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In a recent episode of Almost Impossible, I looked at the limits of speedcubing, an event in which people compete to solve a Rubik's Cube as fast as they possibly can.

And in the course of reporting that piece, I actually learned to solve a Rubik's Cube myself with help from Tyson Mao, co-founder of the World Cube Association.

In a little under two weeks, using the method Mao taught me, I went from not being able to solve a cube at all to being able to solve it consistently in just under a minute.

Now, some of you asked us to post a step-by-step tutorial on how to solve the cube.

And maybe you've also heard it said that true mastery of a subject is achieved by teaching it to somebody else.

So in the spirit of that maxim, I'm gonna show you the method that I used when learning to solve the cube.

In this video, you're going to learn the fundamentals of cubing, how to hold and manipulate the cube, how to read cube notation, and how to solve the cube in eight steps.

All you need to follow along is a scrambled cube.

Now, if this is your first time solving one, I would budget about an hour, plus or minus 15 minutes to your first solve.

I know that's a long time, but the more time you spend practicing, the quicker those times will come down, and they do come down pretty fast, at least in my experience.

Finally, there are many ways to solve a cube.

It's not the fastest, it's not the best, it's not the easiest by any stretch.

It's just the method that was taught to me by a co-founder of the World Cube Association and the method that I used to bring my times down to under a minute.

So before you move anything, here are some concepts to keep in mind that will make solving the cube easier the more you practice.

Number one, when solving the cube, try to bear in mind that you're solving for pieces, not stickers.

Most pieces on the cube actually have more than one sticker on them.

So if you try to solve a cube by only solving for stickers, you'll quickly find that while you might be able to solve for one face, the other faces won't match.

And that's because not all pieces on the cube are alike.

Edge pieces, like this one, have two stickers.

Corner pieces, like this one, have three stickers, and they look like this.

And center pieces, at the middle of each three-by-three face, have one sticker.

These center pieces are attached to an axle inside the puzzle, so they never actually move.

On this cube, for example, the white center is always opposite the yellow center.

The orange center is always opposite the red center, and the blue center is always opposite the green center.

And that's an important thing to keep in mind, because the fact that these centers don't move mean that they actually dictate where all of the other pieces need to go.

Now, this concept was a little confusing to me the first time I heard it, but I promise the more time you spend with the cube, the clearer and more helpful this idea will become.

Finally, many people think of the cube as being comprised of six faces, but another way to think about it is that it's comprised of three layers, a top, a middle, and a bottom.

Today, we're gonna focus on solving the cube one layer at a time.

If you've already forgotten everything I just said, that's totally fine.

For now, it's enough to have these ideas floating around in the back of your head.

So with all of that stuff in mind, let's get started.

The first step in solving the first layer of the cube is to make what cubers call the daisy.

It's called making the daisy because when you're finished, you should have something that looks like this, a yellow center surrounded by four white edge pieces.

Well, you start by finding the yellow center.

The goal of this step is to surround this yellow center with four edge pieces of the opposite color, which in this case is white.

If you've never solved a cube before, it is very tempting to just start turning faces at random in hopes of placing an edge piece where you want it to go, but I want you to resist that impulse.

I'm gonna give you two tips that will help you position those edge pieces logically.

The first tip is that there are only four white edge pieces.

Remember, you're moving pieces, not stickers, and there are only four edge pieces on this cube with white sides.

To find them, all you have to do is inspect the cube in your hand.

Once you find one, pause, think about the turns that you'll need to move to place it beside the yellow center.

To place it beside the yellow center, all I have to do is this.

To get it beside the yellow center, I need to turn it here and then up.

Trust me, the first few times I solved a cube, this process was not intuitive to me at all, but making the daisy becomes second nature very quickly the more you practice.

The second tip is that once you have a petal to the daisy in place, you actually won't have to remove it from beside the yellow center to put any of the remaining petals in place.

That's what I'm going to do now, and you should do the same.

When you're done, your yellow center will be surrounded on all four sides with white edge pieces, like a daisy.

Don't worry if you have a white corner piece as well.

The second step to solving the first layer is to create the white cross.

When you're finished with this step, you'll have a face with what looks like a white cross or a plus sign, sort of depending on how you look at it.

If you've got white on any of your corners, remember, just ignore them.

For now, we're gonna focus on the four petals that reside on the edge pieces.

Each of these four edge pieces has two stickers, one and two.

By rotating the top face of the cube, match the non-white sticker from each of those edge pieces to the center piece of the same color.

So for example, the non-white sticker on this edge piece is orange.

I'm gonna turn the top face until the orange sticker is aligned over the orange center, like so.

Once you've matched the sticker to the same color center, rotate the face with the matching center two times, moving a white daisy petal from the top face of the cube to the bottom.

I'm now gonna repeat this step three more times, once for each of the remaining daisy petals.

So I've got the red center, I'm gonna match that with this red edge piece here, turn it twice.

I've got this green edge piece, I'm gonna match it with the green center, and turn it twice.

And I've got this blue edge piece that I'm gonna match with the blue center, and turn it twice.

When you're finished, you're gonna have a white cross on the bottom of your cube.

Like I said before, don't worry if you've got white corners as well.

For now, you're just looking for this configuration right here.

That white cross is gonna stay pointing down for the entire remainder of the solve.

We are finally ready to solve the very bottom layer of the cube.

When we're finished with this step, the bottom layer of the cube will be solved.

And as a bonus, the bottom face will be solved as well.

But before we start, let's pause for a quick lesson on ergonomics, that's how to hold and manipulate the cube.

With the white face pointing down, place your left thumb over these four squares, and your middle and ring fingers over the four squares on the opposing face.

Now, position the middle and ring fingers of your right hand on these two stickers up here, and your right thumb on the underside.

Holding the cube this way allows you to do two things.

First, it lets you rotate the right face freely and easily.

Conversely, swapping the position of your hands allows you to rotate the left face as well.

And second, it lets you use your index fingers to rotate the top face.

When you string these rotations together, you get two of the most fundamental moves in cubing.

The first sequence is called the right trigger.

Using your right hand, rotate the right face 90 degrees away from you.

Use your right index finger to pull the top face towards you by 90 degrees.

Then use your right hand to rotate the right face 90 degrees back towards you.

Use your left hand to turn the left face away from you by 90 degrees.

Use your left index finger to pull the top face towards you by 90 degrees.

Then use your left hand to turn the left face back 90 degrees towards you.

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