2.Edges_Goal 1: Place Opposite Edges (Yellow and White)

Now that your Corners are correct to each other, the Colors on the Corners determine the color which all the pieces on that side will be. All the Center pieces (which only have one color) will be on the side that is bordered by the four Corners of that Color. All the Edge pieces (which have two colors) will be on the Edge between the Corners that have those two colors.

For the Corners, we worked first with Yellow and then with it's opposite, White, and working with them in sets of four. For the Edges, we will work with both of these two colors simultaneously, placing one Edge piece at a time.

While we are working with the Edges, we will be ignoring all the Center pieces, and will be focusing on only one edge piece at a time.

For the entirety of this step, we will be keeping the Corners stable to each other for SETUP, and PLACEMENT will return the corners to a correct position.

DEMONSTRATION:

SETUP:

Hold the Cube so that the Yellow and White sides (as defined by the colors on the Corners) are facing Left and Right in your hands.

Because the White and Yellow pieces will be placed in the same manner, the Active Color will be represented by the Color Purple.

Formula B will move an Edge piece from a Top-Front position into a Front-Left position. It's mirror movements will place an Edge piece from a Top-Front position into a Front-Right position. To make this advantageous, we must first setup the cube so that a Yellow or White piece is in a Top-Front position to begin with.

With the Yellow and White corners facing the Left and Right sides, ignore all the cubes except the Edge pieces that are in the middle section of the Cube. Rotate the Cube freely toward and away from you to get a good look at all the Edge pieces that are in the middle section (defined as not the far Left or far Right columns).

Look for and select an Edge piece in the middle area which has either Yellow or White on it. Of the two colors on that Edge piece, the Yellow or White color should be on the Top face, with the second color facing front. If this is not the case, Rotate the Cube so that the Left and Right colors switch places with each other, and begin SETUP again.

With the Yellow and White colors on the Left and Right sides of the Cube, and with an Edge piece that has one of these two colors in a Top-Front position, with the Active color on top, determine the second color of Active piece. Rotate the Left and Right Columns together with each other, to bring the Corners with the second color on the front of the Active Edge piece to the Front of the Cube, so that the front second color matches the Corners color on the front.

PLACEMENT:

With your Active Color on top of the Active piece, and with the second color matching the front Corner color, you must determine which direction the piece will be moving: is the Active Color (Yellow or White) on the Left side or the Right side?

Use the appropriate Formula B to place the Active Piece. The two Columns being used are the Edge column where the piece will end up, and the middle column where the piece begins. This one will Place to the Left.

Use the mirror of Formula B to place to the Right.

RESET:

After placing the Active Piece either to the Left or the Right, return to SETUP above and continue until all the Yellow and White Edges are properly placed.

When all the Yellow and White Edge pieces are placed from the middle area of the Cube to the Left and Right (Yellow and White) sides, one of two situations will occur. Either the White and Yellow Edge pieces will be correctly placed, or some of them may be incorrectly placed on the Left and Right sides. If this is the case, these incorrectly placed pieces will be displaced and correctly placed in the next step.

1.Corners_Goal 4: Top Corners, Reposition White Corners As Needed

Now that you have again brought your Active Color to the top (First was Yellow, Second is White), as with Goal 2 of this Tutorial, you will look at the other two colors of these Corners, and see if the colors match on the other sides of the cube. (Just a reminder, we are still ignoring all pieces except for the four Corners you are currently working on.)

DEMONSTRATION:

SETUP:

Either they will all match to each other (congrats, you can skip to the next step), or none of them match (in which case it doesn't matter how you position your cube to proceed, but you will end up doing this step twice), or one of the sides match.

Keeping White still on the top with these four Corners, If one of the side colors match, position your cube so that the matching color is facing the back away from you. If none of the side colors match, after you have done this step one side will match.

PLACEMENT:

Do Formula B.

Now without rotating the cube, at first glance it appears you have undone your previous work. This is not the case.

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Use Formula A (in multiples of 2) to bring White back up to the Top Face as before. Because all four of the White Corners are already on the Top Row of the Cube, you don't have to examine to see if they are where they can be acted upon. When White is on Top Face, as before slide the top until an incorrect piece is in the top-front-right position and continue with Formula A to bring the White Up.

RESET:

When all four Corners have White on top again, return to SETUP above, and reassess how the cubes relate to each other regarding matching sides.

Repeat this step as needed until the Top four Corners are correct in relation to each other, matching the side colors of the White Corners.

Rotate the Top Row as needed to align the Top Corners to match the Bottom Corners, and congratulations, your Corners are now correct! If you were working on a 2x2x2 Cube, you are finished now, and for all other cubes, the Corners you have just placed dictate what colors will eventually be on each cube side.

Scramble and solve again, until you are comfortable with both Formulas. This will make the next steps easier, because these two formula are literally all the ones you need to learn. You already know all you need to to solve them all.

When you are ready, continue.

1.Corners_Goal 3: Top Corners, Bring White Corners To Top Face

Your Yellow Corners are correct to each other. Rotate the Cube so that the Yellow is now face down. We will be temporarily abandoning the Yellow, trusting it to fend for itself.

First, determine which color is opposite Yellow on the Cube. On standardized cubes, it will be White, but some Cubes use non-standard colors. (For example, on the Void Cube there is no White, there is Purple, and Red is opposite Yellow.) This is done by examining the four top Corners and determining which color is common to all four Corner pieces. A hint is that it will not be any of the colors that you matched sides with on the Yellow pieces. Acknowledging that some cubes are nonstandard color, this Tutorial presupposes that White is the color opposite Yellow. If your cube is different, make the mental adjustment.

DEMONSTRATION:

SETUP:

Doing Formula A twice twists the up-front-right Corner when needed. If White is on Top of this Corner, twist the Top row by quarter turns until a misplaced Corner is in that space. Begin with an incorrect piece in the Top-Front-Right Corner space.

PLACEMENT:

Use Formula A (either two or four times).

Continue as needed until the White color is on the Top face.

RESET:

When White is on the Top Face, return to SETUP above.

When White is on Top on all four, proceed to next step.

NOTE: As long as you do not rotate the cube itself when repositioning the Top row to allow access to misplaced corners to correct, the Yellow bottom Corners will always return to solved when the Top is fixed.