This software teaches you how to solve the Rubik's Cube using
Solution Hints Book
with step-by-step Java animation (and speed control) accompanied by detailed explanation
of every move.
Just take your time to follow the structured learning path and your success in solving the cube
is guaranteed.
You can fix up your scrambled Rubik's cube by painting the VirtualCube
with colors to match your scrambled cube then follow the step-by-step
animation (with very slow speed). It really really works!
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If nothing happens when you press the key, click on the applet background to get its attention, then
try the key again.
You can enter a move in DBLFUR notation:
- Each turn is [DBLFUR]['-i"2]
- Example 1: FUB2U-F' (5 turns)
- Example 2: D,L,R",D',L' (5 turns)
- [DBLFUR]::Down,Back,Left,Front,Up,Right face.
- By itself, each means clockwise 90° turn.
- ' or - or i means anticlockwise 90° turn.
- " or 2 means 180° turn.
You can enter a move in BFR (GANPuzzle) notation:
- Each turn is [BFR][slice#][#slice][<,>,>>]
- Example 1: F1>BN<FN>>BN>F1< (5 turns)
- Example 2: FM>>,B22>,RM<,F*> (4 turns)
- [BFR]::B (bottom), F (front), R (right) slice.
- [slice#]::1,2,N(last),M (middle slices),*(all slices)
- [#slice]::none,2,3,..
- [<,>,>>]::left 90°,right 90°,180° turn
Send a quick email regarding this step if you have a comment or question.
If you are not clear about this step or wish to know why,
we encourage you to seek clarification via instant email, anonymously if you so wished.
Every cube state in the step by step dialog has a link that leads you to
a wiki webpage that provide details on that state, including discussions and questions from
other users.
You can also contribute your insights or ask or discuss a point pertaining to this state.
There shall be no shortage of detail or discussion on every cube state, thanks
to the power of wiki.
Internet connection is required to access this VirtualCubeWiki which is
the collection of all these wiki pages, one for each cube state.
Send a quick webmail if you have a comment or question.
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You can slow the animation speed to observe the moves or you can speed it up.
You can even change the speed in the middle of a animation.
You can save/restore a rubik's cube state to/from a file in your computer or memory in the sandBox panel
(in [Option]-tab).
Here is a valuable learning tip:
1. Scramble a cube then save it to file.
2. Restore the saved scrambled cube from file.
3. Study the step-by-step solution.
4. Repeat step 2 as often as you wish.
This allows you to be familiar with the same moves over and over again.
Key-1 to Key-3 are pre-programmed to execute Trick1 to Trick3.
You can assign key-6,key-7 and key-8 to execute your favourite moves:
1. Click [Option]-tab in the cube applet.
2. In cannedMove6, type in your moves (click ? for help).
3. Go back to cube applet (click applet tab).
4. Click on the applet background to get its attention. Then press key-6.
By editing a simple text-file in your computer, you can change your start up options such as:
This software teaches the 9 steps in
Solution Hints Booklet,
with animation and dynamic descriptions.
This is the booklet that comes with the Rubik's Cube Puzzle retail packaging and
can be downloaded at one time from
www.rubiks.com but no longer. Fortunately, the software has included the electronic version of this booklet.
Please email support@ganpuzzle.com.
You will learn Sequences: Edge Mover #1,#2, Two Corner Swap,
Three Corner Shuffle, Edge Flipper Left and Edge Flipper Right.
The detailed step by step animation
()
will show you how you can apply those to solve the Cube completely.
Solving the Rubik's Cube is difficult so take your time
to follow through each step from the booklet:
Step1Step2Step3Step4Step5Step6Step7Step8Step9
and study real live situations many times from:
Learn from step by step animation.
Step1: Choose a color(◀back)
The booklet suggests choosing a color such as YELLOW, for the top
face.
You can choose any color as the top color, but it is better to look for
the face that is already done (i.e. all 9 facelets have same color) or
has the cross pattern. Otherwise you risk undoing what is already in place.
In the step by step animation, the software will blindly follow the booklet by rotating
the Cube so that
TOPfaceCenter
is YELLOW. Of course, if YELLOW is already on TOP, we do nothing (i.e. skip Step1).
Click
to see the Step1 animation. After you've seen the animation, click [Stop] then proceed to next step.
Step2: Make a cross on the top(◀back)
We want 4
TOPedges
and
TOPfaceCenter
have the same top YELLOW color and each edge has side color matching the side face.
A good strategy is to always fix up
the
RIGHT-TOP-edge.
A good edge at RIGHT-TOP-edge location means its TOP and RIGHT colors matches the colors of
TOPfaceCenter
and
RIGHTfaceCenter.
