Rubix Cube Solution PART 2 PUT BOTTOM 4 CORNERS INTO PLACE

THE RUBIX CUBE SOLUTION CONTINUED

PART 2 PUT BOTTOM 4 CORNERS INTO PLACE, CONTINUED FROM (PART 1)

The objective of this part is to put each of the 4 remaining corner sub-cubes into its proper place (but not colour aligned).

A, Hold the completed blue side away from you. This is important. Throughout Parts 2 and 3 the completed side must be held away from you (at the back of the cube) at all times! (See figure 15). This next process exchanges Bottom Left Corner (A) with Bottom Right Corner (B).

While holding the completed side away from you, examine the 4 corners of the cube facing you (the front 4 corners, ABC & D). Check the see if any 2 or all of them are in correct position. You will always be able to find either 2 or 4 corners in correct position. If you only find one or you find none, then rotate the front face of the cube and check again.



A corner is in correct position only if all 3 of its colours match all 3 of the colours of the centre squares it touches as in figure 16A below. Figure 16A shows the top right corner in position but not colour aligned. Figure 16B shows the same corner in position AND colour aligned.





If you find all 4 front corners in correct position, then go on to Part 3. If you find 2 corners in correct position they will either be side by side (in A & B or in D & C) or diagonally across from each other (in A & C or D & B). See figure 15.

Remember, you must always find 2 or 4 of the front corners in correct position. If you find none or only one correct, then keep rotating the front face of the cube and check all 4 front corners after each turn until you find 2 or 4 correct.

B. If the 2 corners in correct position are next to each other (in A & B or C & D) then you must exchange the other 2 remaining front corners. To do this , turn the whole cube until the 2 incorrect corners appear in the x’ed positions as shown in figure 17. Keep the completed blue side in back and follow steps 1-8 below.



C. If the 2 corners in correct position are diagonally opposite each other (in A & C or D & B) then you will have to repeat steps 1-8 twice. Follow steps 1-8, then rotate the front face of the cube one turn clockwise or counter clockwise and check the corners again. Now you should find 2 corners side by side in correct position. To exchange the remaining 2 out of place front corners, turn the WHOLE CUBE until the 2 incorrect corners appear in the X’ed positions as shown above in figure 17. Now run steps 1-8 again.

Hint: Get a grease pencil and mark the 2 corners you want to exchange 1 and 2. Then run the process, and you will be able to verify that they changed places.

Grasp the non-rotating two thirds firmly so that the orientation does not change from move to move. After the eighth move, verify that the selected corner sub-cubes exchanged positions and the initially completed blue side is not disturbed.

Remember to keep the completed blue side in back, away from you.










Now check all four corners to confirm that they are all in place.

DO NOT proceed to part 3 unless you still have the starting condition and the additional four corner sib-cubes are in their correct position. None, one or two corners may be aligned. Part 3 will tell you how to proceed.

NEXT UP PART 3 AND PUTTING THE BOTTOM CORNERS INTO COLOUR ALIGNMENT

Rubix Cube Solution PART 1(B,C) SOLVE TOP CORRECTLY

THE RUBIX CUBE SOLUTION CONTINUED

PART 1 SOLVE THE TOP CORRECTLY CONTINUED FROM (SECTION A)

Section B. Solving the four blue middle edge pieces.

The correct top middle-edge pieces will be found in one of three places: on top, either in position or out of position; on the middle row or on the bottom row.

a. To bring up a middle-edge piece from the middle row as shown in figure 9; read the note below.



Note: Before you do steps 1-4, keep the blue reference colour on top, and turn the whole cube until an out of place top middle-edge piece appears in position No.2 above. Then move the middle row horizontally until the piece you need falls into position No. 1. This is the correct starting position for the process. Now proceed to do steps 1-4.





Note: Proceed to step 4 only if the missing top middle-edge piece falls into correct colour alignment as shown in step 3 diagram above. If piece is out of colour alignment, proceed to do steps 4a-4d below.



