Solve Rubik’s Cube in the Easiest Way
Layers Method
📖 Notation Legend
The letters indicate which face of the cube you need to rotate by 90 degrees (a quarter turn).
Imagine looking directly at the indicated face.
Rotate the right side upwards.
Rotate the left side downwards.
Rotate the top layer to the left.
Rotate the front face clockwise.
Rotate the bottom face clockwise.
Example: R’ means rotating the right side downwards.
Example: U2 means performing two clicks (half a turn).
Key Moves
The “Sexy Move”
The fundamental building block. Used to insert white corners and orient yellow ones.
R U R' U'
Insert Right
Moves an edge from the top layer into the bottom-right slot.
U R U' R' U' F' U F
Insert Left
The exact mirror of the previous move. Inserts the edge into the left slot.
U' L' U L U F U' F'
Flip Edge
The edge is in the right place but flipped. This move flips it in position.
R U2 R' U R U2 R' U F' U' F
Yellow Cross (F + Sexy Move + F’)
Creates the yellow cross on the top face without disturbing the first two layers.
F R U R' U' F'
Orient Edges (Sune)
Aligns the edges of the yellow cross with the side face centers.
R U R' U R U2 R'
Position Corners (Niklas)
Moves the corners to their correct positions (it doesn’t matter if they are still rotated incorrectly).
This move and its inverse leave one corner fixed and move the other 3 counter-clockwise or clockwise, respectively.
1. With all corners in the wrong place, start with the direct move from a random orientation, but with the yellow face on top, to position one in the correct spot; if a corner is already in the correct spot, skip directly to step 2a or 2b.
2a. With the direct move, position the correct corner that will remain fixed (indicated in green) in UFR, the others will rotate counter-clockwise (cube 1).
2b. With the inverse move, position the correct corner that will remain fixed (indicated in green) in UFL, the others will rotate clockwise (cube 2).
U R U' L' U R' U' L
Inverse:
U' L' U R U' L U R'
Final Corner Orientation
Upside Down: Hold the white face on top. Position a yellow corner to rotate in the bottom-right (FRD) slot.
Perform the Sexy Move until the yellow side faces down. Then rotate only the bottom layer to bring the next yellow corner into place.
R U R' U'
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