WIRED’s Robbie Gonzalez learned to solve a Rubik’s cube from Tyson Mao, one of the co-founders of the World Cube Association. In two weeks, Robbie got his solve time down from 45 minutes with Tyson, to 20 minutes on his own, to under a minute on average. Learn his 8-step method here.
STEP-BY-STEP:
00:00 (Introduction)
03:06: Step 1: Make the Daisy
04:47: Step 2: Create the White Cross
06:32; (How to Hold the Cube)
08:10; Step 3: Solve the Bottom Layer
12:20; Step 4: Solve the Second Layer
14:57: Step 5: Create the Yellow Cross
15:06: (Cube Notation)
17:35: Step 6: Solve the Yellow Face
19:10; Step 7: Position the Corners
21:46: Step 8: Position the Edges
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Here’s a handy step-by-step guide for you to better navigate the tutorial!
STEP-BY-STEP:
00:00 (Introduction)
03:06: Step 1: Make the Daisy
04:47: Step 2: Create the White Cross
06:32; (How to Hold the Cube)
08:10; Step 3: Solve the Bottom Layer
12:20; Step 4: Solve the Second Layer
14:57: Step 5: Create the Yellow Cross
15:06: (Cube Notation)
17:35: Step 6: Solve the Yellow Face
19:10; Step 7: Position the Corners
21:46: Step 8: Position the Edges
And check out the printable text version at WIRED.com: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-solve-a-rubiks-cube-step-by-step/
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my mind is blown !! im buying a cube as soon as possible !!
I’ve been cubing for a few years, this video proves that cubing has grown in popularity like crazy in the past few years thank you
Follow j perm’s tutorial for the last layer (yellow face) it’s way easier and you won’t have to learn so many algorithms
Can you pin¿
When he started the talking in algorithm, I’m like yep N O.
Was an hour deep, 90% solved, went wrong somewhere…hello Daisy is me again
I accidentally solved it on step 7 😂
Had a yellow top, and green solved, did step 7 two times and solved it. 🎉
20:28 – is basically L’ U R U’ L U2 R’ U R U2 R’
23:29 alternate algorithm – R U’ R U R U R U’ R’ U’ R2 [orange on green cluster will move to red on orange cluster; red on orange cluster will move to green on red cluster; green on red cluster will move to orange on green cluster]
I was writing steps down feeling good and then he said the word “algorithm”…. Now my dog has a new favorite chew toy.
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too fast
Solved the bottom layer but the first layer is still unsolved and I have no idea how to correct it other than start form scratch lol
your so fast😊😊😊😊
I solved it, that’s it thanks
Can’t remember algorithms so i play this video every time when i reach that stage of solving cube. Thanks for teaching me how to solve this cubic nightmare
I solved it. Thanks. Your video was clear, concise, and easy to follow. Remembering all those algorisms are gonna be a rough time, but I’m sure it will help to exercise my brain.
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17:51 getting 3 corners for 100th time
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Great beginners method and helped me learn to solve. This is the basic method which does mean there are better methods like CFOP but for beginners, this is great. I recommend this method for beginners.
1. Make the daisy.
2. Create the white cross.
3. Solve the first (bottom) layer.
4. Solve the second (middle) layer. ***Hint – Non-Yellow Edge Pieces
5. Create the yellow cross (F U R U’ R’ F’)
6. Solve the yellow face (R U R’ U R U2 R’) ***Hint – Top Right Yellow Corner in Left Hand ***Hint – Yellow fish pointing lower left of U
7. Solve the corners (L’ U R U’ L U R’ R U R’ U R U2 R’)
8. Solve the edges
Clockwise (F2 U R’ L F2 L’ R U F2)
Counter-Clockwise (F2 U’ R’ L F2 L’ R U’ F2)
What do I do when my white piece is in the middle on the top section facing outwards?
just solved my first rubik’s cube
I am still riding the high that i solved the white cross