Steps 4a-4d






b. To bring up an out of place top middle-edge piece from the bottom row, first move the piece you need directly below where it belongs as in figure 10, then follow steps 1-4 below:



steps 1-4






c. You may find an out of place top middle-edge piece with the blue reference colour hidden on the bottom of the cube. Turn just the bottom row until this piece is lined up directly below where it belongs. See figure 11, then follow steps 1-3 below.



steps 1-3





d. You will sometimes find the top middle edge pieces that are already on top but must be exchanged in order to fall into correct colour alignment. See figure 12.



To exchange the two top middle edge pieces shown in figure 12 follow steps 1-6 below. Note: x’ed pieces on step 1 are the ones that will be exchanged. Keep blue on top.









e. To exchange 2 top middle-edge pieces that face each other on top of the cube as shown in figure 13, keep blue on top and follow steps 1-3 below.



steps 1-3





If you practice solving one side correctly, you should eventually be able to put all 9 pieces of any colour into correct colour alignment in less than one minute. The more you practice the less you have to depend on the diagrams.

Section C. The starting position defined.

To begin solving the whole puzzle, first solve the blue side correctly, but leave one of its middle-edge pieces unsolved. This is known as the STARTING POSITION. (see figure 14) The missing piece will act as a guide in part 4.



Note: Except for the blue reference colour, we won’t refer to specific colours, since they don’t matter, and each cube may be labelled differently.

Now that you have solved one side of the cube correctly, you have solved one third of it. At this point you are in the STARTING POSITION and you are ready to proceed to Part 2 since you have 4 of the corner sub-cubes in correct position and colour aligned on the solved side.


NEXT UP PART 2 AND THE BOTTOM CORNERS

Rubix Cube Solution PART 1(A) SOLVE THE TOP CORRECTLY

THE Rubix Cube SOLUTION

See the Introduction before cracking on with Part 1

PART 1 SOLVE THE TOP CORRECTLY

Before you begin to solve Rubik’s Cube, you must learn how to solve one side correctly. Ironically, solving the first side is easy to perform but hard to explain because the missing pieces are randomly dispersed over the entire cube.

SOLVING THE BLUE SIDE

Note: Solve the blue side first so that we’ll be talking about the same reference colour. The other colours may not match our diagrams since each cube may be labelled differently.

Part 1 is divided into three sections:

Section A describes two moves that will help you position and colour align the 4 blue corners.
Section B gives you 5 basic manoeuvres you will need to bring the 4 blue top middle-edge pieces up into position and colour aligned. These five manoeuvres don’t have to be done in any order. You should learn them and use them as you need them.
Section C defines the starting position.


Section A. Position and align 4 blue corners.

Move the four corner sub-cubes with blue centre to the top of the cube so that the blue squares appear on top. As you bring up the the blue corners, try to bring them up into the correct colour alignment as shown in figure 6.

If you cannot bring the four blue corners up into correct colour alignment , then bring them to the top any way you can. We will show you how to exchange them so that they fall into the correct position and colour alignment.

If you bring up the blue corners in any fashion, one of 3 things will happens:
a) None of the corners will be in position.
b) Two of the corners will be in position and colour aligned, or
c) All 4 corners may fall into correct colour alignment by accident. In this case, you go straight on to Section B.

a. If none of the corners are in position, keep the blue reference corners on top, and follow steps 1-9 below.

Note: The red x’d marked corners on step 1 will exchange.











b. If two of the blue corners are in position and the colour aligned, the remaining two incorrect blue corners must be exchanged. Keep the blue reference corners on top, and turn the whole cube until the two incorrect corners face you as shown in figure 7 below.



Now follow steps 1-10 below.

Note: Grasp the non-moving 2 thirds of the cube firmly to maintain your starting orientation (blue on top). The x’ed (incorrect) corners in step 1 are the ones that will exchange.












At this point, you should have 4 blue corners in position and colour aligned as shown in figure 8.

Now you must position and colour align all 4 top middle-edge pieces.
Note: All 4 pairs of side edge colours must match up.


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