How do i solve it?

[The Man]

How do i solve the 3x3 Rubiks cube? I have tryied reading manuals, descripitons on what to do but i can never solve it. I can get all but the bottom row and the bottom face to macth. PLeaase can somoen help?

 

[pjk]

Check here:
http://z12.invisionfree.com/rubiks/index.php?showtopic=78

My guide is "Patrick Kelly" on that list, so it is from my point of view. Check it out, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Pat

 

[The Man]

Originally posted by PJK@Jan 28 2007, 01:52 AM
Check here:
http://z12.invisionfree.com/rubiks/index.php?showtopic=78

My guide is "Patrick Kelly" on that list, so it is from my point of view. Check it out, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Pat

I still dont get it entirly. I can get the first three rows down easly along with the white full color. But i dont know hoe to figure the rest out. Is there a way to show you where the colors are and you tell me where to move?

 

[pjk]

What do you mean the first 3 rows? Can you build the cross? Can you insert each corner in? How about the middle edges? What part exactly are you stuck on? What step of the guide?

Pat

 

[tenderchkn]

Originally posted by The Man@Jan 28 2007, 01:47 AM
How do i solve the 3x3 Rubiks cube? I have tryied reading manuals, descripitons on what to do but i can never solve it. I can get all but the bottom row and the bottom face to macth . PLeaase can somoen help?

The last layer apparently.

1. Turn the cube over so the bottom two layers are solved, and the unsolved part is on top.
2. Learn notations: http://www.cosine-systems.com/cubestation/cubenotation.html
3. Follow steps 4-7: http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~jnoort/inde...utorial2&step=4

 

[The Man]

I did the cross, i got the first, secound rows and the top face compleatly done. Sometimes i can get 3 faces done but not all of them. My main problem is the last row of the cube and the bottom face.

 

[annon]

Originally posted by The Man@Jan 29 2007, 04:06 AM
I did the cross, i got the first, secound rows and the top face compleatly done. Sometimes i can get 3 faces done but not all of them. My main problem is the last row of the cube and the bottom face.

That's called the last layer. Lars Petrus has a readup about the cube itself that you should read here: http://lar5.com/cube/begin.html

 

[pjk]

It sounds like you are on the permutation stage. First, permute all the corners. If you have two corners that have a color facing the same way, you need to switch the other two corners. On my guide, experiment with the last step and the algorithms that are there. One will swap two corners, and the others cycle edges.

 

[Inferno.Fighter.IV]

If you have trouble with all the notation and stuff you can try this video, http://www.rubiks.com/lvl3/index_lvl3.cfm?...gam&lvl3=compet. That's what taught me to solve it, then I started using a working corner for F2L(First Two Layers). Now I'm working on more algs to get my speed up.