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2x2 Cube for Beginners - cheat sheet

The layer-by-layer method in 4 stages, 3 algorithms. Full course with animations and simulator: strefa-kostek.pl/en/kursy

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1Move notation

R right, L left, U up, D down, F front, B back - a quarter turn clockwise when you look straight at that face (for L from the left, for D from below). R' = the other way, R2 = half turn, y = rotating the whole cube in your hands like U. Opposite colours: white - yellow, green - blue, red - orange.

2White layer

White stickers on the bottom, on every side the bottom row in one colour.

Put a free spot on the bottom at the front right (y), and the corner that fits there above it (U). Repeat:

R U R' U'

white facing right: 1 time, up: 3 times, front: 5 times.

  • First corner - any one, in any spot. It determines the colours of the faces.
  • Next corner: the one sharing a colour with one already inserted - it goes next to it on the side of that colour. An empty face has the colour opposite the face across from it.
  • Corner on the bottom, but wrong? At the front right R U R' U' once - it will come up to the top.

3Yellow face

The whole top yellow (corner places do not matter yet).

Hold a corner with yellow facing sideways in the top front right. Repeat:

R' D' R D

until yellow is on top (2 or 4 times). Turn only the top (U) to the next such corner and again. The white layer falls apart along the way - do not stop and do not rotate the whole cube. When all of them are yellow side up, the white layer comes back.

4Corners into place

A solved cube. “Headlights” = the two top stickers on one side in the same colour.

R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L   swaps the two right corners of the top.

headlights on every sidejust turn the top (U)
headlights on one sideput them on the left (y), the algorithm once, turn the top
no headlights anywherethe algorithm once from any side, then as above

!When something does not work

  • Worse after the algorithm: one move in the wrong direction (L, D) or the wrong grip - headlights on the left, the corner being twisted at the front right.
  • The white layer did not come back in stage 3: the whole cube was rotated instead of just the top, or the repeating was interrupted - solve the white layer again.
  • One twisted corner is left: carefully twist it back with your fingers. Never twist the fixed corner - it will break.
White layer on the bottom, yellow on top. Letter = quarter turn clockwise, looking at that face; ' = the other way; 2 = half turn. StrefaKostek.pl