Easy solve guide
master the cube!
Author: Cameron Brown, SpeedCubeShop.com
Get familiar with the cube
Center pieces ha ve one
color each and do N OT
move. There are six center
pieces.
Edges ha ve t wo colors per
piece. There are t welve
edge pieces.
Corners ha ve three colors
per piece. There are eight
edge pieces.
Solving the White Cross
Start by c reating th e fl ower on
the U fa ce. Plac e four white edge Fr
pieces in any order a round the
yellow center igno ring the pos ition
of t he c orner pie ces.
Creating t he fl ower is mostly
intuitive but here a re t wo tips t hat Fr
will help make it ea sier!
1 t
Mak e sure that the ot her t wo
colors of the corner mat ch
with t he t wo c enters t hat
Fr Fr
o nt the c orner is in b etween.
If th e col ors d o no mat ch
(left imag e), turn the U layer
until you find a w hite corner
Fr
o nt that matc hes.
Fr
This alg orithm will move the corner
into t he sol ved pos ition. Repe at thi s
algorit hm until the corner is so lved.
5 be sol ved.
9 Right Swap
Fr
o nt
Fr
= =
o nt
Fr
= =
o nt
= =
Fr
o nt
If a w hite sticke r is fli pped
hold t he yellow center on
the U face and the fip ped
o nt edge on the F fa ce.
To m ove a white sticker
to t he r ed location hold
the cube a s shown and
perform t he following
o nt
algorithm. 2 on
The corn er is n ow in t he
solved position .
o nt Repeat diagram 5 until al l
white co rners a re in th e
solved position . If the re is a
white co rner in an un solved
position on th e D l ayer you
can us e the algo rithm f rom
o nt
diagram 5 ( one time) to bring
it to th e U layer and th en
proceed as n ormal.
The white layer should now
6 Fr
10
Fr
o nt
UP LEFT
Layer Fr
= = Layer
o nt
RIGHT FRONT
Layer
Fr
= = Layer
o nt
DOWN BACK
= =
Back
Layer Clockwise
Layer
Fr
o nt
You so lved t he w hite cross !
Ensure that t he w hite edges
match all four center pie ces.
After completing the fl ower, turn
the U layer until the s ec ond color Solving the White Corners
of a whit e edge matc hes with a
Hold the cube s o t hat t he
ce nter piece and h old it a s shown
below. Perform the alg orithm below white center is t he D fa ce
and repeat until th ere a re no whit e and the yellow center is t he
edges a round the yellow c enter. U fac e.
Turn the U layer until a whit e
corner is in the position
Fr highlighted in red .
Fr o
3 nt 4
Solving the Second Layer Hold the match ed edge on the F fac e
so that it forms an u pside d own T
Hold the cub e so t hat th e
white cent er is the D fac e (shown below). Identify the s econd
and the yellow c enter is th e color on the match ed edge and check
Fr
on U fac e. if it ne eds to m ove to the l eft o r right
t
slot. In this example, the se cond color
Find an edge piece on th e is o range which ne eds to g o to the l eft
U layer that do es not ha ve slot sinc e the o range center is on th e
Fr a yellow sticker. Left face .
on
t
Turn the U layer until the
edge piece mat ches with a
center piece. In this e xample
the blue sticker on th e edg e
nt
o
matches with the blue c enter. Left S wap Right Swap 8
Flipped Edge
Fr
on
t Continue
on next
If an edge piece is in the co rrect slot
but needs to be fli pped, hold th e cube
as shown ab ove and us e the Right
Swap algo rithm. This will m ove the
edge to the U l ayer and all ow you to
side!
resume f rom diag ram 7. This can al so
be used to b ring an in correctly plac ed
edge to the U l ayer.
11
 Solving the Yellow Cross
After completing the s econd layer you
will ha ve one of t he following patterns
on the U fa ce:
Fr Fr
o nt
If you have t he yellow cross , move o n
to diagram 14. If you have any other
case hold the cube a s shown ab ove
to mat ch your case and u se t he
algorithm on diagram 13. 12
After completing the algo rithm, turn
the U layer to mat ch up t he sol ved
Fr
yellow edges and sta rt again fr om
Fr
o o
nt nt diagram 14 until all yellow edges ar e
All yellow (Case 1 ) (Case 2 ) in the solved position.
edges s olved Two yellow Two yellow
edges s olved edges s olved
Repe at diagram 12 until you have Turn the U layer to mat ch up s olved
the yellow cros s on t he U fa ce .
o nt edges and id entify which cas e you
have. If all yellow edges ar e sol ved,
After completing the yellow cross
move on to diagram 16. If you have
you will n ee d to turn the U layer to
no solved yellow edges or case 1
check to s ee if all yellow edges a re
or 2 us e the algo rithm on diag ram
in the s olved p os ition, if t wo a re
15 while holding the cube a s
solved, or if n one a re s olved. 13 14 15
shown ab ove.

Solving the Yellow Corners (Case 4) On e solved corner, After moving an unsol ved
other corners in the correct corner to th e red location ,
Rotate t he entire cube while keep ing
location but n ee d to b e fli pped. Fr use the following algo rithm
the yellow center a s your U fa ce an d o nt on
Fr t until the unsol ved corner
chec k to se e w hich case you have:
(Cas e 5) If non e of t he yellow corners bec omes solved. It m ay tak e mo re
are in the correct location u se the than one exec ution of t he algo rithm
algorithm on diagram 18 to g et to for the corner to solve and if t he cub e
one of th e case s and procee d fr om Now all of th e yellow corners should looks s crambled aft er the c orner is
Fr Fr Fr
ont o nt o
nt diagram 1 6. For case 1 and 3, h old be in the correc t lo cation but some solved don ’t worry it is no rmal!
(Case 1) (Case 2) (Case 3 ) the cube as s hown and us e t he may nee d to b e fli pped to b e sol ved.
One c orner All corners One s olved algorithm on diagram 18 to move the Turn the U layer to m ove an uns olved
in the c orrect in the correct corner
yellow corners in to the correc t corner into th e location hig hlighted
locati on but locati on but in red on diag ram 19 .
needs to b e need to b e location. For cas e 2 and 4, procee d
flippe d flippe d 16 to diagram 1 8. 17 18 19

After th e c orner is so lved, be sure to Mos t spee dcubes have the same
keep holding the cube f rom the same color ar rangement a s b elow with
position and tu rn the U layer to move white opposite yellow, orange
another unsolved corner into the red
location and r epeat t he alg orithm
opposite red, g reen oppos ite blue.
If the c olors on your cube d o not
match, you can still use this guid e!
Now That You’ve Mastered
this Puzzle It’s Time To Find
until that corner is so lved. After you
do this for all un so lved corners, t he
cube will b e s olved! Congratulati ons!
Now go show your f riends and famil y
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