Rubik’s Cube

"The Great Courses" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyUcsqC3Jg4

J Perm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkZ9UadAOvQ

 

move centres of F, U & L faces anti-clockwise:

 4(Rw R' y')

 • to move them clockwise, turn the cube around (i.e: x2 y) and move the opposite faces anticlockwise or 4(y Rw' R)

 • (Rw R') = M' = middle layer slice

 • for larger cubes, do wider middle layer slices (e.g: 2, 3, 4+ layers)

 

flip outer 2 U/F edge pieces

 4 Rw U2 x (Rw U2)2 ( Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2) Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw'

  • this is the whole edge as there are only 2 edge pieces

 5 Rw U2 x (Rw U2)2 (3Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2) Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw'

 6 Rw U2 x (Rw U2)2 (4Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2) Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw'

 

flip whole U/F edge

 4 Rw U2 x ( Rw U2)2 ( Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2) Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw'

  • same as flipping outer 2 edge pieces

 6 3Rw U2 x (3Rw U2)2 (3Rw' U2 3Lw U2 3Rw' U2) 3Rw U2 3Rw' U2 3Rw'

  • effectively same as 4x4x4 as 3Rw is half a 6x6x6 cube i.e. same as Rw on a 4x4x4 cube

 

 

4x4x4 step 3

 • E' (R U R') (F R' F' R ) E - flips the F/R edge

 • E (L' U' L ) (F' L F L') E' - flips the F/L edge

  - E in this step is for any/all layer(s) to move to the F/R (or F/L) edge for flipping

  ...so that once the edge is flipped, the opposite E move puts the edge pieces in the correct place

 

 • use E* to position the wrong F/L edge pieces on the F/R edge so when it's flipped they're in the right place

  - with a 4x4x4 E' (for the top inner layer) is the same as Uw' as it doesn't matter what happens to the top layer at this stage

 • after the flip do an E' move with the same slices - this should be clear as you're simply re-aligning the faces

 • the whole process can be mirrored to flip the F/L edge

 

 

5x5x5 step 1a

 • position unsolved pieces on U and F faces so they're in the same orientation

  - M in this step is only for the layer with the unsolved piece

  - F* in this step is to move the unsolved piece to a *different* (vertical) layer - each subsequent F* is in the opposite direction to the previous one

  M F* M F* M' F* M'

 • also works for 6x6x6

 

 

5x5x5 last 2 edges

  3Rw2 F2 U2 3Rw2 R2 U2 F2 3Rw2

 

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