In example2, we locate
target Edge
with TOP/RIGHT colors and move it to
RIGHT-BOTTOM-edge location
then to
RIGHT-TOP-edge location:
:
When RIGHT-TOP-edge is fixed, rotate the cube left.
We are done with this step when all 4 top edges are fixed.
Step3: Select TOP corner location(◀back)
At this step, the TOP layer would already has the
cross pattern
from 5 cubelets each having top YELLOW color.
We will fix up the 4
TOPCorners.
Although not mentioned in the booklet, we choose to always fix up
RIGHT-TOP-FRONT location.
When it is done, we rotate the Rubik's Cube left or right until a bad corner is at RIGHT-TOP-FRONT.
This step is easy. Either we do nothing because RIGHT-TOP-FRONT is already a bad corner or
we rotate Cube until a bad corner is at RIGHT-TOP-FRONT.
:
Step4: Fix up TOP corner location(◀back)
We had chosen to fix the
RIGHT-TOP-FRONT location.
First locate target corner that belongs in that location and
move it directly below target location. Then send it home.
NB: The diagram in booklet shows a diffirent target location at RIGHT-TOP-BACK.
Example of
target corner
in the bottom layer:
:
Example of
target corner
in the top layer. We can move it to bottom with
top-color face
facing DOWN (move1D) or RIGHT (move1R).
:
:
Learn more from step by step animation
.
Step5: All TOP corners fixed(◀back)
At this point, the
top layer
is solved. See
.
There is nothing to do in this step so we can proceed to
Step6.
Step6: Solve the middle layer(◀back)
To fix up 4 middle layer
edges,
the booklet provides
.
The moves are hard to remember and not easy to apply, so pay attention.
Click
to observe that
right-front facelet was moved from
right-bottom facelet.
Click
to see that
right-front facelet was moved from
bottom-front facelet.
To fix up
right-front facelet
we need to premove the
target Edge
to
RIGHT-BOTTOM-edge
location before doing Edge Mover #1.
:
Learn more from step by step animation
.
Step7: Solve bottom layer Part1(◀back)
In Part1 we want all 4
BOTTOMCorners,
to be in their correct locations.
The booklet helps with
sequence.
Observe that 2 bottom front
corners
have swapped locations, 1 back corner untouched, 1 back corner has flipped colors.
We often need to pre-move the
corners to suit Two Corner Swap before doing the swap.
:
Note that Part 1 only ensure correct location, the 3-color orientation of
bottom corner
may not be correct.
Learn more from step by step animation
.
Step8: Solve bottom layer Part2(◀back)
Assuming Part1 completed, Part2 will orientate correctly the colors of
BOTTOMCorners.
The booklet helps with
sequence:
corners remain at same locations, left-front untouched, but 3 others have their colors flipped.
Right front corner's right face is flipped to front:
rightfrontbottom right.
So you always need to ensure that the good corner is situated at left front.
:
Sometimes you'd need to do ThreeCornerShuffle twice to flip
bottom color to
front after move1.
:
Learn more from step by step animation
.
Step9: Fix four bottom edges(◀back)
We need to fix up the four
BOTTOMedges.
moves 3 edges left in cyclic manner:
rightleftback right.
:
rightbackleft right.
Note that in FlipperLeft,
right facelet
is send to
left (not bottom). To send to left bottom location we need
a complicated premove to flip
LEFT-BOTTOM-edgeor do EdgeFlipperRight twice.
:
:
Sometimes you'd need to handle 2 bad edges.
:
Learn more from step by step animation
.
Learn from step by step animation(◀back)
To gain more insights into solving the cube, take your time to study the step by step
solution by using slow animation speed and repeat a step repeatedly.
You can click on a
wiki
link to read more or discuss on a step.
Here is a learning Tip. Scramble cube and save to file.
Start with the same scrambled cube using "Restore from file" icon.
Try to accomplish Step1 by yourself.
For help, use
to see how the computer does the next step. Then you click [UNDO], [STOP], and try to do it yourself.
Repeat from (1) every time, until Step1 is achieved.
In a similar manner, try to accomplish other steps.
Solve Using Rubik's Cube Solution Hints Booklet
Click [START] to see how the computer solve the cube step by step.
To enter "Solve step by step" mode, click [START].
To exit "Solve step by step" mode, click [STOP].
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This software teaches the 9 steps in
The booklet suggests choosing a color such as YELLOW, for the top
face.
We had chosen to fix the
To fix up 4 middle layer
.
In Part1 we want all 4
We need to fix up the four
link to read more or discuss on a step.
to see how the computer does the next step. Then you click [UNDO], [STOP], and try to do it yourself.
in the applet).
