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3x3 Teaching Challenge

Loiloiloi

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Here's the challenge: Explain how to solve a 3x3 in the least amount of words possible. Because this can't really be regulated strictly to see who wins (some might be really short but make no sense, so there would have to be a judge) it's just for fun. You're allowed to teach any method you like, but you have to act as if you were teaching it to someone who had never used a rubik's cube in their life. Good luck!
 
The only people I know who have successfully devised their own solution ( back in the Eighties boom) all did it with a corners first method. It seems to be the best strategy for a self-developed solution, but it's seemingly not obvious to most beginners. (When I started, I just tried doing one face like most people, failed to extend it to the full solve, gave up and used cheat-sheets that were circulating around school).
So my simplest instructions would be:
"Corners then edges"
 
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So far none of these posts have fully explained how to solve a 3x3 lol
Not in direct words to explain how to solve a cube, but they deliver the right message needed to have a cube get solved, I think DG was pretty clever with linking an applicable video. So, not what you're looking for, but still 'correct' solutions.
 
thefirstthingyouwhoulddoissolveyourcrosstodothisyouhavetoalignawhiteengestickertothewhiteoryellowfacethencorrecttheaotherstickertothecorrectcenterandthenturnthatcenter180degreesconinuewiththatuntilyouhaveyourcrosssolvedifyougetthegaseofthelastedgeflippedinplacetakeitoutapplyfruriuifiandputitbackinnaxtturnthecrosstothebottomputacorneronthetoplayerabovethecorrectpositionandapplysexyuntilitissolvedrepeatwithallcornersuntilyouhaveyourfirstlayerdonenowmatchupasecondlayeredgeifitneedstogettotheleftapplyururiuifiuiftotherightmirroritforthelastlayerdofruriuifiwithrandomumovesuntilyouhavealledgesorientedthenapplyruriuruuriwithrandomumovesuntilyourcornersareaolvedthengotoalgdbdotnetslashsetslashpllandlookforyourpllcaseandapplythecorrectalgorithmsadtheandfixaufbydointuuntilyourcubeissolved
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thefirstthingyouwhoulddoissolveyourcrosstodothisyouhavetoalignawhiteengestickertothewhiteoryellowfacethencorrecttheaotherstickertothecorrectcenterandthenturnthatcenter180degreesconinuewiththatuntilyouhaveyourcrosssolvedifyougetthegaseofthelastedgeflippedinplacetakeitoutapplyfruriuifiandputitbackinnaxtturnthecrosstothebottomputacorneronthetoplayerabovethecorrectpositionandapplysexyuntilitissolvedrepeatwithallcornersuntilyouhaveyourfirstlayerdonenowmatchupasecondlayeredgeifitneedstogettotheleftapplyururiuifiuiftotherightmirroritforthelastlayerdofruriuifiwithrandomumovesuntilyouhavealledgesorientedthenapplyruriuruuriwithrandomumovesuntilyourcornersareaolvedthengotoalgdbdotnetslashsetslashpllandlookforyourpllcaseandapplythecorrectalgorithmsadtheandfixaufbydointuuntilyourcubeissolved
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english pls
 
I always wince when (on other forums...) I read the word " iv ". Gahhhhhh.... it's only got 3 letters and you've made 3 mistakes. But this one word has way more than 3 mistakes. And where's the Capital Letters? I like to start a sentence with a Capital letter. However, it is impressive that you've come up with a solution that only uses wide double-layer turns, I think....
 
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