How to solve a Rubik's Cube

Well a Rubik's cube, as you know, is a simple 3D mechanical puzzle. It was developed by prof. Ernő Rubik in 1974 and is exclusively in market since 1980. My! my! over a dozen of years before I was on this planet. Over 300 million cubes were sold by 2009 and some consider it to be the top selling toy. But hey, its not a toy!

I know there are a hundreds of articles on "how to solve a Rubik's Cube" and to be true they're real good! and guess, I myself learnt from there. I am writing this because I always wanted to as I always was fascinated by the "Cube". Moreover, many think its quite tough to solve and requires too much of workout, so I planned on changing there views.

Man! I again got carried away. Anyways enough of the goof talks lets see how we can solve a real cube. Did you notice? First line I says "...a simple 3D...". No its true, it is a very easy puzzle, unless you know what to do of course! There are certain things you need to have in order too learn like -

• A working brain!
• Little bit of time.
• A small amount of conviction, and
• Will to learn.

Oh! did I forget something? Ya, you need a cube too! That's what I meant when I said 'A working brain!'. A real cube is not necessary anyways, there are a bunch of places on the net where you can find virtual cubes for online use AND for download (free of cost).

Getting started

Okay!! lets start the custom. There are two phases of learning it, firstly learn the cube notations then the steps to solve it! So the steps include -

1. Note the notations.
2. Start solving with the holy Cross.
3. Complete the first layer (FL).
4. Finish the second layer (F2L).
5. Orient the last layer (OLL).
6. Permute the last layer (PLL). 

Please mind, this is what is called The Beginners' Method. That is, this method is ideal only for learning how to solve a cube. If you already know how to solve and intend on improving your speed and/or other skills then you are at the wrong place. Don't sadden yourself, google it and you'll be through, in fact I'll suggest to learn the Jessica Fridrich Method. I bounced up from 1 min time to as low as 32 secs in just two days!

Happy cubing!! ^_^


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