Turn the bottom layer until the piece is directly below its home in the top layer. 2: Solve the Green Cornersįind the corner piece in the bottom layer that belongs on top. The edge piece should now be solved, and you can work the next edge piece until the cube looks like the right diagram below. Should you ever have an edge piece in the correct place but flipped the wrong way, use this step to flip it without affecting the other three green edges: hold the cube with the piece in the upper-right position as in the diagram, and do the sequence Ri U Fi Ui. This should be easy to figure out on your own. To solve the green cross, you have to solve the green edge pieces on their own. If you mess up along the way, just restart from Step 1. To turn a face in the right direction, imagine that you are facing that side of the cube. Before you start each move, make sure your thumbs are on the Front side of the cube to ensure consistent orientation for all the sequences. For example, in the following sequence Ri U Fi Ui, you would rotate the Right face counterclockwise a quarter turn, the Upper face clockwise a quarter turn, the Front face counterclockwise a quarter turn, and the Upper face counterclockwise a quarter turn. The letter "i" means inverse, or counter-clockwise twists. During the following steps, specific faces require a sequence of twists (or quarter turns). Each face of the cube is assigned a letter. If you only turn the outer layers, the cube acts like a 3x3 with corners, edges, and centers.Using this method, even a certified idiot can solve a Rubik's Cube in seven basic steps. ![]() ![]() When you are done, all edge pieces should be joined with their corresponding pieces. In this case, use the slice-flip-slice technique (5:35). Note: for the last few edges, there may be no more unsolved pieces in the top or bottom. Note: if the top has all solved edges, then try turning the cube upside down. Parity Algorithm: Rw U2 x Rw U2 Rw U2 3Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw' If 1 edge is unsolved at the end, hold it on the front/top and do the parity algorithm (6:26).Restore all the centers by doing slice moves.Move the solved edge into the top layer, replace it with an unsolved edge using U moves, and move this new edge back down.Try to join them together using slice moves (flip an edge if necessary, using R U R' F R' F' R to flip the front right edge).Find 3 matching edge pieces and put them in the middle layers (not top/bottom).When you are done, all of the centers should be solved. On the last 2 centers, use 3:03 in the video to help if you run into a hard case. Solve the next center above it until all the centers are solved.Make a center the same way as before (middle bar + 2 outer bars).Hold the first 2 centers on the left/right sides.Solve the rest of the centers without breaking anything you've already made. When you are done, 2 opposite centers should be solved. Move this bar to the top, do U2, and restore the bottom center.Make another bar and hold it vertically on the same side as the partial center on top.Make another bar and move it up to the top, do U2, and restore the bottom center.You must make this without breaking the first center. When you are done, one center should be solved. ![]() Make another bar and join it to the center.Make a bar of 3 pieces of the same color, and join the bars together.You should be able to start with any color center, but choose white if you want to avoid confusion. The reduction method is the most popular 5x5 method and was used to set the current world record. In this video I teach the Reduction Method. Turn only the outer layers, and solve it like a 3x3!.Solving the 5x5 Rubik's Cube has the same structure as solving a 4x4:
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