Stephen Vaughn - Rubiks Cube In 8 Simple Steps--Learn the Solution Fast In Eight Easy Step-By-Step Instructions For Kids and Beginners

Stephen Vaughn

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Step 2 - White Corners

Step 3 - Middle Layer

Step 5 - Yellow Corners

Introduction

W elcome to the wonderful world of the Rubiks Cube! This tiny little enigma has fascinated millions of people around the globe since its inception. At the same time it has baffled and perplexed everyone who has come across one. How can this seemingly tiny cube outsmart some of the most intelligent people in the world?

This guide book is going to unravel the mysteries of the cube and give you a simple methodical sequence in solving it. After going through this book youll have all the answers you are looking for and be rewarded for your efforts. Lets get stuck into it!

Rubiks Cube Language

Before we begin however were going to have to go through and learn some terminology so we can make the process of solving the cube a little more easy and efficient.

When looking at a cube well see a cube with six different sides either jumbled or unjumbled depending on whether you have just bought it or not. The standard Rubiks Cube measures at 2.2 square inches but there are a variety of different cubes on the market these days so yours may be bigger or smaller.

The goal as you already probably know is to get each side of the Rubiks Cube to have the same color. The original colors are white, yellow, blue, green, orange and red. Again with all the different Cubes in the market yours may have different colors. Generally these colors are paired together i.e. yellow and white should be on opposite sides of each other, orange and red should be opposites and the same with blue and green.

In the rest of the book we will assume that your Rubiks Cube follows this pattern. If it doesnt dont stress, the techniques will still work to solve your cube. Just simply match up your color with the ones listed above so were congruent and on the same page while were solving the puzzle.

Cubies

Pick up the cube and have a close look at it. You can see that each face has 9 smaller squares or cubes on it. These smaller cubes are called cubies. Can you guess how many individual cubies are within the whole cube? If we used a simple maths formula and did 3x3x3 we would get 27. This however would be incorrect since it doesnt take into account the cubie in the middle of the Rubiks cube which is actually empty. This leaves us with 26 separate cubies.

There are three different cubies on the cube. First we have the corner cubies which have three sides with three different colors. Then we have the edge cubies which are on the sides between the two corner cubies with two colors on each. Lastly we have the centre cubies which are the only ones with a single color.

Left, Right, Front & Back

Now were going to denote some terminology to the sides of the Rubiks cube so we can keep things neat, tidy and consistent. This terminology is called cube notation in the Rubiks Cube community. You will see how this works and comes together in the later chapters so dont worry if it doesnt make much sense now.

If you dont already have your Rubiks Cube near you go and grab it. Itll make more sense with it in your hand. Holding the cube up in front of you the notations for sides will be as the following:

1. The side youre looking at thats facing you will be known as Front or F .
2. The side that is facing the opposite direction from you is known as Back or B .
3. The side facing the ceiling or roof will be known as Up or U .
4. The side facing the ground will be known as Down or D .
5. The side on the left will be known as L .
6. The side on the right will be known as R .

Here are some images to solidify what weve just spoken about. This should aid in helping you remember the notations.

F rom now on we will be using these cube notations that represent the faces, so its important you make yourself familiar with them. This is also the standard in the Rubiks Cube community. People within this community who are avid Rubiks Cube fans call themselves Cubers in case you have dreams of going down this path.

Twists, Turns & Slides

Now weve got the notations down pat were going to go through the different possible cube movements there are. All six sides F , B , R , L , U , D can be rotated clockwise or anti-clockwise. With analog clocks not being as prevalent as they once were these terms may be a little foreign to you so there are some images below to visualise this.

C lockwise Notations

A nti-Clockwise Notations

T wo sets of examples have been used to help you visualise the turns. We will be using the images on the bottom row for the rest of the guide. If you make a mistake in the future, make sure to come back to this image and make sure the turn you are doing is correct.

The notations given for clockwise turns are simply the letter thats been given to the side. Anti-clockwise notations have an i (which stands for inverted) after the letter that represents that side.

Each rotation, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, is known as a turn and when done only affects one layer.

Lets go through some quick examples to really drill this in so when we get to actually solving the cube you can do the turns without having to think too much.

If the cube notation is a L , while looking at one face of the cube, you would turn the cubes left side clockwise. This would move the three cubies on the left layer facing you go down while the three cubies on the U face on the left will now be on the face youre looking at.