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I saved this for my son. He’s awesome. Of course after the first couple days we never referred to it again. Originally posted (the one I favorited anyhow) by @Helldozer2 here https://imgur.com/gallery/bRaDB
FeloniousMonk13
Dude i remember having a rubiks cube and a sheet of detailed instructions on how to solve it, and I still couldnt do it
badmusicpuns
Finally! A post i will favor and forget
tablecat
Honestly, just watch a YouTube guide. That's what I did. After one video, I could reliably do it just under two minutes.
spreadingrumors
On the ORIGINAL Rubik's Cube, blue and white were opposite each-other.
0kazaki101
This is also straight from the officially packaged Rubik’s Cube’s instruction booklet.
mondayaddams
You mean those that come with one.
VeniVidiDownvoted
SpikeWolfwood
Ummm... I think there's something wrong with mine.
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SaFalken
I'm not Asian enough to understand this.
RegularGn0ll
how crazy is it that this is also my number 11!?
whiteonrice
I just finally bought a cube and managed to solve it with this guide two times, now I am working on memorize time impress the chicks
somethinggoodandcatchy
Just solved my first rubix cube!
captaintexas43
Favorite & Forget
thatclimbingguy
I once learned the standard algorithm and practised until I could solve the thing within 1 minute. Then I lost interest.
Mrej
TL;DR, rearranged all square stickers to one color per side.
HighMagosSquidward
Remember, the center cubes on each side do not move relative to each other. The Blue center cube means that is the "Blue side".
AlmightyDiapahbetusGarlicGerbil
My dyslexia and short attention span read this as "Chuck it at the wall and have a beer."
commentsivehadafew
TL/DR: 1. Pick up Rubik’s cube; 2. Solve it.
FlatPlutoSociety
3. Check out the hook while the DJ revolves it.
NuclearButtPlugFromPlanetX
PutItInNeutral
F2L, OLL, PLL... done!
BobbyVegana
Where is step3. Profit? what I'm gonna do with all these cubes?
ArcanisTheOmnipotent
I learned to solve top bottom middle
Charlawilliams70
Where was this in 1984?
friendsofsandwiches
"here, try THIS one ya little SHITE!" https://imgur.com/JO8oCFu
HerUsernameWasLola
Um. Ew. No thanks.
Gotbread
its not much harder, it just takes a lot longer
Blakey911
Looks around nervously while peeling the stickers off and solving..
Alpha38
Its easier to learn how to solve it than to get the stickers back on straight and neat.
Blakey911
Completely black cube is solved as well
ThatWillBuffOut
As a child I unpicked the stickers and solved it that way.
GymMatMeat
Turn the middle side top wise. Top wise!
HerUsernameWasLola
Doh!
Wintard4
Use your main finger on the yellow side and your other finger on the orange side and TURN IT!
weirdwild
Did anyone else's nose start to bleed while reading that?
trigonman3
No, it was just you, Eleven.
Gotbread
Just turn the sides until each face is solved
Mamamaidoftwo
My 9 year old son was determined to get a rubik's cube and neither one of us can figure that damn cube out. I think we may try this. Thanks!
ChestyMcHairy
Hey bud! This did it for me, you two have fun! https://youtu.be/R-R0KrXvWbc
K0A1A
This was the guide I used as a kid growing up, a decade later and it is still the easiest guide that I've ever come across!
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
bdoverflow101
Or...
TheJokeWrecker
Masterful
PinkLed5
And to think my son can do this in under 20 seconds.
TimmyNG
It takes a week to learn the handful of turns you repeat to solve it - you aren't solving it "correctly" per se but its a near parlor trick
linearcore
You aren't really "solving" it either, if you're just following and applying an algorithm.
GraphicsInterchangeFormat
Knowing how to apply what algorithm (what location and orientation) multiple times is the “solving” part.
linearcore
It's just semantics at this point (so I don't really care), but I would argue that applying someone else's solution isn't "solving" it.
linearcore
You're really, more, "cleaning up" the mess they made at the factory.
GraphicsInterchangeFormat
Every solve is unique. Over 1.5 million solves have been recorded at official competitions and less than 0.1% of them match.
linearcore
Okay. I would accept that. I wasn't considering that different initial configurations would require different solutions.
0kazaki101
This is actually how I learned to solve at first. Then I learned some faster, easier algorithms and got my time down from 3:15 to 0:58.
mrfourpointo
And those better ways are....
HighMagosSquidward
Myriad. There are some go-to algorithms, but speed-cubers eventually just kind of eyeball it.
PutItInNeutral
Solve top 2 layers simultaneously, orientation of last layer, and then permutation of last layer.
0kazaki101
Pretty much. F2L, orient then solve.
dru84
I feel like that might be English, but I can't prove it... What? :P
thatclimbingguy
I managed 0:58 with the standard algorithm.
GoldFrieza
What does the phrase "standard algorithm" mean to you?
Trentski
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means!
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thatclimbingguy
An algorithm is a sequence of instructions, designed to solve a problem. Hence, the procedure of solving the cube can be called that.
thatclimbingguy
Well there is this basic solving procedure as shown in the post. That's what I was referring to.