Hi, I am Bob Burton, Rubik's Cube Expert, and I am
teaching you how to solve Rubik's cube. The first step to solving the
puzzle is to solve the cross on the first face of the Rubik's cube. The
first face that I will show you is white just because it sits out the
best.
The first thing you want to do is look for any cross pieces that are
already lined up with the color that they belong with. Remember, that
the centers of the Rubik's cube puzzle are fixed. So, if you see, for
example, this edge piece, which has two stickers, its already connected
to centerpiece that it belongs with, you can move it freely to match up
with the centerpiece of white. So, this is actually the first piece
solved.
We will then look for more pieces that we can do this with. If you look
at this red piece, it was only one move to line up the red edge with
the red center. Once we have it like that, its only again, one move to
match the white.
We then look for another piece. This one is blue. Again, you will see
that blue only takes one move, and then we can put it back to match the
white. There is one more piece that we need to solve is the orange one.
The orange one is also one move to line up. Once we have it lined up
with the orange center, we can move it all the way up to the top of the
Rubik's cube. This is a completed white cross.
Sometimes you will get more difficult case to show up. Sometimes you
can't actually have the orange match up with the orange center, or
another piece not match up with its own center. In this case what you
do is you bring the edge down to a middle layer. You look for the piece
that it belongs with. For example, orange belongs between blue and
green. We look for the blue and green edges, move them over, so that
orange lines up right in between them. We put it in place, and then we
restore the first move we made, that took the blue and green edges away
from where they belong. That's it for solving the first step of the
Rubik's cube puzzle. Next I will show you how to solve the first layer
points of the Rubik's cube.
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