Rubik’s Cube – Beginner Tutorial

Corners

Examine each face of the cube and look for two corners on the same face which match. Make that the back face and perform the following algorithm (if no face has two matching corners perform the algorithm orient the cube as indicated and repeat).

Edges

At this point the corners of the last layer should be solved and all that is left is to permute the edges. If one edge is already solved then hold the solved side on the Back face and perform either a clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation. Otherwise perform either rotation to match an edge and perform one final rotation to complete the cube.

Clockwise Rotation

Counter-clockwise Rotation