Exploring the Rubik's Cube

The rubiks cube is a very fun toy! You rotate different parts of a cube to try and solve the puzzle, by getting all 6 colors on each of the faces to be solid. Its really fun to play with, pass the time, and its a cool trick to show others. Starting out the time it takes you to solve may be anywhere from 2-10 minutes, and thats ok. That is of course once you have learned it.

Here we will teach you slowly step by step how to master the art of the cube! Here are some things you may want to consider getting to help you

    Things that may help

  1. A paper and pencil to take notes


  2. An in person teacher


Things you will need

  1. A rubiks cube. You can find a digital one here if you dont have one!


Understanding the properties of the Cube

Since the rubik's cube is... well obviously a cube it has the same properties!

A rubiks cube has

A rubiks also has

Algoithms

Step 1: The daisy

Instructions

The first step is the daisy. You first must postion your cube so that the yellow side faces up and the white down. You may do it in any way you want actully, just subsite my directions for whatever color you choose. I would reccomend yellow and white though

Remember that you can identify the side by the central peice. Take a look at the yellow center. now look at all the surrounding faces, that make up sides of the center square. you should see some white squares! The next part comes with trying to make our daisy by having each side of the yellow surrounding by white, giving us a total of 4 white squares

Step 2: The white cross

Step 3: The bottom layer

Step 4: The middle layer

Step 5: The yellow cross

Step 6: The corners

Step 7: The top layer

Step 8: The Final Rotation