (UU) Face, you must create a white cross as shown to the right. Much of this level is achieved with practice and by trial and error..but we do have some tips. © Be sure to solve the sections of the white cross in the following order - blue, orange, green, red. * Notice the EDGE PIECE COLORS above match the top white center piece and the side red and blue center pieces. This is how we Know the edge pieces are in the correct positions. « Keeping the white center piece on top, move the blue/white edge piece to ‘the bottom (D) face, then rotate it on the bottom until it is directly under the blue center piece. Now hold your cube so the blue center piece and blue/white edge piece are on the right (R) face, Rotate the right (R) face |i! {> until the blue/white edge piece is on the top (Ul) face and above the blue center piece. IE your cube looks like this, hold your cube so the orange center piece is on the right (R) face and start solving the side with the orange center piece the same way as stated above. « If your cube looks like this, do the sequence below making sure the blue center piece is on the right (R) face.ng Holding Your Cube: With the white cross on top (Ul) Face, you must solve the white corner pieces. © Corner pieces will have one white side plus 2 other colors. © If the corner piece is already on the bottom (D) Face, then rotate the bottom () face until the corner is directly below its intended location. Once in that position, your cube may look like any one of the 3 pictures on the right. THEN do the sequence below IX, 2X or 3X or UNTIL it is in the correct position BEES w » Repeat this process for all four corners. © IE the corner piece is on the top (I) face, move it to the bottom (D) face by doing: NOW rotate the bottom (D) face UNTIL the corner is directly below it’s intended top () Face location.Holding Your Cube: With the COMPLETED WHITE LAYER on the BOTTOM, now you have to solve the middle layer, which means positioning the edge pieces’ in the correct place. © Notice the vertical row of blue (this could be red, orange, green) - THIS I$ CRITICAL! © Create a vertical line by rotating the top (Ul) face until the front color of the edge piece on the top (U1) face without yellow on it matches a side center piece. The color on the edge piece's top (\l) Face will determine the direction the edge piece should move. 1) If you're moving the edge piece in the same direction as indicated in the picture, then follow the sequential moves pictured below: SHRPRORE is Ri} Ui J Fi 2) If youre moving the edge piece in the same direction as indicated in the picture, then follow the sequential moves pictured below: Tp Gta GU Ge US ie SP i Continue these steps until all the edge pieces are in the correct position. NOTE: If one of the edge pieces is already in the middle row, but in the wrong position, then do either one of the sequential moves, and it will move to the top layer. Then you can do the appropriate sequential moves to position it in the correct location of the middle layer.—s A Holding Your Cube: 1) Match the yellow pattern on the top (lU) face of your cube to one of the yellow patterns shown on the cubes below. 2) Then follow the correct sequence. * Yellow edge pieces on the top (Ul) face do NOT need to match on the side pieces... yet 1* Step : MaKe a yellow cross State 1 Proceed to the 2™! Step on the next page. State 2. ld US GS) GU Ge Ga Then match the result to State 3 or 4, hold the cube to match that State and do that sequence. th ~ ib SSRRAE @ K ~~ OO RMB: ve « Ri} Ui_} FiSOLVE THE TOP LAYER. GET ALL THE YELLOW ON TOP 24 Step: Make all the corners yellow NOW, look at the top (UU) face and match your top (tl) Face to one of the states below te aS State 1. IF No Corner Cubes are Yellow on the top (U) Face, you must have Yellow Left Corner on Left Face as shown State 2. Lf One Corner Cube is Yellow match your top (Ul) Face as shown and do the Sequence below. State 3. If Any Two Corner Cubes are Yellow don't worry about their position. You MUST match the front (F) face with a Yellow Left Corner as shown. Do this sequence 1, 2 or 3 times to achieve a complete yellow top (U) face. After each sequence, orient the cube to REMATCH the top (U) face to the appropriate state and repeat the sequence until all corners are yellow. Bw es a ee ay aleHolding Your Cube: 1) While holding cube as shown, NOW twist the top (U) face until at least 2 corners are in the right location, 2 corners MUST be in the right location as A, B or A, D or B, C as shown below. If all 4 corners are in the right place then proceed to 2nd step on next page. 1** Step: Position yellow corners correctly While holding your cube as shown above, look at the top (U) face. Place the 2 correct corners in the back A, B or diagonally A, D or B,C across from each other. If Corners A and B are in the right place then to switch C and D, do the sequence below: If you need to switch diagonal corners like B and C or D and A, then do the sequence once. Then, orient the cube so the 2 correct corners are in the back and do the sequence again.& If l edge is correct and 3 edges are * incorrect orient the cube so the face with the correct edge is the back (B) face. Then, determine if the edge pieces need to move clockwise or counter-clockwise and do the correct sequence below. Sally edges are incorrect, then do either sequence below once, and then determine what direction the three edge pieces need to move and do the correct sequence below. To cycle E F G Clockwise or E F G H Clockwise ARERR To cycle E F G Counter-Clockwise or E F G H Counter-Clockwise ninaaee G2 fa AB) fia 22 Fe1 Follow Stages 1-6 in the Official Rubik's Cube Solution Guide - 2. After completing Stages 1-6, Stage 7 detailed below will rotate center pieces to their correct orientations. First learn these 4 new moves - Fe fe < (Stage 7:) Solving the center pieces of a Rubik’s Cube with pictures. Move |: Rotate a Center Piece by 90 Degrees: Clockwise * Position your Rubik’s Cube so the center piece that needs to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise is on the Left Face. « It is impossible to rotate only one middle piece of the Rubik's Cube 90 degrees so this move will also move the Upper Face center piece 90 degrees counterclockwise. If possible, orient a side without a picture on the (UU) Face. « If there are only pieces that need to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise, place each one in the (U) Face position. (After completing this step you may need ‘to do Move | over again.) HE le fe FPS Move la: Rotate a ome a os 90 Seprese Counter a Position your cube as noted above in Move 1 HBC due Move 2: Rotate 1 Center Piece 180 Degrees « Place the side with the piece that needs to be rotated on the (U) Face iihichihad |i. HARRREGy > : es Fun Facts! Multicolored Cross Holding the solved cube Full front do the following sequence: 3 Mulicoloned Ga kes SSennh = In The roto Holding the solved cube Full Front do the following sequence: Hy ais If you made a single turn of one of the Cube’ Faces every second, it would take you [HOO trillion years to go through all the possible configurations. (By way of comparison, the ‘universe itself is only 14,000 billion years old) ‘The most expensive Rubik's Cube was the Masterpiece Cube, produced by Diamond Cutters International in 1995, This actual size, fully-Functional cube Featurer 225 carats of amethyst, 34 carats of rubies, and 34 carats of emeralds, all set in 16-carat gold, and was valued at approximately 15 million US dollars. Morie star Will Smith solved the Rubiks Cube in the 2006 motion picture, Pursuit of Happyness, but before that he could be teen sclving the cube in a 1993 episode of his television sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel Air, when his character is interviewed by the Director of Admissions of Princeton University. The largest Rubik's Cube was built by Daniel Uslings of Luxemburg. It could contain 64 normal sized Rubiks Cubes. More than 300 million Rubik’s Cubes have been sold worldwide.Thank you Tyson Mao, Jasmine Lee and Dan Harris for your inspiration to this guide. © 2010 Seven Towns Limited. Rubik’s® is a registered trademark of Seven Towns, Ltd. London, England.