🧊 Solve 3x3 in Under 30 Minutes

Beginner method—no hard algorithms. Practice → sub-60 seconds guaranteed.

📐 Notation Key

R=very right layer up, U=top layer left, U'=top layer right, R'=very right layer down, F=side facing you clockwise, F'=side facing you counterclockwise, L=very left side down, L'=very left side up

Example: R,U =very right side up+top side left
1

The Daisy

3 min
White Daisy
GOAL

🎯 What to do:

  1. Yellow center on top, white center on bottom
  2. Find all 4 white edge pieces
  3. Move to top layer around yellow center

White pieces form "petals" around yellow center—like a flower.

Daisy video
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2

White Cross

5 min
White Cross
GOAL

🎯 What to do:

  1. Look at second color on each white edge
  2. Rotate top layer to match with center
  3. Repeat for all 4 edges

Each white edge's second color must match its center piece.

White Corners video
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3

White Corners

8 min
White Corners
GOAL

🎯 First algorithm:

Right hand: up, left, down, right

Repeat until corner is solved

Put the edge piece between its two designated center piece and do the algorithm. Do this for all white edge pieces. Make sure the white edge piece is on the top right side like it is in the image.

White Corners Tutorial
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4

Yellow Cross

4 min

Match your cube → pick case:

Dot

Dot
F,R,U,R',U'

Hook

Hook
F,R,U,R',U',R,U,R',U',F'

Line

Line
F,R,U,R',U',F'

Its good to memorize these algorithms. By the end of this step, your yellow edge pieces should form a cross (don't mind the edge pieces)

5

Edge Orientation

6 min

1 Edge Correct

1 Edge
Put the matched edge on the left and then do an algorithm called a niklaus: R,U',L',U,R',U',L

Opposite Edges

Opposite
Face yourself with an edge which isn't matched. Do Niklaus algorithm

Adjacent Edges

Adjacent
Back right corner → Niklaus

By the end of this step, you should have corner pieces which are in the right place, ex: yellow, blue, red corner piece should be in between the red and blue center pieces.

6

Last Step

3 min
GOAL

🎯 What to do:

  1. Flip the cube over so white is facing up
  2. Find one yellow edge piece at the bottom which is in the right spot but not oriented correctly
  3. Do the algorithm R,U,R',U' on that edge piece until it is oriented correctly.
  4. Rotate the bottom layer of the cube towards the right until you get to the next non oriented corner piece
  5. Repeat for all non oriented corner pieces. DO NOT TURN THE CUBE, ONLY MOVE THE BOTTOM LAYER AFTER ORIENTING A PIECE CORRECTLY!

Solve cube

Daisy video
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