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The easiest way to solve the cube using the beginner's method. Divide the Rubik's Cube into layers and solve each layer applying the given algorithm not...
Step 1: Solve the White Edge Pieces in the First Layer. Bad white cross. Good white cross. The easiest step is solving the first layer edges of the Rubik's Cube. Choose one color you want to start with. In this beginner's tutorial we're going to start with the white face.
This advanced technique developed by Jessica Fridrich divides the puzzle into layers and you have to solve the cube layer by layer using algorithms in each step, not messing up the pieces already in place. These steps are the following: Cross, F2L, OLL and PLL, as seen on the illustration above.
You'll have to learn two algorithms which bring the edge piece from the yellow layer to the second layer without messing up the white face already solved. Until this point we held the cube with the white center facing up, now turn it upside down to let you review the puzzle better.
On this page you can find a detailed description on how to solve the last layer corners of the Rubik's Cube. In the final phase of the solution with the beginner's method we will orient the yellow corner pieces.
Solving the cube blindfolded requires considerably less algorithms than solving it sighted. Using the Old Pochmann method, you can solve the cube with as little as five algorithms. If you know how to solve the cube sighted, you may already know a few of these from the advanced Rubik's Cube tutorial:
Different Rubik’s Cube Solving Methods. Whether you’ve just learnt how to solve the cube or you’re a veteran, there are many different methods that are available, each with their own unique opportunities to improve in speed (if that’s what you want to do).
Step 4: Make a yellow cross on the top of the Rubik's Cube. So far we have solved two bottom layers and only the yellow face is left. In this fourth stage of our Rubik's tutorial we want to form a yellow cross on the top of the cube.
How to solve a Pyraminx. Solving a Pyraminx is much easier than a Rubik's Cube. It has 3,732,480 possible permutations which is relatively a small number (similar to the 2x2x2 Pocket Cube), so a personal computer can easily go through all of the possible scrambles. It can be solved from any random position in less than 12 moves.
The first two layers (F2L) of the Rubik's Cube are solved simultaneously rather than individually, reducing the solve time considerably. In the second step of the Fridrich method we solve the four white corner pieces and the middle layer edges attached to them.
