Scarlett - The Rubiks Cube formula Rubiks Cube guide

Copyright 2015 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.DisclaimerAll the material contained in this book is provided for educational and Informational purposes only. No responsibility will be taken for any results or outcomes resulting from the use of this material. While every attempt has been made to provide information that is both accurate and effective, the author does not assume any responsibility. Contents CHAPTER 1 About the Author.....................................................................................5 CHAPTER 2 Understanding The Rubiks Cube..............................................................6 CHAPTER 3 Learning The Rubiks Cube.........................................................................7 CHAPTER The Long Layer Method............................................................................. 48 CHAPTER 6 Improving Your Speedcubing Times.......50 CHAPTER 7 Becoming A Speedcuber.......................51 CHAPTER 8 Speedcubing World Records Under 20 Seconds.....................53 CHAPTER 9 Top Speedcubing Personalities.............. 48 CHAPTER 6 Improving Your Speedcubing Times.......50 CHAPTER 7 Becoming A Speedcuber.......................51 CHAPTER 8 Speedcubing World Records Under 20 Seconds.....................53 CHAPTER 9 Top Speedcubing Personalities..............

Tyson Mao.............................................................................. 55 . Toby Mao................................................................................... ThiabaldJacquinot......................................................................56. Felix Zemdegs............................................................................ Matts Valk....................................................................................

CHAPTER 1 About the Author Rodney Scarlett is one of the worlds best tutors of the 3x3 rubiks cube. In 2009 he began making speedcubing videos and uploaded a lot of them to You Tube. Some of his speedcubing videos show his solves below 20 seconds. By March 2012 he began making rubiks cube tutorial videos. He trained at this for several months to become one of the worlds top teachers of the 3x3 rubiks cube. His tutorials are designed to teach the beginners of the 3x3 rubiks cube and are designed in a way to help learners overcome the difficulties they may have experienced in other rubiks cube tutorials.

His tutorial in this book is a written tutorial with diagrams illustrating the positions. His aim is to make the tutorial as easy, straightforward and enjoyable as possible. CHAPTER 2 Understanding The Rubiks Cube The rubiks cube is made of 6 sides which are R=Right, L=Left, U=Upper, D=Downer, F=Face, B=Back. In rubiks cube notation if you read R, this would mean to turn the Right side a quarter turn clockwise. If you read R this would mean to turn the Right side a quarter turn anti-clockwise. If you read R2, this would mean to turn the Right side in either direction 2 quarter turns.

If you turned the R file in any direction 4 quarter turns, you would end up in the same position from where you started. If you read D this would mean to turn the Downer side a quarter turn anticlockwise. If you read U, this would mean to turn the Upper clockwise a quarter turn. The rubiks cube is made up of 3 layers which are the first layer, the middle layer and the last layer. There are 3 different pieces that make up a rubiks cube. Firstly there are in all 8 corner pieces.

Each corner piece consists of 3 different coloured stickers. Secondly there are in all 12 edge pieces. Each edge piece consists of 2 different coloured stickers. The edge pieces are located between the corner pieces. Thirdly there are 6 centre pieces. Each centre piece consists of a single sticker.

The centre piece is the middle piece on each side. The centre pieces cant move at all they are fully stationary which means all the other same colours as the centre colour must be placed on the same side with that centre. CHAPTER 3 Learning The Rubiks Cube Now you want to get started learning the rubiks cube. As a beginner you would be wise choosing the easiest method of solving the rubiks cube. This tutorial will teach you to solve the rubiks cube using The Long Layer Method. This is the easiest learning method and it is the one I first learnt.

After youve learnt this method you may decide that you want to learn more advanced solving methods. This will give you step by step instructions including diagrams illustrating the positions. When referring to the moves of the cube I will not be using the commonly used algorithms. Instead I will state the name of the side to move. For example instead of stating R, I will just say Right. When an anticlockwise move is made I will state anticlockwise.

So instead of stating R,I will just state Right anticlockwise. When I state Face, it means to turn the Face one quarter turn clockwise. When I state Face anticlockwise, it means to turn the Face one quarter turn anticlockwise. If I stated Downer twice, it means to turn the Downer twice. If you turned the Downer twice in either the clockwise or anti clockwise position you would still end up at the same point. Therefore if you turn any side twice it doesnt matter whether you play it in the clockwise or anticlockwise position.

I prefer to teach using these move descriptions because its a lot simpler and also because a lot of people dont like algorithms. You may be wondering how long it will take you to master the rubiks cube. Well this will depend mainly on two points. Firstly it will depend upon your natural learning ability for solving the rubiks cube. Secondly it will depend upon the amount of time and effort you dedicate to this tutorial. Learning the rubiks cube can be very enjoyable but it can also be frustrating for some people.

If you begin to feel frustrated whilst learning the rubiks cube then just take a rest. If you want to achieve anything in this world, youre going to need patience. I firmly believe most people could the rubiks cube within a few days if they applied their selves to this tutorial for at least an hour per day. You have plenty of detailed instructions with well illustrated diagrams to learn very well from this tutorial. CHAPTER 4 The Long Layer Method There are 7 (seven) stages needed to complete to solve the cube using this method. These seven stages are to 1) Get a cross on the top layer 2) Place the corners correctly in the top layer 3) Place the edges in the middle layer 4) Get the last layer cross 5) Match up the cross edge colours 6) Position the corners correctly in the last layer 7) Solve the corners in the last layer G et the first layer cross I will begin by solving the white layer.

So firstly I must turn the white centre to the top. The white and orange edge and the white and green edge are already correctly placed in the top layer. I know they are correctly placed because their edge colours are matching up with the centre colours their next to. For a piece to be correctly placed its sticker colours must match up with the centre colours their next to. On the Right side below the centre there is a red sticker of an edge piece as shown in Diagram 1 The bottom of this edge piece has a white sticker. I need to place this white and red stickered edge piece on the top layer to match up with the other white stickers.

In order to carry this out I must first match up the edges red sticker with the red centre by moving the Downer side anticlockwise as shown in Diagram 2