By

Harshad Eklahare and SAurabha Joglekar

Rubiks^3 Cube
Workshop
About and History
3D mechanical puzzle
Invented in 1974
Invented by Hungarian sculptor and
professor of architecture Erno Rubik
It was then known as Magic Cube
Types of Rubik's Cube
Pyraminx 4 X 4 Rubik's cube
2 X 2 Rubik's cube
5 X 5 Rubik's cube
3 X 3 Rubik's cube
Types of Methods
Layer Method
Eoline Method
Fridrich Method
Petrus Method
Tripod Method
ZZ Method
Getting Started
Concepts and Fundas
Notations
Layer Method
First Layer
Half Cross
Full Cross
Aligning Edges
Second Layer
Top Face
Top Cross
Top Fish Formation
Third Layer
Snake-eyes
We are DONE !!!
Conclusion
Concepts and Fundas
Types of pieces
Corner Pieces
Center Pieces
Edge Pieces
8 Corner Pieces
6 Center Pieces
12 Edge Pieces
Notations
R and R [Rotate right clockwise and anti-
clockwise]
L and L [Rotate left clockwise and anti-
clockwise]
F and F [Rotate front clockwise and anti-
clockwise]
B and B [Rotate back clockwise and anti-
clockwise]
U and U [Rotate up clockwise and anti-
clockwise]
D and D [Rotate down clockwise and
anticlockwise]
R2 or L2 or X2 [Rotate X twice]




Step 1a : Half Cross
Keep Center Yellow and make White Half
Cross as shown below:

Step 1b : Full Cross
Align the color of each white edge piece with
its center
Rotate face side 180
0
to get full white cross


Step 1c : Aligning Edges
Select proper corner using the following
algorithm:
Away Down Back Up
Final Result:
Step 2 : Second Layer
Follow the same algo as in Step 1c and
continue till you get complete second layer
Final Result:
Step 3a : Top Cross
After Step 2, you should get one of the
following 4 cases :

Case 1 Case 4 Case 3 Case 2
Step 3a : Top Cross Contd.
Our aim is to achieve Case 4 from any of the
other cases
Algorithm to be used : F R U R U F
Final Result :

Step 3b : Top Fish Formation
After
After Step 3a, you should get one of the following
4 cases :





Hold the cube as shown ONLY and perform
following to complete the top yellow layer:
Algorithm : R U R U R U2 R

Case 1 Case 4 Case 3 Case 2
Step 4a : Snake eyes
Move the completed yellow layer till you get a
formation as follows:




Keep the snake-eye side behind and perform:
Algorithm : R F R B2 R F R B2 R2

Step 4b : We are done
Keep the snake-eye side behind and perform
the following:
Algorithm :

The U or U will depend upon the orientation of
snake-eyes.
F
2
U R L
F
2
R L U
F
2
U U
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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