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Solving the Rubik's Cube: A Comprehensive Guide by Daniel Goodman and Daniel Rose-Levine, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Accounting

A step-by-step guide on how to solve a Rubik's Cube written by two young cubing champions, Daniel Goodman and Daniel Rose-Levine. The authors share their expertise, demystifying the process of solving the cube layer by layer. They also discuss misconceptions and introduce notation for describing moves. an essential resource for both beginners and experienced cubers.

What you will learn

  • What are the different types of pieces in a Rubik's Cube?
  • What is the misconception about solving the Rubik's Cube?
  • How do you determine if a side is solved?
  • What are the algorithms for solving each layer of the Rubik's Cube?
  • What is the notation used to describe moves on a Rubik's Cube?

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How to Solve the Rubik’s

Cube: All 6 Sides!

Daniel Goodman and Daniel Rose-Levine

Introductions

Daniel Rose-Levine

● 16 years old, freshman at Bard College at Simon’s Rock ● From Red Hook, NY ● Cubing for 4 years ● 3x3 with feet world record single (16.96) and average (22.22) ● 1st in North America for sum of ranks

Demonstration!

Types of pieces

● A Rubik’s Cube is made up of edges, corners, and centers ● Edges have 2 stickers, corners have 3, and centers have 1

Edges in green

Corners in yellow

Centers in blue

Types of pieces

● Centers don’t move in relation to each other! ● That means, the center determines what color the side will be when solved ● That also means that opposite centers will stay the same!

Edges in green

Corners in yellow

Centers in blue

On a standard cube:

Blue is opposite green

White is opposite yellow

Red is opposite orange

Misconception!

● You don’t solve the first side, then the second, then the third, then the fourth, then the fifth, then the sixth ● Once you have one solved side, you’ve already made quite a bit of progress on quite a few other sides! ● Focusing on only one of those sides at a time would be extremely difficult and not particularly fast

Misconception!

● Instead, we’ll be solving layer-by-layer! ● Notice how when you have a solved side, an entire THIRD of the cube is done ● We’ll take advantage of this

Notation?

● A way of describing the moves you make on a cube ● There are six sides, so we’ll represent each side with a letter

Normally, we’ll hold the cube so we can see the U, F, and R sides

U p, D own,

L eft, R ight,

F ront, B ack

Notation!

● You can make three different turns on each side ○ One turn clockwise ○ One turn counterclockwise (same as three turns clockwise) - add a ’ ○ Two turns (same in both directions) - add a 2

“Clockwise” is based on if the side was facing us

Turning F clockwise goes in the same direction as turning B counterclockwise (this is true for all opposite sides!)

Try it out!

● We can put these moves together to create algorithms - a fancy word for sequences of moves ● Try it out by doing these algorithms! ● R U R’ U’ ● F2 B2 R2 L2 U2 D ● R’ F R F’

The first layer

White cross

Using U moves , match a white edge with its corresponding center. Then, do an F2 to move the edge to the bottom. Repeat for all 4 white edges.

Corners