The last step is to solve the remaining 2-color pieces with Move 5.
With white on top, hold the Rubik’s Cube with a solved side on the left, if you can, and do Move 5. If you can’t (no sides are solved), do Move 5 with any face forward and check again.
Optional shortcut: If the front piece needs to go to the right instead of the back, reverse the U turns.
Got it? Well done! Congratulations on solving the Rubik’s Cube!
You finish solving the corners with Move 4. This move flips 3 corners but doesn’t change the left-front corner, so I call it the “no change” (NC) corner. The move usually needs to be done 2 or 3 times.
If no corners are solved, start Move 4 with the top color (white) on the leftside of the “no change” corner. (Think “none left”).
If 1 corner is solved, start Move 4 with the solved corner in the no change position.
If 2 corners are solved, start Move 4 with the top color on the front face of the no change corner. (Think “too forward.”) This leaves you with 1 solved corner, so you’ll need to do the move 1 or 2 more times.
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The goal of this step is to partially solve the corners. You want them in the right place, but not necessarily flipped the right way. You move the corner pieces around with Move 3, which swaps the top-right corners.
The Setup
There are always 2 corners that can be placed correctly but they can be hard to find. Check the corners: if you don’t find 2 in the right place, turn the top layer a quarter turn and check again. Keep looking until you find them!
1. If 2 neighboring corners are correctly placed, hold the cube with these corners on the left to do the move.
2. If opposite corners are correctly placed, you will have to do Move 3 twice, the first time with any face forward. Then put the good corners on the left and repeat the move.
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Great job. We’re so close now. Get ready to solve this cube by going on to Step 5.
Move 2 works when the left and back pieces match the center. Can you rotate the cube to get that pattern? If so, hold the cube that way and do the move.
If not, do Move 2 with any face in front, then look for the left-back-middle pattern. It may take a couple repetitions, but you will get it. Then hold the cube as above and do Move 2 again.
The move sentence is different for this one. “FUR” stands for the first 3 turns, which are clockwise. Then you turn “BACK” for the U R and F turns.
| There is FUR on the | BACK | of | UR | Feet. |
Got it? Great job! We’re almost there. Now onto step 4.
, you are ready to solve the second, or middle, layer. You solve it by repeating the sequence at the bottom of the page (Move 1) as often as it takes. The side that faces you (the setup) as you do the sequence depends on which piece you want to move.Find the red & blue piece. With yellow on top, if the red & blue piece is on the bottom, turn the bottom to make either a red or blue “T”. There are 3 possibilities:
| 1. If the piece is on the bottom and belongs on the left side of the T (where the arrow is pointing), hold the cube with the T in front and do Move 1. |  |
| 2. If the piece is on the bottom and belongs on the right side of the T, you have to flip the piece. Hold the cube with the T on the left side as shown and do Move 1. Then make the T and repeat Move 1 with the T in front. |  |
| 3. If the piece is in the middle layer, hold the cube so the piece is in the front-left position and do Move 1, then solve as above. |  |
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After you have a yellow cross on top, you can solve the yellow corners.
Solve the other 3 corners the same way, then go to Step 2.
If you have already solved the first layer, you can skip to Step 2.
Otherwise, hold your Rubik’s Cube with the yellow center piece facing up. Find the yellow & green piece and move it to the green side, the side that is green in the center.
Twist the green side 1 or 2 quarter-turns to move the yellow & green piece to the top. Your Rubik’s Cube should look like this:
If the two colors don’t match up, flip the yellow & green piece like this:
Solve the other 3 sides the same way so you have a yellow cross on top. You won’t mess it up if you use the bottom layer to move pieces around.
When you have a cross on top, you’re ready to solve the corners.