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How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube | WIRED

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WIRED’s Robbie Gonzalez learned to solve a Rubik’s cube from Tyson Mao, one of the co-founders of the World Cube Association. In two weeks, Robbie got his solve time down from 45 minutes with Tyson, to 20 minutes on his own, to under a minute on average. Learn his 8-step method here.

STEP-BY-STEP:
00:00 (Introduction)
03:06: Step 1: Make the Daisy
04:47: Step 2: Create the White Cross
06:32; (How to Hold the Cube)
08:10; Step 3: Solve the Bottom Layer
12:20; Step 4: Solve the Second Layer
14:57: Step 5: Create the Yellow Cross
15:06: (Cube Notation)
17:35: Step 6: Solve the Yellow Face
19:10; Step 7: Position the Corners
21:46: Step 8: Position the Edges

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How to Solve the Rubik’s Cube: An Easy Tutorial

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Get yourself a great speedcube cube here:

Learn to solve the 3×3 cube with an easy, straightforward method! First taught by pro speedcuber Erik Akkersdijk, this method features a simple layer-by-layer approach and can be used to solve any scramble. It’s designed specifically to reduce intense thinking and memorization. Time to solve the cube!

This tutorial comes with a worksheet, which contains all the information taught in this video:

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Once you’ve learned the method taught in this tutorial, you may be interested in learning the CFOP method, which is the most common advanced method used today. At cubing.gg, you can learn the CFOP method from 2-time 3×3 world record holder Tymon Kolasiński! Tymon’s course will take you from the very basics of the method to the most advanced techniques used by professional speedcubers all over the world. If you want to level up your cubing abilities, check out cubing.gg!

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Time stamps
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Basic concepts
2:40 Notation
5:09 Cross
11:40 First layer corners
17:07 Second layer edges
23:15 Top yellow cross
25:45 Positioning the last layer corners
30:47 Twisting the last layer corners
34:01 Positioning the last layer edges
37:04 Closing thoughts