cube.md

• Algoritmms from the Wired story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-R0KrXvWbc)
  • Step 1: Daisy
    • Yellow center with white petals
  • Step 2: White Cross
    • Make sure each white petal on the cross is adjacent to two squares of the same color
  • Step 3: Solve the Bottom Layer
    • Pick white corner pieces and move them down by executing a trigger move on the color of the adjacent face
    • If there is a white corner at the top
      • Position it on top of the right place and turn the cube to have the white corner on the right close to the front
      • Execute right trigger twice
      • Solve the front facing white as usual
  • Step 4: Solve the Second Layer
    • Use the T-shape to guide the moves
    • When run out of options for edge pieces without yellow
      • Occasionally you will find no edge pieces in the top layer without yellow stickers but the middle layer is not solved. In such cases, displace them is-matched middle-layer edge piece by performing the left or right trigger. There should now be an edge piece in the top layer without a yellow sticker. Solve for it as described above.
  • Step 5: Create the Yellow Cross
    • The goal of this step is to create a yellow cross on the upward-pointing face of the cube. This entire step hinges on the following algorithm:
    • F U R U’ R’ F’
    • If your top face has no yellow edge pieces, perform ***F U R U’ R’ F’. If your top face has two yellow edge pieces such that they form a line with the center yellow piece, orient the cube such that the three yellow stickers form a vertical line and perform ***F U R U’ R’ F’. If your top face has two yellow edge pieces such that they form a backwards L, rotate the top face of the cube until the edge pieces are at the 12 and 9 positions of a clock and perform ***F U R U’ R’ F’. At this point, the top face of your cube should resemble a yellow cross.
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  • Step 6: Solve the Yellow Face
    • Begin by inspecting the top face of your cube. How many corners have yellow stickers on top?
    • If you have zero or two, hold the cube so a yellow sticker is in the upper right hand corner of the face in your left hand, i.e. here:
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    • ...and perform the algorithm R U R’ U R U2 R’.
    • If you have one corner with yellow on top, it will look like there’s a fish on the top face of your cube. Rotate that face until the fish is pointing down and to the left, like so:
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    • � ...and perform the algorithm R U R’ U R U2 R’.
    • You might have to orient the fish and perform the algorithm one last time. Once you have, the yellow face will be entirely solved.
  • Step 7: Position the Corners
    • Execute L’ U R U’ L U R’ R U R’ U R U2 R’ looking at a face that does not have two corners of the same colour
  • Step 8: Position the Edges
    • F2 U R’ L F2 L’ R U F2 (clockwise)
    • F2 U’ R’ L F2 L’ R U’ F2 (counter-clockwise)