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Directions for Rubik's Cubes

Most people struggle with their Rubik's cube for hours without being able to solve it. Solving a Rubik's cube is no simple feat, but with these steps you can get the method down pat and impress your friends whenever you pull out your Rubik's cube. Keep in mind that the color of the center piece on each face will determine the color that entire face will be when the cube is completely solved. Thus, in these instructions, "yellow face" will refer at all times to the face of the cube in which the center piece is yellow. Center pieces cannot be turned or changed.

Instructions

Make a White Cross
- 1
  Find the white face of your Rubik's cube, which is the face that has a white piece in the center. Hold your cube so that this side faces up.
- 2
  Turn the blue and white edge piece toward the yellow face, then turn it on the bottom so it is directly beneath the blue center piece. Each is a quarter-turn rotation.
- 3
  Hold the cube so the white center piece faces upward again.
- 4
  Turn the blue face until the blue and white edge piece is on the white face. Turning a whole face means rotating all the pieces on that face at once. The white edge piece should be on the white face and the blue piece should be directly above the blue center piece.
Get the White Corners
- 5
  Turn the blue face forward.
- 6
  Turn the yellow face once left.
- 7
  Turn the blue face in the opposite direction from when you last turned it.
- 8
  Turn the yellow face once right.
- 9
  Repeat Steps 1 - 4 for all four corners.
- 10
  Turn the yellow face until the corner is directly beneath its proper top face location.
Solve the Middle Layer
- 11
  Hold your cube so that the white face faces down.
- 12
  Turn the yellow face once left.
- 13
  Turn the orange face backwards.
- 14
  Rotate the yellow face back once to the right.
- 15
  Rotate the orange face back forward again.
- 16
  Rotate the yellow face once right.
- 17
  Rotate the blue face once left.
- 18
  Rotate the yellow face once left.
- 19
  Rotate the blue face once right.
- 20
  Repeat Steps 1 - 9 until all your edge pieces are in their proper positions. You should end up having two of the three rows completed for your red, orange, blue and green faces.
Make a Yellow Cross
- 21
  Hold your cube with the yellow face facing up.
- 22
  Rotate the blue face once right.
- 23
  Rotate the yellow face once left.
- 24
  Rotate the orange face backwards.
- 25
  Rotate the yellow face once right.
- 26
  Rotate the orange face forward.
- 27
  Rotate the blue face once left.
Solve the Yellow Corners
- 28
  Hold your cube so the yellow face faces up.
- 29
  Rotate the orange face backwards.
- 30
  Rotate the yellow face once left.
- 31
  Rotate the orange face forward.
- 32
  Rotate the yellow face once left.
- 33
  Rotate the orange face backwards.
- 34
  Rotate the yellow face twice left.
- 35
  Rotate the orange face forward.
- 36
  Repeat Steps 1 - 8 until you have a complete yellow face.
Position Yellow Edges
- 37
  Hold your cube with the yellow face facing up.
- 38
  Rotate the blue face twice right.
- 39
  Rotate the yellow face twice right.
- 40
  Rotate the red face forward.
- 41
  Rotate the orange face forward.
- 42
  Rotate the blue face to twice right.
- 43
  Rotate the red face backwards.
- 44
  Rotate the orange face backwards.
- 45
  Rotate the yellow face once right.
- 46
  Rotate the yellow face twice right.

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