I hate to post such a mundane question but I couldn't find an answer just doing internet research. The only cube I have (which has been sitting lonely on a shelf for years) has playing card suits on each square. It's a completely functional 3 X 3 X 3 cube but I don't know if it is solved the same as a regularly-colored cube. If so, I can follow directions and re-learn how to solve it. Around 50 years ago I could solve a cube but didn't even think about it until recently when I noticed the one sitting there and decided it would be nice to get back to it. I'm 70 now and retired so there are times I'd like to try my hand at it again!
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OldSwiss
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Cool that you want to try it again in your age. I thought I was one of the older ones here with 46.
Most cubers are teenagers or even kids.
Is your cube solved now? Has it just 9 times the same picture on one side. I think in this case you can solve it like a normal cube.
These cubes usually turn very bad and it's harder to recognize the pictures instead of the colors of a normal cube.
Maybe it would be better to buy a new cube. But just try it and if you have problems with your cube, you can still buy a new one
There are a lot of good internet tutorials but I would recommend JPerm
or Feliks
Most cubers are teenagers or even kids.
Is your cube solved now? Has it just 9 times the same picture on one side. I think in this case you can solve it like a normal cube.
These cubes usually turn very bad and it's harder to recognize the pictures instead of the colors of a normal cube.
Maybe it would be better to buy a new cube. But just try it and if you have problems with your cube, you can still buy a new one
There are a lot of good internet tutorials but I would recommend JPerm
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stoic
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Not quite. At the end you will need to correct any centres which have rotated. I like using (R U R' U)5 - to rotate the U centre 180 degrees - and/or (M' U M U')5 - which rotates the U and F centres 90 degrees. (Edit: apologies, you're going to have to learn notation... nothing you can't handle though!)
I'm pretty sure I also had this puzzle in the 80s, although I couldn't solve it then...
OP: welcome to the forums!
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Lio2010
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U CAN solve it normally if you just dont care about the center piece orientation.
stoic
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Um yeah you can solve it without solving it if you don't care about the fact it's not fully solved...
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