Rubik's Cube Cheat Sheet

Step 1 · Make a daisy

Hold the cube with yellow on top. Find a white edge and lift it up next to the yellow center - four petals make a daisy flower.

Step 2 · Make the white cross

Turn each daisy petal until its side color matches the center below it, then drop it straight down onto the white face. The white cross forms on the bottom.

Step 3 · First Layer Corners

Position a white corner above the empty front-right slot, between the two matching edge pieces. Then repeat the Rightie until the corner is solved.

The Rightie Algorithm

R U R' U'

Reverse Rightie

U R U' R'

Lefty

L' U' L U

• White on sideRightie ×1
• White on topRightie ×3
• White in frontRightie ×5, or one Reverse Rightie
• Corner in slotStuck in the wrong slot? A Rightie pops it back out to the top.

With the slot on the left side, use the Lefty instead. It inserts and rotates the corner the opposite direction.

Step 4 · Middle Layer Edges

Align the edge with its matching center and have that side of the cube facing you.

Insert rightIf the top color of the edge piece matches the right side of the cube.

U R U' R'yU' L' U L

Insert leftIf the top color of the edge piece matches the left side of the cube.

U' L' U Ly'U R U' R'

Sometimes the edge is already in its slot, but flipped the wrong way. Insert a random edge into the slot to bring it out to the top - then put it back in the right way.

Step 5 · Make the Yellow Cross

Find your state, hold the cube as shown and do the algorithm. Repeat until you have the cross.

The F Rightie Algorithm

FR U R' U'F'

• DotHold the cube any way and do the algorithm.
• LHold the two yellow edges at the back and left.
• LineHold the line going left to right.
• CrossIf your cube already looks like this you got lucky!

Step 6 · Finish the Yellow Face

Find your state, hold the cube as shown and do the algorithm. No corners and two corners both lead to one corner, and one corner leads to a yellow face.

The Sune Algorithm

R U R' U R U2 R'

• No yellow corners upHold the cube so the top-left corner's yellow sticker faces left.
• Two yellow corners upHold the cube so the top-left corner's yellow sticker faces you.
• One yellow corner upHold the cube so the yellow corner is at the top left, facing up. You might have to do this step twice.
• Yellow face solved

Step 7 · Place the Corners

The T-Perm Algorithm

R U R' U'R' F R2 U'R' U'R U R' F'

1. Look for headlights: two corners showing the same color on the same side.
2. No headlights? Do the algorithm once from any angle, and you will get headlights on the right.
3. Hold the headlights on the left and do the algorithm.

Step 8 · Place the Edges

The Ua-Perm Algorithm

R U'RURURU'R'U'R'R'

1. Look for a side that's already solved.
2. No side solved? Do the algorithm once from any angle, and you'll have one.
3. Put the solved side in the back and do the algorithm, up to 2 times.